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Applause!
Applause!
Scott Strode (communication studies) and Charles Boebel (emeritus
English) are taking Charles’ one-act play
Neighbor Tarkington on the road for their part in the North
Manchester “Community Read” of Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer Prize
novel The Magnificent
Ambersons. Scott has performed for Timbercrest, Peabody and
North Manchester High School audiences … next up:
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9
Wine Recital Hall
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 15
North Manchester Public Library
(The Library
ignited “Everybody Reads” to commemorate its 100th anniversary.)
$9.9 million … that’s how much Manchester
College is awarding in academic scholarships for the 2008-09 school
year, including 198 to high-performing high school seniors. The
total scholarship amount sets an enormous record for the College.
Read more here or on our
home page.
Postage is on the ups, again. USPS, that is. Rates rise on
May 12. First Class will cost 42 cents, with an average of 3.5
percent increases for standard (bulk) mail. Prepare your budgets
accordingly.
Brown Fitness Center is getting a face-lift! We’ll install
the new equipment on Wednesday, March 26. Bidders have until 10 p.m.
tonight, Tuesday, March 25, to place their offers on the old
equipment. Winning bids will be notified Wednesday morning and must
collect their prizes from the sidewalk. All should be paid for,
removed Wednesday. Makes check payable to Manchester College.
Questions: Tami Hoagland,
x5390.
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Junior Melanie DeGrandchamp will receive the highest student honor
of the American Alliance for Health Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance at its national convention next month. She is 2008
Undergraduate Adapted Physical Education Student of the Year. “This
is a really special national award,” notes her mentor, Lana
Groombridge (exercise/sport sciences). “Only the very best receive
this recognition.” Read more
here.
Mark that calendar
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One more
chance for Aurora photos! The photographer will set up this
Wednesday, March 26 in the balcony over Haist Commons
in the College Union.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Peace activist Anna Baltzer, author of
Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied
Territories, is available for classroom visits,
gatherings on Friday, April 11. The former Fulbright scholar and
granddaughter of Holocaust survivors is a three-time volunteer with
the International women’s Peace Service.
Click here for more
about her. Contact campus pastor,
Steve Crain x5243, to
hook up with her.
April 9-18. That’s when students register for 2008 summer and
fall and 2009 January and spring classes. Students have received
their course request forms. Information available on the
Registrar’s web pages.
Summer forms available in the Registrar’s Office.
Cubs vs. the Reds. That’s the matchup for the quick 50 people
who register for our Alumni offering, A Day at Wrigley Field.
Chicago takes on Cincinnati on Thursday, July 10 and our group has
reserved infield seats in the upper deck. Cost is $60 for the ticket
and transportation. The bus departs the College Union at 8:30 a.m.;
returns 11 p.m. Contact the
Alumni Office,
x5223 or register online at:
www.onlinemanchester.org/cubs
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Thanks to three MC scientists who helped more than 120 area
high school scholars consider global warming and other environmental
issues at the Rotary World Affairs Conference earlier this month.
Following a video presentation by Purdue University scientists,
Jerry Sweeten, Jeff Osborne and David Hicks shared their knowledge
and various treasures with the rapt youths.
More Advising
and Registration Days …
we’ve added another date to the schedule for our
new students to meet one-on-one with faculty, settle
financial details, smile for their ID photos and register for
classes. Here’s the schedule:
June 3, June 10,
June 17, June
26
July 1
August 19
Are you bilingual? Campus Safety and Security maintains a
list of local volunteers, who may be called upon to interpret for
College and local public safety officials. Interpreters may be
called at odd times, as emergencies occur at all hours. To
volunteer, contact Karen
Burns, x5001.
Learning. Benson Onyeji (political science) will attend the
49th annual convention of International Studies Association in San
Francisco on March 26-29 AND he will deliver the keynote address,
“Another Africa,” on April 1 for the celebration of the new Wabash
College chapter of Africa
Network, which promotes the study of Africa in the nation’s
liberal arts institutions.
More presenters at Governor’s Conference … We left out
Korinne Gust (education) and sophomore education major Kelsey Morris
presented "Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in Service for the
Community." They focused on the work our students do with Partners
in Learning, an after-school tutoring program at Manchester
Elementary and Junior High schools, and their work with the Wabash
ARC clients.
Nine psychology students and three faculty members will present
posters at the 20th annual
convention of the Association for
Psychological Science on May 22-25 in Chicago. Their titles are
links, if you’d like to read the abstract:
Education for Conflict Resolution in a Prison Population,
students Zach D. Miller, Aubree A. Walgamuth, Amy M. Bricker and
Danielle R. Walker, with Marcie Coulter-Kern (psychology)
Learning Communities Benefit Students' Socialization in a College,
students Natasha W. Miller, Heather D. Hannan, Latefa H. Abdel-Khaleq
and Patricia G. Thacker, with Marcie
Practice With Feedback Versus Practice Only in the Development of
Mediation Skills, student Lindsey Bryant with Rusty Coulter-Kern
(psychology)
A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Religious Faith and Student
Experiences in a Service-Learning Course, Lindsey Bryant, with
Rusty and Barbara J. Burdge (social work)
Blogging for Thomas Marshall …We’ve opportunity to pitch in
our 2 cents to help the community woo an $8,500 grant from General
Mills and Hamburger Helper to complete the final phase of the Thomas
Marshall Restoration Project. The North Manchester community already
has invested countless hours of volunteer labor, fund-raisers and
$57,000 in local dollars toward restoration of the birthplace home
of our 27th president, now located next to the public library on
Market Street.
Here’s the link to lend verbal support to the grant proposal.
