Friday, February 27, 2026

submitted by bloyere@augsburg.edu

My name is Evan Bloyer, and I am a graduate student in the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program here at Augsburg University. My clinical research project is understanding how Tinder use impacts mental health outcomes, particularly self-esteem and body esteem. I have received Augsburg University’s IRB approval and am able to collect data from eligible participants. To participate, please click on the link below. Email me at bloyere@augsburg.edu for any questions or concerns. If you participate, you will be eligible for a raffle for one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.

Mental Health Survey

submitted by bjorkluw@augsburg.edu

The Registrar and Student Financial Services office (The Enrollment Center) is closing early today, Friday, February 27th at 3pm.

We will resume our regular business hours on Monday, March 2, at 10 a.m. If you have urgent questions, please feel free to email us at registrar@augsburg.edu or studentfinances@augsburg.edu, and we will respond as soon as possible.

We appreciate your understanding!

submitted by klobassa@augsburg.edu

The SYSA is part of the Ruffalo Noel Levitz suite of surveys, which also includes the College Student Inventory (CSI) and Mid-Year Student Survey (MYSA), and measures students’ academic motivation, general coping skills and receptivity to assistance. We are in the process of piloting the Second Year Student Assessment (SYSA) with our second-year Auggies through March 4. The SYSA (as well as the other RNL surveys) provide helpful information for how we can best support student success. After closing the survey on March 4, a team of staff and faculty will meet individually with students to discuss results.

Please encourage second year students with whom you work to complete the survey.

Second-year students can complete the survey using the following link, and will need their Augsburg student ID number:

https://studentsurvey.ruffalonl.com/AugsburgUniversity/SYSA2025-26

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Mixed Blood Theater is gathering a people’s history of this moment and need your help. What has this experience been like for you? What have you seen? What are you doing? How are you feeling?

It might be a true personal recollection.
It might be an interview with someone in your community.
It might be a poem or picture or piece of flash fiction that captures a feeling or a snapshot of what is happening right now in our communities.
It doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to come from you.

To be transparent, as with everything right now, this project is emergent—we’ll learn and adjust. As story tellers, our intention is to capture and preserve the stories of this moment, as people want them told. We expect to post these stories as part of a gallery of responses to create a tapestry of experiences of the now. We are guided by the creative commons licensing (freely sharing the work) that others can use to create, study, make, remember.

Please add your story and invite others to share theirs using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffi0YyKCG7fCZFY3OitscYP1p2Qo0ZhJYERF-LcCXjzbGtCg/viewform

submitted by myers@augsburg.edu

We are now taking applications for the 2026-2027 cohort of Christensen Scholars. Apply at the link below by Friday March 27, 2026.

Christensen Scholars spend a year in community exploring questions of faith, identity, and vocation through a Christian theological lens. Students should be open to engaging seriously and openly with these topics, but it is not a requirement that a student be an active member of a faith community. Applicants need only be open to sharing about and listening to a diverse set of perspectives within the Christian tradition.

BENEFITS:
• Develop a deeper understanding of your own vocation in a caring community.
• Create a deeper sense of belonging among your peers.
• Learn new ways to live out your faith on a daily basis within the community.
• Experience a remote mountain retreat center in the middle of winter.
• Receive a small scholarship and a $500.00 stipend to cover expenses.
• All-expenses-paid winter pilgrimage in mid-January.
• 4 upper division Religion credits (can be used toward your major or minor)

NOTE: RLN 100 is a prerequisite for this year-long course. We will gather every other Thursday evening (6pm-8pm), both Fall and Spring semesters. Additionally, the pilgrimage during the end of your winter break in January 2027 is mandatory. Students admitted are expected to have good attendance and participation in the sessions and on the trip in order to earn course credit.

Christensen Scholars program is co-led by Dr. Jeremy Myers (myers@ausburg.edu) from the Christensen Center for Vocation and Rev. John Schwehn (schwehn@augsburg.edu) from Campus Ministry.

Christensen Scholars Website

submitted by khanss@augsburg.edu

As-salamualaikum! My name is Sana Khan and I am currently a clinical psychology doctoral study student at Augsburg University. I am conducting a research study about how the mental health and religiosity of Muslim college students is impacted by Islamophobia and I would love to have you be a part of my study! The study will consist of an initial screener to make sure eligibility criteria is met and then scheduling an interview in which I ask you questions about your demographics and experience as a Muslim college student as related to Islam, religiosity, and Islamophobia. The interview should take approximately 25 minutes to 35 minutes to complete. To thank you for your participation, upon completion of your interview, there will be an option at the end for you to enter your information to receive a $10 Visa gift card. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at my email listed below. I appreciate you taking time to consider being a part of my project. Please contact Sana Khan at khanss@augsburg.edu to determine eligibility.

submitted by krajewsk@augsburg.edu

While we use our mobile phones daily we may not think about privacy and our mobile device. Here’s a 1-page tip sheet on some things you can do to improve your privacy on your mobile phone. These tips are good for anyone who has a mobile phone.

Mobile Privacy Tip Sheet

submitted by selinski@augsburg.edu

Think you know your way around campus? Staff Senate wants to test your knowledge of Augsburg’s tunnels and skyways with our Auggie’s Path Tunnel & Skyway System Quiz! From familiar hallways to the fastest fully indoor paths between buildings, this quick multiple-choice quiz will test your knowledge and help you discover smarter, warmer, and easier ways to navigate campus! Whether you’re a student, staff member, or faculty, take the quiz, learn the routes, and start moving through campus the Auggie way!

Bonus: Individuals who score 8/10 or higher will be entered into a drawing for one of ten $10 gift cards to local neighborhood businesses! Drawing date: Monday, March 2. Winners will be contacted via their Augsburg email to coordinate receipt of their gift card.

Take the Auggie’s Path Tunnel & Skyway System Quiz!