Augsburg University News and Announcements
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Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.
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YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth
Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm
Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)
Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.
This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!
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The outstanding musicians of the Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble will perform on tomorrow. The concert will feature music by Jerome Richardson, Sonny Rollins, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison, and Snarky Puppy.
Ensemble: Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Sateren Auditorium
Cost: Free
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With baseball season underway, it’s time to start thinking about outings to the ballpark. Due to college graduation season for family members, I have a two St Paul Saints tickets available for sale for the games listed below. Seats are $18 each and are located in Section 105 Row 10 on the aisle (seats 1 and 2). Normally $22 if purchased online.
Dates Available
Tuesday, May 6th at 6:37 pm
Thursday, May 8th at 6:37 pm
Saturday, May 10th at 2:07 pm
Wednesday, May 21st at 6:37 pm
Email me at isaacson@augsburg.edu to arrange payment / electronic ticket delivery
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Will we see you for Late Night Breakfast TONIGHT at the Dining Commons from 9-10:30 p.m.? Here’s the menu:
Halal Breakfast Sausage Patty
Vegetarian Egg Strata
Belgium Waffles
Potato Triangles
Pork Breakfast Sausage Links
Cheese Omelettes
Gourmet Coffee Station
Sushi
Sweets Table
Ice Cream Sundae Station
The grand prize for coming to Late Night Breakfast this year is a $300 Southwest Airlines Gift Card!
Hosted by: Augsburg Day Student Government, KAUG, Office of the Dean of Students
Additional Information can be found at:
https://augsburg.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11243875
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Augsburg is transitioning in May to eCampus for all course materials. The best way to ensure eCampus will have sufficient time to source course materials for your Summer Time 2 and Fall courses is to ensure your course material adoptions are SUBMITTED IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21. Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted by that date–including those submitted earlier this spring–which eCampus will use to prepare for Summer Time 2 and Fall.
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The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:
04/24/2025: Public Safety Officer
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055642958-public-safety-officer
04/22/2025: Graduate Assistant Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055129966-graduate-assistant-men-s-and-women-s-golf-coach
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As we near the end of another year please don’t forget to take care of your campus mailbox. This includes checking it for any mail, returning your lock and filing out the survey for what you would like us to do with your mail after this semester.
Two weeks after the spring semester ends (on May 23, 2025) we will close all student campus boxes unless they responded to the End of Year survey. If you would like your mail forwarded or would like to keep your mailbox open for the summer, please fill out this survey
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSen8Hb9X2VU3VbQWqr9sPleUUk0pJROmx7iM6sr-lfY4vjgMw/viewform?usp=sharing).
Before the fall semester starts we will reassign campus boxes to all residential students. Without completing the survey, it will most likely be a different number.
We are only able to forward 1st Class USPS mail. Packages must be looked at case by case. Some USPS will allow forwarding. (Reply to the Augsburg package email and we will look at that package.) Other packages (UPS, FedEx, Amazon, etc.), magazines, non-profit mail and standard mail will not be forwarded. We can also only forward to USA addresses. The forwarding period for the Augsburg Mailroom is two months from when the request is submitted. Afterward any additional mail we receive will be returned to sender.
We request that you contact the people/business sending you mail and update your address with them. Augsburg is classified as a business so you will not be able to do so through the US Post Office itself. Enrolling in online/electronic bills or statements can also be a smart option, it is environmentally friendly, secure and will often save you time (and sometimes money). Asking us to forward your mail does not change your mailing address with the USPS or Augsburg University, just with the Mailroom.
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The Theater Department is seeking to hire 2 student employees to serve as costume shop artists/technicians for the 2025/2026 academic year. Position would start September 2025. Essential duties include, but are no limited to:
Creating and maintaining costumes in costume shop for all theater department productions and events.
This position requires some of physical work and the ability to lift at least 20 pounds.
Qualifications
Candidates must have completed a theater practicum.
Experience with sewing and costuming a plus.
Knowledge of fabrics and materials.
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The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.
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Start your week with Mindful Monday, 20 minutes of being, not doing, in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am. Mindful Monday is led by Tara Mader, Associate Professor of Health, Exercise Science
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The following Augsburg Student positions were posted within the past 7 days:
04/24/2025: Student: Choir Assistant, Academic Year 2025-26
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055783225-student-choir-assistant-academic-year-2025-26
04/24/2025: Student: Music Office/Orchestra Student Manager, 2025-26
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055785295-student-music-office-orchestra-student-manager-2025-26
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Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.
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Expectations
The student Choral Ensembles Manager is a key link between students and faculty/staff. The manager should exhibit leadership skills, communication skills, attention to detail, confidentiality and initiative to take on
projects and solve problems without the direct supervision of faculty/staff. The student manager acts as an essential coordinator and manager of choir performances and off-campus trips in collaboration with the Fine Arts Coordinator and the Conductor. In particular, the manager acts as the main choral-student contact for Advent Vespers, coordinating with faculty/staff, other student managers, and campus ministry as needed.
Job Duties
1) 1-2 hrs/wk—Rehearsal/Manager Duties.
These hours vary each week and generally take place before/after rehearsals
• Setup rehearsal space and coordinate performance setup and strike.
• Make ensemble announcements, etc..
• Record absences and report to conductor.
• Aid conductor with tasks and projects as assigned.
• Collect, proof, and ensure timely printing of programs.
• Collect all necessary student forms.
• Clean choir room following rehearsals and as needed throughout the year.
