Category: Teaching and Learning

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As announced in April, Augsburg is partnering with two new companies to run its campus store.

1) eCampus is Augsburg’s new course materials partner. All course materials will now be purchased or rented via an online bookstore. See the link below for details about faculty access to the adoption portal and student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore.

2) University Gear Shop will run the on-campus store, offering branded merchandise and supplies. Beginning with Summer Time 2, the Augsburg Campus Store will also include a service center for students to pick up and return course materials purchased or rented from the Augsburg Online Bookstore. Course materials will no longer be sold in the on-campus store.

Please see the link below for details about pending summer course material adoptions, student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore, and the plan for re-opening the Augsburg Campus Store.

DETAILS: Augsburg University Campus Store Transition – May/June 2025

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As announced in April, Augsburg is partnering with two new companies to run its campus store.

1) eCampus is Augsburg’s new course materials partner. All course materials will now be purchased or rented via an online bookstore. See the link below for details about faculty access to the adoption portal and student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore.

2) University Gear Shop will run the on-campus store, offering branded merchandise and supplies. Beginning with Summer Time 2, the Augsburg Campus Store will also include a service center for students to pick up and return course materials purchased or rented from the Augsburg Online Bookstore. Course materials will no longer be sold in the on-campus store.

Please see the link below for details about pending summer course material adoptions, student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore, and the plan for re-opening the Augsburg Campus Store.

DETAILS: Augsburg University Campus Store Transition – May/June 2025

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As announced in April, Augsburg is partnering with two new companies to run its campus store.

1) eCampus is Augsburg’s new course materials partner. All course materials will now be purchased or rented via an online bookstore. See the link below for details about faculty access to the adoption portal and student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore.

2) University Gear Shop will run the on-campus store, offering branded merchandise and supplies. Beginning with Summer Time 2, the Augsburg Campus Store will also include a service center for students to pick up and return course materials purchased or rented from the Augsburg Online Bookstore. Course materials will no longer be sold in the on-campus store.

Please see the link below for details about pending summer course material adoptions, student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore, and the plan for re-opening the Augsburg Campus Store.

DETAILS: Augsburg University Campus Store Transition – May/June 2025

submitted by myerss@augsburg.edu

Topics in Playwriting: Television

PWC 310-A or PWC 510-A

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Registration for this course is processed through the Schwartz School of the Arts. Please reach out to creativearts@augsburg.edu with your interest.

Check out more info.

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As announced in April, Augsburg is partnering with two new companies to run its campus store.

1) eCampus is Augsburg’s new course materials partner. All course materials will now be purchased or rented via an online bookstore. See the link below for details about faculty access to the adoption portal and student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore.

2) University Gear Shop will run the on-campus store, offering branded merchandise and supplies. Beginning with Summer Time 2, the Augsburg Campus Store will also include a service center for students to pick up and return course materials purchased or rented from the Augsburg Online Bookstore. Course materials will no longer be sold in the on-campus store.

Please see the link below for details about pending summer course material adoptions, student access to the Augsburg Online Bookstore, and the plan for re-opening the Augsburg Campus Store.

DETAILS: Augsburg University Campus Store Transition – May/June 2025

submitted by palmerst@augsburg.edu

This course will cover topics such as elements and principles of art and design, fashion designers in film, history of stage makeup and techniques, tattoos in theater, rendering costumes, facial hair, costumes in opera, fabric identification, how clothing is a form of nonverbal communication, and much more. Explore the creative process behind fashion and theatrical costume design.

This course is great for future theater artists, artists and designers of any medium, History majors, English majors, and those who simply appreciate the visual arts and want to gain more knowledge about this field!

THR280 – Fashion, Costumes, and Stage Makeup
Fall 2025, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10:50 – 11:50am) 4 credits

Counts towards Arts Core Curriculum requirements. No prerequisites.

Instructor: Stacey Palmer; MFA Costume and Scenic Design and Theatre Historiography, BS Apparel Design and Theatre Arts (palmerst@augsburg.edu)

Instructor’s Portfolio website

submitted by myerss@augsburg.edu

Topics in Playwriting: Television

PWC 310-A or PWC 510-A

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Registration for this course is processed through the Schwartz School of the Arts. Please reach out to creativearts@augsburg.edu with your interest.

