Tuesday, March 11, 2025

submitted by cliftonk@augsburg.edu

Meet monthly for a casual staff lunch in The Commons to connect with old friends and meet new ones. Bring your own lunch or grab one from the cafeteria.

Staff senate hosts this causal monthly lunch on the second Tuesday starting March 11th at noon.

Join us on Thursday, March 13 to continue our explorations of embodying anti-racism. We’ll be meeting from 12-1 (feel free to bring your lunch!) in Lindell Library 301. In this session we will be getting into some practices to help us build connections and develop community commitments together, as well as reflecting on a poem and discussing potential actions that might come out of our practice. Please also feel free to invite others you think might be interested. This is part of the affinity group practice this semester.

When: March 13, 12pm-1pm
Where: Lindell Library 301

submitted by enricoc@augsburg.edu

Faculty and Staff – Join us Thursday, March 13th for a campus AED scavenger hunt. We will split into teams and go around campus buildings and find all of the AED’s. After we have gotten our heart rate up searching for all of the AED’s we will eat lunch together up in the cafeteria. The winning group will receive free lunch (:

We will meet outside the Christensen Center at 12pm. Please sign up using the google form provided so we have a general idea of amount of people to expect.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR0WRkQ0ModIe6g2B9LXJ_dioxzWqfDE0HjGeiCUVcWwFskQ/viewform?usp=header

If you have a question or need an accommodation please contact Sarah Riveros; riveross@augsburg.edu or Colleen Enrico; enricoc@augsburg.edu

This event is sponsored by the Campus Collaboration and Community Affinity Group

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR0WRkQ0ModIe6g2B9LXJ_dioxzWqfDE0HjGeiCUVcWwFskQ/viewform?usp=header

submitted by kastsech@augsburg.edu

Announcing the 1st annual Auggie Baby Shark Entrepreneur Contest!

Compete for $10,000 in prize money for your business or social enterprise idea.

The Augsburg Baby Shark Contest encourages students to explore entrepreneurial potential, seek out new opportunities, and use the skills & knowledge acquired to launch a new business. This annual event is organized by the School of Business and is open to all current Augsburg University undergraduate & graduate students. In order to be eligible, students must be registered in the semester of competition with a valid Augsburg University student ID.

COMPETITION DETAILS
● Individuals & teams consisting of one to 4 students
● All academic schools/disciplines are eligible
● Business Ventures for students focused on more traditional commercial opportunities. These can be business-to-consumer, business-to-business, technology-based ventures, & are typically for-profit models.
● Social Ventures for students whose ventures are primarily focused on solving significant social problems — such as poverty alleviation, social injustice, and environmental sustainability – using entrepreneurial methods in order to craft innovative solutions that are effective and scalable. These can be non-profit, for-profit, or a mixture of both (hybrid models).

Deadline: April 1
More details and how to enter:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xSfxfQfiLGeEGrGvruharG4niesrIJLwc6YEfSqONug

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xSfxfQfiLGeEGrGvruharG4niesrIJLwc6YEfSqONug

submitted by covalt@augsburg.edu

Thó Wiŋ Magazine will be hosting a publishing event on Tuesday, March 25th from 4-5pm in Hagfors 150B. Minneapolis-based poet Joe Davis will be leading a discussion on the publishing industry and what putting your art into the world looks like. Tea and brownies will be provided and attendees with have the opportunity to submit their work to Thó Wiŋ Magazine, as well as view what past issues of Augsburg’s official literary magazine have looked like.

If you are an author, poet, musician, or visual artist of any kind looking to get your work into the world, this event will contain valuable information on the processes of querying and publishing. We would love to see you all there! If you would like to attend, you can RSVP on Auggie Life: https://augsburg.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11153627

When: Tuesday, March 25th, 4-5pm
Where: Hagfors 150B

RSVP

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Join us on Tuesday, March 11th, from 11:30 am to 11:50 am in Hoversten Chapel for the next installment of our Uncovering Vocation series. Sarah Erkkinen, Vice President for Advancement, will reflect on her personal vocation journey. Come and hear more about Sarah and how we are called to live our lives for the sake of the world.

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

“Living Stories” is a series co-hosted by the Department of Religion and Philosophy, Augsburg Interfaith Institute, and Campus Ministry. On March 12, join us in Hoversten Chapel to hear Cynthia Bailey Mains, Director of Adult Learning, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, who will share stories from her Catholic tradition.

submitted by hardaker@augsburg.edu

Auggies – are you interested in study abroad in LATIN AMERICA?

Join us for a virtual Town Hall to learn more about Augsburg’s study abroad programs in Mexico, and our Central America program that travels to BOTH Guatemala and Costa Rica!
Both Town Halls will feature our staff and instructors from the countries we visit, and who you would be spending your semester with. RSVP to join virtually on Thursday, March 13th.

MEXICO FALL SEMESTER PROGRAMS
with Fatima Mendoza
Thursday, March 13th at 12:00 p.m.

CENTRAL AMERICA SEMESTER PROGRAM
with Elisa Vanegas and Gabriela Maldonado
Thursday, March 13th at 1:00 p.m.

Why Choose an Augsburg CGEE program in Latin America?
*Earn Augsburg credits while studying abroad and fulfill graduation requirements!
*Learn from communities in which we visit, with professors from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and other countries in Latin America!
*Get out of the classroom and enjoy hands-on learning and travel!

RSVP today for either or both Town Hall meetings to learn more.

RSVP Today

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

All faculty and staff are invited to attend a Zoom session at 3 p.m. today, March 11, with Provost Paula O’Loughlin, Vice President of Equity and Inclusion Joanne Reeck, and Dean of Students Michael Grewe to ask questions about how Augsburg is negotiating the current external environment, including recent decisions at the federal and state levels.

Please contact provost@augsburg.edu with any questions.

Register to join via Zoom

submitted by cronink@augsburg.edu

Drop in anytime between 10am-12pm for some arts and crafts. We’ll have a wet felting station for making your own felt friend (think pet rock, but softer!) to keep you company as you finish out your midterm and get ready for Spring Break. Takes 5-30 minutes.

Check out examples on the library’s Instagram!