• Compose and mail thank you notes and other communications as needed
Library Duties.
• Communicate with conductor to determine print music needs of ensemble.
• Photocopy music, assemble and distribute folders to ensemble.
• Collect, sort, and file music in the cage in coordination with the Music Department Librarian(s)
2) 2-4 hrs/wk—Music Department Work.
A work schedule must be determined at the start of each semester.
• Work on projects as assigned by the Fine Arts Coordinator and/or the Music Administrative Assistant.
• May occasionally be needed as an usher or stage manager for events.
• If no projects are assigned, other duties (such as library/cage work) should be completed.
• If all other tasks are up-to-date, you may do homework during your scheduled working hours; however,
you must remain available in the music office area to assist with projects.
Supervisor(s): Augsburg Choir Conductor (1), Fine Arts Coordinator (1, 2), & Music Department Administrative Assistant.
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The Music department is seeking to hire one student employee to serve as a student assistant and orchestra manager.
Duration: Academic Year 2025-26, from September-April, approximately 3-5 hours/week. May include some training hours in April 2023 with the existing student manager.
Essential job functions include, but are not limited to:
– Assist the Fine Arts Coordinator and administrative assistant with coordination and management of the orchestra ensemble, orchestra performances, and other departmental concerts and events.
– Act as main student manager for the Advent Vespers Orchestra, coordinating with faculty, staff, and students as needed.
– Function as music librarian for the orchestra.
– Perform general office duties as needed.
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Please join us in the Quad on Tues. May 20, 3:00 – 4:30 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 in celebrating the end of the academic year.
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Come talk with employer, Improve Your Tomorrow, in the Christensen Center lobby from 10:30-1:30pm.
Are you passionate about reshaping the narrative for young men of color in our community, nation, and world? Join us as a Lead College Access Mentor (Full-Time) with AmeriCorps, a national service and volunteerism agency, for up to 10 months starting this August of 2024. As a Lead College Access Mentor, you will join a nation-wide movement to help increase the college going rates among middle school and high school students enrolled in Improve Your Tomorrow’s College Academy program. This is an opportunity to empower students through mentorship, academic support, college advising, parent engagement, college tours, and engaging after school programming.
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The Augsburg Biology Department’s rooftop greenhouse grows an appreciation for and deeper understanding of the plants of our planet. The greenhouse is open to the Augsburg campus community on the first Friday of every month this semester, from noon to 3pm. The Augsburg community is invited to come see what we’ve got growing on, enjoy the tropical atmosphere and marvel at hundreds of plant species from all over the world.
The last First Friday of the semester is this week, May 2, 12pm—3pm. The greenhouse is located on the 4th floor of the Hagfors Center.
Stay updated on greenhouse activities by following us on Instagram!
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The 2025-2026 FAFSA is available to complete online at http://www.studentaid.gov. If you have not yet completed your FAFSA for the upcoming academic year, please complete this as soon as possible to ensure funding availability.
The deadline to receive the MN State Grant is July 31st, 2025. Your FAFSA must be fully submitted by this date.
Student Financial Services is available to assist you with FAFSA completion appointments.
Faculty/Staff: Please help us in reminding students to complete their FAFSA ASAP!
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Augsburg is preparing for the implementation of Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (MN PFML), which takes effect on January 1, 2026. This new statewide program will impact how medical and family leave are administered and paid to employees. We want to ensure that our planning reflects the needs and perspectives of our campus community.
We are forming an MN PFML Advisory Committee and are seeking benefits-eligible faculty and staff who are interested in participating.
The committee will be comprised of representatives from
-Human Resources
-OPEIU
-Local70
-University Council
-Benefits-eligible staff
-Benefits-eligible faculty
The committee will:
-Provide feedback on policy development and communication strategies
-Help identify potential challenges or areas for clarification.
The committee will meet three to five times from May to August, as determined by the committee.
If you are interested in representing benefits-eligible staff or faculty on this committee, please the linked Google Form by May 5th. Please include a brief statement of why you are interested in joining this committee.
Your voice and input are valuable as we navigate this important change together.
Information on Minnesota Paid Family Leave can be found on the Minnesota DEED website: https://mn.gov/deed/paidleave/
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The Augsburg Staff Senate continues to find opportunities to build community and relationships across departments. We also seek to remain informed about overall campus happenings. If you can’t make all the Focused Conversations or other University-wide meetings, please feel free to reach out with any questions you might have.
You can email us at staffsenate@augsburg.edu
Upcoming opportunities to connect:
Monday Coffee Breaks:
Drop-in and Chat Coffee Times (a gift from the Provost) will be held each Monday (9:45-10:45) in FOS 171 for staff and faculty.
Just pop in, grab some coffee, and chat for a few minutes as you are able through the rest of the semester. The last one takes place today (4/28).
Monthly Brown Bag Lunches:
Monthly on the second Tuesday: May 13th at 12pm
Meet monthly for a casual staff lunch. Location to be determined over the summer months.
END OF YEAR ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Tuesday, May 20, 3–4:30 P.M.
Follow our Senate Senate Calendar on our website – https://sites.augsburg.edu/staffsenate/about/
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Still looking for a Humanities LAF to take over the summer? Take COM 254 Interpersonal Communication! This summer class is an asynchronous online course that will take place in Summer Session 1 (5/19/2025 – 7/3/2025). Interpersonal Communication focuses on the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages, with an emphasis on factors that build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers. Effectively communicating with others is essential to achieving success in our personal and professional lives. However, communicating with others can be challenging and leave us feeling frustrated, confused, or disappointed. This course is designed to help you increase your knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively communicate in interpersonal contexts. Email mcnallie@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.
