At Manchester College, i found … A new look! We have a sleek, new home page, and new tabbed feature pages (Current Students, Faculty & Staff, etc.), thanks to webmaster Dan Chudzynski. Featuring our new Find Your Place marketing theme, this is just the beginning of a facelift in process. Questions, suggestions: Dan, x5089.

 

MC ’73 grad Reed Gratz brings his band with guitarist Geo Conner to convo next Monday, Feb. 26 for a treat for students and us. Reed chairs the music department at University of La Verne and was a student of John Planer and Gary Deavel here. He’s composed music for 12 plays and several films and has several CDs out. Here’s a link to his home page.

 

A representative from the Bowen Center is on campus tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 21 for free, confidential employee assistance. ,The sessions are 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Calvin Ulrey 206, the  Plowshares Library.

 

We have an extension, until this Friday, to turn in staff performance evaluations to Human Resources. The snow emergency and other challenges forced rescheduling evaluations for many. Remember to include job descriptions when submitting the evaluations.

 

Paid time off balances were wrong again on the Feb. 15 paystubs. But hope is on the horizon, reports Crysta Borden (Human Resources), who has been on the phone with ADP daily, arriving at what she hopes is a solution to the ADP error. The paid time off report on our next paychecks will be blank. After a test run, hopefully, our mid-March checks will reflect the correct paid time off balances.

 

Congratulations to Liz Bushnell, our new director of Career Services. Here since fall 2004, Liz has led our grant-funded student internship program, launched new programs ranging from the new The Candidate blog to internship boot camp, and has counseled hundreds of students in career planning. You may recall that last year, she received the Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders. We will seek a new internship program leader.

 

Welcome to the MC community! Jamie V. Salazar, Admissions Counselor; Heather J. Brainard, Custodian; Lynn M. Beery, Temporary Admissions Caller

 

Our pastor in waiting, Steve Crain, will lead worship and give the reflections at chapel for Ash Wednesday. As usual, all are invited to the 10 a.m. service in Petersime Chapel. Steve begins his calling at Manchester on July 1; here’s the story.

 

Save the date for the International Buffet … in our new College Union!  Sunday, April 15 is the date for the International Buffet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Note the event is rescheduled from March 11.

 

Canceled classes and field trips are reported on the web, with a link on the Current Students page. Faculty call the Dean’s Office for absences, x5051 or submit a field trip application online at least one week before the trip.

 

A reception for alumni artist Karen Klimpert ’85, whose work is currently on display in Link Gallery, is at 3 p.m. on Feb. 24, in the gallery. Here’s a link about her.

 

Manchester College Community Club will hear about Koinonia in Action from Sue Gnagy at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 in the Oakwood Hall great room. Reservations ($9 meal) are due by March 2 to Mary/Wilson Lutz, 982-6754 or Phyllis/Art Hunn, 982-9640.

 

Human Resources

Faculty and staff openings: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences/Athletic Trainer, Campus Security Officer, Plumbing and Electrical Generalist

Go to job descriptions

 

 TIAA-CREF reps are on campus April 3-4 for personal financial counseling about consolidating our assets, developing investment strategies, comparing options for lifetime income and to talk about the impact of inflation and taxes on our retirement income. To schedule a counseling session: online at www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or call Jackie Whiteley at 877-267-4507.

 

 

 

 

Take me to Spartan Weekly!

MC's weekly update by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director

 

 Our No. 1 women’s basketball team hosts the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament this weekend. Read all about them.

 

 

 

 

 

Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs

When roads are bad, faculty and staff trapped in North Manchester may find a room in East or Schwalm residence halls, first-come, first-served through Conference Services. If it's a weather emergency, there is no charge to us. Contact Alexis Young at x5246 or Jeff Kock at x5247 to reserve a room.

We begin Round Table Discussions for faculty and staff to meet with members of the Cabinet on Monday, Feb. 26 … with a discussion about fund-raising for the College hosted by Michael Eastman, vice president for College advancement. We’ll gather 2 to 3 p.m. in Science Center 101 for “Fundraising: It’s All About Cash.” We’ll have a 20-minute presentation, followed by Q & A.

 

Here’s a link to the spring convocation schedule. Just click on the schedule for individual programs.

  

Faculty Professional Development meetings (below) begin at 10 a.m. on select Fridays, in Flory Auditorium of the Science Center :

             March 2 – The New FYC

 

Faculty Business Meetings begin at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Friday, in Flory Auditorium. If insufficient agenda items, the meeting will be canceled:

                        April 13

Feb. 23             April 27

March 9            May 11

 

Mark your calendars! for the all-staff meetings, when we’ll recognize service, learn what's going on, do a Q&A with President Switzer and chuckle a bit, although not necessarily in that order. All of the 45-minute meetings start promptly at 8 a.m., with coffee and sweets the half-hour beforehand to give us a chance to chat up folks from other parts of campus we rarely see.

                               Thursday, March 22 (spring break)

                               Thursday, June 28

                               Thursday, Oct. 18 (fall break)

 

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