News to know
...
Master recruiters.
Kim Duchane (exercise, sport sciences), Jerry Sweeten (biology) and
Vicki Eastman (education) … were rather surprised to learn last
Friday that they are recipients of our Faculty Ambassador award for
their stupendous student recruitment efforts. Praised President
Switzer: “Your spirit of student-focused generosity with your time
is a model for all faculty. … I applaud your spirit of service in
support of these important – these ESSENTIAL – recruitment
initiatives.”
The next three
convocations are in the College Union.
These 10 a.m. Monday convocations will move to the Lahman and Hoff
conference rooms of the upper Union:
March 3 – Leonard Williams (political) and Brad Pyrah
(business/accounting) will debate
the intent of the 2nd
Amendment, which declares a well-regulated militia as "necessary to
the security of a free State" and prohibits infringement of "the
right of the people to keep and bear arms.
March 10
–
Political activist, poet, hip-hop historian Kevin Powell, author of
Someday We’ll All Be Free, inspired by
Hurricane Katrina,
the 2004 presidential election and September 11th
March 24 –
Prolific conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza, called one of the "top
young public-policy makers in the country" by Investor’s Business
Daily.
Manchester is
hosting juried student art from northeast Indiana
colleges and universities.
Seven MC students have work on display in
Gallery G for this consortium project.
Here’s a link to
the story, or go to our home page. See related Kudos below!
Below is Dean Sharfman checking out the oil painting that won the
show.
Gallery
G has new public hours.
During spring semester, when classes are in
session, the art gallery in the upper Union is open to the public 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 3 p.m. on Sundays.
Refer struggling
students through the SuccessNet website
and not via e-mail, please.
Here’s the link, or find it on the Faculty and Staff homepage.
Using the website helps ensure your key role in the heads-up process
gets the quickest response.
Transitions
...
Spanish faculty.
Carlos Arturo Yanez,
a native of Venezuela, will join us in the fall as an assistant
professor of Spanish. He has a bachelor’s degree from the
University of Los Andes, a master’s in education from University of
Toronto and a Ph.D. from University of Iowa, with graduate work in
linguistics, Latin American culture and foreign language
teaching. He has taught in secondary schools, universities in
Venezuela and most recently at Arkansas Tech.
Mark that calendar
...
Tuesdays with
Tara, and other health-conscious colleagues
interested in keeping a Food Journal. Did you know that keeping a
food journal for at least three months qualifies for staff wellness
points? Did you know that people who keep food journals lose more
weight and keep more weight off in the long run? Every Tuesday, noon
to 1 p.m. in the large conference room of Calvin Ulrey. Just show
up, with a journal and your lunch (if you want). Questions? x5306.
Spring brings
three Church of the Brethren guests to Petersime Chapel.
Each also is available for classroom visits and conversations.
Contact is Campus Pastor
Steve Crain.
Walt
Wiltschek (March 5-6): editor of The Messenger
David
Radcliff (March 12-13): director of New Community Project
Phil
Jones (April 21-25): director of CoB Witness,
Washington office
Want to teach an
off-campus course in January ’09?
Plan to attend an informational meeting at 4 p.m. on March 7 in Room
101 of Clark Computer Center.
Brethren Colleges Abroad is the topic of the Wednesday, March 5 gathering of the Manchester
Community Club. Four students will present after the buffet, which
begins at 6 p.m. in the Speicher Room of the College Union. All
readers of the MEMO are most welcome. Cost is $8.50 Reservations:
Leslie Pettit, 982-6136 or Ralph Royer/Barbara McFadden at
260-839-5693.
Notable
...
MC quoted.
Janet McElwee’s comments on how Manchester helps students create
personal statements for employment appeared in the latest issue of
the NACE Journal of the National Association of Colleges and
Employers for career services professionals.
How’s this for a SUCCESS center story?
One of our
students told Bonnie O’Connell:
You know I thought I would only have to talk with the
professor for about 10 minutes but we started talking and we talked
for almost an hour. It was great! She was really interested in
getting to know me and in helping me. I learned some things about
her too.”
