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Alumni Days are next up … and we’re
invited,
especially to join in applause of the Alumni Honor Award recipients
at a reception and banquet on Thursday, May 29. Honorees are Nelda
Rhoades ’73 Clark, Robert Curry ’76,
Nadine S. Pence
’76,
Eric Huffman ’71 and Michael L.
Kelly ’70. More than 100 guests already are registered.
Staff/faculty tickets are complementary, just let the
Alumni Office
know you plan to attend. A guest is included in the invitation. AND,
the 50th reunion of the Class of 1958 has at least 100 registered
for a full schedule of events. Also gathering are at least 60 alumni
and friends of the Classes of 1938, 1943, 1948 and 1953.
Here’s a link to the
schedule.
Dave Friermood is on the mend
after successful surgery last week. He’s roaming the halls, wanting
to be with us, and just plain antsy … but behaving because he has no
choice. He’s in Room 3727 at Indiana University Hospital, 550
University Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN. Here’s his room number:
317-274-9236. His church and the College will coordinate plans for
his care when he comes home, but no details yet.
To offer to pitch in, contact
Chris Garber, but wait
a couple of days, until we know when Dave’s coming home.
Budgets are due May 23 to
Jenny Steele in the
Business Office. Our U Drive, in the BUSINESS
folder, has instructions for MC Connect, the 2008-2009 Budget
Request Form and definitions of general ledger expense accounts. We
all should have our budget input forms (with current-year amounts
through March). Fill them in and submit them by May 23. Cabinet
supervisors will work from those forms.
Dean’s Award for Excellence.
These 10 faculty members soared above and beyond the call in so many
ways this past school year. Dean Sharfman told faculty at the
awarding of $1,000 to each of the 10 recipients: “This decision of
whom to select is among the most agonizing that I make because I
know how many of you offer so much to Manchester College.” Honored:
Jim Brumbaugh-Smith (mathematics/computer science), Rusty
Coulter-Kern (psychology), Josh Dzurick (exercise/sport sciences,
women’s basketball), Mark Huntington (exercise/sport sciences),
Susan Klein (chemistry), Tim Ogden (accounting/business), Jena Oke
(art), Stacy Stetzel (education), Jerry Sweeten (biology) and
Jonathan Watson (English).
Faculty Ambassadors Extraordinaire.
Enrollment management has honored three faculty members for truly going that extra mile in recruiting new students –
from telephone calls to e-mails, campus visits, letters and
persistence. Receiving much applause and $500 each: Tim Ogden
(accounting/business), Stacy Stetzel (education) and Debra Lynn
(music). Thanks!
Transitions
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Kendall
Rogers
completes 29 years with the College this month, and
enters another phase of his academic career, as professor of
historical studies at Bethany Theological Seminary. Kendall, a
Manchester graduate, has accomplished a string of impressive
publications, and courses in religion and philosophy. His legacy is
crowned by our success in the Fulbright program. Under his
leadership, 25 graduates have received Fulbright scholarships,
garnering one of the highest per-student ratios in the nation.
Faculty retirements total 231 years
of service. In case you missed some of the announcements,
six faculty members have retired or will retire at the end of this
school year: Jim Adams (art), Lana Groombridge (exercise/sport
sciences), Ingrid Rogers (modern languages), Chuck Stanton
(mathematics/computer science), Scott Strode (communication studies)
and Tom Jarman (exercise/sport sciences). The Board of Trustees has
awarded emeriti status to all six.
Mark that calendar
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Take a break in Muir Peace Gardens,
and exchange plants at 10 a.m. Friday, May 23. Bring
plant starts to exchange or just come to enjoy the sun, the gardens
and the lemonade. Brought to us by SOC.
General education, sliced with a
sandwich buffet … that’s what’s on the agenda for the
faculty meeting from 1 to 5 p.m. this Thursday, May 15, starting in
the Lahman Room of the College Union.
Course evaluation deadline is this
Friday, May 16.
Students received the evaluation via email. Please remind
them we crave their feedback, and that faculty do not have access to
their responses, just the compilations. Only 62 percent in so far.
Food, fun and, oh yes … grades!
The hard deadline for hard copies of grades is 5 p.m. Monday, May
19. MCConnect is now open for grade entry; that deadline is 4:30
p.m. next Monday. Treats in the Registrar’s office – stop by!
Questions: x5234.
Notable
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Rob Gratz, 25 years and counting.
Faculty honored our versatile, and good-humored librarian for his
service last Friday. From his cinder track records, to his organ
playing here and abroad to library renovation challenges, his
accomplishments are many and extraordinary!
