News to know
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It’s March, it’s NCAA basketball, and we’re there … tonight!
Our Spartans play No. 4 University of
Wisconsin
at Whitewater tonight, a public school with almost 10,000 students.
The regional contest is at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, with a
6 p.m. CST tipoff tonight. Listen to the game on WBKE-FM 89.5 or
on the web at
wbke.manchester.edu.
Here’s the story and link to tourney details!
Eracleo Vallejo is a wild card in the NCAA National Championships this
weekend in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. Wrestling at 125 pounds, senior Vallejo had a bye on the first
round. The contest began at 11 a.m. today.
Here’s our story.
Here’s the tournament web site: http://www.coe.edu/ncaawrestling/
Please! Sign up to
receive emergency alerts on your phones, cells. We will NOT use this system except for dire emergency, but it WILL help
us speed urgent messages should we face a crisis on campus. Log into
MC Connect and follow step-by-step instructions to receive urgent
messages. We already have your office phones. To receive text
messages on your cell phones, pagers and other wireless devices, we
will need your e-mail wireless address AND your phone numbers.
Example: Centennial Wireless =
tendigitphonenumber@cwemail.com
(tendigitphonenumber = your wireless phone number)
For other wireless providers,
click
here
Still confused? Visit the
Sign Me Up table 10:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11 and Monday, March 24 in the
College Union.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday. Spring forward! Check
upcoming appointments carefully to ensure Outlook is properly
maintaining your schedule. Make sure appointments are in the correct
time slots. When correcting, you may only have to open the entire
series, click on the Recurrence button, and click OK and then click
on Save & Close.
Diversity and harassment sensitivity sessions for faculty and staff
are offered in four opportunities at the end of the month. All of
the 1½-hour sessions are in the Lahman Room of the upper Union.
Everybody must attend one of
the sessions; sign up
here.
Thursday, March 27 at 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 27 at 3 p.m.
Friday, March 28 at 8 a.m.
Friday, March 28 at 11 a.m.
Our facilitator is attorney Damon Sims from
Indiana
University will lead discussion about emerging issues in
discrimination law, campus climate at private colleges, issues
affecting students and best practices in diversity. Register by
March 14.
Tuition letters have gone out to students and their families.
Despite rising utility and other costs, we have held the overall
increase to less than 5 percent for 2008-09. Cabinet (not the
business office) has based this decision on strategic priorities and
budget realities.
MC
Hotmail brings bigger mailboxes for students.
The College will transition student e-mail to a
Manchester-branded Hotmail account at noon on Wednesday, March
12. Students will get 100 times more capacity in their mailboxes and
a new address:
username@spartans.manchester.edu. We will disable the
old student e-mail address on May 26.
Here’s the link to FAQs. Before the end of the current
semester, students need to forward their stored e-mail to their new
Hotmail account and notify senders of their new address
What does this mean for us? The Hotmail is just for students.
We get bigger Outlook mailboxes (and some other features) this
summer. We need to change any students in our personal Outlook
distribution lists to their
spartans.manchester.edu address. ITS will take care of
the distribution lists in the global address list.
Mark that calendar
...
The next All-Staff Meeting is next Thursday, March 13. Eats
and greets at 7:30 a.m., meeting at 8 a.m. in Wine Recital Hall.
Easter
Brunch Buffet is
Thursday, March 13 at
Chartwells. Here’s what’s on the yummy 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. menu:
Omelet Station
Stir Fry Station
Carved Ham
Lasagna
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Fettuccini Alfredo
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy
Scrambled Eggs
Green Bean Casserole
Shredded Hash browns
Corn Casserole
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Building Peace Between the United States and Iran is the
topic of Mark Johnson’s discussion at 4 p.m. Monday, March 10 in
Petersime Chapel lounge. Johnson
is executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Welcome to Manchester! Karl Gilbert, Lecturer of Music
Transitions
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After 16 years here, Martha Judge is moving closer to home
later this month as associate athletic director for
Monmouth
University in New Jersey. Martha has served the College as
assistant and associate athletic director, senior women’s
administrator, volleyball and women’s soccer coach (she began that
program) AND as head softball coach. She was 2001 HCAC Coach of the
Year. Notes Dean Sharfman: “We will sorely miss Martha’s compressive
knowledge of Division III athletics, her passion for her students’
success and her love for the College.
Farewell reception: 3-5 p.m. Thursday,
March 13 in the PERC
Kendra Marlowe will step into Martha’s cleats to lead our
softball program this spring.
Joe Messer
joins us next fall as assistant professor of accounting
and business. With an MBA from
Purdue
University, he has many accomplishments, including as top leadership of
DVO, Extremity Solutions in
Warsaw; Daehnfeldt Inc. international flower and vegetable breeding
company; and Organiks certified organic products. The North
Manchester resident serves on our President’s Advisory
Council. In a nutshell: “The Accounting and Business Department is
ecstatic to have Joe join their team,” notes Dean Sharfman.
