Category: Event Announcements

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

https://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu

Title: Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Date: Tues., May 9th

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: virtual

For a variety of reasons, employees across the globe are feeling deep levels of burnout and languishing that, for many, has led to “quiet quitting” or literal quitting. We know that these challenges are often experienced even more acutely by BIPOC and non-majority employees, who exist within systems of oppression and who are often called on to do the work of dismantling those systems in more emotionally laborious ways. Given the increasing complexity of our work, as well as the emotional toll of the last handful of years, many Augsburg employees have expressed desire for opportunity for connection, engagement, and time to prioritize professional and personal care. This session, provided with the support of President Pribbenow and the Health and Well-Being Task Force, offers space for employees to take time out of the demand for productivity to intentionally focus on the health and well-being of ourselves as individuals within the Augsburg community.

From Dr. Lewis:

This session is a gift of time and space to take a deep breath together in community. We explore practices of Radical Self-Care and being “awake” that help create space for wellness, and thereby interrupt the effects of toxic stress and trauma, especially related to the world pandemic and racial injustice. By the end, participants connect with themselves and others more deeply and practice healthy expressions of grief, pain, and joy. Strengthening our foundations around radical self-care can help us all show up for ourselves, our loved ones and our community.

Event Registration:

https://augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOyqrTgqG9ZbIQNPgyQYiJCJqbKl2EKO

If you need any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the University Events Department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

submitted by eolson@augsburg.edu

The Center for Wellness and Counseling invites you to join us in our lobby for a reception to honor, appreciate, and bid farewell to Abby Schnedler on her last day at Augsburg. Abby has supported the Augsburg community in her role as a counselor for almost a decade, impacting the lives of countless students, faculty, and staff. All are invited to stop in to connect with Abby. Light refreshments will be provided.

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

The Baccalaureate Service will be Sunday, April 30, @ 11am in Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center. Baccalaureate is a celebration service of music and word, held for the graduating class and friends and family, celebrating the completion of your studies at Augsburg. Graduating students should wear their cap and gown and may sit with their family or guests in any available seats. Pastor Babette Chatman is preaching and we will join with the Trinity Lutheran Congregation for the service. At the Baccalaureate service, graduates will receive a blessing blanket.

submitted by olsenkat@augsburg.edu

Run for the Health of It! Join us in supporting the PA Program’s Student Society and gather donations for the Health Commons!

We are hosting a 5k run/walk up at Snail Lake on May 6th at 5:30pm. Register for our in-person race and join us on the route or run from home with a virtual option!

Registration is $30/person and includes a bib and steel water bottle. Snacks and water will be provided, and we will have prizes at the end!

Donations are welcome if you cannot attend!

5k Sign up and Donation

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

http://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

submitted by olsenkat@augsburg.edu

Run for the Health of It! Join us in supporting the PA Program’s Student Society and gather donations for the Health Commons!

We are hosting a 5k run/walk up at Snail Lake on May 6th at 5:30pm. Register for our in-person race and join us on the route or run from home with a virtual option!

Registration is $30/person and includes a bib and steel water bottle. Snacks and water will be provided, and we will have prizes at the end!

Donations are welcome if you cannot attend!

5k Sign up and Donation

submitted by whitere@augsburg.edu

* Updated Time
Event Address: Moir Park, 10320 Morgan Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55431, USA
Saturday, April 29th at *10:00 am

All Adult Undergraduate program students, their families, and leashed pets are invited to join us for an off-campus end-of-the-semester hike/meet & greet at Moir Park in Bloomington, MN.

We will meet by picnic shelter #1, which is located in between both playgrounds. Free parking is available and the trail is wheelchair accessible.

We plan to hike for about 30-40 minutes, but of course, you are welcome to stay as long as you want!

If you need any disability-related accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Becky White at whitere@augsburg.edu. Please allow for sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

We will start our hike promptly at 10:05 am.

RSVP to let us know you are coming.

submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu

Title: Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Date: Tues., May 9th

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: virtual

For a variety of reasons, employees across the globe are feeling deep levels of burnout and languishing that, for many, has led to “quiet quitting” or literal quitting. We know that these challenges are often experienced even more acutely by BIPOC and non-majority employees, who exist within systems of oppression and who are often called on to do the work of dismantling those systems in more emotionally laborious ways. Given the increasing complexity of our work, as well as the emotional toll of the last handful of years, many Augsburg employees have expressed desire for opportunity for connection, engagement, and time to prioritize professional and personal care. This session, provided with the support of President Pribbenow and the Health and Well-Being Task Force, offers space for employees to take time out of the demand for productivity to intentionally focus on the health and well-being of ourselves as individuals within the Augsburg community.

From Dr. Lewis:

This session is a gift of time and space to take a deep breath together in community. We explore practices of Radical Self-Care and being “awake” that help create space for wellness, and thereby interrupt the effects of toxic stress and trauma, especially related to the world pandemic and racial injustice. By the end, participants connect with themselves and others more deeply and practice healthy expressions of grief, pain, and joy. Strengthening our foundations around radical self-care can help us all show up for ourselves, our loved ones and our community.

Event Registration:

https://augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOyqrTgqG9ZbIQNPgyQYiJCJqbKl2EKO

If you need any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the University Events Department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

Today from 6-9pm in the Community Garden, we are back again this year to gather around a bonfire to find unity in community. We bring our bodies, minds, and spirits together in poetry to listen to Mother Earth and to honor our home. Our hearts are on fire for justice that is rooted in healing our planet. The collective struggle for liberation depends on how we treat one another and our environment. Join us in celebrating the close of Earth Month with a bonfire to honor our commitment to ecological stewardship.

Location: Augsburg Community Garden

Contact: Maya Merritt, Environmental Action Committee Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)
Category *

Earth Month 2023

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Interfaith Community Sending is at 6:00pm today in Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center. Graduating students of all religious and non-religious identities are invited to this interfaith service celebrating your educational journey. This 45-minute service will be a special time of reflection and blessing. This service is led by the Interfaith Scholar Cohort. Blessing blankets will also be given at the Interfaith Sending. All are welcome!

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

https://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu

Title: Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Date: Tues., May 9th

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: virtual

For a variety of reasons, employees across the globe are feeling deep levels of burnout and languishing that, for many, has led to “quiet quitting” or literal quitting. We know that these challenges are often experienced even more acutely by BIPOC and non-majority employees, who exist within systems of oppression and who are often called on to do the work of dismantling those systems in more emotionally laborious ways. Given the increasing complexity of our work, as well as the emotional toll of the last handful of years, many Augsburg employees have expressed desire for opportunity for connection, engagement, and time to prioritize professional and personal care. This session, provided with the support of President Pribbenow and the Health and Well-Being Task Force, offers space for employees to take time out of the demand for productivity to intentionally focus on the health and well-being of ourselves as individuals within the Augsburg community.

