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Would You Like to Travel to Amsterdam?

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for “Another Future Is Possible”: a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1.

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month: two weeks on campus, and two weeks abroad.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

Check Out Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

Hospicing Modernity Reading Group for Staff and Faculty – Spring Semester

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Sabo Center is hosting a reading group for the 2021 book, Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.

This book helps us learn how to:
– Reimagine how we respond to crisis and relearn how to interact with difference, uncertainty, complexity, and failure
– Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for pain and grief
– Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm
– Create space for change that isn’t driven by desperate hope or a fear of desolate hopelessness

We’re tentatively planning to gather the week of February 17th, the first full week of March, the week of March 24th, April 7th and 28th.

Please know that space is limited, we cannot guarantee a place for everyone. Email Jenean Gilmer (gilmerje@augsburg.edu) with any questions.

To express interest, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

Faculty Distinguished Contributions Award Nominations

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

Spring 2025 Syllabus Template

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

As faculty finalize preparations for Spring 2025 courses, you are encouraged to review the Spring 2025 updated syllabus template for support in developing learner-centered syllabi and classroom policies.

Please recall all syllabi are required to include a Title IX statement.
It is recommended that all syllabi also include a FERPA statement. A model is provided.

All resources are available on the CTL homepage linked below.

Spring 2025 Syllabus Resources

Moodle Essentials Zoom Workshop, January 15, 10-11 a.m.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moodle Essentials Zoom Workshop, January 15, 10-11 am

Intended as an interactive complement to the Moodle Basics online course, this Zoom session will introduce you to the tools needed to be proficient at Moodle as an Augsburg instructor. This interactive session will acquaint you with some best practices of online course design and delivery.

Facilitator: Shane Sletten, Elearning

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/94647647358

Moodle Essentials Workshop Zoom Link

Ace Your Licensing Exam: Free Webinar and Book Giveaway – January 16

submitted by premob@augsburg.edu

Using Social Work Case Vignettes to Prepare for Your Licensing Exam (Student Series Webinar)

Thursday, January 16, 2025

From 6-7:30pm ET. FREE for all!

All social work students are invited to kick off the new year with the NASW’s Students Series! Join us to network, expand your skill set, as well as explore clinical case studies with author and professor Liz Johnson. We will use social work practice examples as a fundamental tool for developing “practice wisdom,” the intuitive understanding of client dynamics and core issues in a case.

One attendee will win a free copy of Dr. Johnson’s newest book, 80 Clinical Vignettes for Test Taking, Licensing Exam Prep, and Practical Applications. This collection of 80 real-world-based clinical vignettes offers a diverse range of clinical counseling cases, covering all the major DSM-5-TR diagnostic categories.

Registration link below

http://www.socialworkers.org/studentevents

General Announcements

Open Q&A Sessions on the Cloud ERP Project

submitted by krajewsk@augsburg.edu

What is the Cloud ERP Project, you ask? If you’re a student, faculty, or staff member, then this project will be changing how you interact with Augsburg online over the next few years—registering for classes, submitting grades, viewing payslips, and more.

The project website has more information on this initiative to unify and streamline our information systems across campus. Additionally, we are holding open Q&A sessions in person and via Zoom for you to learn more and to ask questions. Following a short slideshow about the project, the floor will be open for questions.

IN PERSON

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
12–1:00 p.m.
Augsburg Room (2nd floor Christensen Center – bring your lunch!)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12–1:00 p.m.
Augsburg Room (2nd floor Christensen Center – bring your lunch!)

ZOOM

Tuesday, February 18, 2025
9–10:00 a.m. https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/96645268730?pwd=PkkDfGbz1Pvq5eBUjrUaxCM9OyzH6u.1

Learn more on the Cloud ERP Project website

Augsburg Music Ensembles Open to All Augsburg Students

submitted by brauer@augsburg.edu

Do you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a fun way to build community and round out your course schedule? Please consider joining an Augsburg music ensemble! Augsburg Ensembles are open to all Augsburg students and can be taken for either 1 or 0 credits. To meet the LAF Fine Arts requirement, students must register for 1 credit for 4 semesters. Reach out to Ensemble Directors for more information.

AUGSBURG GLOBAL HARMONY CHOIR
Director: Shekela Wanyama, wanyama@augsburg.edu
MUE 111-B Augsburg Choir, Sec II: Global Harmony Choir, M/W/F 4:50-5:55 pm

The Augsburg Global Harmony Choir is open to all students who sing. If interested, please contact Dr. Shekela Wanyama wanyama@augsburg.edu.

CONCERT BAND
Director: Dr. Kenneth Green, green5@augsburg.edu
MUE 141-A Concert Band M/W/F 3:10-4:40 pm

The Augsburg Concert Band is open to all Augsburg students who play brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. If interested, please contact Dr. Kenneth Green green5@augsburg.edu.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Director: Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman, bergman1@augsburg.edu
MUE 121-A Orchestra, Th 5:30-8:20 pm

The Augsburg Symphony Orchestra is open to all Augsburg students who play string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. If interested, please contact Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman bergman1@augsburg.edu.

