Spartan athletics rule!!!!
MC has won the HCAC Commissioner’s Cup,
for
compiling the most points in all sports. It’s a brand-new trophy
… for the best of the best in the conference. (We topped
Anderson by two points.) Our women won the All-Sports trophy and
our men took third in their All-Sports competition. All of the
teams suited up for a big, honkin’ photo last night.
Show me The Big Picture!
Out! Out! … of the College Union.
As we prepare for the gutting, gritting, gussying up of our
gathering spot, we must move out what is in. We are temporarily
moving lower Union offices, etc. into Holl-Kintner. Once
construction is complete, they’ll move back to the Union.
Conference Services phones are not available during their move,
but we can still leave messages. Here’s the move schedule:
This week: Conferences Services moves into Holl-Kintner
102-103
Student Activities Center moves into Holl-Kintner 207-208
May 22 week: Post Office moves to Holl-Kintner 108
ATM machine, newspaper racks move to Holl-Kintner lobby
Sabbaticals will take 11 of our faculty on fascinating journeys,
from the
Old Testament to Mexico to Marxist theory to Cleveland to
mathematical history to Stonehenge. Here’s who’s off to learn,
compose, research, write, explore, refresh … and bring new
horizons to our students:
Fall 2006:
Andrew Rich
Fall 2006
and January 2007:
Greg Clark, Katharine Ings, Debra Lynn, Lynne Margolies
January and
Spring 2007:
Bob Bowman, Robert Pettit, Doris Stephenson, Katherine
Tinsley
Full year
2006-2007:
Mark Bryant, Terrie Salupo-Bryant
Way cool web
page of the week.
OK, OK, so we’re not all
this creative. But our
Department of Art has some great ideas and links. Consider
this yet another gentle reminder to update your web pages …
especially events and
recognitions. Many still have 2004-05 schedules and events.
Don’t wait until fall … let’s keep those trolling potential
students and alumni hooked on us!
Contact Webmaster Dan Chudzynski for help.
Shanon Green will direct Campus Activities and Orientation,
joining us in early June. Shanon has a master’s in guidance and
counseling from Bowling Green. She is director of experiential
learning at University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, and
worked at Huntington University in career services, financial
aid and admissions. She also has counseled at the Youth
Improvement Center in Columbia City and for Family Support
Services of Northern Indiana.
In a unique collaboration among MC’s departments,
we are bringing alumnus Jim Falkiner back to
campus as the Mark
E. Johnston Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies. He also will
serve as senior development officer, focusing on Pathways fund
development, and setting up digs in College Advancement. A
former Kendallville ice cream entrepreneur, Jim is associate
director of MBA program career development for the Gigot Center
for Entrepreneurial Studies in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of
Business. At MC, he will craft an entrepreneurial program unique
to our mission, dedicated to graduating change-makers. He will
begin teaching at MC in spring 2007. Watch for him in early
July!
Have you made
your calendar reservations yet?
The deadline is Friday, May 12. Like, tomorrow! Jennifer Vincent
sent us reservation forms, and a calendar of important events.
Do not write your event on the calendar, just on the reservation
form. Not sure about the date? Leave it off. Questions:
Jennifer Vincent, x5029. E-mail or snail your forms to Jen
in Student Activities.
.... Mark Bryant and Terrie Salupo-Bryant (chemistry) needed a little help
digging into the College Union groundbreaking.
Picnic!
Picnic! Why? Because we’re appreciated!
Because we
like to play! And eat! And get into a little mischief!
Mark your
calendars for the annual Staff
Appreciation Picnic the afternoon of Wednesday,
June 14. Details about the times, events, etc., to come …
Have you posted your summer jobs yet?
Better scramble right now and contact
Carrie Makin in HR! Students are anxious to find summer
employment and time is a-running out!
Pay for students working on campus this summer is $6.50. Every
student who plans to work on campus needs to complete a new
yellow eligibility card before May 19. In addition, student
employees again have the opportunity to earn a 50 cent/hour
bonus (up to $200) and to receive credit for double-occupancy
housing on campus by completing 380 hours of employment this
summer.
It’s benefit
enrollment time!
That means we have between May 15 and May 26 to make changes, effective
June 1, 2006 to Jan. 1, 2007. (We’ll enroll again in December to
get all health care benefits on the same calendar.) Crysta
Borden already has e-mailed us all the forms, health and dental.
Fill out the enrollment or change forms and deliver them to her
in HR by May 26. Expect changes in our co-pays and coverages, as
the College deals with rising insurance costs, but for the rest
of this calendar year, our
premiums will not rise! Questions? Contact
Crysta Borden at x5288.
Ø
Office visits increase to $20. (They were $15)
Ø
Referral no longer needed to see specialists (pre-certification
still for some services)
Ø
Alternative health care now covered (homeopathy, biofeedback,
hypnosis, etc.)
Ø
ER co-pays increase to $100. (They were $75)
Ø
Urgent Care co-pay doubles to $30
Meet the candidates … for director of multicultural services and
campus diversity:
Two finalists will discuss “How an effective multicultural and
diversity education assists students in becoming good citizens”
in open forums at 3 p.m. in Flory Auditorium. We have a
candidate today, Thursday, May 11, and another on Monday, May
15. We are invited.
PERC and the Fitness Center schedules change soon, as we wind down this school year and dip into
summer. Usual hours continue through next Wednesday, May 17.
Then we need to accommodate commencement setup. Summer hours
begin Tuesday, May 23. Here’s the schedule, from our keeper of
the PERC,
Wayne Chadwick:
Thursday, May 18 Close at 3
p.m.
