The Bulletin - March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019

The BULLETIN

TEDxLutherCollege will be held on Saturday, March 9 in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Listen to six amazing speakers, see two cool performances. Speakers include students Jaime Herman, Anila Bano, Jack Jagielski, Anita Tamang, and Madeline Lomprey, as well as community-member Allen Manning. Get your tickets now at the Ticket Office .

Accreditation Information

As part of the site visit by the Higher Learning Commission on March 11-12, three open forums will be held. The forums provide faculty, staff and students opportunities to interact with the team from the Higher Learning Commission and to provide additional input regarding Luther’s satisfaction of the criteria for accreditation. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend the forums; no reservations are required to attend. All three forums will be held in Peace Dining Room.

Forum 1: Monday, March 11, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Focus Areas: Mission, Diversity, Student and Faculty Involvement in Community and Society, Ethics, and Fair Policies and Procedures (Criteria 1 and 2).
Forum 2: Monday, March 11, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Focus Areas: Quality of Academic Programs, Faculty Qualifications, Program Review, Course Availability, Advising, Assessment of Student Learning, and Retention (Criteria 3 and 4).
Forum 3: Tuesday, March 12, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Focus Areas: Finances, Strategic Planning, Future Plans, and Institutional Effectiveness (Criterion 5).

Faculty, staff and students are invited to review the Assurance Argument submitted to the Higher Learning Commission in advance of the accreditation open forums. The Assurance Argument has been posted on the Accreditation site on KATIE. In order to access the Accreditation site, faculty, staff and students must self-enroll as a student in the course. Contact the Technology Help Desk with questions about self-enrolling in the course.

A preparatory session in advance of the accreditation open forums will be held 9:40-10:50 a.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Center for Faith and Life, Recital Hall. The session is open to all faculty, staff and students. At the session, Brad Chamberlain will address questions about the site visit and Assurance Argument.

Announcements

Irish folk group Goitse (pronounced Go-wit-cha) will perform as part of the Center Stage Series on Thursday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. in the CFL Main Hall. The group’s distinctive sound lies in the quality of their own compositions interspersed with traditional tunes from the countryside of Ireland and abroad. This is a green card event and tickets are FREE for students with CAF — general admission tickets available for all Luther students. Get tickets.

Ash Wednesday Jazz Liturgy – The community is invited to an ecumenical Ash Wednesday Jazz Liturgy with special guest Keith Hall and music by Collegiate Chorale,

7 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, in the Center for Faith and Life.Join us for the Lenten call to renewal at the Ash Wednesday Jazz Liturgy, with Keith Hall and a jazz ensemble led by Jon Ailabouni. Hosted by the Luther Congregation & St. Benedict’s Catholic Church. Keith Hall will also speak in chapel, Wednesday, March 6.

Luther College will host its annual Benefactor's Organ Recital, featuring Kimberly Marshall, professor of organ at Arizona State University. The recital will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life.

Come join SAC Entertainment and SAC Impact for a fun night of Escape Rooms! Professor Slughorn has asked you to find his Master Potions Treasure Chest in his workhouse before the gargoyles come to devour you! Enjoy the adventure on Saturday, March 9. The rooms will be set up in the Mott-Borlaug Room of the Dahl Centennial Union. Sign-up now for a 30-minute time slot outside of the Student Activities Office! Admission is free with CAF or $15 without.

While a liberal arts education has been known to foster creativity, agility and resilience, its value is often overlooked among the fast-changing priorities of the world. Lisa Anderson, senior lecturer at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, will speak on the value of liberal arts education in a globalized world 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206. A reception will follow the lecture.

Giving a multimedia introduction to Jimmy Buffett's extensive career, Luther College Professor Emeritus of History Marv Slind will present the lecture, Growing Older Without Growing Up: The 'Parrothead' Life at Luther's Emeriti Colloquium, at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Mott Room of the Dahl Centennial Union.

Summer internships with Luther College Land Stewardship: Would you like to spend the summer outdoors making a difference on Luther's woods, prairies and other lands? Do you enjoy working with kids, connecting your science background to how we can create healthier natural areas? We have two types of internships (stewardship or camps). Applications due by Friday, March 8. Check out the application on the Sustainability webpage or email Molly McNicoll .

RERUNS

Giving Day , a 16-hour fundraising event to support the Luther Fund, will be held 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 7. The day features a simultaneous 12-hour live feed beginning at 8 a.m. bringing entertainment, engaging stories and information from students, faculty and staff across campus to Luther family and friends across the globe. The community is invited to make a gift, view the live feed and get real-time updates at Giving Day.

Keith Hall , a joyful performer and consummate drummer will present a guest jazz artist recital, with Luther College faculty at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7, in the Center for Faith and Life, Recital Hall. The performance titled Art Blakey at 100: A Musical Celebration of Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , includes music by Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and other distinguished alumni of Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

With an intense commitment to building an "Ecological State" and developing "Ecological Civilization," China's central government has built a foundation to lead the world in green development. Bard College professor Christopher Coggins will give a lecture on the development of the global environmental challenge at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206. Prof. Coggins will be available after the lecture for discussion. Questions? Contact Hongmei Yu .

Jennaya Robison , assistant professor of music at Luther College will give a vocal recital at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8 in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Robison will be joined by Jared Rogers, tenor, Nicholas Shaneyfelt, collaborative piano, and Diego Piedra, violin .

Emy Monroe , a supervisory geneticist of the Whitney Genetics Laboratory in Onalaska, Wisconsin, is presenting a lecture about Asian carp as an invasive species, as well as the use of an environmental DNA monitoring program (eDNA) in controlling Asian carp populations. The lecture takes place at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, March 7, in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206.

Alumna Kadra Abdi , Class of 2008, is a strategic consultant who spends her days helping minority businesses and nonprofits craft strategies and counteract the often-negative assumptions that arise between immigrant and mainstream communities. At 4 p.m. on

March 6, she will speak in the Dahl Centennial Union, Hammarskjold Lounge.

SPRING CAREER FAIR! Thursday, March 7 , Dahl Centennial Union, 10 a.m.—3 p.m.

Over 45 organizations will be attending to visit with all students/all majors about various internships and full-time career opportunities. Great opportunity to network! You won't want to miss this one!

Failure stories wanted! In support of the upcoming, Here’s My Story: I Failed panel event on March 13, Counseling Service will be circulating a tri-fold board in the Union, Regents, Valders, CFA, Jensen, Brandt, Ylvisaker & Olin from March 2-12. We invite you to read the anonymous stories of others failures, or to add your own. In a culture where we are often afraid to fail, we hope to normalize failure by speaking of it.

Help Wanted : The Admissions Office is hiring! We are now accepting applications for summer 2019 as well as the 2019-20 academic year! Our office seeks outgoing and energetic students who love talking about Luther and sharing their experience with prospective students! Applications are available on our Admissions Application Website and are due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 10.

Paideia Students — Wondering how to keep track of your sources, create a bibliography and footnotes? Zotero (a free application) helps you collect, manage, and cite your sources with a click of a button. Bring your laptop to our workshop and learn how to download Zotero and set it up to manage your resources (available for PCs and MACs). Wednesday, March 6, 7:00-8:00 p.m., in Preus Library, Hovde Room.

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