From Dr. Lewis:

This session is a gift of time and space to take a deep breath together in community. We explore practices of Radical Self-Care and being “awake” that help create space for wellness, and thereby interrupt the effects of toxic stress and trauma, especially related to the world pandemic and racial injustice. By the end, participants connect with themselves and others more deeply and practice healthy expressions of grief, pain, and joy. Strengthening our foundations around radical self-care can help us all show up for ourselves, our loved ones and our community.

Event Registration:

https://augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOyqrTgqG9ZbIQNPgyQYiJCJqbKl2EKO

If you need any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the University Events Department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

Are you a woman or gender expansive person employed or studying in the field of finance?

The Minnesota Urban Debate League, a program of Augsburg University, serves middle and high school students in the Twin Cities. We are looking for leaders to join us as volunteer debate judges for our Financial Literacy Leadership Debates program.

In this program, girls and gender expansive youth learn about core financial literacy subjects through the fun, engaging, and competitive vehicle of debate. The topic this year involves the advantages and disadvantages of banking at a large national bank versus a local credit union.

No debate experience is needed – we will train you. Attend our luncheon at Augsburg University, judge debates, and share your story!

The debate event will take place on June 3rd from 9:30 AM-2:30 PM.

Sign up here: https://mnudl.augsburg.edu/volunteer-opportunities/

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Tuesday April 25th from 4-9pm in the Community Garden, we are back again this year to gather around a bonfire to find unity in community. We bring our bodies, minds, and spirits together in poetry to listen to Mother Earth and to honor our home. Our hearts are on fire for justice that is rooted in healing our planet. The collective struggle for liberation depends on how we treat one another and our environment. Join us in celebrating the close of Earth Month with a bonfire to honor our commitment to ecological stewardship.

Location: Augsburg Community Garden

Contact: Maya Merritt, Environmental Action Committee Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month 2023

submitted by bordons@augsburg.edu

TODAY is Bike, Walk, Roll to Augsburg Day. Celebrate Earth Month with us by taking an active, green mode of transportation to campus. DM @sustainable_augsburgu (instagram) or email environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu a picture of your commute to be shared on our social media for the chance to win a gift card to a local business.

There are two other exciting active transportation events on Friday 4/21:
Join Campus Ministry in Hoversten Chapel from 10:40-11 am for an Interfaith Blessing of the Bikes.

Join CASUS and EAC in Murphy Square from 3:30-5:30 pm for a Bike Maintenance and Upcycle Workshop with a bike maintenance expert from Freewheel.

Earth Month

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

To celebrate Earth Month, join us for the final chapel of the school year where we will bless environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Bring your bike, skateboard, rollerblade, or a photo of them to Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am for a blessing.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Tuesday April 25th from 4-9pm in the Community Garden, we are back again this year to gather around a bonfire to find unity in community. We bring our bodies, minds, and spirits together in poetry to listen to Mother Earth and to honor our home. Our hearts are on fire for justice that is rooted in healing our planet. The collective struggle for liberation depends on how we treat one another and our environment. Join us in celebrating the close of Earth Month with a bonfire to honor our commitment to ecological stewardship.

Location: Augsburg Community Garden

Contact: Maya Merritt, Environmental Action Committee Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month 2023

submitted by phalp1@augsburg.edu

Title: Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Date: Tues., May 9th

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: virtual

For a variety of reasons, employees across the globe are feeling deep levels of burnout and languishing that, for many, has led to “quiet quitting” or literal quitting. We know that these challenges are often experienced even more acutely by BIPOC and non-majority employees, who exist within systems of oppression and who are often called on to do the work of dismantling those systems in more emotionally laborious ways. Given the increasing complexity of our work, as well as the emotional toll of the last handful of years, many Augsburg employees have expressed desire for opportunity for connection, engagement, and time to prioritize professional and personal care. This session, provided with the support of President Pribbenow and the Health and Well-Being Task Force, offers space for employees to take time out of the demand for productivity to intentionally focus on the health and well-being of ourselves as individuals within the Augsburg community.

From Dr. Lewis:

This session is a gift of time and space to take a deep breath together in community. We explore practices of Radical Self-Care and being “awake” that help create space for wellness, and thereby interrupt the effects of toxic stress and trauma, especially related to the world pandemic and racial injustice. By the end, participants connect with themselves and others more deeply and practice healthy expressions of grief, pain, and joy. Strengthening our foundations around radical self-care can help us all show up for ourselves, our loved ones and our community.

Event Registration:

https://augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOyqrTgqG9ZbIQNPgyQYiJCJqbKl2EKO

If you need any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the University Events Department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1169576627117933

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

Are you a woman or gender expansive person employed or studying in the field of finance?

The Minnesota Urban Debate League, a program of Augsburg University, serves middle and high school students in the Twin Cities. We are looking for leaders to join us as volunteer debate judges for our Financial Literacy Leadership Debates program.

In this program, girls and gender expansive youth learn about core financial literacy subjects through the fun, engaging, and competitive vehicle of debate. The topic this year involves the advantages and disadvantages of banking at a large national bank versus a local credit union.

No debate experience is needed – we will train you. Attend our luncheon at Augsburg University, judge debates, and share your story!

The debate event will take place on June 3rd from 9:30 AM-2:30 PM.

Sign up here: https://mnudl.augsburg.edu/volunteer-opportunities/

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

https://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

submitted by mcgillik@augsburg.edu

Have you ever wondered how having a disability may affect your internship, summer job, or career after graduation? Should you even tell employers you have
a disability? What can you do if you experience discrimination?
Join the CLASS office on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Lindell Library 202. During this session, we’ll discuss tools for successfully getting
and keeping your dream job or internship! The presenter, Kathleen McGillivray, has a disability herself and will share her career successes, funny moments,
and lessons learned along the way.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to meaningfully participate in this event, please email
class@augsburg.edu.

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am as we celebrate Hannah Sackett as she finishes her internship in Campus Ministry and the Augsburg University Student Ministry leaders who are graduating this spring. As a special musical offering, Paul Pribbenow and Hannah will sing a duet in chapel. We are grateful for Hannah and all she has done for our ministry this year.

submitted by schaefek@augsburg.edu

Join us to discuss the last part of our read, the Firekeeper’s Daughter! We will be meeting in HC152 at 7pm TONIGHT, hope to see you there!

