Category: Event Announcements

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As virtual commencement planning has progressed we have additional details to share with graduates.

Augsburg’s virtual commencement ceremony consists of a prerecorded ceremony that will be streamed online. There are two viewing times when graduates, families, friends, and the Augsburg community can watch and chat together in real time.

Friday, May 29, 2020, 7 p.m. Central
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 2 p.m. Central

After the scheduled viewing times, a video of the ceremony will be available to watch anytime. The platform party speeches, personalized slide of each graduate, and graduate video clips will also be available to watch individually; they will be searchable. The video of graduates will be downloadable and able to be shared via social media and email.

Find additional details on how to participate at the Augsburg University Commencement web page.

If you have any questions about your degree progress, contact us:
Undergraduate students may email graduation@augsburg.edu.
Graduate students may contact their graduate program coordinator.

If you have general questions about the virtual commencement ceremony, contact events@augsburg.edu.

Congratulations, Class of 2020!

Augsburg University Commencement Webpage

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Join UpTurnships and the Strommen Center Tuesday, April 28 at noon for the next session of our Lunch and Learn series with speakers, Aaron Zaslofsky founder of Wheelhouse Communications, LLC and Pang Xiong, Thrivent Financial and Augsburg Alum, to talk about what you can do with your communications major. There are so many options and career paths for communications majors, hear what our two speakers did with theirs, ask questions, and get advice.

Register for the event in Handshake today!

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Download these Zoom backgrounds to use at your virtual ceremony:

• Class of 2020: http://web.augsburg.edu/marcomm/downloads/zoom-backgrounds_Class-of-2020.png

• Congratulations, Graduates: http://web.augsburg.edu/marcomm/downloads/zoom-backgrounds_Congrads.png

• We Are Called | Auggies: http://web.augsburg.edu/marcomm/downloads/zoom-backgrounds_We-Are-Called.png

• We Did It: http://web.augsburg.edu/marcomm/downloads/zoom-backgrounds_We-Did-It.png

Change your background by logging into Zoom. Go to the settings and select “Virtual Background,” there you can upload the photos and set your background.

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National student mental health organization Active Minds, is having a webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00pm CST: “Anxiety in the Time of COVID-19.” This will be a panel discussion including two Active Minds speakers, and a personal counselor. “We are living through an unprecedented time of ambiguity, disappointment, financial struggles, and more. Whether or not we have a history of anxiety, many of us are experiencing it now. Join our panel for a discussion about coping in a time when many of our typical outlets may be compromised, being someone who is well, but worried, and adjusting to our temporary new ‘normal’.”

Sign Up for the Webinar

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National student mental health organization Active Minds, is having a webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00pm CST: “Anxiety in the Time of COVID-19.” This will be a panel discussion including two Active Minds speakers, and a personal counselor. “We are living through an unprecedented time of ambiguity, disappointment, financial struggles, and more. Whether or not we have a history of anxiety, many of us are experiencing it now. Join our panel for a discussion about coping in a time when many of our typical outlets may be compromised, being someone who is well, but worried, and adjusting to our temporary new ‘normal’.”

Sign Up for the Webinar

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Join us at 10:30 – 11:00 am today for our final chapel of the academic year, a live service of farewell and blessing via Zoom. The campus pastors, Rev. Babette Chatman and Rev. Justin Lind-Ayres, along with President Paul Pribbenow and musician Jake Pernsteiner ’20 (guitar and vocal), will lead the service bidding farewell to our valued community members.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/95377862106?pwd=TU12Wnp3WnNteitESXRvVExhTUx6dz09
Password: 904628
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +13126266799,,95377862106# or +16465588656,,95377862106#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 953 7786 2106
International numbers available: https://augsburg.zoom.us/u/adQyGFRoMY

Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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For the #AuggieEarthWeek2020 event on Thursday, join a few recent grads who have been working in the sustainability world as they share what they learned from their time at Augsburg and what they’ve been doing since! All are welcome, regardless of major or actual interest in sustainability 🙂

Thursday, 6-7pm

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Hello Students, Staff, Faculty, and Community Members,

We are happy to have the pre-recorded the 13th Annual Augsburg Lavender Celebration & Awards Ceremony. We would like to take this time to thank all of the students, staff, faculty, and community members who took energy and time to submit award nominations. Without your recommendation and support, this recognition would not be possible.

Please take a moment to watch the video – and help me congratulate all of this year’s award and scholarship recipients.

Lavender Celebration Recording

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Fardosa Hassan, Muslim Student Program Associate, and Augsburg Alumnus Najib Isse, Student of knowledge in Islam, offer a dialogue about Ramadan and its significance.

Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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The Boris L Henson foundation is offering up to five free teletherapy sessions, on a first come first serve basis, to members of the African American community who are experiencing life changing events due to or related to the COVID 19.

From their website:

“COVID-19 has had a profound and unprecedented impact on all of our daily lives. The COVID-19 Free Virtual Therapy Support campaign was developed to cover the cost for virtual or tele-therapy services by licensed, culturally competent clinicians in our network for up to five (5) sessions. This campaign is exclusive to individuals and families experiencing a life-changing event(s) related to or triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. First come, first serve until all funds are exhausted. Sign up!”

In addition, CWC staff are available to meet directly with all students via phone or Zoom through the last day of final exams, and can help you connect with resources in the community for the summer. Call our main number: 612-330-1707 to set up an appointment. And all Augsburg students will have phone access to licensed mental health counselors 24-7 over summer break by calling our main number and selecting option one.

Boris L Henson Foundation Free Virtual Therapy Campaign

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Struggling with trying to adjust to the challenges of the COVID crisis? Join the Center for Wellness & Counseling TODAY, Wednesday, April 22nd from 2pm – 3:30pm for a short Zoom workshop called “Skills for Today: Using Skillful Means to Navigate Troubled Times.” Josh Kent of CWC will be leading the group. The session will explore how focusing on skills development can help students decrease suffering and build a life worth living (even when the world around you doesn’t seem to point in that direction!) To register for the event and get the zoom link, email Josh Kent at kentjo@augsburg.edu.

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Students who have had their study abroad and study away plans derailed this year have begun inquiring about next year.

Check out the short-term study abroad programs coming up for Spring Break and Summer 2021. Now is a great time to plan ahead! ALL programs fulfill your AUGSBURG EXPERIENCE requirement, as well as other classes!

