Category: Teaching and Learning

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty & staff now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by truesmit@augsburg.edu

The Interfaith Scholars program is a yearlong course and service learning opportunity taught by the Interfaith Institute’s Executive Director and Professor of Religion, Najeeba Syeed.

Interfaith Scholars will explore the religious diversity of the Augsburg student body, the wider Twin Cities community, and the United States by learning from guest speakers from religious communities, business professionals, and other leaders across various sectors. Students may also be engaged in community service learning, and participating in and attending events on behalf of the program. Participants will gain leadership skills by learning and practicing how to converse respectfully with others about what they believe, why it matters, and how it propels us to service in the world.

Students with any religious or spiritual worldview as well as students without a connection to a religious tradition are encouraged to apply.

Applications for the 2025-26 student cohort are now open.

To Learn More or Apply

submitted by lowe@augsburg.edu

Batalden Book Group for AU Staff & Faculty: We will read What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. The book group discussion will be held on Tuesday, March 25th from 3:30 – 5:00 (snacks provided). The discussion will be led by Prof. Mary Lowe (Batalden scholar) and Ellie Olson Director of AU’s CWC. If you want to participate, please email Mary Lowe (lowe@augsburg.edu) by February 21st to get your (free) copy of the book.

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!
The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.
URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.
If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by lowe@augsburg.edu

Batalden Book Group: Staff and faculty are invited to read What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by B. Perry and O. Winfrey. Our in-person discussion will be held Tuesday, March 25th from 3:40 – 5:10 (snacks & beverages provided). Conversation guides are Prof. Mary Elise Lowe (Batalden scholar) and Ellie Olson (Director of AU’s CWC). If you want to participate, email Mary Lowe (lowe@augsburg.edu) by February 21st to get your (free) copy of the book.

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty & staff now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moving from Inclusion to Equity: Counterstories of Collegiate Music Students and their Institution’s Stories in Dialogue

Research Presentation and Group Discussion

Date: Monday, February 10th, 12–12:50pm Location: Lindell 301

Presenter: Mallory Alekna, Assistant Professor of Music, Human Development, and Learning

***
Universities and colleges often tell stories about the ways in which they have transformed in order to include and support diverse students. These stories are told through promotional and recruitment materials, values and mission statements, and university branding. It is well documented, however, that institutions maintain themselves, leaving the underlying structures of oppression and exclusion untouched (Ahmed, 2012).

Through this study, I examine the storied conflict between institutions and students, placing the lives of students in direct dialogue with the story of an institution. This study presents stories from multiple students, including those who are working to enact change at their institution. These stories are all being lived and told by students attending an institution that is striving to tell a story of growth and change. Examining these stories side by side, interweaving the stories of students with those of the institution, contributes to our understanding of the complex ways in which students experience equity and inequity, the complex ways in which institutions impact their experiences, and the complicated, untidy, messy work of striving toward equity when systems and structures tend to function “as usual” (Ahmed, 2017b).

submitted by boeh@augsburg.edu

We are pleased to announce our inaugural 2025 Entrepreneur Baby Shark contest for this Spring
POTENTIAL PROJECTS
Business products or services; non profit products or services; other?
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
The contest is open to all current undergraduate and graduate students.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
The students will fill out about 10 power-point slides for their business or service idea (attached link to slides)
TIMELINE
Submission- February 10th- April 1st.
Initial Review – April 10th
Final 10 teams announced April 11th
Final Presentations to sharks- April 25th
Each team will have 15 minutes to present their slides
CASH PRIZES
1st place $1000
2nd place $500
3rd place $250
4th- 10th place $100

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xSfxfQfiLGeEGrGvruharG4niesrIJLwc6YEfSqONug/edit

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty & staff now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moving from Inclusion to Equity: Counterstories of Collegiate Music Students and their Institution’s Stories in Dialogue

Research Presentation and Group Discussion

Date: Monday, February 10th, 12–12:50pm Location: Lindell 301

Presenter: Mallory Alekna, Assistant Professor of Music, Human Development, and Learning

***
Universities and colleges often tell stories about the ways in which they have transformed in order to include and support diverse students. These stories are told through promotional and recruitment materials, values and mission statements, and university branding. It is well documented, however, that institutions maintain themselves, leaving the underlying structures of oppression and exclusion untouched (Ahmed, 2012).