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Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.
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The last Provost-sponsored drop-in coffee is this morning from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. in FOS 171. Thank you for your support, Paula!
Come celebrate good colleagues and the closing out of the academic year!
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We will be gathering on Tuesday, May 6, from 3:00-4:30 in the Marshall Room for a send off for John Coskran, who will be leaving Augsburg after the May 9-10 Board of Regent meeting.
Please mark you calendars and join us on May 6 to thank John for all of his contributions to Augsburg!
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Hello Everyone, Don’t forget to join us for Auggie Doggie’s Day next Wednesday, April 30th, from 10:30–11:30 AM in the CWC!
Come take a break, enjoy some puppy love, and start your day with tail wags and good vibes!
See you there 🙂
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PWC 320: Writing for Television
Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)
Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?
Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.
This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.
Join us for our final event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement in the US.
Fruits of Our Labor: Refugee Dreams of Futures Past
Join us for a screening and discussion of independent filmmakers Joua Lee Grande and Quyen Nguyen-Le’s selected works, which trace and highlight the various plights of Southeast Asian refugees in the contested new homeland in the United States. As descendants of Hmong and Vietnamese refugees, their films lead us into the world that refugees reclaimed and cultivated, always in need of defense.
Apr 30 | 7-9PM Sateren Auditorium, all are welcome
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Want to pursue medicine? Come visit our current PA students at our table in Oyate Commons this Friday from 12 – 2 to learn more about the PA program experience, navigating the career field, and what it’s like to be a grad student!
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The Twin Cities Therapeutic Tattoo Fund is a group began by Interfaith Scholars with the purpose of fundraising for financial aid for those seeking tattoos to cover up scars, branding tattoos, gang tattoos, etc. by setting up a discretionary fund that partnered artists can draw from in place of payment for clients seeking those services. Currently, we partner with Ms. Tiffany at Weird Ink Society.
We will be tabling in the lobby of Christensen Center on April 28 and 30 from 11:00-1:00. Please come by to learn more about what we’re doing, donate, and receive some amazing products in return for your generous support!
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YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth
Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm
Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)
Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.
This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!
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Thanks to the ADSG Environmental Action Committee, Augsburg was able to purchase a Max-8 EV electric utility cart for the grounds crew this year. But this zippy machine needs a name!
Attendees at the Earth Day Sustainability Stories event on Tuesday submitted ideas for names, and now it’s time to vote. Choose your favorite from the submissions and vote by Friday at 5 p.m. at the link below. The winner will be announced next week.
Circuit
Diode
Eco
Elliott
Evee
Flocken
Full Mobile
Jolt
Leah Mobile (in honor of Leah Tift)
Lightning Carter
Mean Green Machine
Mini Taco
Mochi
Tofu
Truck Norris
Trucky
Viron
Volty
Vroom Vroom
Wattson
Zippy McZipFace
Zoomie
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Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am as we finish our eco-week chapel series. Prof. Cody Sanders from Luther Seminary will give a lecture/sermon on hope that refuses to be domesticated by our current systems and ways of life.
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Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.
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Colleagues, the library needs your help! To celebrate our graduates, we will be creating a window of inspiration, filled with post-it notes with life advice, uplifting messages, and general words of wisdom. The idea is that our graduates can come through the library and take a post-it or two that brings encouragement, motivation for the future, or a message that just makes them smile. One message per post-it note!
We would love to have messages from across our campus community for our students to take with them. We have blank post-its at the Service Desk in the library, or if you contact Tanya the librarian with the email in this post, we will send some post-it notes to you or your department.
Please drop your notes to Library Service Desk by May 2nd, or feel free to put them on the window with the other notes, if you’d prefer!
By popular demand, the window of inspiration was put up early, which you can see in person or through our Instagram below!
If you’re looking for a moment of joy, this is it.
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Course Offering! Introduction to Music Therapy, Fall 2025
MUS 271: Introduction to Music Therapy, 2 credits
Fall 2025, Thursdays, 2-3:30pm
Instructor: Jessica De Villers, MA, MT-BC (deviller@augsburg.edu)
This course provides an introduction and overview into the profession of music therapy. The course will include a review of theoretical foundations regarding music and human behavior, the functions of music in society, and the development of music therapy as a profession. Introduction into the structures and processes of music therapy sessions along with demonstration of basic music skills needed as a professional.
This course would be an excellent elective for students planning to work in fields related to education, social sciences, and healthcare.
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The last Provost-sponsored drop-in coffee will be from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Monday in FOS 171. Come celebrate good colleagues and the closing out of the academic year. See you Monday!
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As the semester wraps up we have an important ask: please fill out Campus Kitchen’s 2025 Impact Survey! The results from this survey help us to prioritize the ingredients and supplies you want to see in the Campus Cupboard and set shopping hours that work for the most people, as well as letting us know about cooking workshops you’d like to see, SNAP/WIC application support needs and nutrition and food needs on campus in general. This information also helps us to apply for funding to keep the cupboard stocked!
2 randomly selected students who fill out the survey will receive $20 cash each! Please complete the survey by May 16, and share it with 3 friends who have also shopped at the Campus Cupboard or come to our events!
The survey only takes a few minutes, and filling it out helps us meet your needs better each year. Fill it out today!