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Thursday April 20th from 3:30-5:30pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

submitted by cliftonk@augsburg.edu

Grad students from all disciplines are encouraged to participate in our upcoming Whole Leader Roundtable. Hosted by the Reell Office of Seeing Things Whole, these gatherings allow leaders the opportunity to network and provide insight to each other on today’s leadership challenges.

Our next Zoom Roundtable is Friday, April 21⋅12:00 – 1:15pm. This opportunity is open to current Augsburg Graduate Students. Contact Keri Clifton at cliftonk@augsburg.edu to register or to get more information.

WHAT TO EXPECT: One individual brings a challenge for the group to explore using the Seeing Things Whole Threefold Model to understand a “whole” way forward. Advice is not given, but questions are asked as the group supports the individual to discover the many dimensions of the challenge. Challenges can be anything the individual is navigating, including how to balance work and life, how to make professional decisions about a new career path, or how sustain oneself in a challenging yet fulfilling environment. Through the Roundtable, we build trusting relationships that support leaders to reflect openly and gain insight to tackle challenges. This process supports their ability to see things whole.

Reell Office of Seeing Things Whole

submitted by peacock@augsburg.edu

To celebrate Earth Day, The West Bank Business Association (WBBA) is hosting a clean-up event along Cedar Avenue from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM this Friday, April 21. The clean-up will start at Edna’s Park, next to the Wienery (414 Cedar Ave.). WBBA will provide gloves, cleaning supplies, and treats for all volunteers. Stop over and support our neighborhood business district. Questions? Contact mltrue@thewestbank.org.

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

Link https://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed 2-hour virtual training for all community members and professionals. Trainees will learn how to support healthy recovery in individuals following a traumatic event, public health emergency, natural disaster, or personal crisis. The curriculum integrates public health, community health and individual psychology by drawing upon skills the trainees probably already have. The goal of PFA is to teach trainees how to reduce distress and negative health behaviors by providing practical help and promote resilience.

Participants will learn:
· The impact traumatic experiences can have on individuals, and how burnout may impact frontline staff and first responders
· The five pillars of the PFA framework and how to apply them to support someone who has experienced a traumatic event
· How to recognize when an individual should be referred to a mental health professional

Who should attend?
Anyone can attend! This training is for community members or professionals, including community volunteers, frontline staff, nonprofit workers, direct service staff, community health workers or other professionals.

Monday, April 24, 3 – 5 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-monday-april-24-2023-3-5-pm-tickets-498821918787

Thursday, May 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-thursday-may-4-10-am-1200-pm-tickets-498830945787

Wednesday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. (in Spanish)
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primeros-auxilios-psicologicos-miercoles-10-de-mayo-de-18-a-20-h-tickets-502739576607

Wednesday, May 17, 1 – 3 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-wednesday-may-17-1-3-pm-tickets-504856769187

Early registration is suggested as space is limited for all programs.
Contact Kathryn.Taylor@fairview.org with questions.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Refresh and Reset your Resiliency, Thursday, May 11, 12 – 1 PM

Have you been working, caring for others, and juggling schedules, jobs, and family commitments? When you pause to check in with yourself do you feel exhausted, depleted, stretched and disconnected? The term, “Challenging Times” can’t capture what we have been through individually and collectively in the past few years. In addition to our lives at work, almost every facet of living has been adapted. For us to thrive in this new culture, it’s vital to be creative, intentional, and resilient as we care for ourselves and others.

This one-hour virtual workshop will include: meditation, journaling, and personal reflection.

Participants will expect to:

· review and expand wellness care tools for mind, body, and spirit

· design a personal plan for resiliency and self-care

· leave feeling grounded and refreshed

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/refresh-and-reset-your-resiliency-thursday-may-11-2023-12-1-pm-tickets-498809882787

Early registration is suggested as space is limited for all programs.
Contact Kathryn.Taylor@fairview.org with questions.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) introduces the risk factors and warning signs of common mental health and substance use disorders, builds understanding of their impact, and reviews support options. The interactive course teaches participants how to offer initial help to an individual who may be experiencing a mental health concern or crisis and connect them to the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-care resources. MHFA is currently being offered in a hybrid format of two hours of self-study and four to five and a half hours of live virtual group learning.

Who should attend?
This community-based education class is open to the public and intended for people interested in increasing their mental health literacy and skills. Anyone working or living in the community will benefit from this interactive class.

Adult Mental Health First Aid (in-person)

Thursday, April 27, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fairview Health and Wellness Hub
45 W. 10th Street, St. Paul MN 55102

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-first-aid-fairview-health-and-wellness-center-april-27-registration-51095921175

Attendees must attend the full day training. Lunch is provided.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Adult Mental Health First Aid (virtual)
Wednesday, June 21, 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-first-aid-virtual-wednesday-june-21-2023-registration-505355210037

Early registration is suggested as space is limited for all programs.
Contact Kathryn.Taylor@fairview.org with questions.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The People’s Center invites you to their first event of the year, the annual Spring Community Celebration! This event will take place on Saturday, April 29th, on our front lawn at our Cedar-Riverside location (425 20th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454) from 12:00pm-4:00pm.

There will be interactive sidewalk chalk art, face painting, music, food, and free dental screenings!

For more information visit their website (https://www.peoples-center.org/) or email Sieglinde at ThetardS@peoples-center.org

Remember, the People’s Center provides student health services for Augsburg students! See them for all of your health care needs!

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 2023 we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1169576627117933

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

submitted by olsenkat@augsburg.edu

Run for the Health of It! Join us in supporting the PA Program’s Student Society and gather donations for the Health Commons!

We are hosting a 5k run/walk up at Snail Lake on May 6th at 5:30pm. Register for our in-person race and join us on the route or run from home with a virtual option!

Registration is $30/person and includes a bib and steel water bottle. Snacks and water will be provided, and we will have prizes at the end!

Donations are welcome if you cannot attend!

Run for the Health of It

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Thursday April 20th from 3:30-5:30pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

submitted by peacock@augsburg.edu

To celebrate Earth Day, The West Bank Business Association (WBBA) is hosting a clean-up event along Cedar Avenue from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM this Friday, April 21. The clean-up will start at Edna’s Park, next to the Wienery (414 Cedar Ave.). WBBA will provide gloves, cleaning supplies, and treats for all volunteers. Stop over and help out our neighborhood business district. Questions? Contact mltrue@thewestbank.org.

submitted by ferralez@augsburg.edu

Feeling the final grind of the semester? The Gage Center for Student Success invites you to come and STRESS LESS on Wednesday, April 19, 10am to 1pm. Grab a donut and a beverage, do some self-soothing, and pet an Auggie doggy or kitty!

submitted by heidersc@augsburg.edu

The music therapy program is hosting, Songs of Hope and Healing on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 7 pm in Sateren Auditorium. The evening will feature songs board-certified music therapists have composed in music therapy sessions with clients. These songs reflect client’s experiences as of navigating challenges with their health and in life. These songs are artifacts that communicate and express their emotions, and experiences, and foster a connection with others. The concert is also designed to be an arts-based research experience in which concert attendees have the opportunity to hear and experience songs composed in the context of music therapy sessions. Attendees that complete informed consent will be given a brief questionnaire to complete at the end of the concert. The questionnaire will focus on their experiences of listening to and hearing the songs created by clients in music therapy sessions shared during the concert.

