Monday, April 16
All final catalog changes due to Beth Ducey for the 2012-13 catalog
4:00 - 5:00 PM - All LSFY meeting
Wilson Center
Tuesday, April 17
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Spring Preview Day
10:45 AM - General Student Recital
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
11:30 - 11:50 AM - Tuesday Reflection - Jaron Gaier, '12
Ascension Chapel, Founders Hall, 2nd floor
11:30 - 12:20 - Faculty Forum on Chap. 4 of Faculty Handbook
Chicago Room, College Center
4:30 - 5:30 PM - Ekklesia Study Group
Old Main 121
8:00 PM - Student Recital: Jessica Aldis and Caitlin Gmitro, voice
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Wednesday, April 18
9:30 - 10:30 AM - Coffee and Conversation
Community Engagement Center, 1st floor, Sorensen Hall
12:00 - 12:50 PM - Faculty, Staff & Administrators' Bible Study
Bible Study for faculty, staff, and administrators
Bring your lunch and a Bible
Chicago Room, College Center
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Tea Hour Series: Electrical the Embryo: An Alternative Guide to Pregnancy, presented by Farah Marklevits
Evald Great Hall
7:00 - 9:00 PM - Kenn Pennington Lecture "Women on the Rack: The Use of Torture in Medieval and Early Modern Courts"
Old Main 122
7:00 PM - WVIK - A Little Night Music
Performers include: Charles Schmidt, Janet Stodd, Michelle Crouch, Samantha Keehn, Deborah Dakin, Rob Elfline, Janina Ehrlich
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Thursday, April 19
10:30 - 11:20 AM - Convocation: Ken Anderson "My Career As I Remember It"
Centennial Hall
11:30 AM - Pre-Tenure Paid Leave Report Presentation/Chem Chats
Greg Domski presents: "Molecular Bushwhacking: Design and Synthesis of Novel Donor Functionalized Mono- and Bisimidazolium Salts, Their Corresponding Ruthenium (II) Complexes, and Applications to Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation"
Hanson Hall of Science 203
5:00 - 6:00 PM - Deans' Meeting with Department & Program Chairs
Wilson Center
7:00 PM - River Readings: Jaimy Gordon
Author Jaimy Gordon is the winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Lord of Misrule
Free and open to the public
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
7:00 PM - World Hunger: Food, Water, and Energy Film Series: "The Polyface Farm"
Lemonade and cookies served
Evald Great Hall
7:00 - 8:00 PM - Birds and Window Collisions: What Can Be Done?
presented by Steve Hager
Black Hawk State Historic Site, Singing Bird Nature Center, 15th Street and 45th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois
Friday, April 20
10:00 - 11:00 AM - Google Forms Workshop
Olin 105
3:00 - 5:00 PM - Augustana Retirees Reception
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
4:00 PM - Friday Conversation: Ellen Hay "Service Learning"
3:30 PM - Refreshments
Wilson Center
8:00 PM - Student Recital: Eileen Andrews, voice and Megann Gezella, clarinet
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Saturday, April 21
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - 3rd Annual Planting of Augie Acres
6th Avenue and 32nd Street, Rock Island, Illinois
2:00 PM - Student Recital: Jakub Luba and Rachel Park, percussion
Ensemble Room, Bergendoff Hall
8:00 PM - Student Recital: James Tenney, saxophone/composition
Centennial Hall
8:00 PM - International Dueling Pianos
Performers do requests, sing alongs, laugh alongs, comedy and audience participation
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Sunday, April 22
2:00 PM - Chamber Singers Spring Concert
Featuring a variety of cappella works performed by the Augustana Chamber singers
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
7:30 PM - Handbell Choir Concert
Ascension Chapel, Founders Hall, 2nd floor
Volume 9, Issue 29 - April 16, 2012ACTL
Greetings from the Center for Teaching & Learning.
Given all the events that seem crammed into the last few weeks of the year, you may have missed Ken Brill and Audrey Adamson's presentation last Thursday,
Promoting Student Success: The Role of Student Services.
I think that everyone who participated agreed that it was a very informative session. I've already asked Ken and Audrey to repeat the session in the fall; they'll be happy to do so. I wanted to be sure to share part of the presentation though that shouldn't wait until next fall.
Audrey offered a list of ways that you could interact with your students in a meaningful way outside of the classroom, through Res Life, ranging from low- to high-level commitments:
Those interested in scoping out the lay of the land might want to
- take a tour of the halls/houses,
- participate in Residential Life activities offered to faculty,
- hold office hours in a hall,
- assist in creating class specific study groups or
- help design passive educational materials (e.g. bulletin boards, pamphlets, etc.).
Those ready to make more of a commitment could
- present a program in the halls on an area of interest or expertise,
- assist in training student staff on academic support skills,
- become a Faculty Fellow
- be paired with a residential community
- develop a relationship with a student staff member and their residents
- attend a small number of social/educational programs
- invite residents to attend campus and community events with you.
And for those ready to take it to the next level, consider becoming a(n)
- Advisor to a Theme House or Living/Learning Community or
- Faculty in Residence
If any of these opportunities interest you, if you have some creative ideas of your own or if you'd just like more information, give Audrey (x2686) or Ken (x2695) a call. They'd love to hear from you!
Have a productive week 7.
Jon Clauss
Augustana Center for Teaching & Learning