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The Augsburg University Concert Band is excited to present “Dance Through Time” on Saturday. This concert will feature dances that span centuries and a variety of styles. Concertgoers will hear music from classical ballet to works inspired by jazz, rock, and hip hop.
If you are available, please consider joining us for a wonderful afternoon of music!
Ensemble: Augsburg University Concert Band
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Hoversten Chapel
Cost: Free
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As we approach the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Faculty Development is pleased to announce an upcoming book club event co-sponsored with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology. The featured book will be the recently published Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America (2024), by sociologist Michelle Phelps.
In the book, Phelps profiles how Minneapolis embraced police reform after the Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014; and yet in 2020, we were rocked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. As a result, Minneapolis became a national emblem for the failures of police reform. This book “shows how the dualized meaning of the police—as both the promise of state protection and the threat of state violence—creates the complex politics of policing that thwart change. Phelps’s account of the city’s struggles over what constitutes real accountability, justice, and safety offers a vivid picture of the possibilities and limits of challenging police power today.”
Copies of the book will be available during Days in May and participants will have all summer to read it in preparation for small group discussions that will be held during the CTL Back to School program in late August. You can reserve a copy of the book on a first-come, first-served basis by completing the Google Form that is available on the CTL website (look for the heading “Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club”): https://sites.augsburg.edu/ctl/.
As a special bonus, the Annual Torstenson Lecture in Sociology scheduled for the fall of 2025 will feature the author of the book, allowing an opportunity to hear more on the topic and engage in Q&A.
We hope you can join us!
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Want fresh photos for LinkedIn, graduation, your creative side, or just for fun? I’m a grad student photographer looking to expand my portfolio — and the first 5 students to respond get a free session.
✔️ Outdoor or casual lifestyle shots around campus
✔️ Quick 15–20 min session
✔️ at least 3 edited digital photos delivered
✔️ Near campus, flexible times
Please fill out form via link below to schedule your shoot!
Let’s make something cool together ✨
(After the first 5, sessions are still affordable for students!)
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Hello BSW Juniors!
My name is Bryce Premo, an MSW student here at Augsburg – I served on the NASW-MN board as a BSW and again currently as an MSW – I can’t tell you the amount of connections, advocacy opportunities, and memories I’ve had through this position.
NASW-MN is currently taking applications for a student board member positions, and of course, Augsburg social work students get things DONE! So we want to ask if there’s anybody who’d like to run for the board position.
Among the many benefits, there are micro and macro social workers on the board that are the most amazing people to network with for your future career whichever path you choose.
Please act fast as the deadline is approaching this Sunday the 27th.
Hope to see you running for a new exciting position for your Senior year.
Best,
Bryce Premo
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The 2025-2026 FAFSA is available to complete online at http://www.studentaid.gov. If you have not yet completed your FAFSA for the upcoming academic year, please complete this as soon as possible to ensure funding availability.
The deadline to receive the MN State Grant is July 31st, 2025. Your FAFSA must be fully submitted by this date.
Student Financial Services is available to assist you with FAFSA completion appointments.
Faculty/Staff: Please help us in reminding students to complete their FAFSA ASAP!
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Please mark your calendars for a send-off for John Coskran on Tuesday, May 6, from 3:00-4:30 in the Marshall Room.
John joined Augsburg as CFO in spring of 2020 and has done tremendous work guiding us in managing our finances over the past five years. He will be leaving Augsburg after the May 9-10 Board of Regents meeting.
Please join us on May 6 to thank John for all of his contributions to Augsburg!
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Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.
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Workshop for Any Students interested!
12:30 – 2 pm | Band Room | Registration required!
Theme: Korean Traditional Music and Experiential Learning
Join us for an engaging workshop where musicians from Korea will introduce two key instruments of Korean traditional music:
Gayageum: A plucked zither
Janggu: An hourglass-shaped drum
In this hands-on experience, you will gain insight into these instruments and the diverse genres they are part of. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to interact directly with these instruments and learn to play basic traditional rhythms and folk melodies.
Performance: Korean Music Old & New
5 – 6 pm | Sateren Auditorium | Open to the Public
Experience the rich spectrum of Korean music, from the elegance of traditional court music to the lively expressiveness of folk music, to modern compositions that blend tradition with contemporary innovation. This performance brings together the old and the new, showcasing the enduring beauty of Korean music across generations.
For more information and registration for the workshop, use this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZUFf-ibssny_QT-Jsa14VhtP0P-bzD5l7dT0funS0g8/edit?tab=t.0
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZUFf-ibssny_QT-Jsa14VhtP0P-bzD5l7dT0funS0g8/edit?tab=t.0
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The outstanding musicians of the Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble will perform on Tuesday, April 29. The concert will feature music by Jerome Richardson, Sonny Rollins, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison, and Snarky Puppy.
Ensemble: Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Sateren Auditorium
Cost: Free
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Bank of America will be hosting a one-hour presentation on credit, how it works and advice for saving money! Come with questions and pizza will be provided (while supply lasts)!
Date: Thurs May 1st, 2025
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Location: Marshall Room (Christensen Center)
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The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.
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The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:
04/22/2025: Graduate Assistant Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055129966-graduate-assistant-men-s-and-women-s-golf-coach
04/17/2025: Assistant Registrar for Curriculum and Registration
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000054589960-assistant-registrar-for-curriculum-and-registration
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As previously announced (see link, below), Augsburg is onboarding two new partners this spring to support our campus store. eCampus is our new partner for course materials. To prepare for the transition from Barnes & Noble to eCampus, please note the following important dates:
1) Initial faculty training: In preparation for switching to the new system, eCampus will conduct a training on its online adoption platform on May 15 at 1 p.m., as part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Days in May schedule. The session will be recorded, and additional sessions will be scheduled at later dates.