This event is free and open to the public

https://www.augsburg.edu/mmt/events/concert/

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Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am for Toby Reinsma’s senior chapel. Toby will share his story in our chapel service.

submitted by bordons@augsburg.edu

THIS Friday is Bike, Walk, Roll to Augsburg Day. Celebrate Earth Month with us by taking an active, green mode of transportation to campus. DM @sustainable_augsburgu (instagram) or email environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu a picture of your commute to be shared on our social media for the chance to win a gift card to a local business.

There are two other exciting active transportation events on Friday 4/21:
Join Campus Ministry in Hoversten Chapel from 10:40-11 am for an Interfaith Blessing of the Bikes.
Join CASUS and EAC in Murphy Square from 3:30-5:30 pm for a Bike Maintenance and Upcycle Workshop with a bike maintenance expert from Freewheel.

Earth Month

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Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed 2-hour virtual training for all community members and professionals. Trainees will learn how to support healthy recovery in individuals following a traumatic event, public health emergency, natural disaster, or personal crisis. The curriculum integrates public health, community health and individual psychology by drawing upon skills the trainees probably already have. The goal of PFA is to teach trainees how to reduce distress and negative health behaviors by providing practical help and promote resilience.

Participants will learn:
· The impact traumatic experiences can have on individuals, and how burnout may impact frontline staff and first responders
· The five pillars of the PFA framework and how to apply them to support someone who has experienced a traumatic event
· How to recognize when an individual should be referred to a mental health professional

Who should attend?
Anyone can attend! This training is for community members or professionals, including community volunteers, frontline staff, nonprofit workers, direct service staff, community health workers or other professionals.

Monday, April 24, 3 – 5 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-monday-april-24-2023-3-5-pm-tickets-498821918787

Thursday, May 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-thursday-may-4-10-am-1200-pm-tickets-498830945787

Wednesday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. (in Spanish)
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primeros-auxilios-psicologicos-miercoles-10-de-mayo-de-18-a-20-h-tickets-502739576607

Wednesday, May 17, 1 – 3 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-wednesday-may-17-1-3-pm-tickets-504856769187

Early registration is suggested as space is limited for all programs.
Contact Kathryn.Taylor@fairview.org with questions.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The People’s Center invites you to their first event of the year, the annual Spring Community Celebration! This event will take place on Saturday, April 29th, on our front lawn at our Cedar-Riverside location (425 20th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454) from 12:00pm-4:00pm.

There will be interactive sidewalk chalk art, face painting, music, food, and free dental screenings!

For more information visit their website or email Sieglinde at ThetardS@peoples-center.org

Remember, the People’s Center provides student health services for Augsburg students! See them for all of your health care needs!

visit their website

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Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 2023 we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1169576627117933

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed 2-hour virtual training for all community members and professionals. Trainees will learn how to support healthy recovery in individuals following a traumatic event, public health emergency, natural disaster, or personal crisis. The curriculum integrates public health, community health and individual psychology by drawing upon skills the trainees probably already have. The goal of PFA is to teach trainees how to reduce distress and negative health behaviors by providing practical help and promote resilience.

Participants will learn:
· The impact traumatic experiences can have on individuals, and how burnout may impact frontline staff and first responders
· The five pillars of the PFA framework and how to apply them to support someone who has experienced a traumatic event
· How to recognize when an individual should be referred to a mental health professional

Who should attend?
Anyone can attend! This training is for community members or professionals, including community volunteers, frontline staff, nonprofit workers, direct service staff, community health workers or other professionals.

Monday, April 24, 3 – 5 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-monday-april-24-2023-3-5-pm-tickets-498821918787

Thursday, May 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-thursday-may-4-10-am-1200-pm-tickets-498830945787

Wednesday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. (in Spanish)
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primeros-auxilios-psicologicos-miercoles-10-de-mayo-de-18-a-20-h-tickets-502739576607

Wednesday, May 17, 1 – 3 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychological-first-aid-wednesday-may-17-1-3-pm-tickets-504856769187

Early registration is suggested as space is limited for all programs.
Contact Kathryn.Taylor@fairview.org with questions.

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Join us in celebrating graduating seniors who have earned Latin honors, departmental honors, and/or who are members of a national or international honor society. All are welcome. Faculty members, please plan to arrive by 3:30 pm, as the processional line-up will form at 3:45 pm in the Arnold Atrium and please robe if you wish to join the ceremonial procession for this event.

For more information about this celebration, email gubrud@augsburg.edu.

submitted by bordons@augsburg.edu

Hopefully by now you know that April is Earth Month at Augsburg: a time to learn, advocate, create community, and celebrate our shared love of the earth.

Next Friday April 21st, we are focusing on active, green transportation. We hope you will join us for one or all three of our events that day…

Friday April 21st All Day! Bike, Walk, Roll to Campus Day!

To celebrate Earth Month, bike, walk, skateboard, rollerblade, or take another active and environmentally friendly mode of transportation to Augsburg! Send a picture of yourself commuting to campus to be shared on social media to environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu or @sustainable_augsburgu on Instagram. Sharing a picture of your commute will enter you into a random drawing for the chance to win a gift card to a local business.

Friday April 21st 10:40-11am Earth Month Chapel: Blessing of the Bikes

Roll into Hoversten Chapel with your bikes, skates, skateboards, and other beloved modes of green transportation for a fun time of community blessing and celebration around our shared commitment to care for our planet home. CASUS and EAC will help you fix your bike later in the day, but first let Campus Ministry help you bless it!

Location: Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Friday April 21st 3:30-5:30PM CASUS and EAC Bike Workshop

Join the Club of Augsburg Sociology & Urban Studies (CASUS) and other bike enthusiasts to celebrate all things biking! Bring your bike for a basic maintenance walkthrough with a representative from Freewheel bike shop and customize your bike with a recycled milk carton basket! Additionally, we will be giving away a free bike rack to one member and their lucky ride! You can also stop by to purchase bike racks or try your hand at upcycling provided milk-crates into cargo racks to attach to your bike! Don’t have a bike? No problem! Come and meet the bikes of the Augsburg Bikeshare Program!