Check out the options in these great locations:

—NEW YORK CITY—
Roots to Rap: Islam in America – spring break
HIS 195 (Humanities)

—GUATEMALA—
Faith, Vocation, and Social Change – spring break
RLN 409 (Search for Meaning II) or RLN 480 (Keystone for some majors)

—MINNESOTA—
Dakota and Ojibwe Spaces of Environmental Activism & Sovereignty – Spring Time 2
AIS 305 (elective) or ANT 295 (elective)

—CUBA—
Community, Arts, and Culture in Cuba – Summer
THR 295 (Fine Arts)

—GERMANY—
Science and Religion in Germany – Summer
REL 205 (Search for Meaning II) and/or CHM 102 (Lab Science) or SCI 490 (Keystone for Science majors)

—ITALY—
Sustainability and Food Justice in Italy & the US – Summer
HIS 170 (Humanities) or HIS 440 (elective)

Get more information about these short term programs

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For chapel today, Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow shares a homily about the disciple Thomas and the risen Jesus from the Gospel of John. Music is from the music department archives and features the Augsburg Choir and the Augsburg Concert Band. Our thanks to University Organist Sonja Thompson for providing the music for today. https://youtu.be/51-OaY3JQzI
Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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Calling all Psychology majors and minors! Join UpTurnships and the Strommen Center virtually today from 12-1pm and hear from two professionals, Marianne Malko (UpTurnships Coach) and @Casey Burrows (Clinical Psychologist), on what they did with their psychology major and where their careers have taken them. Ask questions and get advice! See you there!

Register for the event in Handshake Now!

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Struggling with trying to adjust to the challenges of the COVID crisis? Join the Center for Wellness & Counseling this Wednesday, April 22nd from 2pm – 3:30pm for a short Zoom workshop called “Skills for Today: Using Skillful Means to Navigate Troubled Times.” Josh Kent of CWC will be leading the group. The session will explore how focusing on skills development can help students decrease suffering and build a life worth living (even when the world around you doesn’t seem to point in that direction!) To register for the event and get the zoom link, email Josh Kent at kentjo@augsburg.edu.

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Today we offer a service of farewell and blessing for Pastor Sonja Hagander, Vice President for Mission and Identity, who is leaving Augsburg after 22 years. https://youtu.be/B-8CkNQrZ-Y
Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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Today, for Earth Week, the Environmental Stewardship Committee is asking the Augsburg student body to contact their legislators. This is a great, quick way to take action! Information on why this matters, how to call, and what issues to call in on can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yd4dwhpl. Earth and your community thanks you for taking action!

Other events happening this week, as well as different ways to take action for Earth Week, can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iu1b-Y2jnWCRZDWOwOHheTaHaIeggRjtWZ33t6qZpnM/edit

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Our 13th annual Auggie Awards ceremony, celebrating the best in Augsburg University Athletics, will be held on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we will be unable to come together in person for this year’s celebration. Instead, this year’s ceremony will be an online webcast, available on our athletics webpage at athletics.augsburg.edu.

The webcast will include the presentation of numerous awards to student-athletes, and will feature the outstanding video production you’ve come to enjoy over the years from our partners at Wass Productions and InventiveMedia, along with some special contributions from many Auggie student-athletes, showing that we are “One World, One Team, We Are Auggies!” We will also pay tribute to our 87 Augsburg senior student-athletes.

Set a reminder on your calendar to watch the 2020 Auggie Awards online at athletics.augsburg.edu on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m., and remember to tell your friends, relatives and fans! Let’s “virtually” come together to celebrate all things #AuggiePride!

Augsburg University Athletics

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It’s here! Happy (virtual) Earth Week! Join Auggies and people across the globe in learning, celebrating, and taking action to care for our common home and all of us who live here. Check out daily collective action opportunities plus lots more at: http://www.augsburg.edu/green

Today’s collective action: Q&A with “Grassroots Rising” author, Ronnie Cummins – learn how regenerative agriculture and a Green New Deal can help us survive—and thrive—in catastrophic times.

RSVP for “Grassroots Rising”

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Are you craving community, connection, and tangible hope for a more resilient future? Join us for a conversation with Ronnie Cummins, national director of the Organic Consumers Association and author of Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal.

RSVP for the Earth Week Zoom gathering, Monday, April 20, 3:30-4:30pm. RSVP form below.

About The Book:
Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive—and thrive—in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse.

This book offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots Regeneration Movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance—embodied most recently by the proposed Green New Deal in the US. Cummins asserts that the solution lies right beneath our feet and at the end of our forks through the transformation of our broken food system.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOaVDz4Qgzm3DAhuJmQbj7zfI98z35ymCXxAsI_ksyMUAUKQ/viewform

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Rev. Mark Hanson, Founding Director of Interfaith at Augsburg, welcomes Interfaith Fellows Busshō Lahn, Zen Buddhist Priest; Chris Stedman ’08, Secular Humanist; and Ger Vang, Hmong Spiritual Healer to share words of healing in this challenging time. https://youtu.be/my9npAz0Hb0
Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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Struggling with trying to adjust to the challenges of the COVID crisis? Join the Center for Wellness & Counseling next Wednesday, April 22nd from 2pm – 3:30pm for a short Zoom workshop called “Skills for Today: Using Skillful Means to Navigate Troubled Times.” Josh Kent of CWC will be leading the group along with some Augsburg students. The session will explore how focusing on skills development can help students decrease suffering and build a life worth living (even when the world around you doesn’t seem to point in that direction!) To register for the event and get the zoom link, email Josh Kent at kentjo@augsburg.edu.

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Due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and out of care and concern for the health and safety of the entire Augsburg University community, we are postponing the university’s first All-School Reunion that had been planned for Sept. 26, 2020.

The reunion will be rescheduled to coincide with Homecoming 2021. Those dates are still being finalized.

If you’ve already purchased tickets to the event, you have three options. First, you can do nothing—we will honor your registration for the new date in fall of 2021. Second, you can request a refund by emailing Kristen Cooper at cooperk@augsburg.edu. Finally, you can ask that Kristen convert your registration into a donation to the Student Emergency Fund to support current Auggies facing hardships during this challenging time.

The reunion will be an occasion to draw together alumni; current students; and past and present faculty, staff, and friends of the university to celebrate more than 150 years of Augsburg history and—most importantly—the relationships that have shaped the lives of generations of Auggies. We are also discussing ways to incorporate some of the Sesquicentennial projects by faculty and staff that were canceled or curtailed because of the pandemic.

We are grateful to the many volunteers working to make the All-School Reunion a reality, and while we know this postponement is disappointing, we promise: in the end, it will be an event worth waiting for!