Through this study, I examine the storied conflict between institutions and students, placing the lives of students in direct dialogue with the story of an institution. This study presents stories from multiple students, including those who are working to enact change at their institution. These stories are all being lived and told by students attending an institution that is striving to tell a story of growth and change. Examining these stories side by side, interweaving the stories of students with those of the institution, contributes to our understanding of the complex ways in which students experience equity and inequity, the complex ways in which institutions impact their experiences, and the complicated, untidy, messy work of striving toward equity when systems and structures tend to function “as usual” (Ahmed, 2017b).

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

Augsburg’s annual Zyzzogeton Student Research Symposium showcases the work of over 50 undergraduate researchers in all academic disciplines and will take place on Tuesday, April 15, 3:00-4:30 PM in Hagfors Center. Students who have conducted research over the course of the last year and would like to present a poster should register using the link below by February 18.

You must have approval from your faculty mentor before registering for Zyzzogeton. If you do not have a formal abstract at this point, please provide a brief description of your research instead. You will have the opportunity to submit a final abstract/make final edits prior to the event. Abstracts will be published on the URGO website.

NOTE: If you’re planning to co-present with another student(s), only one of you needs to register. Be sure to list their names and emails and indicate that they will be co-presenters where specified on the form. All presenters will be included in event correspondence.

Important Dates:
Registration opens – February 4
Registration closes – February 18
Poster making workshop – February 27
Deadline to submit final poster – March 28
Deadline to submit final abstract edits – April 4

If you have any questions, please contact Lara Crombie (crombie@augsburg.edu) or urgo@augsburg.edu.

Register for Zyzzogeton

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty & staff now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moving from Inclusion to Equity: Counterstories of Collegiate Music Students and their Institution’s Stories in Dialogue

Research Presentation and Group Discussion

Date: Monday, February 10th, 12–12:50pm Location: Lindell 301

Presenter: Mallory Alekna, Assistant Professor of Music, Human Development, and Learning

***
Universities and colleges often tell stories about the ways in which they have transformed in order to include and support diverse students. These stories are told through promotional and recruitment materials, values and mission statements, and university branding. It is well documented, however, that institutions maintain themselves, leaving the underlying structures of oppression and exclusion untouched (Ahmed, 2012).

Through this study, I examine the storied conflict between institutions and students, placing the lives of students in direct dialogue with the story of an institution. This study presents stories from multiple students, including those who are working to enact change at their institution. These stories are all being lived and told by students attending an institution that is striving to tell a story of growth and change. Examining these stories side by side, interweaving the stories of students with those of the institution, contributes to our understanding of the complex ways in which students experience equity and inequity, the complex ways in which institutions impact their experiences, and the complicated, untidy, messy work of striving toward equity when systems and structures tend to function “as usual” (Ahmed, 2017b).

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.

If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by lensmire@augsburg.edu

Please join us in building a supportive community of writers doing narrative and/or qualitative research oriented scholarship. First meeting this Thursday Feb 6 @ noon in CTL room in Lindell. Days and times and goals to be determined by the group! Questions? Contact Audrey Lensmire lensmire@augsburg.edu

submitted by goffe@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.

If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

Augsburg’s annual Zyzzogeton Student Research Symposium showcases the work of over 50 undergraduate researchers in all academic disciplines and will take place on Tuesday, April 15, 3:00-4:30 PM in Hagfors Center. Students who have conducted research over the course of the last year and would like to present a poster should register using the link below by February 18.

You must have approval from your faculty mentor before registering for Zyzzogeton. If you do not have a formal abstract at this point, please provide a brief description of your research instead. You will have the opportunity to submit a final abstract/make final edits prior to the event. Abstracts will be published on the URGO website.

NOTE: If you’re planning to co-present with another student(s), only one of you needs to register. Be sure to list their names and emails and indicate that they will be co-presenters where specified on the form. All presenters will be included in event correspondence.

Important Dates:
Registration opens – February 4
Registration closes – February 18
Poster making workshop – February 27
Deadline to submit final poster – March 28
Deadline to submit final abstract edits – April 4

If you have any questions, please contact Lara Crombie (crombie@augsburg.edu) or urgo@augsburg.edu.