Check out more info.

submitted by myerss@augsburg.edu

Topics in Playwriting: Television

PWC 310-A or PWC 510-A

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Registration for this course is processed through the Schwartz School of the Arts. Please reach out to creativearts@augsburg.edu with your interest.

Check out more info.

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

Augsburg is transitioning to a new course materials partner, eCampus, at the end of this month. The best way to ensure your Summer Time 2 and Fall course materials are available for student purchase in a timely manner is to SUBMIT ALL ADOPTIONS IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21.

Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted previously and up to or on May 21. eCampus load all adoptions into their online adoption tool, called “FAST,” which will go live after Memorial Day (watch A-mail for updates).

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Summer Quick Study Access – Sign Up Now!

As part of our membership in CIC’s Belong community, our campus is able to access continued learning opportunities in the form of one-hour Quick Study courses—at no cost to our institution’s personnel! As the semester winds down, now is a great time to plan your Summer professional development.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) is a trusted leader in faculty development. Their self-paced Quick Study courses help you stay current and confident in cutting-edge teaching topics. Up to 50 campus members may enroll (first come, first served) and will have access through December 31, 2025.

Available Now:
Establishing a Culture of Constructive Conversations
Developing Students’ Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills
Developing Students’ Media Literacy
Embedding Career Guidance into Your Course
Integrating Open Educational Resources (OER)
Writing Effective AI Prompts
Leveraging AI to Develop Course Resources
Teaching with AI: Inclusive and AI-Resistant Learning Experiences
Empowering Students to Use AI Responsibly
Introduction to Generative AI
Preparing Students for Experiential Learning
Transforming Assignments in the Age of AI (A Thought Exercise)
Integrating a Learning Community Approach into Your Course

Each course is rooted in ACUE’s evidence-based pedagogy and comes with implementation guides to support classroom application. Register here by May 15th to access this benefit.

Belong Quick Study Registrations

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Summer Quick Study Access – Sign Up Now!

As part of our membership in CIC’s Belong community, our campus is able to access continued learning opportunities in the form of one-hour Quick Study courses—at no cost to our institution’s personnel! As the semester winds down, now is a great time to plan your Summer professional development.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) is a trusted leader in faculty development. Their self-paced Quick Study courses help you stay current and confident in cutting-edge teaching topics. Up to 50 campus members may enroll (first come, first served) and will have access through December 31, 2025.

Available Now:
Establishing a Culture of Constructive Conversations
Developing Students’ Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills
Developing Students’ Media Literacy
Embedding Career Guidance into Your Course
Integrating Open Educational Resources (OER)
Writing Effective AI Prompts
Leveraging AI to Develop Course Resources
Teaching with AI: Inclusive and AI-Resistant Learning Experiences
Empowering Students to Use AI Responsibly
Introduction to Generative AI
Preparing Students for Experiential Learning
Transforming Assignments in the Age of AI (A Thought Exercise)
Integrating a Learning Community Approach into Your Course

Each course is rooted in ACUE’s evidence-based pedagogy and comes with implementation guides to support classroom application. Register here by May 15th to access this benefit.

Belong Quick Study Registrations

submitted by palmerst@augsburg.edu

THR280 – Fashion, Costumes, and Stage Makeup
Fall 2025, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10:50 – 11:50am) 4 credits

Counts towards Arts Core Curriculum requirements. No prerequisites.
Course is only offered every 2 years.

Instructor: Stacey Palmer; MFA Costume and Scenic Design and Theatre Historiography, BS Apparel Design and Theatre Arts (palmerst@augsburg.edu)

This course will cover topics such as elements and principles of art and design, fashion designers in film, history of stage makeup and techniques, tattoos in theater, rendering costumes, facial hair, costumes in opera, fabric identification, how clothing is a form of nonverbal communication, and much more. Explore the creative process behind fashion and theatrical costume design.

Fashion, Costumes, and Stage Makeup is great for future theater artists, artists and designers of any medium, History majors, English majors, and those who simply appreciate the visual arts and want to gain more knowledge about this field!

Instructor’s Instagram Portfolio

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Summer Quick Study Access – Sign Up Now!