Location: Murphy Square

Earth Month

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This Earth Month chapel is a time to reflect on what drives you to take care of the Earth. Students from multiple faith backgrounds will speak on their environmental vocation and how their faith or spiritual beliefs promote stewardship.

Stay after chapel for Connecting in the Face of Climate Change event from 11:50am-1:30pm in exploring ways to address climate anxiety through connective practices. A bag lunch provided with registration, meet in the lobby.

Earth Month 2023 Events

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

Today from 11:50am-1:30pm, after Earth Month chapel, join us in exploring ways to address climate anxiety through connective practices. Gather together with other members of the Augsburg community to explore place-based practices for reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the rest of the natural world. We will start with a brief introduction and then tour the Augsburg Urban Arboretum together, stopping along the way to experiment with practices for remembering and restoring connections to the larger communities of which we are a part, as well as with our own sense of grounding and vitality. A locally-sourced bag lunch from Laune Bread will be provided. Event limited to 15 participants.

Location: Meet in the lobby of Hoversten Chapel
*This event does involve walking/rolling around campus.

Contact: Christine Oliver, Counselor at the Center for Wellness & Counseling (oliverc@augsburg.edu)

Please RSVP for this event here.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Thursday April 20th from 3:30-5:30pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 2023 we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

Register on Facebook.

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Are you a woman or gender expansive person employed or studying in the field of finance?

The Minnesota Urban Debate League, a program of Augsburg University, serves middle and high school students in the Twin Cities. We are looking for leaders to join us as volunteer debate judges for our Financial Literacy Leadership Debates program.

In this program, girls and gender expansive youth learn about core financial literacy subjects through the fun, engaging, and competitive vehicle of debate. The topic this year involves the advantages and disadvantages of banking at a large national bank versus a local credit union.

No debate experience is needed – we will train you. Attend our luncheon at Augsburg University, judge debates, and share your story!

The debate event will take place on June 3rd from 9:30 AM-2:30 PM.

Sign up here: https://mnudl.augsburg.edu/volunteer-opportunities/

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Commencement 2023 is just over two weeks away! The ceremony will be held at US Bank Stadium on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 6pm. All other Commencement information can be found here: https://www.augsburg.edu/commencement/

Faculty and staff, if you plan to attend and support this year’s graduates, please make sure to reserve your tickets on the ticketing platform: https://augsburggrad.universitytickets.com/

Commencement Ticketing

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Feeling the final grind of the semester? The Gage Center for Student Success invites you to come and STRESS LESS on Wednesday, April 19, 10am to 1pm. Grab a donut and a beverage, do some self-soothing, and pet an Auggie doggy or kitty!

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am for the Earth Month chapel in collaboration with the Sabo Center. The chapel service offers a time to reflect on what drives you to take care of the Earth. Maya Merritt, our Environmental Action Officer, and students from multiple faith backgrounds will speak on their environment vocation and how their faith or spiritual beliefs promote stewardship.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Tuesday April 18th from 11:50am-1:30pm, after Earth Month chapel, join us in exploring ways to address climate anxiety through connective practices. Gather together with other members of the Augsburg community to explore place-based practices for reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the rest of the natural world. We will start with a brief introduction and then tour the Augsburg Urban Arboretum together, stopping along the way to experiment with practices for remembering and restoring connections to the larger communities of which we are a part, as well as with our own sense of grounding and vitality. A locally-sourced bag lunch from Laune Bread will be provided. Event limited to 15 participants.

Location: Meet in the lobby of Hoversten Chapel
*This event does involve walking/rolling around campus.

Contact: Christine Oliver, Counselor at the Center for Wellness & Counseling (oliverc@augsburg.edu)

Please RSVP for this event here.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Thursday April 20th from 3:30-5:30pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

submitted by schacht5@augsburg.edu

Hello everyone!

Please join us for the Augsburg Psychological Association’s last meeting of the year. We will be joined by students from Augsburg’s PsyD program to learn more about their program. We will also be hosting an election for next year’s officers so please stay afterwards. There will be pizza!

Time: Tuesday 5:30-6:30
Location: OGC 202

Sign up on Auggie life: https://augsburg.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9059385

submitted by mcgillik@augsburg.edu

Have you ever wondered how having a disability may affect your internship, summer job, or career after graduation? Should you even tell employers you have
a disability? What can you do if you experience discrimination?
Join the CLASS office on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Lindell Library 202. During this session, we’ll discuss tools for successfully getting
and keeping your dream job or internship! The presenter, Kathleen McGillivray, has a disability herself and will share her career successes, funny moments,
and lessons learned along the way.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to meaningfully participate in this event, please email
class@augsburg.edu.

submitted by ferralez@augsburg.edu

Feeling the final grind of the semester? The Gage Center for Student Success invites you to come and STRESS LESS on Wednesday, April 19, 10am to 1pm. Grab a donut and a beverage, do some self-soothing, and pet an Auggie doggy or kitty!

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Event Address: Moir Park, 10320 Morgan Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55431, USA
Saturday, April 29th at 2:00 pm
Contact us at 507-923-4203 or whitere@augsburg.edu

All Adult Undergraduate program students, their families, and leashed pets are invited to join us for an off-campus hike/meet & greet at Moir Park in Bloomington, MN.

We will meet by picnic shelter #1, located in between both playgrounds. Free parking is available and the trail is wheelchair accessible.

We plan to hike for about 30-40 minutes, but of course, you are welcome to stay as long as you want!

If you need any disability-related accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Becky White at whitere@augsburg.edu. Please allow for sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

We will start our hike promptly at 2:05 pm.

RSVP to let us know you can make it!

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Volunteer to help Auggies move large items out of their Residence Halls to the ShareShop!

This spring, ShareShop, Augsburg’s on campus Free Store, and Residence Life are partnering to collect donations from spring Move Out for the ShareShop to be redistributed to students, staff, and faculty over the summer and during next school year. This donation program will reduce waste generated by Move Out and support our students, staff, and faculty in need of furniture, clothing, and more.

On April 19th, from 3 – 5 pm we are looking for volunteers to join the ShareShop team and RLife to help move large items (such as couches, desks, tables, shelves, etc) from student rooms to the ShareShop. We ask that volunteers are able to lift up to 50 pounds and can commit to at least 1 hour of volunteering in this time frame. Carts and dollies will be available for moving large items.

If you’d like to volunteer, please sign up below. After you sign up, you will receive an email with day of instructions.

