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URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Info Packet Available

submitted by goffe@augsburg.edu

Learn how to qualify, write a strong application, find a faculty mentor, and participate in URGO Summer Research!

The URGO Summer Research Program is an 11-week, on-campus program where undergraduate students are funded to conduct research or creative activities under the guidance of a faculty mentor they choose.

$6,000 for full-time researchers
$3,000 for half-time researchers

URGO Summer Research also counts as Augsburg Experience!

If you have any questions regarding the program please read the information packet and then contact urgo@augsburg.edu for any further questions.

URGO Summer Research Packet 2025

Love to Study Language? Interested in a Career in Public Service? Consider a Boren Scholarship

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

If you love to study language and are interested in a career in public service, consider applying for a Boren Scholarship or Fellowship!

The Boren program provides between $8000 and $25,000 to to study a critical language, including Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and Swahili. The program also helps you locate a position in government service. It’s open to both undergraduates (deadline: January 29, 2025) and graduate students (deadline: January 22, 2025.)

More information can be found here: https://www.borenawards.org/

If you’re interested, please contact Jacqueline deVries, Director of Grants and Fellowships, devries@augsburg.edu Applications should be submitted to me TWO weeks prior to the official deadline.

https://www.borenawards.org/

First-Years and Sophomores: Address a Community Need with a 2026 Phillips Scholars Summer Project

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Phillips Scholars create and test innovative ideas that address community needs — running their own programming in the summer of 2026. There’s support along the way, with the students coming together starting this May and throughout the 2025-26 academic year. Scholars receive more than $9,000 in scholarships and stipends.

Ten students from any of the Minnesota private colleges listed here will be named Phillips Scholars. Financial need is one of the criteria.

Find more details and the application here:
http://www.mnprivatecolleges.org/phillips

Email Jenean Gilmer, gilmerje@augbsburg.edu to learn more!

Last Day to Visit the Writing Center

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Writing Center will be open today (12/10) during our regular hours:
In-Person: 2-8pm
Online: 6-8pm

We will be closed for winter break starting Wednesday (12/11). We will open again soon after the start of Spring semester – keep an eye on A-mail for more details!

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

General Announcements

Women’s Flag Football Interest Meeting

submitted by leem3@augsburg.edu

We will be hosting a Women’s Flag Football Interest meeting on Tuesday December 10th at 10:00am in Si Melby 206. Girls and women’s flag football is the fastest growing sport in the United States and will be in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. We are looking at interest levels to begin as early as this spring.
If you cannot attend the meeting but are interested in playing please email Mel Lee at leem3@augsburg.edu.

2024 Year-End Payroll Updates

submitted by freder@augsburg.edu

As 2024 comes to an end, Human Resources has a few important payroll and benefits updates for all staff and faculty regarding payroll deadlines, your W-2, Medica Cards, and more!

Faculty, Staff, and student employees, please review your payslip on 12/13/2024 for any adjustments that need to be made before the end of the year.

2024 End of Year Updates

Alumni Benefit: Claim a Turnsignl Subscription and Support Augsburg Sankofa Circle Fellowship

submitted by jonesma@augsburg.edu

Augsburg University is partnering with Turnsignl, a Black-owned mobile app, created by two Augsburg alumni, Mychal Frelix ’19 MBA and Andre Creighton ’19 MBA, to offer subscriptions to Augsburg alumni while supporting current students.

Turnsignl is a mobile app that connects drivers with lawyers to de-escalate police interactions during traffic stops. Claim your annual TurnSignl subscription and support the Augsburg University Sankofa Circle Fellowship.

Augsburg alumni, TurnSignl is here to protect you on the road while uplifting future leaders through the Sankofa Circle Fellowship. Subscriptions are $60 annually, with 30% of the proceeds going directly to Sankofa. Be part of something bigger — and stay empowered during accidents and traffic stops.

Purchase or gift a Turnsignl subscription through Augsburg’s Turnsignl page

Purchase or gift a Turnsignl subscription through Augsburg’s Turnsignl page

New Student Positions This Week (2)

submitted by hr@augsburg.edu

The following Augsburg Student positions were posted within the past 7 days:

12/03/2024: Student: Overnight Part-Time Public Safety Officer, Spring Semester 2025
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000029960840-student-overnight-part-time-public-safety-officer-spring-semester-2025
12/03/2024: Student: Jazz Ensemble Manager
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000029957885-student-jazz-ensemble-manager

Search Augsburg Job Postings

Event Announcements

Facuty and Staff Holiday Party – December 12

submitted by bergc2@augsburg.edu

Faculty and Staff Holiday Party
Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 3–5 p.m.
Christensen Center, Einstein’s Dining Area

You are invited to attend the annual faculty and staff holiday party! Celebrate the completion of a successful semester and the holiday season with colleagues on campus. Light food and beverages will be provided.

Thank you to our great partners at Aladdin for providing food and beverages for this event.

If you need accommodations, please call the University Events department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu.

To support our community, please consider bringing nonperishable food or hygiene product donations for Campus Cupboard. A list of preferred/needed items is linked below.

Suggested items for Campus Cupboard

Mpls Afrobeats Dance Party – Saturday, December 14, 2024

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

FANAKA NATION + guests BAKARII, DJs Kwey and Salif Keita

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
All Ages, Standing

The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar AvenueMinneapolis, MN, 55454

BUY TICKETS HERE!

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show
STUDENT TICKETS ALWAYS $11 DAY OF SHOW WITH STUDENT ID!!!!

This is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page. For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.

The Cedar & Tamu Events Presents: Celebrating and wrapping up our 35th Anniversary highlighted shows in full shake body festive form, charismatic host/Culture Rapper, Fanaka Nation brings his fusion of hip-hop, African and other worldly sonic delights to our dancefloor.

Attendees will be the first to view/experience Fanaka’s new single release, “Loko-Motion”- with the video filmed in Kenya and Minneapolis!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

Time to Sign Up for Augsburg’s Annual Anti-Racism Training

submitted by escobarr@augsburg.edu

During the June 9, 2020, town hall for faculty and staff, President Pribbenow announced seven new equity initiatives born out of response to the murder of George Floyd and Augsburg’s renewed commitment to accelerate and expand upon our university’s efforts to promote equity and inclusion during a national moment of racial and social justice reawakening. One of these initiatives was the requirement of Augsburg faculty and staff to complete an annual anti-racism training.

Please visit the following link for more information about this year’s training:
https://sites.augsburg.edu/diversity/anti-racism-training/

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