As part of our membership in CIC’s Belong community, our campus is able to access continued learning opportunities in the form of one-hour Quick Study courses—at no cost to our institution’s personnel! As the semester winds down, now is a great time to plan your Summer professional development.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) is a trusted leader in faculty development. Their self-paced Quick Study courses help you stay current and confident in cutting-edge teaching topics. Up to 50 campus members may enroll (first come, first served) and will have access through December 31, 2025.

Available Now:
Establishing a Culture of Constructive Conversations
Developing Students’ Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills
Developing Students’ Media Literacy
Embedding Career Guidance into Your Course
Integrating Open Educational Resources (OER)
Writing Effective AI Prompts
Leveraging AI to Develop Course Resources
Teaching with AI: Inclusive and AI-Resistant Learning Experiences
Empowering Students to Use AI Responsibly
Introduction to Generative AI
Preparing Students for Experiential Learning
Transforming Assignments in the Age of AI (A Thought Exercise)
Integrating a Learning Community Approach into Your Course

Each course is rooted in ACUE’s evidence-based pedagogy and comes with implementation guides to support classroom application. Register here by May 15th to access this benefit.

Belong Quick Study Registrations

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Summer Quick Study Access – Sign Up Now!

As part of our membership in CIC’s Belong community, our campus is able to access continued learning opportunities in the form of one-hour Quick Study courses—at no cost to our institution’s personnel! As the semester winds down, now is a great time to plan your Summer professional development.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) is a trusted leader in faculty development. Their self-paced Quick Study courses help you stay current and confident in cutting-edge teaching topics. Up to 50 campus members may enroll (first come, first served) and will have access through December 31, 2025.
Available Now:
Establishing a Culture of Constructive Conversations

Developing Students’ Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills

Developing Students’ Media Literacy

Embedding Career Guidance into Your Course

Integrating Open Educational Resources (OER)

Writing Effective AI Prompts

Leveraging AI to Develop Course Resources

Teaching with AI: Inclusive and AI-Resistant Learning Experiences

Empowering Students to Use AI Responsibly

Introduction to Generative AI

Preparing Students for Experiential Learning

Transforming Assignments in the Age of AI (A Thought Exercise)

Integrating a Learning Community Approach into Your Course

Each course is rooted in ACUE’s evidence-based pedagogy and comes with implementation guides to support classroom application. Register here by May 15th to access this benefit.

Belong Quick Study Registrations

submitted by palmerst@augsburg.edu

THR280 – Fashion, Costumes, and Stage Makeup
Fall 2025, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10:50 – 11:50am) 4 credits

Counts towards Arts Core Curriculum requirements. No prerequisites.

Instructor: Stacey Palmer; MFA Costume and Scenic Design and Theatre Historiography, BS Apparel Design and Theatre Arts (palmerst@augsburg.edu)

This course will cover topics such as elements and principles of art and design, fashion designers in film, history of stage makeup and techniques, tattoos in theater, rendering costumes, facial hair, costumes in opera, fabric identification, how clothing is a form of nonverbal communication, and much more. Explore the creative process behind fashion and theatrical costume design.

Fashion, Costumes, and Stage Makeup is great for future theater artists, artists and designers of any medium, History majors, English majors, and those who simply appreciate the visual arts and want to gain more knowledge about this field!

Stacey Palmer’s Instagram Portfolio

submitted by slettens@augsburg.edu

We hope your semester is wrapping up smoothly! On May 9th at 5pm, we will upgrade our Moodle instance from version 4.4 to 4.5, a process that will take up to one hour, during which Moodle will be temporarily unavailable.

This minor update includes improved course organization with subsections, enhanced screen recording, and new student notifications. AI integration within the content editor is available but currently disabled as we further explore its functionality.

While Moodle’s overall look remains unchanged, we hope these new features enhance your teaching experience. For a detailed overview, please refer to What’s new in Moodle 2025-26? linked below!

What’s new in Moodle 2025-2026?

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, graduates, and graduate students should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work on their applications over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

For more information, contact Prof. Jacqueline deVries, who provides guidance and support in the process: devries@augsburg.edu.

https://us.fulbrightonline.org/

submitted by boylek@augsburg.edu

Dear Augsburg Community,

Progress continues on implementation planning for the new general education curriculum to start in fall 2025. Updated general education resources will be shared with faculty and staff during the upcoming Days in May session on Wednesday, May 14th from 9-10am, and available to everyone soon on the General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page.

