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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

Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging Webinar, February 4, 1 p.m.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection Workshop, February 12

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

General Announcements

Seeking Survey Participants

submitted by wurstera@augsburg.edu

Hello, my name is Ashley Wurster and I am currently a clinical psychology doctoral student at Augsburg University. I am conducting a research study about how episode patterns in schizophrenia may affect stigmatization levels among mental health practitioners and the general public in Minnesota, and I would like to include you in my research. The study will be completed exclusively online and consist of a survey about your demographics and your experiences with and attitudes on schizophrenia/severe mental illnesses. It should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. To thank you for your participation, there will be an option at the end of the survey to have a $2 bill mailed to you. If you are interested in participating, please use the link below to access the surveys. I appreciate you taking the time to consider participating in this important research.

https://augsburg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gayud3UI1r7sYC

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/

TODAY: Special Election for Senate District 60

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

On January 28, a special election will be held for Minnesota Senate District 60, which encompasses Augsburg and other portions of south, northeast, and southeast Minneapolis. This special election is taking place due to the recent death of State Senator Kari Dziedzic.

Augsburg will have a polling location inside Christensen Center for students who reside on campus or in the local precinct. You can register to vote on election day. An Augsburg student ID will work as proof of identity to register if you are voting on campus or in the city of Minneapolis.

See the candidates and learn more about this special election.

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

Important Information About 2025 Commencement

submitted by commencement@augsburg.edu

If you are eligible for the 2025 commencement ceremony, you should have received an email on Tuesday with information about the ceremony, ticketing, regalia (cap and gown), and Latin honors.

Key highlights:

– Commencement will take place on May 9, 2025, at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
– The total number of tickets allowed per graduate will be 1 graduate ticket plus 15 guest tickets for family and friends (16 total).
– Tickets will be available for this year’s eligible students on February 13, 2025.
– Information about how to obtain required regalia is available on the commencement website.
– Information about Latin Honors can be found on the Registrar’s Office website.

Important: If you completed or will complete graduation requirements between December 15, 2024 and March 1, 2025, approximately one month after your degree is awarded, you will begin receiving a weekly email in your Augsburg email account warning you of when your account will be disabled and advising you of your options. ***If you intend to participate in the upcoming Spring 2025 commencement ceremony, please choose the “Hold” option so that your Augsburg email account is kept active for another few months.*** Otherwise, you will likely run into issues with acquiring commencement tickets from the commencement ticketing system. If your Augsburg email account has already expired, you will need to contact commencement@augsburg.edu for assistance.

Visit the commencement website for more information.

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

New Staff Positions This Week (2)

submitted by hr@augsburg.edu

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

01/22/2025: Latinx Student Services Program Manager
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000038084104-latinx-student-services-program-manager
01/22/2025: Admissions Counselor / Senior Admissions Counselor / Assistant Director of Admissions
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000038082153-admissions-counselor-senior-admissions-counselor-assistant-director-of-admissions

Search Augsburg Job Postings

New Student Positions This Week (2)

submitted by hr@augsburg.edu

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

01/23/2025: Student: SoNS Chemistry Supplemental Instructor
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000038298555-student-sons-chemistry-supplemental-instructor
01/22/2025: Student: CLASS/Groves On-Call Test Proctor, Academic Year 2024-25
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000038139440-student-class-groves-on-call-test-proctor-academic-year-2024-25

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Augsburg Makerspace Opens TODAY

submitted by gaffanes@augsburg.edu

The Makerspace will be open for everyone to use on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 pm to 7 pm starting today, and we have a few workshops planned for later.

Stop by if you have a project to work on or want to learn a new skill! We have an attendant to help as needed, all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to try something new.

The Makerspace has many tools, including two 3D printers, two sewing machines, electronics equipment, and more coming soon. See you there!

Event Announcements

LGBTQIA2S+ Staff and Faculty Lunch TOMORROW

 

Join PRISM (Proudly Reflecting Identities, Stories, and Movements), an affirming and inclusive space for LGBTQIA+ staff and faculty to connect, celebrate, and support one another in fostering a vibrant and welcoming community.
Our first meeting will be 12:30-1:30pm on January 29th. We’ll meet for a BYO Lunch in the Oren Gateway Center – Room 100.
Please reach out to Ian Heseltine with any questions.

Don’t Miss Employers on Campus This Week

submitted by nguyenma@augsburg.edu

Connect with these employers this week! They are looking to fill positions in a variety of full-time, part-time, internships roles! Stop by their table in the Chirstensen Center Lobby.

Futura Language Professionals
Tues Jan 28th – 10am-2pm
– Great for those looking to gain additional experience in early education and/or to practice your Spanish skills.

US Bank
Wed Jan 29th – 9am-11am
– Seeking to fill internships and full-time roles in finance, operations, engineering, product management.
– Review job posting online and stop by to get your resume review by the recruiter!

ACR Homes
Thus Jan 30th and Fri Jan 31st – 10am-2pm
– Great for those interested in pre-health and looking for patient care hours
– Flexible internships

TODAY: Focused Conversation on Five Schools

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

All faculty and staff are invited to the January Focused Conversation at noon today. Join Provost Paula O’Loughlin and the school directors (Vanessa Bester, Jeanne Boeh, Lori Brandt Hale, Chris Houltberg, and Ben Stottrup) for updates about Augsburg’s five-school model.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
12–1:00 p.m.
Marshall Room or via Zoom

To view the Focused Conversation schedule and access the livestream link, visit the All Hands page.

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)

Daily Chapel: Holden Village Reflections

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am to hear reflections from participants who spent a week at Holden Village as part of their work as Christensen Scholars this year. Today we will hear from students Brandon Gohole, Liana Whitlock, BJ Rainaldi, and Abigail Pribbenow who joined the group in Holden. Holden Village is a Lutheran retreat center and community located in Washington’s North Cascade Mountains.