Darcey Engen and Jeff Swenson
Sesquicentennial Co-chairs

Sesquicentennial website

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Whether you have one minute or an hour a day, join campus-wide collective action April 20-24 in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!

The connections between human health, economic wellbeing, social support systems, and environmental quality are being felt in many ways in this moment of global pandemic. Let’s celebrate our common home and the life that it supports in ways that honor our current realities, imagine a bright future, and take steps together towards that new reality!

Auggie Earth Week Details

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Due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and out of care and concern for the health and safety of the entire Augsburg University community, we are postponing the university’s first All-School Reunion that had been planned for Sept. 26, 2020.

The reunion will be rescheduled to coincide with Homecoming 2021. Those dates are still being finalized.

If you’ve already purchased tickets to the event, you have three options. First, you can do nothing—we will honor your registration for the new date in fall of 2021. Second, you can request a refund by emailing Kristen Cooper at cooperk@augsburg.edu. Finally, you can ask that Kristen convert your registration into a donation to the Student Emergency Fund to support current Auggies facing hardships during this challenging time.

The reunion will be an occasion to draw together alumni; current students; and past and present faculty, staff, and friends of the university to celebrate more than 150 years of Augsburg history and—most importantly—the relationships that have shaped the lives of generations of Auggies. We are also discussing ways to incorporate some of the Sesquicentennial projects by faculty and staff that were canceled or curtailed because of the pandemic.

We are grateful to the many volunteers working to make the All-School Reunion a reality, and while we know this postponement is disappointing, we promise: in the end, it will be an event worth waiting for!

Darcey Engen and Jeff Swenson
Sesquicentennial Co-chairs

Sesquicentennial website

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Struggling with trying to adjust to the challenges of the COVID crisis? Join the Center for Wellness & Counseling next Wednesday, April 22nd from 2pm – 3:30pm for a short Zoom workshop for students called “Skills for Today: Using Skillful Means to Navigate Troubled Times.” Josh Kent of CWC will be leading the group along with some Augsburg students. The session will explore how focusing on skills development can help students decrease suffering and build a life worth living (even when the world around you doesn’t seem to point in that direction!) To register for the event and get the zoom link, email Josh Kent at kentjo@augsburg.edu.

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Are you craving community, connection, and tangible hope for a more resilient future? Join us for a conversation with Ronnie Cummins, national director of the Organic Consumers Association and author of Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal.

RSVP for the Earth Week Zoom gathering, Monday, April 20, 3:30-4:30pm. RSVP form below.

About The Book:
Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive—and thrive—in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse.

This book offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots Regeneration Movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance—embodied most recently by the proposed Green New Deal in the US. Cummins asserts that the solution lies right beneath our feet and at the end of our forks through the transformation of our broken food system.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOaVDz4Qgzm3DAhuJmQbj7zfI98z35ymCXxAsI_ksyMUAUKQ/viewform

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Hello Students, Staff, and Faculty,

We are happy to have the pre-recorded Annual 21st Augsburg Leadership Awards linked below. First, we would like to take this time to thank all of the students, staff, faculty, and community members who took energy and time to submit award nominations. Without your recommendation and support, this recognition would not be possible. We also want to re-thank the awards selection committee members, as well as the student members of the Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award.  
Congratulations to all of the award recipients!  

The link to the Annual 21st Augsburg Leadership Awards is located here: https://www.facebook.com/CampusLifeAugsburg/videos/713383939203814/

https://www.facebook.com/CampusLifeAugsburg/videos/713383939203814/

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Pastoral Intern Sarah Swindall shares her reflections the encounter of the disciples with the risen Christ on the way to Emmaus, and campus ministry and her pastoral support team offer a blessing to Sarah as her internship nears its completion. Thank you to Sonja Thompson for providing music for today’s chapel service through the music archives. https://youtu.be/zaZij9PVpY8
Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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We thank Dr. Martha Stortz, Bernhard Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation for sharing a sermon on resurrection for chapel today. Our thanks to Sonja Thompson, Assistant Professor of Music, for providing music, including a prelude from our archives with a duet by Braxton Kyles, flute and Abby Eck, cello. https://youtu.be/2cleS2m7Ooo Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!! While we can’t celebrate in person, we invite you to take collective action with Auggies near and far. The first Earth Day mobilized college students to demand action for clean air and water for everyone, and in this time of public health and climate crisis, we can still take action together towards long-term change that supports the health and wellbeing of us all. What can we transform? What could a revolutionary new normal look like? Whether you have the time, energy, and passion for taking small personal action, learning something new, building community, or advocating for policy change, we want to hear about it!

Stay tuned to Amail for details, but here’s the big picture of how we can celebrate together next week:

1. Join daily collective learning and action opportunities promoted by ESC – a different opportunity to act together each day.

2. Find other opportunities to take personal communal, and systemic action on a list we’ll share soon. Add your own ideas! Take action whenever you can, in whatever way you can!

3. Share your actions with the ESC facebook page or on other social media platforms using #AuggieEarthWeek2020 (and any other hashtags your networks are using this week).

4. Submit your actions (link shared next week), no matter how big or small, for a chance to win a sustainability care package!

Looking forward to celebrating, learning, and acting together!

Follow ESC on facebook!

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Students who have had their study abroad and study away plans derailed this year have begun inquiring about next year.

Check out the short-term study abroad programs coming up for Spring Break and Summer 2021. Now is a great time to plan ahead! ALL programs fulfill your AUGSBURG EXPERIENCE requirement, as well as other classes!

Check out the options in these great locations:

—NEW YORK CITY—
Roots to Rap: Islam in America – spring break
HIS 195 (Humanities)

—GUATEMALA—
Faith, Vocation, and Social Change – spring break
RLN 409 (Search for Meaning II) or RLN 480 (Keystone for some majors)

—MINNESOTA—
Dakota and Ojibwe Spaces of Environmental Activism & Sovereignty – Spring Time 2
AIS 305 (elective) or ANT 295 (elective)

—CUBA—
Community, Arts, and Culture in Cuba – Summer
THR 295 (Fine Arts)

—GERMANY—
Science and Religion in Germany – Summer
REL 205 (Search for Meaning II) and/or CHM 102 (Lab Science) or SCI 490 (Keystone for Science majors)

—ITALY—
Sustainability and Food Justice in Italy & the US – Summer
HIS 170 (Humanities) or HIS 440 (elective)

Get more information about these short term programs

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Rev. Justin Lind-Ayres welcomes Rev, Meta Herrick Carlson to read poems from her book “Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life.” https://www.metaherrickcarlson.com/ Musical selections are from Augsburg music archives with Michele Crowder, soprano; Braxton Kyles, flute; and the Cedar and Riverside Singers conducted by Nancy Grundahl and Jon Campbell. Today’s chapel service can be found at https://youtu.be/NWTis_M3CCI. Look for links for all of our services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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Even before this pandemic arrived, Augsburg had made the decision, based on budgetary concerns, not to hold the Human Rights Forum this fall. This health crisis has only reinforced the wisdom of that decision, as we focus now on the transitions to online teaching and work and plan for the post-COVID environment.