Thank you to the undergraduate students and advisors for considering whether or not to switch to the new general education curriculum; the overall response has been positive. Thank you as well to Alex Fink, Mike Grewe, Lori Brandt Hale, Morgan Knutzen, Daleana Phillips, Tina Maria Tavera, and Leah Spinosa de Vega for their guidance and wisdom on updated Augsburg Experience Guidelines.

With gratitude,
Stacy Freiheit (freiheit@augsburg.edu)

General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page (self-enrollment is available):
https://moodle.augsburg.edu/community/course/view.php?id=530#section-10

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Office of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching & Learning look forward to learning and reflecting together at our annual Days in May Conference, May 14 & 15. To help with planning catering, materials, and attendance documentation, we ask community members to pre-register for your preferred Days in May Workshops as possible. Day-of and on-site registration are still welcome. Please let us know of any reasonable accommodations you will need in order to participate in these workshops.

See Days in May 2025 Workshop Schedule and Program for additional details. Both are linked in the registration form for your convenience.

Days in May Registration

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by borden@augsburg.edu

Topics in Playwriting: Television

PWC 310-A or PWC 510-A

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Registration for this course is processed through the Schwartz School of the Arts. Please reach out to creativearts@augsburg.edu with your interest.

Check out more info.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth
Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by boylek@augsburg.edu

Dear Augsburg Community,

Progress continues on implementation planning for the new general education curriculum to start in fall 2025. Updated general education resources will be shared with faculty and staff during the upcoming Days in May session on Wednesday, May 14th from 9-10am, and available to everyone soon on the General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page.

Thank you to the undergraduate students and advisors for considering whether or not to switch to the new general education curriculum; the overall response has been positive. Thank you as well to Alex Fink, Mike Grewe, Lori Brandt Hale, Morgan Knutzen, Daleana Phillips, Tina Maria Tavera, and Leah Spinosa de Vega for their guidance and wisdom on updated Augsburg Experience Guidelines.

With gratitude,
Stacy Freiheit (freiheit@augsburg.edu)

– General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page (self-enrollment is available)
https://moodle.augsburg.edu/community/course/view.php?id=530#section-10

submitted by maruggi@augsburg.edu

RLN 295: Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs. Science fiction literature and film is an ideal laboratory for philosophical questioning because it allows us to imagine worlds where what we take for granted may not hold. This course explores sci-fi stories about robots, androids, and cyborgs to help us think about what it means to be human. Topics include the shrinking distinction between agency and technology, whether artificial intelligence is really intelligent and, if so, how should we treat it, and the ways in which our growing dependence on information technology may be rewiring our brains.

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, graduates, and graduate students should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work on their applications over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

For more information, contact Prof. Jacqueline deVries, who provides support and guidance in the process: devries@augsburg.edu.

https://us.fulbrightonline.org/

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by boylek@augsburg.edu

Dear Augsburg Community,

Progress continues on implementation planning for the new general education curriculum to start in fall 2025. Updated general education resources will be shared with faculty and staff during the upcoming Days in May session on Wednesday, May 14th from 9-10am, and available to everyone soon on the General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page.

Thank you to the undergraduate students and advisors for considering whether or not to switch to the new general education curriculum; the overall response has been positive. Thank you as well to Alex Fink, Mike Grewe, Lori Brandt Hale, Morgan Knutzen, Daleana Phillips, Tina Maria Tavera, and Leah Spinosa de Vega for their guidance and wisdom on updated Augsburg Experience Guidelines.

With gratitude,
Stacy Freiheit (freiheit@augsburg.edu)

– General Education Revision 2023 Community Moodle page (self-enrollment is available)
https://moodle.augsburg.edu/community/course/view.php?id=530#section-10

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, graduates, and graduate students should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work on their applications over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

For more information, contact Prof. Jacqueline deVries, who provides support and guidance in the process: devries@augsburg.edu.

https://us.fulbrightonline.org/

submitted by mader@augsburg.edu

Looking at a career in healthcare? Help set yourself up for success not only in your career but in your fall semester scientific coursework by taking Medical Terminology (HPE 240) this summer! This is a 2-credit, fully asynchronous online course offered the first 7 weeks of summer (May 19 – July 3). In this course, students will master root words along with critical prefixes and suffixes for each body system.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by mcnallie@augsburg.edu

Still looking for a Humanities LAF to take over the summer? Take COM 254 Interpersonal Communication! This summer class is an asynchronous online course that will take place in Summer Session 1 (5/19/2025 – 7/3/2025). Interpersonal Communication focuses on the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages, with an emphasis on factors that build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers. Effectively communicating with others is essential to achieving success in our personal and professional lives. However, communicating with others can be challenging and leave us feeling frustrated, confused, or disappointed. This course is designed to help you increase your knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively communicate in interpersonal contexts. Email mcnallie@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.

Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

All faculty & staff are invited to join our on campus professional development conference, May 14 & 15. The schedule & program are available below. Registration for workshops opening soon!

Days in May Schedule

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff have one last chance to RSVP for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy, which will be held May 14, 10:30 to 12:30 in Hoversten Chapel. Please let us know if you can join us for this special event!

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by mader@augsburg.edu

Looking at a career in healthcare? Help set yourself up for success not only in your career but in your fall semester scientific coursework by taking Medical Terminology (HPE 240) this summer! This is a 2-credit, fully asynchronous online course offered the first 7 weeks of summer (May 19 – July 3). In this course, students will master root words along with critical prefixes and suffixes for each body system.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by mader@augsburg.edu

Looking at a career in healthcare? Help set yourself up for success not only in your career but in your fall semester scientific coursework by taking Medical Terminology (HPE 240) this summer! This is a 2-credit, fully asynchronous online course offered the first 7 weeks of summer (May 19 – July 3). In this course, students will master root words along with critical prefixes and suffixes for each body system.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy, which will be held May 14, 10:30 to 12:30 in Hoversten Chapel.

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.

Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

All faculty & staff are invited to join our on campus professional development conference, May 14 & 15. The schedule & program is available below. Registration for workshops opening soon!

Days in May Schedule

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.

Application due April 30

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As Augsburg transitions to our new partnership with eCampus for all course materials, the best way to ensure your Summer Time 2 and Fall course materials are available on time is to SUBMIT ALL ADOPTIONS IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21.

Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted previously and up to or on May 21, which eCampus will use to source course materials for Summer Time 2 and Fall.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by mader@augsburg.edu

Looking at a career in healthcare? Help set yourself up for success not only in your career but in your fall semester scientific coursework by taking Medical Terminology (HPE 240) this summer! This is a 2-credit, fully asynchronous online course offered the first 7 weeks of summer (May 19 – July 3). In this course, students will master root words along with critical prefixes and suffixes for each body system.

submitted by borden@augsburg.edu

PWC 320: Writing for Television

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Read more and register today!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.

Application due April 30

submitted by kemuman@augsburg.edu

Are you passionate about food justice and creating real change on campus? Campus Kitchen at Augsburg University is forming a Hunger-Free Campus Task Force—and we want your voice at the table!

— As we pursue our Hunger-Free Campus designation, this task force will:

– Meet 3 times per year to assess and improve our food security programs

– Help shape access to culturally connected, inclusive food resources

– Ensure Augsburg’s efforts reflect the needs and experiences of our diverse student body

– Create pathways for student and community leadership in campus-wide food security initiatives

Students and community members participating in all three in-person meetings will receive a stipend.

Our first meeting is Tuesday, May 13th, from 12–1 p.m.
In-person attendance is required.

Be part of the movement to make Augsburg a hunger-free campus—your insight and lived experience matter.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeibwrhQ1s2ksBwf4smSHZC8yu9h-vUGAB3-wJQoC4KoQdx3Q/viewform

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy, which will be held May 14, 10:30 to 12:30 in Hoversten Chapel.

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.

Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

All faculty & staff are invited to join our on campus professional development conference, May 14 & 15. The schedule & program is available below. Registration for workshops opening soon!

Days in May 2025 Schedule

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.

Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

Augsburg is transitioning in May to eCampus for all course materials. The best way to ensure eCampus will have sufficient time to source course materials for your Summer Time 2 and Fall courses is to ensure your course material adoptions are SUBMITTED IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21. Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted by that date–including those submitted earlier this spring–which eCampus will use to prepare for Summer Time 2 and Fall.

submitted by mcnallie@augsburg.edu

Still looking for a Humanities LAF to take over the summer? Take COM 254 Interpersonal Communication! This summer class is an asynchronous online course that will take place in Summer Session 1 (5/19/2025 – 7/3/2025). Interpersonal Communication focuses on the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages, with an emphasis on factors that build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers. Effectively communicating with others is essential to achieving success in our personal and professional lives. However, communicating with others can be challenging and leave us feeling frustrated, confused, or disappointed. This course is designed to help you increase your knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively communicate in interpersonal contexts. Email mcnallie@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.