2) Deadline for Summer Time 2 and Fall adoptions: The best way to ensure eCampus will have sufficient time to source course materials for your Summer Time 2 and Fall courses is to ensure your course material adoptions are SUBMITTED IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21. Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted by that date, which eCampus will use to prepare for Summer Time 2 and Fall.
We are still working to confirm when the eCampus adoption portal will be available for use, but it is NOT recommended that you wait for that system to go live to submit Summer Time 2 or Fall adoptions, as that may result in insufficient lead time for eCampus to source the required materials.
See previous (April 23) A-mail announcement about the Augsburg Campus Store
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YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth
Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm
Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)
Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.
This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!
submitted by dames@augsburg.edu
Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am. As part of our eco-week series, today Prof. Joe Underhill will talk about Augsburg’s River Semester as an example in alternative lifestyle living, as well as “wandering in the wilderness” during times of political and ecological crisis.
submitted by gunkel@augsburg.edu
Colleagues, the library needs your help! To celebrate our graduates, we will be creating a window of inspiration, filled with post-it notes with life advice, uplifting messages, and general words of wisdom. The idea is that our graduates can come through the library and take a post-it or two that brings encouragement, motivation for the future, or a message that just makes them smile. One message per post-it note!
We would love to have messages from across our campus community for our students to take with them. We have blank post-its at the Service Desk in the library, or if you contact Tanya the librarian with the email in this post, we will send some post-it notes to you or your department. The window of graduation inspiration will go up the week of April 28th, so please drop your notes to the Library Service Desk by May 2nd.
If you’re looking for a moment of joy, this is it.
submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Faculty Development is pleased to announce an upcoming book club event co-sponsored with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology. The featured book will be the recently published Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America (2024), by sociologist Michelle Phelps.
In the book, Phelps profiles how Minneapolis embraced police reform after the Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014; and yet in 2020, we were rocked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. As a result, Minneapolis became a national emblem for the failures of police reform. This book “shows how the dualized meaning of the police—as both the promise of state protection and the threat of state violence—creates the complex politics of policing that thwart change. Phelps’s account of the city’s struggles over what constitutes real accountability, justice, and safety offers a vivid picture of the possibilities and limits of challenging police power today.”
Copies of the book will be available during Days in May and participants will have all summer to read it in preparation for small group discussions that will be held during the CTL Back to School program in late August. You can reserve a copy of the book on a first-come, first-served basis by completing the Google Form that is available on the CTL website (look for the heading “Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club”): https://sites.augsburg.edu/ctl/.
As a special bonus, the Annual Torstenson Lecture in Sociology scheduled for the fall of 2025 will feature the author of the book, allowing an opportunity to hear more on the topic and engage in Q&A.
We hope you can join us!
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If you’re in town you won’t want to miss one of the best parties the city has to offer! There’s a dunk tank, Weine Dog race, three stages with amazing music and other performances, camel rides and more! Be there or be square! If you’d like to know more please email Jenean Gilmer.
submitted by carrigan@augsburg.edu
Come meet employer, Civic Bridgers, in the Christensen Center from 11am-1pm today!
Civic Bridgers’ mission is to strengthen democracy by preparing emerging leaders to bridge divides. The Civic Bridgers Fellowship immerses early-career professionals in a year of bridge-building service at a nonprofit or governmental office. Together, they engage diverse perspectives to solve local challenges.
submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu
Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.
submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu
Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.
submitted by devries@augsburg.edu
Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.
College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.
Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.
Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries or the URGO office . We will send you the Zoom link.
submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu
Do you have tools, planters, pots, seeds, or starts that you can’t use? Come to our Sow and Swap event to support our Ground Work youth internship gardening and landscaping program. You can swap your items for someone else’s or donate them to Ground Work.
Place: Brian Coyle Center
Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 6pm
Contact Jenean Gilmer if you would like to donate items, but cannot attend the event.
submitted by borden@augsburg.edu
PWC 320: Writing for Television
Summer 2025 | Saturdays, June 7 through August 30 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)
Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?
Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.
This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.
submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
Thanks to the ADSG Environmental Action Committee, Augsburg was able to purchase a Max-8 EV electric utility cart for the grounds crew this year. But this zippy machine needs a name!
Attendees at the Earth Day Sustainability Stories event on Tuesday submitted ideas for names, and now it’s time to vote. Choose your favorite from the submissions and vote by Friday at 5 p.m. at the link below. The winner will be announced next week.
Circuit
Diode
Eco
Elliott
Evee
Flocken
Full Mobile
Jolt
Leah Mobile (in honor of Leah Tift)
Lightning Carter
Mean Green Machine
Mini Taco
Mochi
Tofu
Truck Norris
Trucky
Viron
Volty
Vroom Vroom
Wattson
Zippy McZipFace
Zoomie
submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu
Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.
submitted by mcnallie@augsburg.edu
Still looking for a Humanities LAF to take over the summer? Take COM 254 Interpersonal Communication! This summer class is an asynchronous online course that will take place in Summer Session I (5/19/2025 – 7/3/2025). Interpersonal Communication focuses on the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages, with an emphasis on factors that build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers. Effectively communicating with others is essential to achieving success in our personal and professional lives. However, communicating with others can be challenging and leave us feeling frustrated, confused, or disappointed. This course is designed to help you increase your knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively communicate in interpersonal contexts. Email mcnallie@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.
submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu
The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute is throwing an Earth Week party in the park, and you’re invited!