Friday, May 19 Noon to 3
p.m.
Saturday, May 20 through
Monday, May 22 Closed
Summer Schedule (Begins Tuesday, May 23)
Monday – Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
4:30 p.m. to 7
p.m.
Saturday – Sunday Closed
We know Liz Bushnell is a great leader; soon the whole state will know.
Our
associate director of Career Services will receive the
prestigious Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders at
the Indiana Leadership Summit on June 8 in Indianapolis hosted
by the Indiana Humanities Council. She’ll shake the gov’s hand
and receive $1,000 for a scholarship or donation to the charity
of her choice. Liz is a role model and inspiration to her peers
and to all citizens of the state, says the Council.
Congratulations, Liz!
There’s good news and bad news in this message.
First the good
news: Many know that Jolane Rohr resigned recently as director
of admissions (that’s not the good news). Our recent search did
not turn up an acceptable candidate (still not the good news).
When asked if she would reconsider her resignation and stay,
Jolane agreed (THAT’S the good news!!!!). Her family is working
out the distance-travel-work thing. We won’t be having a
big going away party (no party is the bad news, no “going away”
is still good news).
Congratulations to Heather Twomey and Korrine Gust on your promotions!
Heather now is tenured and an associate professor of accounting
and business. Korrine now is assistant professor of education.
We’ll collectively celebrate Korrine’s completion of her
Ph.D. from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, May 15, in the Ad Building
hallway outside the Education Office.
Looking for
Janine Fey Luchenbill?
Figure she has
moved yet again as College Advancement plays more musical
offices? Nope. Our development associate of almost four years
has moved on …. to lead development for White’s Residential and
Family Services in Wabash.
Another op-ed
piece co-authored by Neil Wollman (psychology/peace studies) is
getting play in web media, via UPI, including in the
Washington Times, the Israel Herald and My Space:
“Destroying to Save.” Here’s a link to one of the sites:
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20060506-101420-5991r.htm
The Manchester
Investment Club
will have its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17 in
the Oaks or other available Union space. We will have money to
invest. The per-share yearly growth was 10.6 percent as of March
31. Prospective faculty and staff are welcome. The cash ice
cream bar is always available.
Wow!
Yea!
Kudos
You’re Awesome! Thanks!
A
compliment from a STUDENT! Read on ….
“I
just want to give Kudos to
Deb Hustin in ITS for all the great help she has given me with fixing
computers for the Spectrum as well as making sure we had
our website back up. It’s all such a great help!
Thanks!!!! --
Kathryn Hinga (junior English major, Residence Hall Association)
Campus Security Staff,
thank you for all you do day in and day out. Many of you have
been involved with the past weekend’s events or in the follow-up
issues. So much of what you do is very time-consuming and
thankless! You are greatly appreciated.
You, too, can … and should …
nominate an awesome colleague for Kudos!
Send it to
kudos@manchester.edu
Human
Resources
Faculty and Staff Openings:
Director of Performing Arts, Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Exercise and Sports
Sciences/Athletic Training Faculty, Assistant Professor of
Education, Plowshares Managing Editor, Assistant Men's Basketball
Coach, Tennis Coach Intern, Director of Multicultural Services
and Campus Diversity, Director of The Manchester Fund,
Development Officer, Administrative Assistant to the Vice
President and Dean for Academic Affairs, Admissions Counselor,
Custodian
Go to job descriptions
Take me to Spartan Weekly!
MC's weekly
update by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs …
It’s time to turn in our library materials.
Let’s help our Funderburg Library folks breeze through their
end-of-year circulations tasks – return all Library materials
by Sunday, May 21
and
watch their smiles grow brighter – item by item! Faculty may
renew by phone or email Library materials checked out during
2006. Those materials checked out before 2006 need to go
back to the Library for inventory and a quick renewal. Faculty
retiring or not returning to the College are asked to pick up
any personal reserve materials. Questions? Lost materials?
Conact our Circulation Queen, Linda Richards, x5363.
Mark your calendars for another sob fest,
a fond farewell for Peter Gitau and Jennifer Vincent on Tuesday,
May 16 in the Physicians Atrium of the Science Center. The party
runs 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. Hope you can join!
Got regular
meeting date? An event to plan?
It’s that time of year again to plan
ahead and submit our facilities reservations for
the coming year. Paula Finton
is asking that we get our reservations in as soon as possible.
It’s first-come, first-served.
email only, to facilitate record keeping, with facility,
date, start and end times, event title, Start with our
virtual events calendar (click on Browse Events) to see if
the facility is available. Questions:
Paula Finton, x5551. Can’t get into the events calendar?
Contact the HelpDesk.
Golf cheaply, thanks to a friend.
In
the interest of wellness, a gift again is partially underwriting
Sycamore Golf Club corporate membership for full-time employees
of Manchester College. The membership covers green fees for
unlimited play. Employees pay on a sliding scale based on
their College income:
·
$50
per year if your income from the College is less than $25,000
·
$100 per year if between $25,000 and $35,000
·
$150 per year if over $35,000
MC
employees can get a family annual membership by paying an
additional $200 directly to Sycamore Golf Club. Individual
memberships are regularly $550 and family memberships regularly
$750 per year. Pay in our Business Office. Sounds too good to
be true? Dave McFadden at x5226 will make a believer out of you.
Mark your
calendars! for the all-staff meetings, intended to update us on College issues
and to strengthen our sense of unity and commitment to the
Mission. At these meetings, we’ll also recognize service, do a
Q&A with President Switzer and chuckle a bit, although not
necessarily in that order. All of the 45-minute meetings will
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.
Tuesday, August 8
Thursday, October 19
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