Application due April 30

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by borden@augsburg.edu

PWC 320: Writing for Television

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Read more and register today!

submitted by rjohn@augsburg.edu

As previously announced (see link, below), Augsburg is onboarding two new partners this spring to support our campus store. eCampus is our new partner for course materials. To prepare for the transition from Barnes & Noble to eCampus, please note the following important dates:

1) Initial faculty training: In preparation for switching to the new system, eCampus will conduct a training on its online adoption platform on May 15 at 1 p.m., as part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Days in May schedule. The session will be recorded, and additional sessions will be scheduled at later dates.

2) Deadline for Summer Time 2 and Fall adoptions: The best way to ensure eCampus will have sufficient time to source course materials for your Summer Time 2 and Fall courses is to ensure your course material adoptions are SUBMITTED IN THE EXISTING BARNES & NOBLE SYSEM BY MAY 21. Barnes & Noble will provide eCampus a data file of all adoptions submitted by that date, which eCampus will use to prepare for Summer Time 2 and Fall.

We are still working to confirm when the eCampus adoption portal will be available for use, but it is NOT recommended that you wait for that system to go live to submit Summer Time 2 or Fall adoptions, as that may result in insufficient lead time for eCampus to source the required materials.

See previous (April 23) A-mail announcement about the Augsburg Campus Store

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Faculty Development is pleased to announce an upcoming book club event co-sponsored with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology. The featured book will be the recently published Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America (2024), by sociologist Michelle Phelps.

In the book, Phelps profiles how Minneapolis embraced police reform after the Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014; and yet in 2020, we were rocked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. As a result, Minneapolis became a national emblem for the failures of police reform. This book “shows how the dualized meaning of the police—as both the promise of state protection and the threat of state violence—creates the complex politics of policing that thwart change. Phelps’s account of the city’s struggles over what constitutes real accountability, justice, and safety offers a vivid picture of the possibilities and limits of challenging police power today.”

Copies of the book will be available during Days in May and participants will have all summer to read it in preparation for small group discussions that will be held during the CTL Back to School program in late August. You can reserve a copy of the book on a first-come, first-served basis by completing the Google Form that is available on the CTL website (look for the heading “Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club”): https://sites.augsburg.edu/ctl/.

As a special bonus, the Annual Torstenson Lecture in Sociology scheduled for the fall of 2025 will feature the author of the book, allowing an opportunity to hear more on the topic and engage in Q&A.

We hope you can join us!

CTL Website

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.

Application due April 30

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries or the URGO office . We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Faculty Development is pleased to announce an upcoming book club event co-sponsored with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology. The featured book will be the recently published Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America (2024), by sociologist Michelle Phelps.

In the book, Phelps profiles how Minneapolis embraced police reform after the Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014; and yet in 2020, we were rocked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. As a result, Minneapolis became a national emblem for the failures of police reform. This book “shows how the dualized meaning of the police—as both the promise of state protection and the threat of state violence—creates the complex politics of policing that thwart change. Phelps’s account of the city’s struggles over what constitutes real accountability, justice, and safety offers a vivid picture of the possibilities and limits of challenging police power today.”

Copies of the book will be available during Days in May and participants will have all summer to read it in preparation for small group discussions that will be held during the CTL Back to School program in late August. You can reserve a copy of the book on a first-come, first-served basis by completing the Google Form that is available on the CTL website (look for the heading “Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club”): https://sites.augsburg.edu/ctl/.

As a special bonus, the Annual Torstenson Lecture in Sociology scheduled for the fall of 2025 will feature the author of the book, allowing an opportunity to hear more on the topic and engage in Q&A.

We hope you can join us!

https://sites.augsburg.edu/ctl/

submitted by borden@augsburg.edu

PWC 320: Writing for Television

Summer 2025 | Saturdays, June 7 through August 30 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Read more and register today!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Faculty and staff are invited to RSVP by April 30 for the Diaz Memorial Lecture and Lunch featuring Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, originator of culturally relevant pedagogy. May 14, 10:30 to 12:30.