Given the disruptions, loss, and inequities we are experiencing as a result of this public health crisis, there is a clear need to build community and strengthen our social fabric. We look forward to seeing how we can together be part of efforts to strengthen these resources and institutions. In relation to our collective commitment to human rights and justice, working towards equal access to quality healthcare will be a high priority coming out of this crisis. We will need to ensure that we are much better prepared when future crises emerge.

We also see the importance of a free press and free expression. It is citizens and journalists who have pushed our own leaders to action when, for political self-interest, they preferred to downplay the challenge that COVID posed. Internationally, it was the suppression of journalists and whistleblowers that allowed the crisis to fester in the first place. The huge economic, social, and humanitarian impacts of this outbreak speak to the need for building up our resilience and working together to address these and many other human rights challenges locally, nationally and globally.

We will be back in touch in the coming months with more information about our plans for 2021, when we all hope to have emerged from this ordeal with a greater sense of public purpose and commitment to care and support each other.

Be well and take care,

Bettine and Joe

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Campus Ministry is offering online chapel. Today chapel is in honor of the scholars and researchers who would have presented their research today at Augsburg Zyzzogeton. https://youtu.be/W1BDy-Thviw Thank you to Molly Tengwall, soprano; Alyssa Schwitzer, vocalist; Kent Goodroad, piano; and Sonja Thompson, piano, for providing the music and to Rev. Babette Chatman, University Pastor, for her prayer and reflection. Look for links for the services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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Campus Ministry is offering online chapel. New chapel services are available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today we celebrate Easter Monday with a message from University Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres. https://youtu.be/LSGpYmo1n4A Thank you to Sonja Thompson for providing the music. Look for links for the services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer.

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On April 13-14, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), Augsburg’s partner during the 2019 Human Rights Forum, will host COVIDCon, a virtual Oslo Freedom Forum event focused on how authoritarian regimes sparked and are exploiting the novel coronavirus pandemic to crack down on civil liberties.

This two-day event, open to global audiences, will feature presentations and panels about the current pandemic and its relationship to state censorship, disinformation, surveillance, and the future of civil liberties. COVIDCon sessions will showcase the difference in the responses of authoritarian regimes and democratic governments to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Confirmed speakers include former Chinese prisoner of conscience Dr. Yang Jianli; Russian democracy advocate Garry Kasparov; Iranian journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad; recently expelled Wall Street Journal deputy China bureau chief Josh Chin; entrepreneur and angel investor Naval Ravikant; Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong; futurist and “After On” author Rob Reid; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum; Ideas Beyond Borders’ Melissa Chen; China-U.S. expert Kyle Bass; and many others.

Free Registration

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Announcing Lavender Celebration – Virtual Edition – Mon, April 20th.

LGBTQIA+ Student Services will be pre-recording the ceremony, adding captions, and uploading the video.

The ceremony will be available to watch on Monday, April 20th. We will be posting the video via LGBTQIA+ SS Facebook, A-Mail, and sending an email to the listserv.

Please check back on the 20th to celebrate all our amazing students, staff, faculty and Augsburg community.

LGBTQIA+ Student Services Facebook

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Campus Ministry is offering online chapel daily. The services can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Today we celebrate Maundy Thursday with a service with Sarah Swindall reading the scripture and Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres offering a sermon on Foot washing and a New Commandment (The Washing of Love). Thank you to Sonja Thompson for providing the music. https://youtu.be/_1mMpHdPTvc

There is no chapel service tomorrow on Good Friday due to the university holiday, but check the campus ministry blog for our daily prayer updated seven days a week.

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Campus Ministry is offering online chapel. New chapel services are available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today we offer a prayer service with Pastor Babette Chatman, Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres, and Pastoral Intern Sarah Swindall offering prayers for mental health professionals, spiritual leaders, and the unemployed and furloughed. https://youtu.be/VJKY8WsM3Vs Look for the link for the services on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar. Please also visit the Campus Ministry blog to read the daily prayer. Today’s prayer is for musicians.

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Join us today, Wednesday April 8th at 4:30.

A Town Hall geared for Students BY students, but open to the entire community for questions.

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/464787389

Zoom Meeting Link

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April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!! While we can’t celebrate in person, we invite you to follow the Environmental Stewardship facebook page for opportunities to learn, reflect, and take action with our student leaders. The first Earth Day mobilized college students to demand action for clean air and water for everyone, and in this time of climate and public health crisis, we can still take action together towards long-term change that supports the health and wellbeing of us all. Join us! And reach out to augstewards@googlegroups.com with ideas for virtual collaborative action!

https://www.facebook.com/augsburg.environmental.stewardship/

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Campus Ministry is offering daily chapel on-line. New chapel services are available daily. Today is an Interfaith Chapel with Fardosa Hassan and Imam Makram El-Amin of Masjid An-Nur in Minneapolis. Look for the link for the service on the Campus Ministry calendar http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar

More information

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Ever wonder why when you apply for jobs you never hear back from the company? Is it because you’re not a ‘good fit’ or is it because your resume is not expressing your talents and skills in a crisp and focused manner. Join Career Coach, Tom Colosimo, on Tuesday, April 7 at noon (Central Time) for a working session on Resumes That Get You Noticed in a Good Way!

In this virtual Zoom work session, you will learn what makes a resume a GOOD resume. From the structure, formatting to the content, there are important elements to have as part of your resume. Register for the event in Handshake.

Register for the event in Handshake.

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Campus Ministry is daily chapel, on-line instead of in Hoversten Chapel. New chapel services are available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today, we offer “Mindful Monday” with Augsburg friends Michael Morris and Green Bouzard leading a musical reflection for Holy Week. https://youtu.be/BjM6RvhRNgQ

More Information

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Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

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The Forum on Workplace Inclusion webinar series returns on April 23 with, “White Fragility and Microagressions In the Workplace: When Good People Behave Badly.” Learn more and register at https://forumworkplaceinclusion.org/webinars/white-fragility-and-microagressions-in-the-workplace-when-good-people-behave-badly/

Register here

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Vice President Lucía Dávila Álvarez has called an Emergency Meeting to be held on Friday, April 3rd from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.