Register for Zyzzogeton

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty & staff now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moving from Inclusion to Equity: Counterstories of Collegiate Music Students and their Institution’s Stories in Dialogue

Research Presentation and Group Discussion

Date: Monday, February 10th, 12–12:50pm Location: Lindell 301

Presenter: Mallory Alekna, Assistant Professor of Music, Human Development, and Learning

***
Universities and colleges often tell stories about the ways in which they have transformed in order to include and support diverse students. These stories are told through promotional and recruitment materials, values and mission statements, and university branding. It is well documented, however, that institutions maintain themselves, leaving the underlying structures of oppression and exclusion untouched (Ahmed, 2012).

Through this study, I examine the storied conflict between institutions and students, placing the lives of students in direct dialogue with the story of an institution. This study presents stories from multiple students, including those who are working to enact change at their institution. These stories are all being lived and told by students attending an institution that is striving to tell a story of growth and change. Examining these stories side by side, interweaving the stories of students with those of the institution, contributes to our understanding of the complex ways in which students experience equity and inequity, the complex ways in which institutions impact their experiences, and the complicated, untidy, messy work of striving toward equity when systems and structures tend to function “as usual” (Ahmed, 2017b).

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.

If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

submitted by schieren@augsburg.edu

The library service desk now offers drop-in research support, Monday-Friday, from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Ask a librarian for research and citation help, assistance using the library website or resources, and answers to any general library questions. We look forward to seeing you!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.

If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty now have access to ACUE’s one-hour quick study courses in a variety of topics (AI, media literacy, constructive conversations, experiential education) ) at no additional expense. You can review all available course titles here. Seats are limited, and enrollment for the first session is only open from Feb 1 to Feb 15. Register today!

ACUE Quick Study Course Registration

submitted by goffe@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.

If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Writing Center will open for the Spring semester on Monday, February 3rd. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Writing Center will open for the Spring semester on Monday, February 3rd. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.
If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by beckmanm@augsburg.edu

You are invited to attend a teaching talk by Dr. Martha Zillig, tenure-track faculty candidate in the Biology Department. The talk is on Wednesday, January 29th, 3-3:30PM in the Marshall Room, Christensen Center

submitted by greenfie@augsburg.edu

The Writing Center will open for the Spring semester on Monday, February 3rd. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Augsburg Writing Center offers free writing support, both online and in-person. Skilled Augsburg students will work with you one-on-one at whatever stage of writing you are in – the idea-development stage, the drafting stage, and the revision stage – and can show you how to choose an appropriate essay topic, how to develop a thesis statement and paragraphs, how to revise your essay, or assist with any other writing needs you may have. Tutors will be alert listeners and ask questions, and will not judge or evaluate the work in progress. For more information, please visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

Located on the second floor (across from Advising) of the Lindell Library

In-Person Hours (stop by anytime, no appointment needed):

Monday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Online (appointment needed): Sunday-Thursday 6-8 p.m.

https://sites.augsburg.edu/writingcenter/

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Please join the eLearning team & CTL for a workshop on “Current AI Resources: Integration and Detection” on February 12, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. In this workshop, we will explore options in Moodle for tracking AI usage. We will also discuss how to integrate AI into assignments at various levels (from no AI use to full exploration of AI) and establish expectations for AI use in the classroom.

Facilitators: eLearning Team: Shane Sletten, Susan Hadjiyanis, Nathan Lind, Jad Habib
Location: Marshall Room

Current AI Resources Registration

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Webinar: Feb 4, 22025 1 to 2 pm

Title: Finding Your Footing in Joy: A Starting Point for Belonging in 2025

Presenters:
Dr. Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Jay Roberts, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Warren Wilson College
Dr. Marlowe V.N. Washington, Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity, Holyoke Community College

Description: Register for our first Belong webinar of 2025 for a lively discussion on well-being, hope and inspiration! You’ll hear from a panel of leaders and experts about what self-care looks like in this moment and how they ground themselves as a first step in the work to promote belonging.

Webinar Registration

submitted by goffe@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.
If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu

Welcome back to Spring Semester!

The beginning of the semester is a good time to start organizing your Gradebook for the term.

Did you know that:

1. You can add a manual item to your gradebook without creating a separate activity.
2. Forums don’t automatically show in the gradebook.
3.There is an easy way to add extra credit to your course/gradebook.