Some event highlights include:
– Lunch is free and provided (Indian walking tacos with fry bread)
– We will be catering enough food for upwards of 100 people from chef Muck-Wa Roberts!
– Nathaniel Harris will also be performing live music.
– We will be making artwork as well, with a live-screen printing station – bring your own shirt / tote, we’ll also have paper posters.
Event Information: Saturday, April 26th, from 12pm-2pm
Event Location: Cedar Fields Park, 2500 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN
All are welcome.
Later in the evening, the Minneapolis Choir Coop will be having a joint with EPNI:
‘Gardens Outside Your Own’ Concert
Saturday, April 26th, starting at 6:00 pm
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 3045 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Email Jenean Gilmer with any questions!
submitted by isaacson@augsburg.edu
With baseball season underway, it’s time to start thinking about outings to the ballpark. Due to college graduation season for family members, I have a two St Paul Saints tickets available for sale for the games listed below. Seats are $18 each and are located in Section 105 Row 10 on the aisle (seats 1 and 2). Normally $22 if purchased online.
Dates Available
Tuesday, May 6th at 6:37 pm
Thursday, May 8th at 6:37 pm
Saturday, May 10th at 2:07 pm
Wednesday, May 21st at 6:37 pm
Tuesday, June 3rd at 7:07 pm
Email me at isaacson@augsburg.edu to arrange payment / electronic ticket delivery
submitted by lensmire@augsburg.edu
Join me congratulating MFA director and English Department faculty member Professor Lindsay Starck on being named a finalist in the Minnesota 2025 Book Awards in the genre fiction category for her marvelous novel Monsters We Have Made!
submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu
The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.
submitted by green5@augsburg.edu
The outstanding musicians of the Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble will perform on Tuesday. The concert will feature music by Jerome Richardson, Sonny Rollins, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison, and Snarky Puppy.
Ensemble: Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble
Date: Saturday, April 29
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Sateren Auditorium
Cost: Free
submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
College Possible Minnesota is a long-time Augsburg partner that helps students from low-income backgrounds find the right college, navigate the admissions process, secure financial aid, and stay on track to graduation. In the midst of uncertainty around federal funding, College Possible is asking supporters to contact Congress about the importance of continuing AmeriCorps programs.
Advocacy Request from College Possible:
Individuals can use the link below to access the form to email legislators.
To make a call, you can use the following trusted links to find your congress members’ contact information:
• U.S. House of Representatives: house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
• U.S. Senate: senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
• You may also call 202-224-3121 and input your zip code to be forwarded to your member’s office.
Sample phone or email script:
“Hi, my name is XXX, and I’m a supporter of College Possible Minnesota/a former AmeriCorps coach with College Possible Minnesota/I am a College Possible Minnesota student alumni.
I’m calling to urge [Senator/Representative] to stand up for AmeriCorps and ensure its funding and operations remain intact.
AmeriCorps members support programs like College Possible — helping thousands of students each year stay on track to college and changing the lives of both the students and the service members.
This is not a partisan issue — national service brings Americans together and offers a strong return on investment for local communities. I hope [Senator/Representative] will ask the White House to fully support National service and will continue to support the longstanding bipartisan investment in AmeriCorps.
Thank you for your time.”
Contact your senators and representatives to support AmeriCorps.
submitted by green5@augsburg.edu
The Augsburg University Concert Band is excited to present “Dance Through Time” on Saturday. This concert will feature dances that span centuries and a variety of styles. Concertgoers will hear music from classical ballet to works inspired by jazz, rock, and hip hop.
If you are available, please consider joining us for a wonderful afternoon of music!
Ensemble: Augsburg University Concert Band
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Hoversten Chapel
Cost: Free
submitted by pippert@augsburg.edu
Drop in for coffee between 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. Monday in FOS 171 to celebrate good colleagues and the closing out of the academic year. See you Monday!
submitted by hr@augsburg.edu
The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:
04/22/2025: Graduate Assistant Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000055129966-graduate-assistant-men-s-and-women-s-golf-coach
04/17/2025: Assistant Registrar for Curriculum and Registration
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000054589960-assistant-registrar-for-curriculum-and-registration
submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
Thanks to the ADSG Environmental Action Committee, Augsburg was able to purchase a Max-8 EV electric utility cart for the grounds crew this year. But this zippy machine needs a name!
Attendees at the Earth Day Sustainability Stories event on Tuesday submitted ideas for names, and now it’s time to vote. Choose your favorite from the submissions and vote by Friday at 5 p.m. at the link below. The winner will be announced next week.
Circuit
Diode
Eco
Elliott
Evee
Flocken
Full Mobile
Jolt
Leah Mobile (in honor of Leah Tift)
Lightning Carter
Mean Green Machine
Mini Taco
Mochi
Tofu
Truck Norris
Trucky
Viron
Volty
Vroom Vroom
Wattson
Zippy McZipFace
Zoomie
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 April gathering will be 12:00-1:00pm on April 23rd. We’ll meet for a BYO Lunch in the Marshall Room. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Please email heseltii@augsburg.edu with any questions.
submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu
Hey Friends, join us for the Pot Planting Day at CWC 🙂
Wednesday, April 23rd
Time:10:30am -11:30 am
Location: CWC Group Room
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIhTFBvOHMY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
submitted by hr@augsburg.edu
The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:
04/17/2025: Assistant Registrar for Curriculum and Registration
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000054589960-assistant-registrar-for-curriculum-and-registration
submitted by borden@augsburg.edu
PWC 320: Writing for Television
Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)
Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?
Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.
This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.
submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu
YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth
Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm
Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)
Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.
This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!
submitted by gelles@augsburg.edu
The Echo is hiring for the 25-26 school year! These are our open positions:
Co-Executive Editor
Layout Editor
Copy Editor
Arts & Culture Editor
Opinions Editor!
You don’t need writing or editing experience to apply! We train you in everything you need to know.
BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ students are encouraged to apply!
To apply, please send a resume and writing sample to echo@augsburg.edu
(Writing samples can be a cover letter, essay, journal entry, etc. Anything non-fictional that shows your writing skills.)
Questions? DM us on Instagram or email echo@augsburg.edu
submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu
If you’re in town you won’t want to miss one of the best parties the city has to offer! There’s a dunk tank, Weine Dog race, three stages with amazing music and other performances, camel rides and more! Be there or be square! If you’d like to know more please email Jenean Gilmer.
submitted by gebbengn@augsburg.edu
PARADISE PARK ZOO
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?
Paradise Park Zoo is a dark-comedy that follows a group of zoo animals as they struggle to free themselves from their own cages. This fantastical dark-comedy critiques our lack-luster dating pool, our ineffective work meetings, and how our people-pleasing tendencies are caging the true and wild animal within.
Complete with a live band, group dance numbers, and several public break-ups, Paradise Park Zoo is a theatrical event not to be missed.
submitted by musto@augsburg.edu
Are you interested in supporting students with coaching, goal setting, and career advice? We’re hiring for two peer advisors for the 2025-2026 academic year, an excellent opportunity for those interested in coaching and HR roles.
Peer advisors have the opportunity to expand skills in communicating, presenting, problem solving, teamwork, and leadership. Additionally, PAs staff in drop-in hours to assist Augsburg students on resume and cover letter reviews, internship and job searching strategies, and other career related topics. PAs take part in training and regular meetings to develop their career management skills.
If you’re headed into your second academic year, have the availability to work during the school day, and are enthusiastic about supporting your peers, we’d love to see you apply!
submitted by gunkel@augsburg.edu
Colleagues, the library needs your help! To celebrate our graduates, we will be creating a window of inspiration, filled with post-it notes with life advice, uplifting messages, and general words of wisdom. The idea is that our graduates can come through the library and take a post-it or two that brings encouragement, motivation for the future, or a message that just makes them smile. One message per post-it note!
We would love to have messages from across our campus community for our students to take with them. We have blank post-its at the Service Desk in the library, or if you contact Tanya with the email in this post, we will send some post-it notes to you or your department. The window of graduation inspiration will go up the week of April 28th, so please drop your notes to the Library Service Desk by May 2nd.
submitted by pfannenl@augsburg.edu
The Twin Cities Therapeutic Tattoo Fund is a group began by Interfaith Scholars with the purpose of fundraising for financial aid for those seeking tattoos to cover up scars, branding tattoos, gang tattoos, etc. by setting up a discretionary fund that partnered artists can draw from in place of payment for clients seeking those services. Currently, we partner with Ms. Tiffany at Weird Ink Society.
We will be tabling in the lobby of Christensen Center on April 28 and 30 from 11:00-1:00. Please come by to learn more about what we’re doing, donate, and receive some amazing products in return for your generous support! The Twin Cities Therapeutic Tattoo Fund is a group began by Interfaith Scholars with the purpose of fundraising for financial aid for those seeking tattoos to cover up scars, branding tattoos, gang tattoos, etc. by setting up a discretionary fund that partnered artists can draw from in place of payment for clients seeking those services. Currently, we partner with Ms. Tiffany at Weird Ink Society.
We will be tabling in the lobby of Christensen Center on April 28 and 30 from 11:00-1:00. Please come by to learn more about what we’re doing, donate, and receive some amazing products in return for your generous support!
submitted by bergc2@augsburg.edu
Please join us in the Quad on Tues. May 20, 3:00 – 4:30 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 in celebrating the end of the academic year.
submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu
The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute is throwing an Earth Week party in the park, and you’re invited!
Some event highlights include:
– Lunch is free and provided (Indian walking tacos with fry bread)
– We will be catering enough food for upwards of 100 people from chef Muck-Wa Roberts!
– Nathaniel Harris will also be performing live music.
– We will be making artwork as well, with a live-screen printing station – bring your own shirt / tote, we’ll also have paper posters.
Event Information: Saturday, April 26th, from 12pm-2pm
Event Location: Cedar Fields Park, 2500 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN
All are welcome.
Later in the evening, the Minneapolis Choir Coop will be having a joint with EPNI:
‘Gardens Outside Your Own’ Concert
Saturday, April 26th, starting at 6:00 pm
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 3045 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Email Jenean Gilmer with any questions!
submitted by hansonjl@augsburg.edu
The Eyrie Film Festival is a FREE end-of-year opportunity for all Augsburg University students to exhibit their film work!
Submissions are due April 23rd. Use code: AuggieFilm2025
Join us for our final event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement in the US.