Food will be provided for volunteers after to show our appreciation : )

Questions? Email: environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu

Thank you for supporting Augsburg’s community and the environment!

Move Out 2023 Volunteer Sign Up

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Please join us in Sateren Auditorium at 10:40 am for a special chapel service with Jarabe Mexicano. Campus Ministry welcomes back Jarabe Mexicano, a “bordeño-soul-folk” band with a passion for teaching and storytelling, who are in residency with the Augsburg Music Department again this week.

submitted by bordons@augsburg.edu

April is Earth Month at Augsburg! Join the Environmental Action Committee, the Environmental Stewardship team, and other Earth Month partners to learn, advocate, and celebrate. View a full list of events and partners at https://www.augsburg.edu/sabo/2023/03/20/earth-month-2023/.

View longer event descriptions at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vqxYozznUJOMYf2NYTwO1U4XdC_mxYxI8xOwQm4tgRs/edit.

This week’s events include…

Monday 4/17
Sewing in the ShareShop
10:30 am -12 pm
Science Hall 8B

Tuesday 4/18
Earth Month Chapel: A Multicultural Exploration of Stewardship
11:30 – 11:50 am
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Connecting in the Face of Climate Change
11:50 am – 1:30 pm
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZXjqf4hYXo4zw6oXTIbb9DH9DaCrHPDIYv5_44m0o6eN_4Q/viewform
Meet in the lobby of Hoversten Chapel

Friday 4/21
Bike, Walk, Roll to Campus Day!
All day!
Everywhere!

Earth Month Chapel: Blessing of the Bikes
10:40 – 11am
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

CASUS and EAC Bike Workshop
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Murphy Square

Question? Looking for more information? Email: environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu

submitted by gubrud@augsburg.edu

Join us in celebrating students who have earned Latin honors, departmental honors, and/or who are members of a national or international honor society. All are welcome. Faculty members, please plan to arrive by 3:30 pm, as the processional line-up will form at 3:45 pm in the Arnold Atrium and please robe if you wish to join the ceremonial procession for this event.

For more information about this celebration, email gubrud@augsburg.edu.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

This Earth Month chapel is a time to reflect on what drives you to take care of the Earth. Students from multiple faith backgrounds will speak on their environmental vocation and how their faith or spiritual beliefs promote stewardship.

Stay after chapel for Connecting in the Face of Climate Change event from 11:50am-1:30pm in exploring ways to address climate anxiety through connective practices. A bag lunch provided with registration, meet in the lobby.

Earth Month 2023 Events

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

To celebrate Earth Month, bike, walk, skateboard, rollerblade, or take another active and environmentally friendly mode of transportation to Augsburg! Send a picture of yourself commuting to campus to be shared on social media to environmentalstewardship@augsburg.edu or @sustainable_augsburgu on Instagram. Sharing a picture of your commute will enter you into a random drawing for the chance to win a gift card to a local business.

Two other Bike Events are taking place this same day…

Friday April 21st 10:40-11am Earth Month Chapel: Blessing of the Bikes

Roll into Hoversten Chapel with your bikes, skates, skateboards, and other beloved modes of green transportation for a fun time of community blessing and celebration around our shared commitment to care for our planet home. CASUS and EAC will help you fix your bike later in the day, but first let Campus Ministry help you bless it!

Location: Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Friday April 21st 3:30-5:30PM “CASUS and EAC Bike Workshop”

Join the Club of Augsburg Sociology & Urban Studies (CASUS) and other bike enthusiasts to celebrate all things biking! Bring your bike for a basic maintenance walkthrough with a representative from Freewheel bike shop and customize your bike with a recycled milk carton basket! Additionally, we will be giving away a free bike rack to one member and their lucky ride! You can also stop by to purchase bike racks or try your hand at upcycling provided milk-crates into cargo racks to attach to your bike! Don’t have a bike? No problem! Come and meet the bikes of the Augsburg Bikeshare Program!

Location: Murphy Square

Earth Month 2023 Events

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

On Saturday April 15th from 10am-1pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

Join us on after Earth Month Chapel on Tuesday April 18th from 11:50am-1:30pm in exploring ways to address climate anxiety through connective practices. Gather together with other members of the Augsburg community to explore place-based practices for reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the rest of the natural world. We will start with a brief introduction and then tour the Augsburg Urban Arboretum together, stopping along the way to experiment with practices for remembering and restoring connections to the larger communities of which we are a part, as well as with our own sense of grounding and vitality. A locally-sourced bag lunch from Laune Bread will be provided. Event limited to 15 participants.

Location: Meet in the lobby of Hoversten Chapel
*This event does involve walking/rolling around campus.

Contact: Christine Oliver, Counselor at the Center for Wellness & Counseling (oliverc@augsburg.edu)

Please RSVP for this event here.

submitted by mcdaniem@augsburg.edu

Earth Month Chapel: A Multicultural Exploration of Stewardship
Tuesday April 18th from 11:30-11:50am
This Earth Month chapel is a time to reflect on what drives you to take care of the Earth. Students from multiple faith backgrounds will speak on their environment vocation and how their faith or spiritual beliefs promote stewardship.

Earth Month Chapel: Blessing of the Bikes
Friday April 21st from 10:40-11am
Roll into Hoversten Chapel with your bikes, skates, skateboards, and other beloved modes of green transportation for a fun time of community blessing and celebration around our shared commitment to care for our planet home. CASUS and EAC will help you fix your bike later in the day, but first let Campus Ministry help you bless it!

Earth Month 2023 events

submitted by mcgillik@augsburg.edu

Have you ever wondered how having a disability may affect your internship, summer job, or career after graduation? Should you even tell employers you have
a disability? What can you do if you experience discrimination?
Join the CLASS office on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Lindell Library 202. During this session, we’ll discuss tools for successfully getting
and keeping your dream job or internship! The presenter, Kathleen McGillivray, has a disability herself and will share her career successes, funny moments,
and lessons learned along the way.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to meaningfully participate in this event, please email
class@augsburg.edu.

submitted by eolson@augsburg.edu

Title: Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care in Uncertain Times
Date: Tues., May 9th
Time: 1:30-3:00
Location: virtual

For a variety of reasons, employees across the globe are feeling deep levels of burnout and languishing that, for many, has led to “quiet quitting” or literal quitting. We know that these challenges are often experienced even more acutely by BIPOC and non-majority employees, who exist within systems of oppression and who are often called on to do the work of dismantling those systems in more emotionally laborious ways. Given the increasing complexity of our work, as well as the emotional toll of the last handful of years, many Augsburg employees have expressed desire for opportunity for connection, engagement, and time to prioritize professional and personal care. This session, provided with the support of President Pribbenow and the Health and Well-Being Task Force, offers space for employees to take time out of the demand for productivity to intentionally focus on the health and well-being of ourselves as individuals within the Augsburg community.