Learn how to use all of the Moodle Gradebook functions in the new course created by your eLearning team called “Moodle Basics”.

Remember, if you need any Moodle related support, please feel free to reach out at any time!

Your eLearning team,

Susan, Jad, Shane, Nathan

Reach us at hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu or academiclfc@augsburg.edu

Moodle Basics – Gradebook

submitted by hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu

Greetings Faculty!

As the semester begins and you build out your courses we would like to remind you that there is a new resource available to you that will help with all of your Moodle needs.

Moodle Basics: This is an asynchronous, online course that will help you get trained in how to use many functions of Moodle, including overall structure, communications, resources, activities, and gradebook. You are free to also refer back to this course at any time for any questions you may have regarding the above functions.

You can access this course by logging into Moodle, pressing Dashboard from the primary toolbar, and then locating “Moodle Support” under My courses.

As always, if you need any technology related support, we are here to support you.

Your eLearning team,

Susan, Jad, Shane, Nathan

For additional help, contact your Academic Technologist (LFC) at academiclfc@augsburg.edu or your Instructional Design Technologist at hadjiyanis@augsburg.edu.

Moodle Basics

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Free Trip to Holocaust Museum

Applications due February 3, 2025 and can be found at https://jewishminneapolis.org/minne/.

The trip will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. If you would like to learn more about the
program or would like advising on the application, please contact the URGO office
at urgo@augsburg.edu. The MINNE Holocaust Fellows program selects college students to participate in a fully-paid, one-day trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. to acquire a more in-depth knowledge of the Holocaust. Fellows tour the permanent exhibits and featured exhibits, as well as meet with a museum representative. Awards come through the MINNE Fund of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, who has chosen Augsburg to be one of the select universities to participate in the program.
*You DO NOT need to be a US citizen*
Eligibility:
• Full-time student
• Sophomore or above with at least one year left before graduating
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Proof of COVID vaccinations may be required

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1!

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month. You’ll spend two weeks on campus and two weeks in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by philldal@augsburg.edu

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM: All disciplines welcome!
Phase 1 of the applications are due February 17th at 11:59 PM, so start talking with your faculty members to learn about what research or creative activity is going on in your department!

The URGO Summer Research/Creative Activity Program is an 11-week, on-campus program (May 19th – August 1st) where students are funded to conduct research with a faculty mentor. URGO provides full-time summer researchers (400 hours) with a $6,000 stipend and housing discount while half-time researchers (200 hours) receive a $3,000 stipend and a housing discount.

URGO SUMMER RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY ASSISTANTSHIPS
URGO also provides funding for students to work for a professor as a research assistant on an ongoing research project. This is a 100-hour commitment over the course of the summer and comes with a $1,500 stipend. This is an excellent opportunity to try out research for the first time or focus on a specific aspect of a research project.
If you have questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or visit the link below.

URGO Summer Research Info and Application

submitted by mouakao@augsburg.edu

This year marks 50 years since the first wave of Hmong families were resettled in the US in 1975, following US military intervention in Southeast Asia.

Join us for a study abroad in Thailand and Laos to explore the impact of war, migration, and resettlement on Hmong individuals and communities from a transnational perspective. We will learn how communities are rebuilding their lives in Thailand and Laos, making visible the historical connection and lasting impact between globalization, climate change, and the ecological destruction caused by war.

Key highlights of the study abroad include a homestay with Hmong families in Mae Sa Mai village in Chiang Mai, learning from elders in KM 52 village in Vientiane, and visiting the site of Ban Vinai Refugee Camp.

More information: https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=55829

Contact: Professors Kao Nou Moua (mouakao@augsburg.edu) or Ly Nguyen (nguyenl2@augsburg.edu)

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1!

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month. You’ll spend two weeks on campus and two weeks in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by devries@augsburg.edu

Free Trip to Holocaust Museum

Applications due February 3, 2025 and can be found at https://jewishminneapolis.org/minne/.