Students
“Picture the World” in a Link Gallery exhibit through May
20. The exhibition features photographs by students who studied
off-campus this past year … in Chicago, Indianapolis, or anywhere in
the world. →
Funderburg Library summer schedule
begins this Friday, May 16:
Monday through Friday – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed weekends and holidays
Golf Sycamore without green
fees! Manchester College has renewed its faculty and staff, corporate
golf club membership at Sycamore Golf Course for the 2008
season. Cart fees still apply. Employees may add a spouse or
additional family member for $150 or a complete family membership
for $250 per year. (Pay family memberships at the golf course, not
the College.)
Additional Change of Course Days
this week, May 12-15. Students
may change their Fall 2008 and January 2009 classes on these
days, and avoid the lines on the first day of classes. Classes are
posted on the Registrar’s
website.
New
classes added for Fall 2008:
CHEM
101 Chemical Science (GE-J2): MW 6:30 – 7: 45 PM
ECON
115 Economic Concepts (GE-K1): MWF 2 – 2:50 PM
New
class added for January 2009:
HIST
T20 The Samurai (GE-M2): M-F 1-3:50 PM
About that 7.5 earthquake in China …
We have no students in the BCA program in Dalian, China at this
time. The quake was near Chengdu, not near the northeast coast city
of Dalian. Thanks for the update, Thelma!
Send classroom and other academic
room requests for fall semester to Registrar Lila. She
needs to know your needs: moveable chairs/desks, rooms with tables,
smart rooms, etc. Don’t assume she’ll remember your preferences.
First-come, first-served.
Here’s the Registrar’s e-mail.
The year isn’t over for two MC
choirs that embark
Monday for a Michigan tour. They’ll perform in churches in Onekama,
Lansing, Freeport and Kalamazoo, returning May 24.
Here’s the link to the
story.
Student Alumni Council needs our
help … with recommendations of students who will help us
engage alumni, donors and other friends of the College. Campus
leaders, students who are experiencing “all that is Manchester,” you
get the idea. The Council organizes and participates in many events,
from Homecoming, alumni gatherings and 101 Days to Commencement to
projects. Suggest names
to Student Alumni Council advisor
Lisa Gregory (alumni
affairs), x5203.
Glenn
Sharfman will join other chief academic officers across the
country for the 2008-2009 ACE Institute of the American
Council on Education. They’ll meet first the last weekend of July
near Minneapolis, then again in early February in D.C. and finally
in mid-June 2009 in Los Angeles.
Stonehenge … the musical composition
by Debra Lynn (music) inspired by her sabbatical last year, was
performed April 24 during Huntington University’s “British Invasion”
concert. Debra gave a brief talk about the piece beforehand.
MC at NCAA. Junior
athletic training major Stephanie Rion (volleyball) and senior
exercise science major DeRon Jenkins (football) will represent
Manchester College at this NCAA conference in Florida at the end of
May, guests of the NCAA. Thanks, Kendra Marlowe (volleyball,
exercise/sport sciences), for coordinating our nominations!
Indianapolis Peace Institute offers
a new blog to discuss the work of the Institute and
address issues that face the peacebuilding community.
Click
here. We also can subscribe to the
RSS
feed of the blog. Updates occur each Friday. Those who have topic
suggestions or wish to contribute, connect with
Kate
Williams, projects coordinator at Indianapolis Peace Institute.
Francine’s Friends mobile
mammography coach will be at Peabody Retirement Community
from 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3, in collaboration
with Parkview Health Systems. Women with insurance can simply
provide coverage information and their provider will be billed
directly. Appointments
required: 800-727-8439 or 260-483-1837, x26540.
Human Resources
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Faculty and Staff Openings:
Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Professor of Education
(one-year), Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences,
Human Resources Generalist/Recruiter, Residence Hall Directors,
Admissions Counselor, Assistant Director of Career
Services/Counselor, Student Accounts Specialist, Campus Security
Officer, Programmer Analyst, Women’s Soccer Head Coach, Women’s
Softball Head Coach, Peace Studies and Religious Life Intern, Paint
Crew Supervisor (summer)
Go to job descriptions
Take me to Spartan Weekly!
MC's weekly update by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director
Manchester captured our
fourth-straight HCAC conference Women's All-Sports Trophy,
based on our women’s team placings in the conference standings.
Here’s
the story.
Oldies but goodies from recent MEMOs
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Submit
maintenance requests online!
Just click here, and you’ll arrive at a page that requests your
full e-mail address. The first time you click Submit, “SchoolDude”
will prompt you for your last name and other details. Please, do not
“test drive” the form unless you have a work request! Questions:
Sue Lewis
(maintenance), x5061.
Here’s a link to the instructions that also are on our U Drive
under work orders;
note that the actual work order password isn’t what
you think it is.
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