Fosdick Lecture on Preaching on March 6 at 10 a.m.

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Join Augsburg University Campus Ministry for the 8th Annual Fosdick Lecture on Preaching. Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis will address the topic Shall Untruth Win? Faithful Preaching in an Age of Mistrust and Misinformation.

Observers have offered provocative words and phrases to describe our cultural and political moment. Post-truth. The fall of reason. Alternative facts. Can good news penetrate the noise of propaganda and conspiracy in our national discourse? Can a word of hope break through the cynicism and nihilism of cruel and radicalized politics? Now more than ever, from one-on-one meetings with parishioners to our proclamations from behind the sacred desk to our public utterances, courageous preachers must freshly voice the enduring wisdom of the Bible, the tradition, and religious experience to a people awash in propaganda and misinformation delivered through an inflammatory media landscape. Harry Emerson Fosdick summoned the courage to speak truthfully and faithfully during his time of rapid change and discoveries. Will we?
About Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis: Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis joined Plymouth Congregational Church as Lead Minister in December 2020. The son of two ministers and the youngest of fifteen children in Mississippi, Dr. Davis earned his B.A. at Howard University and an MA at the University of Maryland. He was awarded an M.Div. with Honors at Wesley Seminary and a D.Min. at Luther Seminary. He is ordained in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Dr. Davis brings a gift for preaching, an appetite for partnerships, a commitment to liberal theology and social justice, as well as experience in public policy work.

Reverend Davis will also preach at the 11:30 am chapel service. The Fosdick Lecture will also be livestreamed.

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

Please let us know you are coming by registering here

Staff Social TOMORROW, Wednesday, 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

THERE WILL BE PRIZES!!
Staff Senate will provide a few fun giveaways, just be present to win.

Questions? Email staffsenate@augsburg.edu

Preservation and Loss: A History of the Augsburg University Campus – January 30, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Hennepin History Museum is excited to announce we are partnering with Preserve Minneapolis as part of the museum’s new Program Partners initiative. This lecture is part of Preserve Minneapolis’s Minneapolis History Lecture Series. Click here for information about future topics.

Augsburg University Campus has been in Minneapolis since 1872 and has evolved over the past 150 years. From Old Main (National Registry of Historic Places) to the Christensen Center, James G. Lindell Library, Sverdrup Hall and more, it’s a fascinating look at preservation and loss and what the future holds for this beautiful campus.

Kristin Anderson is a Professor Emerita of Art & Design at Augsburg University. Kristin serves on the Minnesota State Review Board for National Registry of History Places and Designations and is past president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

This lecture will be presented on Zoom only. FREE!

Click here to register.

Echoes from the Horn: Somali Lives in Cinema – February 2, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar AvenueMinneapolis, MN, 55454United States
All Ages, Seated

$5 Youth under 21 years of age
$8 for Cedar-Riverside Residents
$10 General Admission

This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to our Access page.

The Qalanjo Project Presents: Echoes from the Horn: Somali Lives in Cinema – a special program of the Black Europe Film Festival of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

The Qalanjo Project is a Somali cultural organization and creative arts studio located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This special Sunday program will feature films and discussions that highlight Somali filmmakers’ contributions and explore the Somali diaspora’s diverse narratives from The Cedar screen!

We will be joined in person by Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Warda Mohamed, and Salad Hilowle. There will be additional workshops and community activities hosted by The Qalanjo Project with these incredible artists during the festival and after.

The estimated run time for the films is ~ 2 hours and 15 minutes, with a short opening introduction, a brief panel, and Q&A after the screenings with a total program time of 3.5 hours.

Learn more here!

Auditions for Paradise Park Zoo This Week

submitted by gebbengn@augsburg.edu

Come audition for Paradise Park Zoo! Auditions are this week, January 29 and 30! So come sign up for a 3 minute slot before it’s too late!

The sign up sheet is up on the theater’s doors in Foss AND online! (See link)

Overview:
The animals at the zoo are very busy—experimenting with meditation, processing their relationships, honing their wilderness survival skills, hosting community meetings, arguing about doors. No one is talking about the cages. The cages are not important or are they? The cages are not…the cages are…the cages. Paradise Park Zoo is a three act meditation on capitalism and the radical left, with some dances.

GROUP AUDITION
Please prepare a 20-second movement sequence inspired by a Zoo animal. Each Group Audition will take up to 12 participants and run for 50 minutes. Be ready to play improv games and read a short selection of the script.

⭐️INDIVIDUAL AUDITION⭐️ (Actors and/or Musicians)
Please share a 40-60 second piece. Actors may use any text (monologue, poem, excerpt from a book or newspaper, etc.). Musicians are encouraged to play contemporary music (Pop, Rock, R&B, Salsa, House or any music you might hear at a bar) which may include self-written work. Bring your own instrument. A piano will be provided. If you’d like, you may share both a text and a song, just keep it under 2 minutes 🙂

We hope to see you there!
The Theater Department

Online Audition Sheet

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Disabled Student Looking for Backup PCA

submitted by dipaolaz@augsburg.edu

Hi, my name is Zander I am a junior and I am also disabled and in a wheelchair I am looking for a backup PCA. I have a PCA come every day to help me with certain tasks in my dorm room. You would come with my main PCA needs a day off or can’t make it that day. Some of the tasks would entail refilling water bottles, refilling humidifiers, and making a bed expect this to take 15 or 30 minutes out of your day However you will schedule a time to come whenever it fits your schedule. and you will be paid $13 a day. If you are interested in helping me out and scheduling an interview contact me at (612)430-3233 Or dipaolaz@augsburg.edu.