Student concerns, ideas, and voices regarding the impact of COVID-19 will be heard during New Business. Please reach out to any of the following senators to get placed on the agenda. The agenda will get sent out two hours prior to meeting.

Can’t make it to the meeting?
You can send in your questions, concerns, or ideas over to any ADSG representative. The Augsburg University Helpline is also avalible to answer your questions. Please provide your information and question either by Email: helpline@augsburg.edu or Phone: 612-474-3100 or filling out the form: https://augsburg.az1.qualtrics.com/…/form/SV_e3Ah7xBXSmaabBP

Meeting Details
https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/652152634
April 3rd, 2020 at 6:00pm

**Senior Class: **
Brittany Stokes – stokesb@augsburg.edu
Mitch Byers – byersmm@augsburg.edu

Junior Class:
Joe Gaskill -** **gaskillj@augsburg.edu
Berlynn Bitengo – bitengob@augsburg.edu
Gabriel Ijjo – ijjog@augsburg.edu

Sophomore Class:
Adriana Robinson – robins16@augsburg.edu
Bryam Castillo – castillb@augsburg.edu
Ruth Vergara – vergarar@augsburg.edu
Sucaado Omar – omarss@augsburg.edu

**First Year Class: **
Cesar Adrian DG – **degollac@augsburg.edu
Ethan Reed – reedee@augsburg.edu
Thin Thin Khine – kaingt@augsburg.edu
Gabriela Ortiz-Riera – ortizrg@augsburg.edu
Olivia Brammer – brammero@augsburg.edu
Willington Gahona – gahonaw@augsburg.edu

Executive Board:
Arianna Antone-Ramirez – antonea@augsburg.edu
Lucía Dávila Álvarez – davilal@augsburg.edu
Ethan Quezada – quezadae@augsburg.edu
Kayla Sanchez – benitezk@augsburg.edu
Daniel Degollado Gualajara – degollad@augsburg.edu
Miracle Adebanjo – adebanjm@augsburg.edu
Jose Perales – peralesj@augsburg.edu
Elan Quezada – quezada2@augsburg.edu

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/652152634

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Campus Ministry continues to offer daily chapel, on-line instead of in Hoversten Chapel. New chapel services are available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today, we offer a ”Palm Friday service with Pastor Babette Chatman preaching, Deanna Davis singing “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” and “Ride on, King Jesus,’ and Sonja Thompson playing the prelude and postlude. https://youtu.be/Y_Id5AUicfk

Services are also be available at the Campus Ministry Facebook page.

More information

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Our series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community continues today from 4-5 p.m. Today’s town hall is geared for current students, but all panels will be open to the entire community. Find the link to join the webinar, as well as videos and transcripts of past town halls, at the link below.

Virtual Town Hall Meetings

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Campus Ministry will continue to offer daily chapel, on-line instead of in Hoversten Chapel. New chapel services will be available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today, we offer a service of music and prayer. https://youtu.be/-droya4h1uM Chapel services are also be available at the Campus Ministry Facebook page.

More information

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Campus Ministry will continue to offer daily chapel. New chapel services will be available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page. Today, we offer today’s chapel service with a reflection by Rev. Justin Lind-Ayres, University Pastor, on Hebrews 12:1-2, for athletes and coaches. Prelude and postlude are played by student Hannah Stachel, piano. https://youtu.be/HfzkPjwIwFo Chapel services will also be available at the Campus Ministry Facebook page.

Campus ministry webpage

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Our series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community continues tomorrow from 4-5 p.m. Tomorrow’s is geared for current students, but all panels will be open to the entire community. Find the link to join the webinar, as well as videos and transcripts of past town halls, at the link below.

Virtual Town Halls

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The Disability as Diversity workshop that was to be held this Friday, April 3, is being postponed. Thank you for your understanding and stay tuned for
future offerings of this workshop.

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A Special All Hands Meeting for Faculty and Staff will be held via Zoom today at 3:40 p.m. Last week’s Virtual Town Hall for faculty and staff focused on what we are doing to support our students through the end of the semester. President Pribbenow promised to circle back to other questions this week. This virtual All Hands Meeting will focus on those broader questions and concerns.

The livestream link will be distributed to all faculty and staff via email. So that the link doesn’t get lost in your inbox, it will be sent at approximately 3 p.m. The message will come from President Pribbenow.

If you need accommodations to participate fully in this event, please contact the University Events department at 612-330-1104 or events@augsburg.edu.

All Hands

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The Disability as Diversity workshop that was to be held this Friday, April 3, is being postponed. Thank you for your understanding and stay tuned for future offerings of this workshop.

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Our series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community continues today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Today’s meeting is geared for alumni and friends, but it is open to the entire community. Find the links to join the webinars, see schedule of future sessions, and access recordings of previous meetings at the link below.

Virtual Town Halls

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Campus Ministry will continue to offer daily chapel, on-line instead of in Hoversten Chapel. New chapel services will be available daily and can be found on the Augsburg Campus Ministry calendar page https://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/calendar/. Today at 11:30 am, we offer today’s chapel with a reflection by Pastoral Intern Sarah Swindall on the abundant grace of God and Romans 1:8-12. If you wish to watch along with others, please join at 11:30 am (https://youtu.be/0h7c1xozrN4). If you are unable to join at that time, please use the link to watch at your convenience. Chapel services will also be available at the Campus Ministry Facebook page.

http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry

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A Special All Hands Meeting for Faculty and Staff will be held via Zoom tomorrow Wednesday, April 1 at 3:40 p.m. Last week’s Virtual Town Hall for faculty and staff focused on what we are doing to support our students through the end of the semester. President Pribbenow promised to circle back to other questions this week. This virtual All Hands Meeting will focus on those broader questions and concerns.

If you need accommodations to participate fully in this event, please contact the University Events department at 612-330-1104 or events@augsburg.edu.

The livestream link will be forthcoming.

All Hands

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Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

submitted by wheatley@augsburg.edu

Augsburg students have been making art all year, and we want to SEE it! The All-Student Juried Show will be going digital this year. All currently enrolled Augsburg students may enter three pieces. Enter now until April 2.
SUBMISSIONS
Work must have been created after April 2019
Each student may submit up to three entries

AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Awards announced on April 21
Five pieces will be selected for awards
One selected piece will receive a cash prize of $500, generously given by the Strommen family

JUROR
Juliane Shibata
MFA in Ceramics, Bowling Green State University
BA in Studio Art, Carleton College

Enter Artwork Now!