From Dr. Lewis:
This session is a gift of time and space to take a deep breath together in community. We explore practices of Radical Self-Care and being “awake” that help create space for wellness, and thereby interrupt the effects of toxic stress and trauma, especially related to the world pandemic and racial injustice. By the end, participants connect with themselves and others more deeply and practice healthy expressions of grief, pain, and joy. Strengthening our foundations around radical self-care can help us all show up for ourselves, our loved ones and our community.

Event Registration:
https://augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOyqrTgqG9ZbIQNPgyQYiJCJqbKl2EKO

If you need any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the University Events Department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

submitted by ferralez@augsburg.edu

Feeling the final grind of the semester? The Gage Center for Student Success invites you to come and STRESS LESS on Wednesday, April 19, 10am to 1pm. Grab a donut and a beverage, do some self-soothing, and pet an Auggie doggy or kitty!

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am for a senior chapel with Lorraine Wongbi who will share her story with us.

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am for Emma Scherrer’s senior chapel. Emma will share her story in chapel and will play a piano prelude. AUSM singers will sing and help lead music.

submitted by mcgillik@augsburg.edu

Have you ever wondered how having a disability may affect your internship, summer job, or career after graduation? Should you even tell employers you have a disability? What can you do if you experience discrimination?

Join the CLASS office on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Lindell Library 202. During this session, we’ll discuss tools for successfully getting and keeping your dream job or internship! The presenter, Kathleen McGillivray, has a disability herself and will share her career successes, funny moments, and lessons learned along the way.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to meaningfully participate in this event, please email class@augsburg.edu.

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Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day, we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

Register on Facebook.

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Have you ever wanted to peek behind the scenes at the Cedar? Learn more about how to participate at our venue by attending our monthly Volunteer Orientation led by volunteer coordinator Jared Hemming! Beginning with our first show 30 years ago, all of the Cedar’s events have been staffed by volunteers in our program, which now includes more than 400 members. Volunteers earn credit to see future shows for free. Tasks include setting up the venue, selling tickets and concessions, and cleaning at the end of each performance. All are welcome to join our volunteer program.

Monday, April 17, 2023
5:30 PM
The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55454

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED:
Please email Volunteer Coordinator Jared Hemming at jhemming@thecedar.org.

The Cedar Cultural Center will require either proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination regimen OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test (taken 72 hours prior) to enter events held at The Cedar.

https://www.thecedar.org/

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The Cedar Riverside Youth Council is hosting a Community Iftar dinner on Sunday, April 16th from 6-9pm at the Brian Coyle Community Center. They are seeking volunteers to help set up and serve dinner! Volunteers are needed starting at 5:30pm. Sign up using the linked form, and please feel free to send it to other Auggies as well.

sign up here!

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Grad students from all disciplines are encouraged to participate in our upcoming Whole Leader Roundtable. Hosted by the Reell Office of Seeing Things Whole, these gatherings allow leaders the opportunity to network and provide insight to each other on today’s leadership challenges.

Our next Zoom Roundtable is Friday, April 21⋅12:00 – 1:15pm. This opportunity is open to current Augsburg Graduate Students. Contact Keri Clifton at cliftonk@augsburg.edu to register or to get more information.

WHAT TO EXPECT: One individual brings a challenge for the group to explore using the Seeing Things Whole Threefold Model to understand a “whole” way forward. Advice is not given, but questions are asked as the group supports the individual to discover the many dimensions of the challenge. Challenges can be anything the individual is navigating, including how to balance work and life, how to make professional decisions about a new career path, or how sustain oneself in a challenging yet fulfilling environment. Through the Roundtable, we build trusting relationships that support leaders to reflect openly and gain insight to tackle challenges. This process supports their ability to see things whole.

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Join us during Earth Month for an open mic evening to share the art of resistance: Poetry, music, visual arts, and manifestos that explore the topic of social and environmental justice. Readings can be in English and/or Spanish. All are welcome!

We frame resistance as cultural expressions that unite us in our opposition to oppression and that create paths to freedom and promote justice for all. Spanish and Cross-Cultural Studies faculty would be happy to help you choose a reading in Spanish or English to share, or you can choose to write your own. Artwork can include posters, photos, or paintings. Music can be of your own composition or created by others. Choose something that inspires you and that you want to share with others!

Location: Hagfors Center, Room 150

Contact: Zoe Barany, Environmental Stewardship Coordinator (baranyz@augsburg.edu) or Kate Reinhardt, Instructor of Languages & Cross-Cultural Studies (reinhard@augsburg.edu)

Learn more & sign up to perform your art!

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On Saturday April 15th from 10am-1pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

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Hello everyone! The Augsburg Student Music Therapy Association would love to invite everyone to Riverside Jams, a student-lead concert full of great music and even better vibes! It will be held from 3-6pm in Sateren Auditorium (Anderson Music Hall) this Saturday, April 15th. Everyone is welcome, feel free to bring guests. Perks include free food, great people, and a variety of different kinds of music all performed by music and non-music majors. Cash donations encouraged to support music therapy students heading to Canada in July for the World Congress of Music Therapy!

Please RSVP here if you are interested!
https://augsburg.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9006910

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Please join the Augsburg Football Team and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee TODAY, for a Be-The-Match drive. Stop by the Kennedy Center Lobby or outside of Christensen Center anytime between 10 am – 3 pm to join the national bone marrow registry. (Ages 18 – 39)

https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2023/4/10/gen041023.aspx

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Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am for an interfaith chapel service with Oralia Cecena ’23 sharing her story.

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Join us during Earth Month for an open mic evening to share the art of resistance: Poetry, music, visual arts, and manifestos that explore the topic of social and environmental justice. Readings can be in English and/or Spanish. All are welcome!

We frame resistance as cultural expressions that unite us in our opposition to oppression and that create paths to freedom and promote justice for all. Spanish and Cross-Cultural Studies faculty would be happy to help you choose a reading in Spanish or English to share, or you can choose to write your own. Artwork can include posters, photos, or paintings. Music can be of your own composition or created by others. Choose something that inspires you and that you want to share with others!

Location: Hagfors Center, Room 150

Contact: Zoe Barany, Environmental Stewardship Coordinator (baranyz@augsburg.edu) or Kate Reinhardt, Instructor of Languages & Cross-Cultural Studies (reinhard@augsburg.edu)

Learn more & sign up to perform your art!

