This unique fusion of music is unlike anything you've heard before! Simon Shaheen Ensemble will perform at 7:30 on Thursday, February 13th in the CFL Main Hall. The acoustic world jazz includes voice, flute, saxophone, guitar, double bass, percussion, and the oud, an Arabic guitar-like instrument. Tickets are free with CAF and available at the box office or at tickets.luther.edu. Good news for music majors - this is a green card event!

Beyond the Bubble Seminars for February 11 include:  "Basic Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting";  "Microsoft Excel Basics"; and "Help!, I'm Being Interviewed at a Five-star Restaurant!"   Students in work-study positions should check with their supervisors if they want to attend for paid job training. For seminar descriptions and registration (required) form, see http://www.luther.edu/careers/beyond-the-bubble/.  

Meet Simon Shaheen at his workshop Arabic Music, Connecting with Jazz! All students are welcome to come learn how Shaheen merges elements of Arabic and jazz music with improvisation to create his own unique style of music. Presented by the Center Stage Series and sponsored by the Luther College Diversity Council. Join us at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 14 in the CFL Recital Hall.

Student Payroll will be Friday, February 14 for January work.  Your electronic pay advice will be available at My.Luther on February 14. If you have a work credit plan, both your statement of account and your pay advice will be available on My.Luther.

SAC Concerts will present the a capella group Pentatonix in concert on March, 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the CFL! Tickets will go on sale to students Monday, February 10 and to the public the following Monday. Tickets are general admission and free for students with CAF or $25 without and are available through the Luther Ticket Office. Please make sure that the name on ticket matches student ID.

STUDY ABROAD in SCOTLAND! IFSA-Butler's Scotland Assistant Director will be on campus on Wednesday, February 12.  Stop by her table outside of Marty's from 11-1 to visit about studying in Scotland or elsewhere with IFSA's programs in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, New Zealand. Q's? Call x1101 or stop by the Center for Global Learning, 1st floor of West Larsen.

Luther student Fatimetu Jatri Emhamed will give a talk on her country titled "Africa's last Colony, Western Sahara" on Thursday, February 13, 9:40 - 10:40am in Koren 217.  All are welcome.  Sponsored by International Studies. 

Applications are now available for the Erdman Entrepreneurial Prize Competition at Luther College. This annual competition recognizes entrepreneurial activities that demonstrate the Luther student's ability to recognize and pursue a business opportunity without regard to required resources and to build "added value" beyond a personal salary. Prize money totaling $10,000 is awarded. This competition is only open to those who already have an established business. Submit applications to the Financial Aid Office by February 14, 2014

Luther has been selected to participate in the "Up to Us" competition, a nation-wide campaign to educate students and the community about the national debt. Help Luther win by liking their Facebook page and taking their one minute, five question quiz (the link is under the about me section). Two people will be drawn each week to win $25 gift certificate to the place of their choosing. We will draw one person who took the quiz to win a 32GB Microsoft Surface tablet! 

Free Food, Info about Seminary -- Reps from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago will be at Luther February 13-14. Join them and Pr. Amy for a free supper at Mabe's Pizza at 5:30pm on February 13. Email ministry@luther.edu to RSVP so we can order food ahead and help get you there. Or join them for lunch at 12pm in Oneota on February 14.

Legends Fitness Center is overflowing with lost items. We will be placing them out on tables starting Tuesday, February 11 so you can claim your lost items and we can clean our drawers! If you can't remember where you left a shirt or shoes or water bottle, check our table!

The Luther Alumni Magazine is seeking student photos from study away experiences including summer 2013, fall semester 2013 and January Term 2014. We invite you to submit 4-5 photos taken during your experience. Please also say what program you were on, your class year, and what prompted you to take each photo. Some photos will appear in the spring print issue of the magazine, and more will appear with the online version. Send photos to  magazine@luther.edu .