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

submitted by alamilla@augsburg.edu

Our series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community continues today from 1-2 p.m. All panels will be open to the entire community, but today’s panel has been selected to address faculty and staff concerns. Find the links to join the webinars and the schedule of the future sessions planned so far at the link below.

Virtual Town Halls

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Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

submitted by alamilla@augsburg.edu

Our series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community continues today from 5-6 p.m. Today’s is geared for parents and family members, but all panels will be open to the entire community. Find the links to join the webinars and the schedule of the future sessions planned so far at the link below.

Virtual Town Halls

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LGBTQIA+ Student Services Presents:
Emerging Connection: A Queer Pen Pal Project! A way to connect with other LGBTQ+ folk from across the nation.

Deadline to sign up is APRIL 3rd!
For details and sign-up, visit https://tinyurl.com/auggiespenpal

This project was born out of the desire to build Queer community and connection during this time of social distancing. Queer history has shown us that community is one of the ways we survive during challenging or uncertain times. LGBTQ+ resource centers across the Nation have come together to connect our Queer students with one another. We hope the relationships that blossom from this program help provide a sense of connection, belonging, and solidarity to our LGBTQ+ students across state and institutional lines.

You have the option of being paired with someone from the Augsburg community, or someone from a partner institution:
Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life
Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas Austin
UNLV Student Diversity & Social Justice
UMD Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Central Michigan University Office of LGBTQ Services & Gender Equity

Shout out to all these institutions for helping make this possible!

Pen Pal Sign-Up Form

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Augsburg students have been making art all year, and we want to SEE it! The All-Student Juried Show will be going digital this year. All currently enrolled Augsburg students may enter three pieces. Enter now until April 2.

SUBMISSIONS
Work must have been created after April 2019
Each student may submit up to three entries

AWARD ANNOUCEMENTS
Awards announced on April 21
Five pieces will be selected for awards
One selected piece will receive a cash prize of $500, generously given by the Strommen family

JUROR
Juliane Shibata
MFA in Ceramics, Bowling Green State University
BA in Studio Art, Carleton College

Enter Artwork Now!

submitted by jendra@augsburg.edu

The first in a series of virtual town halls on COVID-19 for the Augsburg community will take place today from 1-2 p.m. This first panel is aimed primarily at addressing student questions and concerns, but all panels will be open to the entire community. Find the links to join the webinars and the schedule of the future sessions planned so far at the link below.

Virtual Town Halls

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

submitted by taveram@augsburg.edu

Zyzzogeton 2020 event is canceled with an alternative: we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

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Staff Senate has decided to cancel the Staff Appreciation event.

We will still be announcing the nominees and recipients for Outstanding Staff, The Newcomer Award, and Outstanding Department or Group in early April.

Staff Appreciation Website

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The Focused Conversations on Interfaith Leadership scheduled for this week have been cancelled. We look forward to sharing with the campus community on this important topic at a later date.

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Zyzzogeton 2020 event will be cancelled. As an alternative, we are offering researchers the opportunity to showcase their research poster on Augsburg’s Lindell Library Idun site. Contact URGO (Solveig Mebust mebusts@augsburg.edu) or McNair Scholars (Lara Crombie crombie@augsburg.edu) with questions.

The poster submission deadline is extended to: Monday, April 13th at 4:00pm.

submitted by wegenke@augsburg.edu

The Focused Conversations on Interfaith Leadership scheduled for next week have been cancelled. We look forward to sharing with the campus community on this important topic at a later date.

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The Suture Lab Workshop scheduled for March 25th at 6 pm in Hagfors 150A has been canceled. We hope to re-schedule this workshop in the fall.

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The Des Moines University Information Session scheduled for April 8 from 4-5:30 pm in Hagfors 106 has been canceled. Students interested in Des Moines University’s health professions programs can view all of their preview programs virtually.

https://www.dmu.edu/admission/events/dmu-preview/

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Augsburg’s CGEE study center in Southern Africa offers an experiential, community-based, social-justice focused semester program in fall or spring:

Nation Building and Decolonizing the Mind in Southern Africa

Stay on-track to graduate by taking 16+ credits. Courses are available in History, Political Science, Religion, wellness, or even choose an internship as part of your semester. All courses are in English. Your semester starts in South Africa and then continues on to Namibia. Study in TWO countries in one semester!

For fall 2020 only: CGEE is providing **FREE AIRFARE** for all Fall 2020 semester students in Southern Africa!

You can use your full semester financial-aid package to help pay for the program, and additionally you will receive an automatic CGEE Travel Grant scholarship of $1,500, and free airfare for fall 2020, making a semester at CGEE Southern Africa one of the most affordable study abroad semester programs!

You can check off the following requirements on the program:

· Social and Behavioral Sciences (two course options available)

· Humanities requirement

· Search for Meaning II

· Recreational Wellness

· + your Augsburg Experience requirement!

Apply by April 1

Get more information about CGEE Southern Africa and apply online

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Check out the short-term study abroad programs coming up for Spring Break and Summer 2021. Now is a great time to plan ahead! ALL programs fulfill your AUGSBURG EXPERIENCE requirement, as well as other classes!

Check out the options in these great locations:

—NEW YORK CITY—
Roots to Rap: Islam in America – spring break
HIS 195 (Humanities)

—GUATEMALA—
Faith, Vocation, and Social Change – spring break
RLN 409 (Search for Meaning II) or RLN 480 (Keystone for some majors)

—MINNESOTA—
Dakota and Ojibwe Spaces of Environmental Activism & Sovereignty – Spring Time 2
AIS 305 (elective) or ANT 295 (elective)

—CUBA—
Community, Arts, and Culture in Cuba – Summer
THR 295 (Fine Arts)

—GERMANY—
Science and Religion in Germany – Summer
REL 205 (Search for Meaning II) and/or CHM 102 (Lab Science) or SCI 490 (Keystone for Science majors)

—ITALY—
Sustainability and Food Justice in Italy & the US – Summer
HIS 170 (Humanities) or HIS 440 (elective)
and ENV/INS 292

Get more information about these short term programs

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Are you a Comm Major looking to study abroad? Want to get intercultural experience? Interested in using your media skills to engage in social justice issues?

