Dave Conrad,聽assistant director of the Rochester MBA program, wrote in his latest column for the Rochester Post-Bulletin about the ins and outs of firing an聽employee.
Conrad suggests聽a checklist, of sorts, to weigh the options when deciding whether or not to dismiss an employee.
“Because terminating someone is such a big decision, it helps to have an unemotional and objective way to measure the impact of the decision,” Conrad said.
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Bridget Robinson-Riegler, cognitive psychology professor at Augsburg College, was included on a list of 10 “must-take” psychology professors in the Twin Cities.
Robinson-Riegler聽began her teaching career at Augsburg in 1994. Students describe her as firm-yet-fair, kind, and intelligent. She said she is thankful to have been a part of the list and that she draws聽her inspiration from students.
“I am so grateful to the Augsburg students who inspire me and remind [me] every day how truly lucky I am,” Robinson-Riegler said.
Robinson-Riegler is skilled at making complex聽psychology concepts comprehensible for聽a general audience. She recently contributed to one of WCCO’s segments about聽memory in the human brain.
Harry Boyte, senior fellow in聽the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship, in his latest Huffington Post article talked about聽the importance of civic聽studies within schools.
In 1991, Boyte helped start Public Achievement, an “interdisciplinary action-oriented field focused on agency and citizens as co-creators,” to encourage the practice of self-organized聽civic action among students.
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Kathleen Clark, Augsburg College instructor and director聽of the Central Health Commons, spoke with聽MPR News about her role at the drop-in health care center.
The Health Commons, which has been open for 22 years聽and is free to聽visitors,聽provides medical聽and nutritional聽consultations and services as well as connections to other health care resources.
The focus of care at the Health Commons is communication and hospitality, even though–unfortunately–this approach has become less common in聽traditional medical settings.
Central Health Commons is funded by Augsburg College, Central Lutheran Church, and other private donations.
To , visit the MPR News site.
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Bob Stacke ’71, a long-time Augsburg College faculty member聽and a retired chair of the聽music department, was mentioned in a Star Tribune news article about relaxed Cuban聽travel regulations.
New policies on聽commerce and travel to Cuba may come with societal change, according to Stacke, who has traveled to the country five times.
“I do think the Cuban people will try to maintain their culture,” he聽said.
To read the article and learn more about Cuban travel,聽visit the Star Tribune news site.
Bill Nye聽addressed聽1,800 people at Augsburg College on Valentine’s Day 2015 and shared his love for science.聽The sold-out event, titled “How Science Can Save the World,” was part of Augsburg’s annual Scholarship Weekend.
Scholarship Weekend happens every spring and gives prospective students the chance to meet with future classmates and professors, and to interview or audition for the President’s Scholarship and for Fine Arts Scholarships.
Local media outlets that covered聽Bill Nye’s appearance聽include:
Jeanne Boeh, economics professor at聽Augsburg College,聽was mentioned in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about employee layoffs at Target headquarters in Minneapolis.
In light of the layoffs – a result of the closing of all Canadian Target stores – Boeh said there is hope for the close to 550 out-of-work employees.
“If you鈥檙e going to be laid off, now is a good time because jobs are picking back up,” she said.
To read the story, visit the Star Tribune news site.
The Minnesota Coalition of Women in Athletic Leadership, organizers of the Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day, recognized inspiring and influential leaders on February 4. Carol Enke, an Augsburg College health-physical education instructor, was honored聽at the event with the Marie Berg Award for Excellence in Education and later appeared on KSTP-TV in聽a story about the event.
Professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler spoke with WCCO-TV about how humans recall their memories聽for the聽news station鈥檚 Good Question segment. Robinson-Riegler, who teaches in the College鈥檚 psychology聽department, explained to television viewers that its common for聽individuals to have mismemories. She commented that memories are not like tape recorders in that people聽replay them exactly as they happened. Instead, memories聽are reconstructed, so when the聽brain encodes memories, it聽encodes different pieces of different events.
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(MINNEAPOLIS) 鈥� Augsburg College is honored to announce that it has received a $10 million philanthropic gift to name a new, signature building on campus. This is the second gift of this size in the College鈥檚 history.
The donor鈥檚 generous cash contribution 鈥� which also is a naming-level gift 鈥� will support a new academic building that will house a number of the College鈥檚 academic programs including biology, business, chemistry, computer science, math, physics, psychology, and religion.
鈥淪ucceeding in today鈥檚 world requires an ability to thrive in a world that no longer has fixed boundaries,鈥� said Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow. 鈥淭hat is why Augsburg College is building the 鈥� a place that will support every student in their journey of vocational discernment and pursuit of careers in teaching, civic leadership, service to the church, scientific research, law, medicine, privately owned startup companies, and large corporations.鈥�
