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Faculty/Staff Winter Break Challenge: Craft a Workshop That Will Shape Student Futures

submitted by knutzenm@augsburg.edu

While it might only be December, Career Exploration Day on March 4th will be here soon! The Strommen Center is seeking dynamic, innovative workshop proposals from faculty, staff, and industry partners to inspire first and second-year students. Our event aims to connect academic planning with career development through three key tracks: Career Skills and Planning, Major Exploration, and Employer/Alumni Connections. Help us empower students to strategically shape their academic and professional futures. Engaging, interactive 45 minute sessions are welcome.

Submit your session today!

GenEd Implementation Process – Ongoing Work

submitted by boylek@augsburg.edu

Dear Augsburg Community,

Implementation planning for the new general education curriculum, approved in spring 2024 and planned to begin in fall 2025, is on track. Below is a high-level overview of where we’ve been and a preview of where we are heading:

Completed Implementation Steps – Summer and Fall 2024
We have courses to offer in new general education curriculum
– 386 current gen ed courses were approved to migrate to the new curriculum

We are able to complete transfer evaluations for new students
– New transfer policies were approved
– Transfer course equivalents were updated

Our accreditor (HLC) and the State (MOHE) were informed of our general education revision

Implementation Steps in Process – Fall 2024 to Spring 2025
Building the new degree audit

Planning for advising current and new students about the new gen ed

Faculty/staff development and support planning

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to implementation planning this semester. Please refer to the General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page (self-enrollment is available) for more information.

With gratitude,
Stacy (freiheit@augsburg.edu)

General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page

Love to Study Languages? Interested in a Career in Public Service? Apply for 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/

General Announcements

Need to Find a Therapist in the Community?

submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu

Augsburg’s Center for Wellness & Counseling offers free counseling on campus, as well as free telehealth counseling through BetterMynd. In addition, for students or other community members who are interested in using their insurance to find an ongoing therapist in the community, CWC has a referral database called MiResource. Any Augsburg community member can use this database to find possible therapist matches. The database is searchable by location, insurance, issue you want support for, therapist identities, and more. Check it out!

MiResource on CWC webpage

https://www.augsburg.edu/cwc/counseling/counseling-low-cost/miresource/

Campus Cupboard: Donation Request at the Faculty/Staff Holiday Party

submitted by kojimam@augsburg.edu

Campus Cupboard will be collecting donations of food items at the annual faculty/staff Holiday Party this Thursday December 12th. We greatly appreciate your consideration!
Below is our wish list of highly demanded items:

Non-perishable food such as:
– Snacks (such as trail mix, goldfish, pretzels, chips, popcorn, mixed nuts, chips)
– Mac & cheese (boxed or single-serve)
– Ramen
– Canned Soup (Preferred: more complex soups, i.e. not cream of …. or tomato )
– Spices
– Bouillon
– Rice
– Pasta
– Gluten-free pasta
– Rice noodles
– Soy sauce
– Fufu flour
– Jars of pasta sauce
– Jars of salsa
– High quality bars
– Canned beans
– Paper grocery bags and/or reusable grocery bags
– Salt
– Sugar
– Condiments (ketchup, honey, hot sauce)
– Ziplock bags
– Foil paper

Hygiene and cleaning supplies such as:
– Menstrual products (including pads, tampons, menstrual cups)
– Shampoo/ Conditioner / Body Wash / Face Wash
– Bar Soap / Hand Soap
– Bandaids/ other first aid supplies
– Laundry Detergent (Preferred brands: Seventh Generation, Meyers, Method, Biokleen)
– Dish Soap (Preferred brands: Seventh Generation, Ecover, Method, Dr Bronner’s)
– Diapers
– Baby Wipes
– Toothbrushes / Toothpaste / Dental Floss
– Body Lotion
– Lip Balm
– Paper towels
– Toilet paper
– Deodorant

OR please feel free to bring cash or gift cards to Target, Aldi, Cub, or Seward Coop!

To read more information about the Campus Kitchen and Campus Cupboard, please visit the website here:
https://www.augsburg.edu/campuskitchen/
Please reach out to campuskitchen@augsburg.edu with any questions or comments!

No Package Delivery During Winter Break

submitted by longj@augsburg.edu

Packages will not be delivered during Winter Break. Shipping/Receiving will be open our regular hours (weekdays 10am to 3pm), but will not be delivering packages around campus. If you order supplies please come to Shipping/Receiving to pick up when you receive the email from us letting you know your package has come in. We do not have storage space for a large number of packages and can only keep items for two weeks. Please contact us if you need to make other arrangements, mailship@augsburg.edu. We will resume deliveries once the new semester starts, 1/21/25.