Are you an author?
Writing Center Director
Tamara O’Hearn is compiling a bibliography of faculty and staff
writings, from cookbooks and children’s books to anthologies,
journals and histories that are available for purchase at
bookstores, Amazon.com, our Campus Store, etc. Self-published
authors, too. Deadline is March 1.
Religion and
Science Discussion Group.
Once again, faculty and staff are meeting for
conversation about issues at the interdisciplinary interface between
religion and science. (This counts as professional development for
faculty.) To be included in the e-mail notification/planning,
contact Campus Pastor
Steve Crain.
The Vagina Monologues
raised $360
from its full-house performance Feb. 16 to raise awareness about
violence against women and girls. Beneficiaries are the Hands of
Hope shelter for abused women and children and the Women of New
Orleans. About 30 women took the stage for the readings.
Wow! Yea!
Kudos You’re Awesome! Thanks!
Thanks to
Marcia Hicks,
Laura Badgett, Gary Heckman and
Elbert Sammons
for their quick response when we had an entire suite of ill
students. The crew checked it out mold concerns, including looking
at duct work and replacing a ceiling tile. However, they did not
stop there! They cleaned the students’ bathroom and swept carpet in
the entry. They wanted to help the students out because they were
too ill to clean the area themselves. – Tara Vogel (health
services)
“Chris
Schott (ITS) ... has gone out of
his way to help me understand the challenges, solve my problems and
give me advice on how to handle issues that may arise in the
future,” praises Jackie Nagila (multicultural services). “He is
patient (I do ask a lot of questions) and exhibits excellent
customer service. I feel very comfortable calling on him at any time
because I am confident that I will be treated with respect and he
will provide me with the best service possible.”
Kudos to
Ralph Lovett
(PERC custodian). Hanover’s head men’s basketball coach told
President Switzer on Saturday that
“whoever
is the custodian for this building does a fantastic job. It’s one of
the cleanest buildings we play in
– and
that includes the locker room! Please share my compliments with the
custodian.”
Kudos to
Thelma Rohrer for bringing
regional attention to the fine arts. Her leadership in getting the
northeast Indiana college and university student art competition to
our Gallery G for exhibition
brought
the awards ceremony
here also. More
than 60 student artists, faculty and families were at the gallery
last Saturday, and they were most impressed! The live music (David
Huppe) was
a great
touch. Thanks also to
Jena Oke
and
Jim Adams
for their hard work on this project and their on-going support!
Human Resources
…
Faculty and
staff openings: Assistant Professor of
Economics (2), Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Assistant
Professor of Music, Residence Hall Director (2)
Go to job descriptions
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Spartan Weekly
MC's weekly update by Doug Shoemaker,
sports information director
Oldies but
goodies from recent MEMOs ...
Those snow
stranded on campus
may want to take advantage of free, emergency housing available in
East and Schwalm halls. The guest rooms are available for weather
emergencies only, first-come, first-serve. Contact Conference
Services (x5551) during the work week or Security (x5999) after
hours.
What if weather forces us to cancel classes, or worse? As
long as students reside on campus, we never will “close” campus, of
course. But, if the weather indeed has impacted operation of the
College, we will send out an all-campus e-mail and put the news on
our home page,
www.manchester.edu.
AND, we will
alert area radio and TV stations
TV:
Channel 21 (Indiana’s NewsCenter), WANE-TV Channel 15 and Fox
Channel 55 in Fort Wayne; and WNDU TV Channel 16 in South Bend
Radio:
NIPR on WBOI/WBNI, WAJI 95.1, WLDE 101.7, WOWO 1190 in Fort Wayne;
WLZQ (Q101) in Warsaw; WKUZ 95.9 in Wabash
Personal development … Please keep the MEMO Lady in the loop
when you and/or your department “do” professional development ..
seminars, workshops, conferences, meetings, retreats, video
conferences, etc. Don’t be shy! Just zip
her an e-mail!
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