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On Saturday April 15th from 10am-1pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

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What do you need to know about culturally responsive pedagogies? And why does it matter? New Mexico-based Dr. Flores Carmona will facilitate a keynote conversation on critical pedagogies and multicultural education. Her research and scholarship focused on social justice. The event is open to the Augsburg Community students, faculty, and staff.
Zoom option available.

Location of event: Sateren Auditorium (Music Building)
Date of event: Wednesday, April 12
Time of event: 1:00 – 3:00 PM

https://www.augsburg.edu/education/thrive/

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Join us at noon today for the April Focused Conversation. John Coskran, chief financial officer, will present an overview of Augsburg’s budget development process and financial targets for FY2023-24.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
12:00 p.m.
Marshall Room and via Zoom

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

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)

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Earth Day 2023 – Fight Environmental Racism
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
28th Street and Longfellow Ave S, Minneapolis MN

On this Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 2023 we should make it clear to Mayor Frey and cronies that Little Earth, East Phillips and supporters say NO to the demolition of the Roof Depot and the Hiawatha Expansion project. Adding the prospect of arsenic poisoning and the toxic fumes of hundreds of heavy vehicles to one of the most polluted neighborhoods in MniSota is not addressing climate change.

The people of Little Earth and East Phillips are overwhelmingly working class and BIPOC, and do not accept that Frey’s corporate and political interests are more important than breathing clean air and drinking clean water. The massive cumulative impact of pollution sources already in East Phillips was brought about by concentrating pollution in East Phillips. Fighting climate change can only be brought about by fighting environmental racism.

Register on Facebook.

Help Right Now! (bit.ly/HelpUrbanFarm1)
Help Now in the Legislature! (bit.ly/EPNI-Legislature)
Learn and Share – one pager (bit.ly/EPNI-flyer)
Learn and Share Deeper Dive (bit.ly/EPNIslides1)
Talking Points for Supporters (bit.ly/EPNI-talking)

Register on Facebook.

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Have you ever wanted to peek behind the scenes at the Cedar? Learn more about how to participate at our venue by attending our monthly Volunteer Orientation led by volunteer coordinator Jared Hemming! Beginning with our first show 30 years ago, all of the Cedar’s events have been staffed by volunteers in our program, which now includes more than 400 members. Volunteers earn credit to see future shows for free. Tasks include setting up the venue, selling tickets and concessions, and cleaning at the end of each performance. All are welcome to join our volunteer program.

Monday, April 17, 2023
5:30 PM
The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55454

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED:
Please email Volunteer Coordinator Jared Hemming at jhemming@thecedar.org.

The Cedar Cultural Center will require either proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination regimen OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test (taken 72 hours prior) to enter events held at The Cedar.

https://www.thecedar.org/

https://www.thecedar.org/

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Stop by the Study Abroad and Away Table today in Christensen Center from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

We are available to answer your questions about study abroad/away, check in on your application, or give you some information to get started.

Study Abroad & Away opportunities are for all Auggies–with programs ranging in length from 1 week to a semester or year, international locations as well as destinations in the USA, and courses to fit any major.

Every Study Abroad & Away program fulfills your Augsburg Experience requirement, too!

Stop by today for more info!

Learn more about Study Abroad & Away

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What do you need to know about culturally responsive pedagogies? And why does it matter? New Mexico-based Dr. Flores Carmona will facilitate a keynote conversation on critical pedagogies and multicultural education. Her research and scholarship focused on social justice. The event is open to the students, faculty, and staff of the Augsburg Community.
Zoom option available
Date of event: Wednesday, April 12
Time of event: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location of event: Sateren Auditorium (Music Building)

https://www.augsburg.edu/education/thrive/

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Young people voted in historic numbers to protect our freedoms and our future. Now it’s time for our elected officials to Fund our Future! We can be a state that honors every person’s dignity and create an economy that meets all our needs. We deserve and could have bold climate action, a world class transit system, affordable healthcare for all, Paid Family and Medical Leave, childcare for every child, and an honest and affordable education. On April 11th, we will speak with our collective voice to rally for our values, meet with our elected officials, and learn how to stay engaged.

Take to train with Bonner Fellows and Environmental Stewardship Team to join youth and youth adults from across the state. This is a partner event with ISAIAH and the Young Adult Coalition. Dinner will be provided after sunset.

Please register for this event by following the link below.

Location: Meet in the quad outside of Christensen at 2:30PM or join us at 3PM at the MN State Capitol.

Contact: Elliot Altbaum, Young Adult Coalition Organizer (ealtbaum@isaiahmn.org)

Register Here

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Join us during Earth Month for an open mic evening to share the art of resistance: Poetry, music, visual arts, and manifestos that explore the topic of social and environmental justice. Readings can be in English and/or Spanish. All are welcome!

We frame resistance as cultural expressions that unite us in our opposition to oppression and that create paths to freedom and promote justice for all. Spanish and Cross-Cultural Studies faculty would be happy to help you choose a reading in Spanish or English to share, or you can choose to write your own. Artwork can include posters, photos, or paintings. Music can be of your own composition or created by others. Choose something that inspires you and that you want to share with others!

Location: Hagfors Center, Room 150

Contact: Zoe Barany, Environmental Stewardship Coordinator (baranyz@augsburg.edu) or Kate Reinhardt, Instructor of Languages & Cross-Cultural Studies (reinhard@augsburg.edu)

Learn more & sign up to perform your art!

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On Saturday April 15th from 10am-1pm, welcome in the spring by taking action to clean up trash and recycling on campus and in the surrounding community! We will be splitting off into teams from campus for the clean-up and then celebrating the action with lunch in Murphy Square. Join a student organization or athletic team, or create your own team of friends to compete for gift cards to local businesses!

Meet in the Urness & Mortensen Lobby

Contact: Maya Merritt, EAC Officer (merrittm@augsburg.edu)

Earth Month event info can be found here!

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The Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Program welcomes Dr. Sarah Keller, Professor Of Chemistry, and biophysicist at University of Washington. In her Convocation Lecture titled “Stabilizing Fragile Membranes on the Early Earth”, Keller will explain that small building blocks of DNA and proteins can interact with membranes, stabilizing them and providing insight into early life processes on Earth (Tuesday, April 11, Hoversten Chapel). Please note the Convocation Schedule for adjusted class times on this day.

Dr. Keller will also attend, mingle, and talk to students about the Zyzzogeton Research Symposium and other events

Convocation Schedule

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Join us tomorrow for the April Focused Conversation. John Coskran, chief financial officer, will present an overview of Augsburg’s budget development process and financial targets for FY2023-24.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
12:00 p.m.
Marshall Room and via Zoom

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

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)