Fruits of Our Labor: Refugee Dreams of Futures Past
Join us for a screening and discussion of independent filmmakers Joua Lee Grande and Quyen Nguyen-Le’s selected works, which trace and highlight the various plights of Southeast Asian refugees in the contested new homeland in the United States. As descendants of Hmong and Vietnamese refugees, their films lead us into the world that refugees reclaimed and cultivated, always in need of defense.
Apr 30 | 7-9PM Sateren Auditorium, all are welcome
submitted by pageimo@augsburg.edu
As the semester wraps up, Campus Kitchen has an important ask: please fill out our 2025 Impact Survey! The results from this survey help us to prioritize the ingredients and supplies you want to see in the Campus Cupboard and set shopping hours that work for the most people, as well as letting us know about cooking workshops you’d like to see, SNAP/WIC application support needs and nutrition and food needs on campus in general. This information also helps us to apply for funding to keep the cupboard stocked!
2 randomly selected students who fill out the survey will receive $20 cash each! Please complete the survey by May 16th, and share it with 3 friends who have also shopped at the Campus Cupboard or come to our events!
The survey only takes a few minutes, and filling it out helps us meet your needs better each year. Fill it out today!
submitted by lenze@augsburg.edu
The 2025-2026 FAFSA is available to complete online at http://www.studentaid.gov. If you have not yet completed your FAFSA for the upcoming academic year, please complete this as soon as possible to ensure funding availability.
The deadline to receive the MN State Grant is July 31st, 2025. Your FAFSA must be fully submitted by this date.
Student Financial Services is available to assist you with FAFSA completion appointments.
Faculty/Staff: Please help us in reminding students to complete their FAFSA ASAP!
submitted by green5@augsburg.edu
The Augsburg University Concert Band is excited to present “Dance Through Time” on Saturday. This concert will feature dances that span centuries and a variety of styles. Concertgoers will hear music from classical ballet to works inspired by jazz, rock, and hip hop.
If you are available, please consider joining us for a wonderful afternoon of music!
Ensemble: Augsburg University Concert Band
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Hoversten Chapel
Cost: Free
submitted by green5@augsburg.edu
The outstanding musicians of the Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble will perform on Tuesday. The concert will feature music by Jerome Richardson, Sonny Rollins, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison, and Snarky Puppy.
Ensemble: Augsburg University Jazz Ensemble
Date: Saturday, April 29
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Sateren Auditorium
Cost: Free
Join us for a screening and discussion of independent filmmakers Joua Lee Grande and Quyen Nguyen-Le’s selected works, highlighting the plights of Southeast Asian refugees into the United States.
H’orderves & drinks provided!
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Time: 7:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m
Location: Sateren Auditorium
All are welcome!
submitted by longj@augsburg.edu
As we near the end of another year please don’t forget to take care of your campus mailbox. This includes checking it for any mail, returning your lock and filing out the survey for what you would like us to do with your mail after this semester.
Two weeks after the spring semester ends (on May 23, 2025) we will close all student campus boxes unless they responded to the End of Year survey. If you would like your mail forwarded or would like to keep your mailbox open for the summer, please fill out this survey
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSen8Hb9X2VU3VbQWqr9sPleUUk0pJROmx7iM6sr-lfY4vjgMw/viewform?usp=sharing).
Before the fall semester starts we will reassign campus boxes to all residential students. Without completing the survey, it will most likely be a different number.
We are only able to forward 1st Class USPS mail. Packages must be looked at case by case. Some USPS will allow forwarding. (Reply to the Augsburg package email and we will look at that package.) Other packages (UPS, FedEx, Amazon, etc.), magazines, non-profit mail and standard mail will not be forwarded. We can also only forward to USA addresses. The forwarding period for the Augsburg Mailroom is two months from when the request is submitted. Afterward any additional mail we receive will be returned to sender.
We request that you contact the people/business sending you mail and update your address with them. Augsburg is classified as a business so you will not be able to do so through the US Post Office itself. Enrolling in online/electronic bills or statements can also be a smart option, it is environmentally friendly, secure and will often save you time (and sometimes money). Asking us to forward your mail does not change your mailing address with the USPS or Augsburg University, just with the Mailroom.
submitted by devries@augsburg.edu
Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.
College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.
Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.
Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries <devries@augsburg.edu> or the URGO office . We will send you the Zoom link.
submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu
Do you have tools, planters, pots, seeds, or starts that you can’t use? Come to our Sow and Swap event to support our Ground Work youth internship gardening and landscaping program. You can swap your items for someone else’s or donate them to Ground Work.
Place: Brian Coyle Center
Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 6pm
Contact Jenean Gilmer if you would like to donate items, but cannot attend the event.
submitted by rengifoj@augsburg.edu
The Study Abroad and Away Office is thrilled to announce the 2026 short-term study abroad programs! These programs are the perfect fit for students who want a global experience without committing to a full semester.
These faculty-led programs offer academic credit, meaningful travel, and a tight-knit group experience — all during your spring break or May term!
1. Theater – Culture by Design & Performance: Minneapolis to Oslo, NORWAY
2. Education – Language Culture & schools in MEXICO
3. Biology – Birds, Biodiversity, and Conservation IN COSTA RICA
4. International Business/Marketing – International Business and Marketing in SOUTH KOREA
5. Religion – Interfaith Eating, Ethics, and Food Justice in ITALY
6. Sociology – Examining the Intersections of Race, Class, & Gender in the French Context in FRANCE
Why join a short-term program?
Fulfill GenEds or major requirements
Add international experience to your resume
Make unforgettable memories with Augsburg faculty and peers
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