AUGSBURG JAZZ
Director: Dr. Kenneth Green, green5@augsburg.edu
MUE 143-A Jazz Band T/Th 3:40-5pm

The Augsburg Jazz Ensemble is open to all Augsburg students who play saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, electric guitar, electric bass, or drum set. If interested, please contact Dr. Kenneth Green green5@augsburg.edu,

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY FLUTE ENSEMBLE
Director: Trudi Anderson, anders10@augsburg.edu
MUE 396-A Flute Ensemble, M 4:45 – 6:15

The Augsburg Flute Ensemble uses the entire family of flutes from piccolo to contrabass, and welcomes any flutist within the Augsburg community. If interested, please contact Trudi Anderson, anders10@augsburg.edu.

https://www.augsburg.edu/music/ensembles/

Seeking Nominations for the Sabo Center Engagement Committee

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Sabo Center is forming an advisory council to grow more and better collaborations, make our work more diffuse around campus and in our neighborhoods, and bring more voices into our processes and planning. This is an opportunity for staff, faculty, students and community members to learn more about and contribute to community-engaged work at Augsburg, build relationships, and share ideas and experiences in ways that can help inform our work.

The Sabo Center Engagement Council (SCEC) will support and guide community engagement and changemaking work at Augsburg and in our neighborhoods. The SCEC is not a decision-making body. Staff, Students, Faculty and Community Members are eligible for nomination.

Expectations:
– Attend three committee meetings throughout the spring semester of 2025.
– Advocate for community-engaged work broadly across campus and beyond.
– Serve 2 year terms. We are tentatively planning for meetings the weeks of February 17th, March 17th, April 14th, and an informal gathering at the end of April.

Students & members of the community outside Augsburg are eligible for an honorarium to support their participation.

If you would like to nominate yourself or others, please fill out the short form linked below by January 24th. Nominees will be informed of acceptance by January 31st, 2025.

https://forms.gle/uvo2BgCg1tztxhuH9

https://forms.gle/uvo2BgCg1tztxhuH9

New Student Positions This Week (2)

submitted by hr@augsburg.edu

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

01/13/2025: Student: URGO Office Assistant
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000036149714-student-urgo-office-assistant
01/07/2025: Student: Overnight Part-Time Public Safety Officer, Spring Semester 2025
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000036450769-student-overnight-part-time-public-safety-officer-spring-semester-2025

Search Augsburg Job Postings

Participants Needed for Mental Health Study

submitted by stevenss@augsburg.edu

Are you between the ages of 18 & 25?

You are invited to participate in a study investigating emotion and mental health!

ENTER A RAFFLE FOR 1 of 8 $25 VISA GIFT CARDS!

Access the study here: https://augsburg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0idiuYgLQrXZfym

Please contact the study’s primary investigator with any questions at
stevenss@augsburg.edu

Thank you!

https://augsburg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0idiuYgLQrXZfym

Event Announcements

New Year, New Connections: Staff Social Event, January 29

submitted by cliftonk@augsburg.edu

Kick off 2025 by strengthening bonds and building new connections! Join Staff Senate for a cozy social to reconnect, share winter break stories, and foster relationships. Enjoy warm conversations, tasty treats, and a relaxed atmosphere, perfect for engaging with colleagues across departments.

Wednesday, 1/29
1-3:30pm
Chapel

Staff Senate will provide a few fun giveaways, just be present to win.

Questions? Email staffsenate@augsburg.edu

Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid “Trans Day of Revenge” Featuring S.L.O.G. and More – This Saturday

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Saturday, January 18, 2025
Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:00 PM
All Ages, $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show
Students with ID ALWAYS receive $11 tickets the day of an event at The Cedar!

Celebrating resistance in the forms of solidarity, love, and trans joy, The Cedar is honored to host TRANS DAY OF REVENGE benefittingTwin Cities Trans Mutual Aid.

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.

MASKS REQUIRED for this show. For this, we ask that you purchase and bring before doors open. The Cedar only carries a limited supply.

Buy tickets here!

Buy tickets here!

2025 Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference Accepting Session Proposals

submitted by adamsc@augsburg.edu

Working with or interested in Pedagogy of the Oppressed or Theatre of the Oppressed? The 2025 PTO conference is accepting proposals, and we at Augsburg have special permission to take a bit longer to put session proposals together! This year’s theme is Confronting Injustice: Transformation, Reparation, and Radical Imagination, and the conference will be convening at the University of Nebraska Omaha June 5-8, 2025.

Each year PTO (Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed) gathers educators, artists, community organizers, social workers, and any other folks interested in pedagogy, the arts, and social justice. It would be amazing to have some folks from Augsburg presenting! Additionally, Julian Boal (son of Theatre of the Oppressed’s Augusto Boal) will be presenting a three day Forum Theatre pre-conference workshop.

There’s a chance of bringing the conference here to Augsburg in 2026, and this is a great opportunity to see what it might be like!

The link included will take you to the session proposal form with lots more information about the conference. The call can be read in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. And please feel free to share it with people you think might be interested.

If you have any questions, please contact Charles Adams at adamsc@augsburg.edu.

2025 Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Call for Proposals

Explore Summer Study Abroad Programs at the Short Term Study Abroad Showcase

submitted by morgans1@augsburg.edu

Come explore Augsburg’s 2025 summer study abroad programs at our showcase next Wednesday! Here you can meet the faculty leaders, have some tasty international snacks, and learn more about these opportunities. This year’s programs are located in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Thailand/Laos. We look forward to seeing you there!

Where: Christensen Center Lobby
When: January 22, 10am – 1pm

Short Term Study Abroad Showcase

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