Join us for the Fall 2020 semester in Mexico:

COMMUNICATION & MEDIA STUDIES: MIGRATION & SOCIAL CHANGE IN MEXICO

Develop yourself as a socially-conscious media professional equipped for the challenges of modern-day media! During your semester in Cuernavaca, Mexico, you will:

-Hear from experienced professionals on responsible journalism on critical issues such as (im)migration and the environment.
-Listen to the stories from those traditionally marginalized by society such as migrants, deportees, immigrant returnees from the U.S. and Canada, indigenous people, women, LGBTQ people, and low-income people.
-Engage deeply with critical issues facing the U.S. and Mexico.
-Learn to look at the world through the intersectional lenses of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Costs for this program are often LOWER than your costs on campus because:
-You can use your full financial aid package for semester programs off-campus
-You will receive a $1500 CGEE Travel Grant on top of your fin aid, just for being an Auggie!
-Daily living costs are lower than in Minnesota!
-Ask about the Airfare Scholarship for Auggies going on this program

This program is great for Communications Majors or Minors in their Sophomore or Junior years. Check out the website for more info!

Apply by April 1

Get more information and apply online

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Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 10:40 am for a service of songs and blessings before we leave (or stay) for spring break.

More information

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Join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am to hear Julia Dapper ’20 preach for her senior chapel. If you are able, come a few minutes early for the prelude played by Sabrina Shaw, trumpet.

More information

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Islam Day is a series of workshops dedicated to educating & helping Muslim community.
Coming up workshop is “The Essence of Islamic Civilization”:
– speaker Sheikh Jamel Ben Ameur, PhD,
– interactive activities,
– snacks and traditional food platters,
– Q&A session
Location: Al-Amaan Center, 5620 Smetana Dr., Minnetonka, MN, 55343.
Time: March 21 2020, 1.45 pm – 4.30 pm

https://www.facebook.com/alamaancenter/photos/a.262223557216059/2427175040720889/?type=3

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Calling all cooks who love books! Lindell Library is hosting its first ever Edible Books Festival on Wednesday, April 1 and no, this is no April Fool’s joke! On that date, libraries around the world will host their own edible books festival and this year Lindell Library will join in the fun. To participate, you simply need to make a dish based on a book title or character or a literary theme, then enter it in the festival. Get creative, and the punnier you are, the better! Think: Lord of the Fries… Don Chipotle… For Whom the Taco Bell Tolls! Or, play it straight with Grapes of Wrath or James and the Giant Peach. To learn more about edible book festivals, see this Atlas Obscura article at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edible-book-festival.

For complete details on Lindell’s festival, rules, prizes, and inspiration, go to Edible Book Festival 2020, http://library.augsburg.edu/c.php?g=1003826&p=7270210. Or contact Mary Hollerich at holleric@augsburg.edu or x1603.

Edible Book Festival

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Augsburg Asian Student Association
PAN-ASIAN WEEK
Thursday March 12, 2020
4:00-5:00pm @Marshall Room

“Asian Representation in the US Media: Model Minority” is a session powered by AASA Pan-Asian Week. The session aims to provide the community information about the myth of “Model Minority”, explain the historical background behind that trope, and give an overview of how Asian representation has been growing in the US Media.

Food will be provided + Giveaways of bookmarks & memes!

Click here for our Facebook events!

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Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 6 PM

Red Carpet Event at 6PM / Screening at 7PM
@ Sateren Auditorium
715 22nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN

Cost to attend: FREE

Cost to submit your film or screenplay:
Free for Augsburg students with waiver code
$8.00 for students attending other colleges

Submit your film or screenplay to the 3rd Annual Intercollegiate Film Festival by March 20th

All MN college & university undergraduate filmmakers are eligible to submit.

Intercollegiate Film Festival Facebook Event

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In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8th), CARE, Global Minnesota, Resources for the Enrichment of African Lives (REAL) and Augsburg University will bring together leaders from International and local NGOs to highlight the critical role of women’s leadership in preventing and combating gender-based violence globally.

It is estimated that at least one in three women globally will experience gender-based violence in their lifetime. Despite the overwhelming challenges women face in combatting gender-based violence, women are leading the way towards lives free from violence. Join us for a panel discussion featuring speakers who are combatting gender-based violence locally and globally and learn how you can take action!

Speakers include:

Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy, Founder and Executive Director of World Without Genocide

Dr. Jennifer Waltman, Chief Well-Being Officer, MN Indian Women Resource Center

Katie Kraft, Senior Regional Advocacy Manager, CARE USA

Tsehai Wodajo, Executive Director, Resources for the Enrichment of African Lives (REAL)

Etmet Assefa Asamrie, Presiding Judge, Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-womens-day-celebration-tickets-96997475059

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Augsburg Faculty and Staff,

You are invited to attend the spring Mission & Identity Vocation lunch “Called to be a Post-Modern Missionary?” with Paul C. Pribbenow, Augsburg University President, on Tuesday, April 7th from 12:15 to 1:25 p.m.

Note: Spaces are limited so you must register in order to attend this event.

Learn More and Register at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJ2o2pPOxgOzLHJElI1AmIj4bGhTQLLij5Rmv-RXa2tMx_hg/viewform

The Mission & Identity Vocation Lunch is an event that strengthens the concept of vocation at Augsburg for faculty and staff by providing role models from within the community to share a presentation on their sense of call and life journey.

If you have any questions, please contact Janice Dames in Campus Ministry at 612-330-1732 or dames@augsburg.edu.

We hope to see you there!

Spring Vocation Lunch

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The Minnesota Urban Debate League is a program of Augsburg University. We provide academic competitive debate programming to 1,200 middle school and high school students in the Twin Cities, with a range of programs including national topic policy debate, Spanish Debate League, East African Debate Initiative, Financial Literacy Debates, and more.

We love being part of the Augsburg community, and we want to connect more Auggies to our cause! That’s why we’re inviting you to join us at our free & flavorful friendraiser at Surly Brewing Company this spring.

MNUDL Friendraiser
@ Surly Brewing Company
March 12, 2020
5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Bring a friend and don’t worry about bringing a donation. This will just be a fun, casual event to hang out, meet some interesting people, and learn more about ways to connect with our organization!

We hope to see you there!

Please email us at mnudl@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.

You don’t need a ticket to attend, but please RSVP below (for planning purposes):

Register for the Event

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Augsburg Faculty and Staff:

You are invited to attend the twenty-sixth annual Vocation of Lutheran Higher Education (formerly a Lutheran College Conference) at Augsburg University from Monday, July 13th to Wednesday, July 15th.

Each year, delegations from each of the ELCA Colleges come together to explore the distinct roles that they play in higher education. One of the benefits being the host site is that we have the option of inviting more than five people to attend. This year’s theme is “Call to Place: An Education Engaging Rootedness”.