Shipping/Receiving

Central Services Hours During Winter Break

submitted by longj@augsburg.edu

Central Services will be closed 12/24/24, 12/25/24, 12/31/24 and 1/1/25.

Copy Center: Weekdays 9am to 4pm (starting 12/16/24 until 1/20/25)

Mailroom: No public hours. Please stop into the Copy Center or email mailship@augsburg.edu if you have questions.

Shipping/Receiving: Weekdays 10am to 3pm, No package delivery during break.

Central Services

Important: Changes Coming to Augsburg’s Information Systems

submitted by krajewsk@augsburg.edu

Hello Augsburg students, faculty, and staff,

Over the next 4–5 years, Augsburg will be changing its primary information system (called Unit4 or formerly Agresso). This change will involve moving from our current campus-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system with numerous third-party systems to a unified, cloud-based ERP system.

This is a complex, multi-year, campus-wide project that involves how we manage student records, registration, human resources, finances, and more. Simply put, how you interact with Augsburg as a student or employee will be changing and improving once we have made the change. How you register for classes, record time worked and time off, submit grades for your courses, and so on—all will be modernized and, ideally, improved.

Such a change can be both exciting and daunting for people so we intend to support you in this transition with plenty of information, communication, and campus engagement as the project moves forward. The first steps will be to document business processes and engage key functional areas in preparation for campus visits by potential vendors this spring.

On the project web page https://sites.augsburg.edu/it/about-it/cloud-erp-project/ you’ll find information on project timeline, decision process, and project goals. That project page will grow and expand over time. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to reach out to me at any time.

– Scott Krajewski ’94, ’21 MBA
AVP for IT

Visit the Cloud ERP Project web page

Campus Cupboard Winter Break Shopping Hours

submitted by kojimam@augsburg.edu

Campus Cupboard (basement of Anderson Residence Hall 026) will be open during the winter break!

Shopping Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1-4pm
We will be closed on 12/24, 12/25, 12/26, 12/31, and 1/1

If you are unable to make it to the open hours, you can
make an appointment (https://forms.gle/jAndtRdPipVb95eu6) or
order a box of shelf-stable items for pick up (https://forms.gle/m2mNo4QsK1fMx8Tf9)

Please email campuskitchen@augsburg.edu with any questions.

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

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Event Announcements

Join Kimchi Fried Rice Workshop with Chef Jess TODAY

submitted by kojimam@augsburg.edu

Join Campus Kitchen for a Food Lab workshop making Kimchi Fried Rice with Chef Jess today at 4:30pm in Hagfors 108!

The purpose of Food Lab Workshop is to teach the Augsburg community how to cook a variety of dishes and build community through food. Everything from the ingredients (e.g. Oil and Seasonings) to cooking appliances are provided for students attending workshops. If you are interested in hosting a workshop, email campuskitchen@augsburg.edu.

Seeking First Year Students to Apply for Travelers EDGE

submitted by nguyenma@augsburg.edu

Learn more about the Travelers EDGE program and hear inspiring stories from both current Scholars and successful Alumni!

Date: Wed Dec 18th, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: Virtual on Zoom (https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/94938068780)

Benefits of the Program:
-Scholarship ($14,000/year)
-Professional Development
-Internship Opportunities
-Mentorship
-Academic Support
-Peer-to-Peer Support

Who are we looking for?
-First Year Augsburg Students
-3.0 GPA or higher
-Planning to study one of the following majors:
-Accounting
-Management
-Communications
-Computer Science
-Economics
-Finance
-International Business
-Math
-MIS
-Marketing

Learn more!

Faculty and Staff Holiday Party – TOMORROW, 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

Active Violence Panel Discussion – Faculty/Staff

submitted by millerd1@augsburg.edu

All faculty and staff were notified by email of the requirement to complete the online training module, “Active Shooter: Run, Hide, Fight” no later than December 31, 2024. Additional information was provided about several live panel discussions to be offered in January, facilitated by Provost Paula O’Loughlin, Dawn Miller from Human Resources, and DPS leaders, to continue the dialogue on this important topic. Topics included a discussion on Augsburg-specific and building-specific questions and concerns as they relate to our campus safety and active violence preparedness.

Faculty and staff who are interested in this discussion prior to January are invited to attend an early session prior to the holiday break.

Date: Tuesday, December 17
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: Marshall Room

Additional sessions will be offered in January, 2025.

Thank you for your continued commitment to a safe, welcoming, inclusive campus for all.

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