Notable
...
Italy here they come! Jo and Dave Switzer are leading 34
alumni and friends on an 11-day tour of Italy, where the weather is
sure to be warmer. They cross the Atlantic tonight, en route to
Venice. Other stops include Florence, Sorrento, Pompeii and Rome.
The Switzers are no newcomers to Italy, where they have treated each
other to cooking classes.
We’ve ice, snow … and a final exam schedule! May 12 isn’t
that far away, and we’re ready for it with a schedule. The schedule
is on the Registrar’s page, or
right
here.
Corny Troyer the artist will discuss stained glass at the
SOC* Luncheon on Wednesday, March 12. The fun starts at noon in the
Speicher Room of the upper Union. Bring your lunch!
*Staff
Organizational Committee
Before signing any contracts … All contracts involving the
College and any outside vendor or business must be reviewed and
approved by our treasurer, Jack Gochenaur, before they are signed.
As you plan your project timetable, please allow two business days
for the review, and longer for complicated contracts.
Manchester’s future teachers continue to excel at the state
level. The MC chapter has received the “Local Excellence” award of
the Indiana Student Education Association. In addition, Kelsey
Morris was elected Region II representative for the 2008-09 state
board. (Kelsey is MC chapter president.) Jeanna Collins (state board
secretary) and Jenny Mevis (state board vice president) received
Outstanding Seniors awards and scholarships. Juniors Melanie
DeGrandchamp and Stacey Morris also received scholarships.
Congratulations to Katherine Tinsley (history), who will
serve as program chair of the 2009 annual meeting of the Indiana
Association of Historians. This year, she was a panelist on two
round table discussions – “Teaching History to History Teachers” and
“Keeping History Alive in the K-12 Classroom: What can Historians
Do?”
Thinking about submitting a grant proposal? Step 1 is contact
College Advancement. That helps ensure we are not seeking
conflicting grants from foundations, corporations and agencies that
could harm outcomes. College Advancement approval is routine,
assuming there are no conflicts with other applications.
Grant-seekers need to know:
·
All applications require approval by
both a cabinet member and the president prior to submission
to the funders.
·
All student/student organization
fund-raising must have the approval of the vice president for
College advancement.
·
The grant writer is responsible for
fulfilling reporting requirements.
·
Grant checks must be deposited
promptly with the Business Office.
·
The College is committed to adhering
to the high reporting standards the IRS sets for independent
colleges.
Contact Jay Nussel, x5211, in College
advancement with questions or for assistance in researching funding
sources.
College Union south lot parking, v.2. During daytime, it is a
visitor lot. The lot is closed to all parking from 3 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. year-round. Anybody (staff, faculty, students,
visitors) may park there between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.
Planning an event? Check our Virtual Events Calendar (VEMS)
first for event conflicts and facility availability.
Here’s a
direct link to the events calendar, or just type VEMS into your
browser. To make reservations online, create an account, it takes
only a second. E-mail last-minute requests and additional
information directly to
Paula Finton.
Donate an Easter basket or goodies for the annual Northeast
Indiana Alumni Directors Consortium Easter Basket Drive! Each
year, the group of eight colleges/universities delivers hundreds of
Easter baskets to SCAN Inc. (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect) in Fort
Wayne for distribution to area under-privileged children. Bring to
the Alumni Office commercially wrapped items (nothing homemade) to
be included in baskets. Student Alumni Council members will
create. Or, bring filled baskets. March 14 is the deadline.
Jump
start. Eight members of Sport, Health, and Physical
Education (SHAPE) club helped Manchester Elementary School
youngsters raise more than $1,100 in Jump Rope for Heart at
Manchester Elementary School. The project was in collaboration with
the Student Education Association’s Read Across America Day.
Human Resources
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Faculty and Staff Openings: Assistant Professor of Economics
(2), Assistant Professor of Asian History, Assistant Professor of
Music, Assistant/Associate Professor of Computer Science, Residence
Hall Director (2), Publications Assistant (part-time).
Go to job descriptions
More vacation! Well, actually, more vacation reporting, but
we got your attention, eh? Vacation accruals will occur each “per
pay period” beginning March 9. Payroll runs the 24th through the 8th
and the 9th through the 23rd. Awards will show up in the Benefits
section of EzLabor.
Wow! Yea!
Kudos You’re
Awesome! Thanks!
Kudos to
“unsung heroes” Elbert
Sammons and
Steve Walpole (physical plant). “They complete the “little”
jobs behind the scenes that make all of our work much more
efficient,” writes Lana Groombridge (exercise/sport sciences).
‘”From gluing on linoleum to hanging equipment hooks to attaching
door handles, Elbert and Steve work on behalf of us all. Thanks so
much!”
Fred Durden helped, too, when a physical plant team
came to the rescue of a suite of ill students recently. Thanks!
Take me to 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
