Augsburg University News and Announcements
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submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
Our annual fire system testing continues this week and through August 11.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
7:00 a.m.—Ice Arena
8:30 a.m.—Lindell Library
12:30 p.m.—Memorial Hall
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
8:00 a.m.—Mortensen/Urness Hall
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
7:00 a.m.—Music Building
10:00 a.m.—Luther Hall
12:00 p.m.— Christensen Center
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
7:00 a.m.—Foss Center
11:00 a.m.—Hagfors Center
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
8:00 a.m.—Mortensen/Urness Hall
MONDAY, AUGUST 11
7:00 a.m.—Science/Sverdrup
9:00 a.m.—Si Melby/Kennedy Center
11:30 a.m.—Oren Gateway center
1:00 p.m.—Old Main
submitted by ridgle@augsburg.edu
On Monday, August 4th, the power will be shutdown to the Mortensen Hall building to repair the transformer. The repairs will begin at 8am and could last up to 8 hours. Contact Facilities Management with any questions or concerns.
submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
If you use the Riverside Ave. bridge over I-94 in Minneapolis, make sure to include extra travel time to take a detour starting August 4.
Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, August 4, the Riverside Ave. bridge will be closed to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians through Monday, August 18.
You can bypass the closure using the 25th Ave. South bridge.
The closure is necessary to allow crews to safely complete bridge maintenance work along eastbound I-94. Construction began in October 2024 and is anticipated to be complete in November 2025.
submitted by devries@augsburg.edu
Student Workshop: Writing Personal Statements
Are you applying for a Fulbright, grad school, or another major fellowship or opportunity? Are you struggling to write the personal statements? One of the most important kinds of writing, this genre is also one of the hardest to do well.
Please join one or more of the following sessions to learn about the fundamentals of writing personal statements, generate ideas, and workshop drafts in process (if you have one.)
Thursday, August 7 @ 7-8 pm on Zoom
Tuesday, August 12 @ 3-4 pm on Zoom
Tuesday, August 19 @ 7-8 pm on Zoom
To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, please send an email to Jacqui deVries <devries@augsburg.edu> or fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qW7HGQfi-QlGS8lONbPBMX9UWekovVJGEjVf1l7C1yA/edit
submitted by hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu
Dear Faculty,
We are excited for Fall term to begin on September 3rd. That’s less than a month away!
We are even more excited to let you know that your elearning team has created a “NEW” Moodle Course Template, for Fall 2025. The template has been approved by the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Committee, and has a new improved syllabus template from Center for Teaching and Learning!
Below you will find some of the highlights of the New Moodle Course Template:
– Customizable for Hybrid, Asynchronous, and Synchronous Online course Modalities.
– START HERE! Welcome Video explaining “How to use the Moodle Course Template, Fall 2025”.
– New and improved “Getting Started” section with descriptions of the forums, activities and links, completion conditions enabled, updated CTL Syllabus Template
– Weekly sections that include a video describing “How to add a book to your course”.
As you are putting your curriculum together for the upcoming semester, please consider using this New “Moodle Course Template, Fall 2025” as a starting point. It is located in the Blocks drawer on the right side of each Moodle course under Archives, Templates.
Feel free to reach out to your LFC’s Nathan LInd, Shane Sletten, Jad Habib or or Susan Hadjiyanis if you would like support with Moodle.
submitted by hr@augsburg.edu
The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:
07/31/2025: Career Services Director, Strommen Center for Meaningful Work
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000073873456-career-services-director-strommen-center-for-meaningful-work
07/30/2025: Ice Arena Attendant
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000073636549-ice-arena-attendant
submitted by hr@augsburg.edu
Summary of Position
The Director of the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work provides strategic leadership for career services for students and alumni at Augsburg. This includes working with faculty and staff to integrate career exploration and preparation into the curriculum and co-curriculum, and building connections for alumni to support students’ career goals. This position takes the lead on strategic relationship building with employers to ensure that Augsburg is an institution of choice for local and national recruiting efforts. This position supervises all staff members of the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work and the Program Director of the Reell Office of Seeing Things Whole.
Primary Responsibilities
– Provide direction and set the overall strategy for the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work including annual goal setting and assessment of effectiveness.
– Partner with School Directors, faculty, and other academic leaders to integrate career exploration and development into the curriculum.
– Partner with Student Life to support student exploration of careers through co-curricular programming.
– Hire, train, and supervise full-time and part-time professional staff, manage program budgets, supervise collection of data and evaluate the effectiveness of the programming, and focus on staff professional development.
– Expand external partnerships with employers from all industry sectors to better serve Augsburg student employment and internship needs and develop sponsorship opportunities.
– Partner with Institutional Advancement to build a strong network of alumni who support Augsburg undergraduate and graduate students through recruiting, networking, and mentoring activities designed to meet changing needs in a dynamic global economy.
– Coordinate fundraising efforts including grant writing in partnership with Institutional Advancement related to Career Services and corporate giving.
– Manage relationships with vendors and membership organizations that the Strommen Center partners with to improve the student experience.
Additional Responsibilities
– Create and provide opportunities for Augsburg senior leaders, faculty, and staff to make connections with key business and foundation leaders throughout the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota, and across the country.
– Other duties as apparent or assigned by supervisor(s).
Work Environment and Physical Demands
– Typical work environment is an office.
– Regular computer and phone use.
– Sedentary work for long periods of time.
– Frequent talking/communication.
– Occasional local, regional, and national travel.
– Occasional long or irregular hours for special events (evenings and weekends).
submitted by hr@augsburg.edu
The following Augsburg Student positions were posted within the past 7 days:
07/30/2025: Student Equity and Inclusion Initiatives Specialist
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000073616476-student-equity-and-inclusion-initiatives-specialist
07/30/2025: Student: Athletic Facilities Events Assistant 2025-26
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000073615207-student-athletic-facilities-events-assistant-2025-26
submitted by bergc2@augsburg.edu
Please join us in the Quad on Tues. Aug. 26, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., for a staff and faculty ice cream social. Come, make a sundae with your favorite toppings and join your colleagues from across campus as we kick off the start of the 2025-26 academic year.
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