The trip will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. If you would like to learn more about the
program or would like advising on the application, please contact the URGO office
at urgo@augsburg.edu. The MINNE Holocaust Fellows program selects college students to participate in a fully-paid, one-day trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. to acquire a more in-depth knowledge of the Holocaust. Fellows tour the permanent exhibits and featured exhibits, as well as meet with a museum representative. Awards come through the MINNE Fund of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, who has chosen Augsburg to be one of the select universities to participate in the program.
*You DO NOT need to be a US citizen*
Eligibility:
• Full-time student
• Sophomore or above with at least one year left before graduating
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Proof of COVID vaccinations may be required

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Court watching is a tactic to raise public awareness about our current legal system and also to hold the system accountable through witnessing, documenting, and sharing out. This is a powerful and critical tool for organizing because so much harm is never witnessed and then goes unchecked! Court watching is a tool of PEOPLE POWER against those in power!

MN Freedom Fund’s court watching program specifically watches bail hearings in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. We are hoping to raise awareness about the injustices and disparities in this specific legal system moment. We want to establish a regular presence in court to hold the system players accountable and inspire more passion for local pre-trial changes! This training will be on how to court watch with MFF and then we’ll have shifts for you to sign up for right away!

No prior experience needed!

Sign up here!

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and so much more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and so much more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and so much more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Sabo Center is hosting a reading group for the 2021 book, Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.

This book helps us learn how to:
Reimagine how we respond to crisis and relearn how to interact with difference, uncertainty, complexity, and failure
Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for pain and grief
Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm
Create space for change that isn’t driven by desperate hope or a fear of desolate hopelessness

We’re tentatively planning to gather the week of February 17th, the first full week of March, the week of March 24th, April 7th and 28th.

Please know that space is limited, we cannot guarantee a place for everyone. Email Jenean Gilmer (gilmerje@augsburg.edu) with any questions. To express interest, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by premob@augsburg.edu

Using Social Work Case Vignettes to Prepare for Your Licensing Exam (Student Series Webinar)

Tonight! Thursday, January 16, 2025

From 6-7:30pm ET. FREE for all!

All social work students are invited to kick off the new year with the NASW’s Students Series! Join us to network, expand your skill set, as well as explore clinical case studies with author and professor Liz Johnson. We will use social work practice examples as a fundamental tool for developing “practice wisdom,” the intuitive understanding of client dynamics and core issues in a case.

One attendee will win a free copy of Dr. Johnson’s newest book, 80 Clinical Vignettes for Test Taking, Licensing Exam Prep, and Practical Applications. This collection of 80 real-world-based clinical vignettes offers a diverse range of clinical counseling cases, covering all the major DSM-5-TR diagnostic categories.

Registration link below

http://www.socialworkers.org/studentevents

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for “Another Future Is Possible”: a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1.

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month: two weeks on campus, and two weeks abroad.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Sabo Center is hosting a reading group for the 2021 book, Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.

This book helps us learn how to:
– Reimagine how we respond to crisis and relearn how to interact with difference, uncertainty, complexity, and failure
– Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for pain and grief
– Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm
– Create space for change that isn’t driven by desperate hope or a fear of desolate hopelessness

We’re tentatively planning to gather the week of February 17th, the first full week of March, the week of March 24th, April 7th and 28th.

Please know that space is limited, we cannot guarantee a place for everyone. Email Jenean Gilmer (gilmerje@augsburg.edu) with any questions.

To express interest, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

As faculty finalize preparations for Spring 2025 courses, you are encouraged to review the Spring 2025 updated syllabus template for support in developing learner-centered syllabi and classroom policies.

Please recall all syllabi are required to include a Title IX statement.
It is recommended that all syllabi also include a FERPA statement. A model is provided.

All resources are available on the CTL homepage linked below.

Spring 2025 Syllabus Resources

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moodle Essentials Zoom Workshop, January 15, 10-11 am

Intended as an interactive complement to the Moodle Basics online course, this Zoom session will introduce you to the tools needed to be proficient at Moodle as an Augsburg instructor. This interactive session will acquaint you with some best practices of online course design and delivery.

Facilitator: Shane Sletten, Elearning

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/94647647358

Moodle Essentials Workshop Zoom Link

submitted by premob@augsburg.edu

Using Social Work Case Vignettes to Prepare for Your Licensing Exam (Student Series Webinar)

Thursday, January 16, 2025

From 6-7:30pm ET. FREE for all!

