The health and safety of the Augsburg Community is a top priority, so College staff are monitoring federal and state health resources and communicating with students, faculty and staff about flu season.

“Each member of our community—students, faculty, and staff—has a role to play in limiting the impact of flu on campus,” said Ann Garvey, vice president of Student Affairs.

“We are seeing stories about hospitals limiting visitors to restrict the spread of flu, and with students returning to campus and classes starting up again for all our programs, now is the time to remind Auggies how to stay healthy.”

Flu shot clinic:

The College’s will host a flu shot clinic in the Christensen Center East Commons on Wednesday, January 23, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. The flu shot is covered by insurance or $29 with cash or check. Detailed is available on .

Current recommendations for staying healthy and preventing spread of flu ():

– Wash your hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. Be sure to disinfect your hands before eating and after using the washroom. Alcohol-based hand rub stations are located in many high-traffic areas on campus.

– Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread this way.

– Try to avoid close contact with sick people. Practice good health habits. Get plenty of sleep and exercise, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat healthy food.

– Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

– If you are sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone without the use of fever-reducing medicine.

What students should do if ill:

– If you have an Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI), defined as fever equal to or greater than 100.0 plus a cough or sore throat, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends you self-isolate until at least 24 hours after you are free of a fever of greater than 100 degrees F without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Self-isolation means staying away from people except to get medical care or necessities. You should avoid large group gatherings including classes, sporting events and public forms of transportation. For most cases this period of isolation would last from 3 to 5 days.

The full list of flu symptoms is available from .

– Call the Dean of Students Office, 612-330-1160 and we will help notify your instructors. Professors are aware of these CDC recommendations and will do their best to be flexible with your missing classes.

If you live on campus and have an Influenza-Like-Illness, you should talk with your parents and family about going home, if you can, while you recuperate.

“We encourage students with flu to stay home and, if they live on campus, to go home to recuperate,” Garvey said. “We know this isn’t possible for all our students. But for those who can, it’s a smart move because their families will be able to provide a high level of care and monitoring.”

What to do if your on-campus roommate has Influenza-Like-Illness:

– Wash hands frequently

– Avoid close contact if possible

– If your roommate is not able to self-isolate by going to his/her permanent home, stay with a friend in their room. Or, if you live close by, consider going home for a few days and commuting to class.

If you are dealing with a situation and need assistance, please call the Dean of Students Office at 612-330-1160.

For the most up-to-date information on flu, visit , or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636). Information on everyday preventive actions to stop the spread of germs is at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits/index.htm.

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Luskin is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford, and a professor of clinical psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Currently he also serves as the co-chair of the Garden of Forgiveness Projects at Ground Zero in Manhattan.

Luskin has completed 10 successful research projects on the training and measurement of forgiveness therapy. Luskin’s research demonstrates that learning forgiveness leads to increased physical vitality, hope, greater self–efficacy, enhanced optimism and conflict resolution skills. His research also shows that forgiveness lessens the physical and emotional toll of stress and decreases hurt, anger, depression, and blood pressure.

On three occasions he successfully worked with men and women from both sides of the violence in Northern Ireland who had family members killed. In addition, he worked with seven different groups of financial advisors after the stock market crash of 2000 to enhance their conflict resolution and stress management skills.

Luskin is the author of Forgive for Good and Forgive for Love as well as Stress Free for Good.

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If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you could be dealing with “disordered eating,” attitudes and behaviors that can make food, dieting, and exercise not just unhealthy but dangerous.

Augsburg’s Center for Counseling and Health Promotion and the Student Feminist Collective are sponsoring “Body Peace,” a series of events to raise awareness of “disordered eating” as well as issues of body image and food struggles.

It is estimated that 20 percent of college students in the U.S. deal with an eating disorder. According to Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc., “Eating disorders are complex conditions that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral, emotional, psychological, interpersonal, and social factors.” Ultimately, people with eating disorders, or “disordered eating,” use food and the control of food to cope with painful, overwhelming emotions.

“Everyone knows someone who struggles in this area,” said Beth Carlson, a counselor at the Center for Counseling and Health Promotion. She reminds that eating disorders affect men and women from diverse cultural backgrounds and that “disordered eating” includes anorexia and bulimia as well as obsession with eating, food, exercise, and body image that can interfere with one’s life.

Carlson encourages students, staff, and faculty to attend the Tuesday evening lecture on normal eating by Sarah Schneeweis, a dietician from a Twin Cities eating disorders treatment center. “This is not about finding the right way to eat,” Carlson said, “but about learning how to change your relationship with food.” She added that the talk will focus on helping people to rediscover their body’s innate hunger cues, something most of us know as children but often lose track of as we listen to messages “out there” in the media instead of the messages “in here” in our own bodies.

The week-long events will benefit people who cope with all types of food struggles and those who want to learn how to support friends and family. In addition to the Tuesday night talk, CCHP will sponsor an eating disorder screening on Thursday and a film on eating disorder recovery at noon on Friday, as well as informational tables in Christensen Center. The Augsburg bookstore will also feature books on topics such as emotional eating, recovery from eating disorders, and body image.

Schedule of events

Films and Lectures

Friday, Feb. 27, “Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Images of Women” film screening. 3:30-4:30 p.m., Women’s Resource Center, Sverdrup 207

Tuesday, Mar. 3, “Rediscovering Normal Eating: Your Genes Do Fit” presentation by Sarah Schneeweis, a registered dietitian from the Park Nicollet Melrose Institute. 7-8 p.m., Marshall Room, Christensen Center

Friday, Mar. 6, “Starved” documentary about five women and their recovery from disordered eating followed by Q&A with Beth Carlson, CCHP. 12 noon-1 p.m., Century Room, Christensen Center

Eating Disorder Screening

Thursday, Mar. 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Drop in to CCHP for a free 20-minute screening, meet face-to-face with a counselor to discuss the results, learn about treatment resources.

Tabling in Christensen Center, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 2, Friends don’t let friends fat talk

Tuesday, Mar. 3, Healthy weight management and nutrition

Wednesday and Thursday, Mar. 4-5, How’s your relationship with food?

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