The website is My Hometown Helper.com.
Human Resources
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Faculty and Staff Openings: Assistant Professor of Music,
Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Professor of Asian
History, Assistant/Associate Professor of Computer Science,
Residence Hall Directors, Admissions Counselor, Publications
Assistant (part-time), Women’s Softball Head Coach, Women’s Soccer
Head Coach
Go to job descriptions
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MC's weekly update by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director
Oldies but
goodies from recent MEMOs
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Don’t wait! 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 the instructions. We 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
It only takes a minute to fill out our Emergency Medical Card
online. Just
click here, and you’re almost done! Health Services then can
quickly reference our notes if we suffer a medical emergency on
campus. Or, stop by Health Services in Calvin Ulrey 114 to verify,
update your card.
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More MC at the Governor’s Conference. Jim Riley (education)
will present on service learning at the conference, and three
students will co-present on operating a student-run office on
volunteerism: senior accounting major Jeremy Raymond, sophomore
political science major Katie Garrett-Diener and sophomore Alyson
Edwards.
AND! Senior Tim Polakowski will receive the 2008 Richard J.
Wood Student Community Commitment Award. The judges were most
impressed with Tim’s community involvement, particularly the
Hispanic Resource Manual
he created in collaboration with Professor Ingrid Rogers. (This
marks the second time a Manchester student has received the honor,
Huong Nguyen was the 2005 recipient.)
Mark that calendar
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Save the date: Monday, May 12, when we will honor faculty
members who will retire (and have retired) this school year.
Details about the evening
event to come.
A new Gallery G show is going
up over spring break, of portraits and figure drawings by
our own Jim Adams. (Expect another show later this spring of his
paintings.) More details to come.
Manchester Investment Club will meet at 3 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 26 in Haist Commons of the College Union. There will be funds
to invest. Prospective faculty and staff members are welcome.
Grab your apron and tongs, it’s Cook-Off time. Friday, April
4 is the date for the 2nd Annual Chartwells BBQ Ribs or Chicken
Cook-Off. There’s room for 10 teams of faculty, staff, students (or
any combination thereof). Details to come.
Peace Studies vs. Accounting and Business teams are forming
for the annual tipoff at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 on the PERC
basketball court. Recruiting is under way.
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Our Habitat for Humanity team embarks at 10 a.m. tomorrow
(Saturday, March 15) for Kentucky where they will participate in a
work camp in Lexington. This is the 22st trip South for the MC
Hammers, led by Brad Yoder (sociology/social work). They’re
expecting to return experienced roofers, notes Joy Groninger
(publications/design), who is joining the trip to help make home
ownership available for needy families.
The Manchester College Jazz Band will join our Chamber Singers for a
spring performance and recruiting trip.
At Last
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Jazz from Manchester College
begins March 27 in Warsaw
and concludes
March 31 in Washington, D.C., performing at eight or nine
schools and churches. More to come.
MC joins Community Read. Fifty free copies of Booth
Tarkington's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel The Magnificent
Ambersons are available in the Campus Store for students,
faculty and staff wishing to participate in the Community Read. The
read marks the 100th anniversary of North Manchester
Public Library. Community residents also can collect free copies of
the paperback at the Public Library, or check out audio copies,
beginning March 15. You’ll want to read the book before the events,
which include a April 17 lecture and discussion of the book led by
Donald Gray, IU English professor emeritus,
and …
Neighbor Tarkington,
a one-act play staring Scott Strode (theatre) and written by Charles
Boebel (professor emeritus English) is scheduled for
five local performances:
March 24
Timbercrest, 2 p.m.
March 26
North Manchester High School, 12:30 p.m.
Peabody, 3 p.m.
April 9
Wine Recital Hall, 7 p.m.
April 15
Public Library, 7 p.m.
Another bogus message is appearing in our mailboxes:
From: EDU ACCOUNT UPGRADE TEAM
[mailto:arippy@purdue.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 7:17 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: FINAL VERIFICATION OF YOUR EMAIL
ACCOUNT
CHET Outfitters discount cards, clothing, mugs, and fleece blankets.
For those who do not make it to the sales table in the College
Union, the annual marketing drive is under way by students in Tim
Ogden’s Case Studies in Business class. Sales this year will benefit
rebuilding The FireHouse. Typically, the students raise several
thousand dollars for area non-profits. Staff and faculty
particularly appreciate the $5 Chet Cards for discounts at local
restaurants, bowling alleys in Warsaw and Huntington, etc.
Spring Break PERC schedule:
Friday, March 14: 6 a.m. to 2 p..m.; 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 15: 1-4 p.m.
Palm Sunday, March 16: Closed
Monday-Thursday, March 17-21: 11:00
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; 4 to 6 p.m.
Good Friday, March 21: Closed
Saturday, March 22: 1 to 4 p.m.
Easter Sunday, March 23: Closed
Monday, March 24: Return to normal schedule
Library Spring Break schedule is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, closed Good Friday and both weekends.
Students have a new Health Services schedule. Beginning March
24, Health services will see walk-in students weekdays from 8:30 to
11 a.m., with appointments scheduled 1 to 4 p.m.
For a copy of the Health Fair questionnaire,
click here.
Human Resources
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Faculty and Staff Openings: Assistant Professor of Music,
Assistant Professor of Economics (2), Assistant Professor of Asian
History, Assistant/Associate Professor of Computer Science,
Residence Hall Director (2), Admissions Counselor, Publications
Assistant (part-time)
Go to job descriptions
Take me to Spartan Weekly!
MC's weekly update by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director
Oldies but
goodies from recent MEMOs ...
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.
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