Diaz Memorial Lecture & Lunch

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

The Third Way Civics Faculty Workshop features an active, high impact pedagogy for all fields. Up to 24 workshop participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing the workshops on May 27 & 28, and become eligible for additional $1,000 stipends if they implement the 3WC pedagogy in a future course. Application due April 30.

Application due April 30.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Join the Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up featuring “The Minneapolis Reckoning” by Michelle Phelps. Register by May 1 & pick up your book during Days in May. Discussion groups will occur in August’s Back to School program.

Summer 2025 Faculty Book Club Sign-up

submitted by mcnallie@augsburg.edu

Still looking for a Humanities LAF to take over the summer? Take COM 254 Interpersonal Communication! This summer class is an asynchronous online course that will take place in Summer Session I (5/19/2025 – 7/3/2025). Interpersonal Communication focuses on the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and nonverbal messages, with an emphasis on factors that build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers. Effectively communicating with others is essential to achieving success in our personal and professional lives. However, communicating with others can be challenging and leave us feeling frustrated, confused, or disappointed. This course is designed to help you increase your knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively communicate in interpersonal contexts. Email mcnallie@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join us on May 8, 2025 at 2 pm in Hoversten Chapel for Augsburg’s annual faculty recognition ceremony honoring our Distinguished Award winners, tenured & promoted faculty, service and career milestones. The favor of your reply is appreciated on or before May 1.

Faculty Recognition RSVP

submitted by borden@augsburg.edu

PWC 320: Writing for Television

Summer 2025, Saturdays, June 7 through August 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Instructor: Jessica Huang (https://www.jessica-huang.com/)

Do you have a great idea for a TV show, but you’re not sure how to get it on the page? Do you have a script in the drawer that’s begging to be finished, but something just isn’t quite right?

Throughout the year, Augsburg University and Playwrights’ Center, a Twin-Cities-based national organization supporting playwrights and new play development, partner to offer online, accredited playwriting and television-writing courses, taught by today’s leading writers in the field to students all over the country.

This three-hour weekly class is designed as an online workshop for students who are interested in learning the art and craft of writing for television. Students will study the fundamentals of professional writing for broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. They will explore the principles of television series creation by developing a compelling premise and executing a viable, character-driven pilot script.

Learn more and register today!

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries or the URGO office . We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries or the URGO office <urgo@augsburg.edu>. We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries <devries@augsburg.edu> or the URGO office <urgo@augsburg.edu>. We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries <devries@augsburg.edu> or the URGO office <urgo@augsburg.edu>. We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Get paid to teach, research, or study abroad after graduation with the Fulbright program. This prestigious program was founded in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright as a cultural exchange program with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through mutual exchange of people, knowledge, and skills.

College graduates can get paid to teach, research, and study abroad through the Fulbright program. Current juniors, seniors, and graduates should start planning their applications now. Typically, students work with me over the summer to prepare their essays. The campus deadline for submission will be Friday, September 5.

Learn more at a Zoom info session on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Augsburg graduate and current Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria, Emma Joswiak-McLaughlin, will join us to talk about her experiences.

Please RSVP by contacting Jacqui deVries or the URGO office <urgo@augsburg.edu>. We will send you the Zoom link.

submitted by finka2@augsburg.edu

YST 210: Rethinking Children and Youth

Fall 2025, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Instructor: Kao Nou L. Moua, PhD, MSW, LGSW (mouakao@augsburg.edu)

Society often expects children and youth to be seen and not heard. This course will develop an understanding of children and youth that will allow us to engage them as assets and agents of positive change.

This class is great for future youth workers, social workers, educators, coaches, and youth mentors!

submitted by uc-env-stwd-cmte@augsburg.edu

With spring weather on the horizon, faculty and other members of the Augsburg community can reserve Augsburg’s outdoor classroom cart to hold gatherings outside. The cart includes 24 chairs, a blackboard, a whiteboard, markers, chalk, clipboards, wi-fi, a solar-powered charging station, data projector for evening use, and a portable lectern. The cart is stored in a locker in the basement of Foss and can be wheeled out to any location on campus. It takes about a half hour to set up. Email Joe Underhill (underhil@augsburg.edu) to make a reservation.