You can find the registration form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScH_iLA2_aGCUQoSeG1z5QSPMz5ja7icMcpai81MaS_5N8aJA/viewform?usp=sf_link

The conference will begin with an opening session and a dinner on the 13th at 5:00 pm, and end by 1:00 pm on the 15th.

A full agenda of the event is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18PtbOBVyyzXEEMK5F30NkWAHjs4BQF3xchyAVKCpWzA/edit?usp=sharing

If you have questions about the event or registration please contact VOALE@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1403.

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The Army Wind Quintet will be performing on campus on Monday, March 23 in the Music Hall (Room TBA – Look for signs in the music hall!).

Free and open to all!

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Join the Augsburg Orchestra and the Augsburg Jazz ensembles for a first-ever joint concert on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel.

Food & musical enjoyment are free and open to all!

Augsburg Orchestra & Jazz Concert

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Augsburg’s CGEE study center in Southern Africa offers an experiential, community-based, social-justice focused semester program in fall or spring:

Nation Building and Decolonizing the Mind in Southern Africa

Stay on-track to graduate by taking 16+ credits. Courses are available in History, Political Science, Religion, wellness, or even choose an internship as part of your semester. All courses are in English. Your semester starts in South Africa and then continues on to Namibia. Study in TWO countries in one semester!

For fall 2020 only: CGEE is providing **FREE AIRFARE** for all Fall 2020 semester students in Southern Africa!

You can use your full semester financial-aid package to help pay for the program, and additionally you will receive an automatic CGEE Travel Grant scholarship of $1,500, and free airfare for fall 2020, making a semester at CGEE Southern Africa one of the most affordable study abroad semester programs!

You can check off the following requirements on the program:

· Social and Behavioral Sciences (two course options available)

· Humanities requirement

· Search for Meaning II

· Recreational Wellness

· + your Augsburg Experience requirement!

Apply by April 1

Get more information about CGEE Southern Africa and apply online

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Check out the short-term study abroad programs coming up for Spring Break and Summer 2021. Now is a great time to plan ahead! ALL programs fulfill your AUGSBURG EXPERIENCE requirement, as well as other classes!

Check out the options in these great locations:

—NEW YORK CITY—
Roots to Rap: Islam in America – spring break
HIS 195 (Humanities)

—GUATEMALA—
Faith, Vocation, and Social Change – spring break
RLN 409 (Search for Meaning II) or RLN 480 (Keystone for some majors)

—MINNESOTA—
Dakota and Ojibwe Spaces of Environmental Activism & Sovereignty – Spring Time 2
AIS 305 (elective) or ANT 295 (elective)

—CUBA—
Community, Arts, and Culture in Cuba – Summer
THR 295 (Fine Arts)

—GERMANY—
Science and Religion in Germany – Summer
REL 205 (Search for Meaning II) and/or CHM 102 (Lab Science) or SCI 490 (Keystone for Science majors)

—ITALY—
Sustainability and Food Justice in Italy & the US – Summer
HIS 170 (Humanities) or HIS 440 (elective)
and ENV/INS 292

Get more information about these short term programs

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Are you a Comm Major looking to study abroad? Want to get intercultural experience? Interested in using your media skills to engage in social justice issues?

Join us for the Fall 2020 semester in Mexico:

COMMUNICATION & MEDIA STUDIES: MIGRATION & SOCIAL CHANGE IN MEXICO

Develop yourself as a socially-conscious media professional equipped for the challenges of modern-day media! During your semester in Cuernavaca, Mexico, you will:

-Hear from experienced professionals on responsible journalism on critical issues such as (im)migration and the environment.
-Listen to the stories from those traditionally marginalized by society such as migrants, deportees, immigrant returnees from the U.S. and Canada, indigenous people, women, LGBTQ people, and low-income people.
-Engage deeply with critical issues facing the U.S. and Mexico.
-Learn to look at the world through the intersectional lenses of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Costs for this program are often LOWER than your costs on campus because:
-You can use your full financial aid package for semester programs off-campus
-You will receive a $1500 CGEE Travel Grant on top of your fin aid, just for being an Auggie!
-Daily living costs are lower than in Minnesota!
-Ask about the Airfare Scholarship for Auggies going on this program

This program is great for Communications Majors or Minors in their Sophomore or Junior years. Check out the website for more info!

Apply by April 1

Get more information and apply online

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The Augsburg English Department is pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s John R. Mitchell / Academy of American Poets Prize is Taiwana Shambley for the set of three poems entitled “The Market on Maryland Avenue,” “How to Love an Alcoholic in Two Parts, Ending with a Drunk Stumbling Down Maryland Avenue,” and “Identity Circle in Three Parts, Ending with a Trek Through the Antarctic Desert.” The prize honors the late English professor and poet, John Mitchell, and was established by his family.

Poet and Carleton Professor emerita of Theater and Dance Mary Moore Easter, who judged this year’s entries, “found original phrases, skillful observation, and vivid imagery throughout” Shambley’s poems. She also noted that she “enjoyed exploring the minds of this group of [Augsburg] poets,” who submitted their work for consideration.

Please join us in congratulating Taiwana Shambley on winning this notable honor, which carries with it a $100 award. Mary Moore Easter will read with Shambley on the evening of Wed, 25 March, at 7pm in Gundale Chapel, Hagfors. A reception will precede the event at 6:30. Easter will also sign copies of her book, The Body of the World. All are welcome.

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In collaboration with QPA, LGBTQIA+ Student Services will be hosting a Big Gay (not so) Snow Day Friday, March 13th. Due to the unpredictable weather conditions, the snow tubing hill is closed for the season. Instead, we will be going to Roller Garden for rollerblading and rollerskating.

This event is taking the place of MBLGTACC – as we were not able to attend this year.

Post-rollerskating, we will be coming back to watch a film and enjoy pizza.

We will meet in the Auggies Nest by 4:00 pm and leave promptly at 4:30 pm.

RSVP

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Join us at 10:40 am to hear Amanda Vetsch, Riverside Innovation Hub Coordinator, Christensen Center for Vocation, preach. Come a few minutes early to hear a brass ensemble with Sabrina Shaw and Stephanie Johnson, trumpet; Hannah Eide and Cheyenne Kelly-Moll, horn; and Evan Sanden, trombone.

More information

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Augsburg Asian Student Association
PAN-ASIAN WEEK
Thursday March 12, 2020
4:00-5:00pm @Marshall Room

“Asian Representation in the US Media: Model Minority” is a session powered by AASA Pan-Asian Week. The session aims to provide the community information about the myth of “Model Minority”, explain the historical background behind that trope, and give an overview of how Asian representation has been growing in the US Media.

Click here for our facebook event!