All social work students are invited to kick off the new year with the NASW’s Students Series! Join us to network, expand your skill set, as well as explore clinical case studies with author and professor Liz Johnson. We will use social work practice examples as a fundamental tool for developing “practice wisdom,” the intuitive understanding of client dynamics and core issues in a case.

One attendee will win a free copy of Dr. Johnson’s newest book, 80 Clinical Vignettes for Test Taking, Licensing Exam Prep, and Practical Applications. This collection of 80 real-world-based clinical vignettes offers a diverse range of clinical counseling cases, covering all the major DSM-5-TR diagnostic categories.

Registration link below

http://www.socialworkers.org/studentevents

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for “Another Future Is Possible”: a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1.

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month: two weeks on campus, and two weeks abroad.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moodle Essentials Zoom Workshop, January 15, 10-11 am

Intended as an interactive complement to the Moodle Basics online course, this Zoom session will introduce you to the tools needed to be proficient at Moodle as an Augsburg instructor. This interactive session will acquaint you with some best practices of online course design and delivery.

Facilitator: Shane Sletten, Elearning

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/94647647358

Moodle Essentials Workshop Zoom Link

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Sabo Center is hosting a reading group for the 2021 book, Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.

This book helps us learn how to:
Reimagine how we respond to crisis and relearn how to interact with difference, uncertainty, complexity, and failure
Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for pain and grief
Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm
Create space for change that isn’t driven by desperate hope or a fear of desolate hopelessness

We’re tentatively planning to gather the week of February 17th, the first full week of March, the week of March 24th, April 7th and 28th.

Please know that space is limited, we cannot guarantee a place for everyone. Email Jenean Gilmer (gilmerje@augsburg.edu) with any questions. To express interest, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

https://forms.gle/rpr9j5E3N5s8AByw7

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

As faculty finalize preparations for Spring 2025 courses, you are encouraged to review the Spring 2025 updated syllabus template for support in developing learner-centered syllabi and classroom policies.

Please recall all syllabi are required to include a Title IX statement.
It is recommended that all syllabi also include a FERPA statement. A model is provided.

All resources are available on the CTL homepage linked below.

Spring 2025 Syllabus Resources

submitted by premob@augsburg.edu

All social work students are invited on 1/16/2025 from 6-7:30pm ET to network, expand your skillset, as well as explore clinical case studies with author and professor Liz Johnson. We will use practice examples as a fundamental tool for developing “practice wisdom.”

Registration link below

http://www.socialworkers.org/studentevents

submitted by mouakao@augsburg.edu

This year marks 50 years since the first wave of Hmong families were resettled in the US in 1975, following US military intervention in Southeast Asia.

Join us for a study abroad in Thailand and Laos to explore the impact of war, migration, and resettlement on Hmong individuals and communities from a transnational perspective. We will learn how communities are rebuilding their lives in Thailand and Laos, making visible the historical connection and lasting impact between globalization, climate change, and the ecological destruction caused by war.

Key highlights of the study abroad include a homestay with Hmong families in Mae Sa Mai village in Chiang Mai, learning from elders in KM 52 village in Vientiane, and visiting the site of Ban Vinai Refugee Camp.

More information: https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=55829

Contact: Professors Kao Nou Moua (mouakao@augsburg.edu) or Ly Nguyen (nguyenl2@augsburg.edu)

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

CUMU Open House (virtual)
January 14, 2025
2:00 pm EST – 3:00 pm EST

Augsburg University is an active member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities! Join CUMU for an Open House to learn about new programming opportunities and how to get more involved with CUMU in 2025.

Learn about:
A new webinar series focused on student success
Anchor Learning Network (ALN): A cohort-based learning community that builds both individual capacity for anchor work and also connects your campus with this powerful network. During the nine-month program, small cohorts of peers selected through an application process engage in a structured set of professional development opportunities for learning, skill-building, and networking in support of their institution’s anchor mission.
Huddles to learn and share about effective practices with other CUMU members in:
Community-Engaged Research: Explore key frameworks and ideas within the context of participants’ community-engaged research projects, campuses, and communities
Latine Student Communities: Learn what drives Latine student success and develop a toolkit to support our collective efforts
Strategic Communications: Discover ways to align communications with strategic priorities and collaborate with communication professionals on our campus
Sustainability and the Anchor Mission: Explore a variety of lenses for thinking about sustainability efforts and long-term regional impacts
Metropolitan Universities Journal (MUJ): CUMU’s peer-reviewed, open-access journal for scholarship related to the issues you see on your urban and metropolitan campuses.
Research Initiatives and much more!

