New Librarian in Lindell

submitted by holleric@augsburg.edu

Allow me to introduce the newest member of the library team: Karen Alexander, Access Services Librarian at Lindell Library. Karen oversees the Circulation Desk, Interlibrary Loan, and Course Reserves operations and manages the library’s physical collections and facilities as well. She comes to us from Luther Seminary Library where she managed their access services operations for the past 11 years. Prior to that Karen processed interlibrary loan requests for Minitex, a tri-state consortium serving Minnesota and the two Dakotas.

Karen holds an MLIS degree from St. Kate’s, an MA in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota, and a BA in Philosophy from Smith College.

Please join me in giving Karen a big Auggie welcome! Feel free to stop by and introduce yourself when you are in the library. Karen can be found at the Library’s Circulation Desk and can be reached at x1569 or alexank@augsburg.edu.

New Graduate Course in Higher Education Leadership

submitted by tuchten@augsburg.edu

“Leadership in Higher Education” is a new graduate course offered in the Master of Arts in Leadership program spring term 2017. It is open to any graduate student. Augsburg faculty, staff, and students are also invited to enroll as part of a graduate degree or for their own professional development.

If you are interested in taking this course and would like the course description and/or other information please contact Alan Tuchtenhagen (tuchten@augsburg.edu) or Jolee Lilja (liljaj@augsburg.edu) in the Dept of Leadership Studies.

Nominate stand out staff for December Auggie Pride Award

submitted by johnsod@augsburg.edu

Each month of the academic year, Staff Senate highlights two staff members for their outstanding work. The Auggie Pride Program was created to uplift the work of staff members who go above and beyond. Nominations can be submitted via email (staffsenate@augsburg.edu) or submit a form found at http://inside.augsburg.edu/staffsenate/auggie_pride/.

Staff Senate Auggie Pride Award Program

New A-mail System Live

submitted by jendra@augsburg.edu

The new system for submitting and reading the Daily A-mail is now live! Features of the new system include:

* a simplified submission interface
* an email receipt confirming each successful submission, including the full content submitted
* the ability to edit a post after it has been submitted up until the submission deadline
* the optional daily digest sent via email will now include links to each individual post.

The deadline for submitting A-mail has also changed. The new deadline for inclusion in a day’s A-mail is 11:59 p.m. the day prior to publication, rather than 10 a.m. on the day of publication. This means an A-mail can be submitted at any time during the day (including before 10 a.m.) in order to show up in the next business day’s A-mail.

You can submit content for A-mail by clicking the “Submit A-mail” link in the left-hand navigation at inside.augsburg.edu or by clicking the blue submit button on the upper right of the A-mail webpage (amail.augsburg.edu).

Please send questions or concerns to a-mail-corrections@augsburg.edu.

Surviving and Thriving in These Times

submitted by truem@augsburg.edu

Happy New Year!

The Surviving and Thriving in These Times group (announced before the holiday break) will have its first meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 4:00pm in the Augsburg Room. For those people who prefer to get together at lunch time, the group will also meet on January 18th at noon in the Cedar Room.
Below, please find the schedule of gathering times for the next month.
January 11-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
January 18-noon-Cedar Room
January 25-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
February 1-noon-Cedar Room
February 8-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
February 15-noon-Cedar Room

Please feel free to come whenever it is convenient for your schedule.
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, truem@augsburg.edu.

New A-Mail System to Launch Today

submitted by jendra@augsburg.edu

Information Technology and Marketing and Communication have addressed the technical hurdle that delayed launch of the new A-Mail system last week. We expect to launch the new system this afternoon and will send an email to all A-Mail subscribers once it is available.

Once the system is available, you will be able to submit content for A-Mail by clicking the “Submit A-mail” link in the left-hand navigation at inside.augsburg.edu or by clicking the blue submit button on the upper right of the A-Mail webpage (amail.augsburg.edu).

The deadline for submitting A-mail has also changed. The new deadline for inclusion in a day’s A-Mail is 11:59 p.m. the day prior to publication, rather than 10 a.m. on the day of publication. This means that posts for the January 5 edition of A-Mail can be submitted today between the system’s launch and 11:59 p.m.

Please send questions or concerns to a-mail-corrections@augsburg.edu.

New Graduate Course in Higher Education Leadership

submitted by tuchten@augsburg.edu

“Leadership in Higher Education” is a new graduate course offered in the Master of Arts in Leadership program spring term 2017. It is open to any graduate student. Augsburg faculty, staff, and students are also invited to enroll as part of a graduate degree or for their own professional development.

If you are interested in taking this course and would like the course description and/or other information please contact Alan Tuchtenhagen (tuchten@augsburg.edu) or Jolee Lilja (liljaj@augsburg.edu) in the Dept of Leadership Studies.

Surviving and Thriving in These Times

submitted by truem@augsburg.edu

Happy New Year!

The Surviving and Thriving in These Times group (announced before the holiday break) will have its first meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 4:00pm in the Augsburg Room. For those people who prefer to get together at lunch time, the group will also meet on January 18th at noon in the Cedar Room.
Below, please find the schedule of gathering times for the next month.
January 11-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
January 18-noon-Cedar Room
January 25-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
February 1-noon-Cedar Room
February 8-4:00pm-Augsburg Room
February 15-noon-Cedar Room

Please feel free to come whenever it is convenient for your schedule.
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, truem@augsburg.edu.