REGISTER HERE

REGISTER HERE

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for “Another Future Is Possible”: a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1.

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“[Prof.] James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

As faculty finalize preparations for Spring 2025 courses, you are encouraged to review the Spring 2025 updated syllabus template for support in developing learner-centered syllabi and classroom policies.

Please recall all syllabi are required to include a Title IX statement.
It is recommended that all syllabi also include a FERPA statement. A model is provided.

All resources are available on the CTL homepage linked below.

Spring 2025 Syllabus Resources

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Moodle Essentials Zoom Workshop, January 15, 10-11 am

Intended as an interactive complement to the Moodle Basics online course, this Zoom session will introduce you to the tools needed to be proficient at Moodle as an Augsburg instructor. This interactive session will acquaint you with some best practices of online course design and delivery.

Facilitator: Shane Sletten, Elearning

https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/94647647358

Moodle Essentials Workshop Zoom Link

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

Award season has started! Celebrate the achievements and contributions of your colleagues and professors. Nominations for the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards are open now through March 10.

There are 6 award categories: Scholarship, Service to the University, Service to the Community, Teaching: Adjunct or Part-time, Teaching: Full-time 5+ years, and Teaching: Full-time 5 years or less. Any members of the Augsburg community can serve as nominators.
Please find full descriptions and nomination forms linked below. Honor a faculty member with your nomination!

Faculty Distinguished Contribution Awards

submitted by lloydr@augsburg.edu

As faculty finalize preparations for Spring 2025 courses, you are encouraged to review the Spring 2025 updated syllabus template for support in developing learner-centered syllabi and classroom policies.

Please recall all syllabi are required to include a Title IX statement.
It is recommended that all syllabi also include a FERPA statement. A model is provided.

All resources are available on the CTL page linked below.

Spring 2025 Syllabus Resources

submitted by starckl@augsburg.edu

There’s still time to apply for “Another Future Is Possible”: a short-term study abroad experience in the Netherlands during Summer Term 1.

You’ll earn eight credits (4 in sociology / urban studies, and 4 in English) in just one month.

Check out the description below:

Although many of us may be feeling fear or despair about the global climate crisis and our ability to address problems such as rising sea levels, global warming, and persistent inequalities, this study-abroad experience centers on imagination, invention, tangible change, and hope for our collective future. In our on-campus class sessions and our two weeks in the Netherlands, we’ll discuss sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food, waste and pollution, housing, and transportation. Then we’ll explore the ways in which artists, scientists, and other creative minds have addressed those challenges in fiction, poetry, policies, and practices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. How can speculative literature and sociology help us invent and imagine new solutions to urban problems? What ideas from Rotterdam and Amsterdam might be implemented in the Twin Cities? What kinds of futures can we imagine for our rapidly changing world, and how do we transform those visions into a new reality?

Learn more and apply here!

submitted by velamcco@augsburg.edu

Looking for a cool course to round out your schedule this spring? Consider taking Cultures of Violence (SOC 290)!

Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics underlying these and other forms of violence? What do they have in common? How do they differ? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological analysis. With this in mind, we will learn about the underlying social, interactional, group, and institutional dynamics that lead to violent behavior. In addition to the topics noted above, the course covers gender & violence, intergroup conflict, war propaganda, hate crime, the military-industrial complex, and more.

Cultures of Violence is scheduled for MWF, 1:50 – 3:00 p.m. It won’t be available again for two years, so register now!

Here’s what students are saying about it:*

“This course is the definition of amazing and I honestly wish I could take it again. I would recommend this class to anyone, whether interested in sociology or not. I believe that anyone would fall in love and benefit from taking this course.”

“I loved this course! [Prof.] James is an incredible professor and I’ve always deeply enjoyed his classes. SOC 290 gave me a whole new perspective on sociology, violence, and culture. I am grateful I took this class!”

“James has always been and will forever be one of the most amazing professors I have had during my time at Augsburg. I always feel challenged, supported, and respected during his classes.”

*Source: SOC 290 course evaluations, Spring 2023