Great Scott!
Manchester stuffed $5,783.03
in Scott’s receipts in the box in the Education Office for the
ABCs for Education program. That collection, coordinated by our
Student Education Association, was combined with receipts from
friends and Portage Middle School families in Fort Wayne to
total almost $206,000. “We were able to purchase microscopes,
scanners and even two-way radios” with the resulting Scott’s
rewards, reports the ABC coordinator.
Pie, Fruit, and Muffin Day!
Bring pie, fruit or muffins to share and join us in the
garden level of the Ad Building tomorrow morning! SOC
will provide juice and coffee.
Wednesday, July 12
9 a.m. — Return as you wish!
Welcome party for newbies …
On Thursday, Aug. 24, we will greet those faculty and staff
members who have joined us since last September – with a Welcome
Reception in the Physicians Atrium of the Science Center. We’ll
have special appetizers, a short program and we all will
celebrate scores of newcomers to campus. Invitations will arrive
later this summer, but the reception is 4 to 6 p.m. with the
program at 5 p.m.
They’re back safely and enlightened about conflict
–
all 11 of our faculty and staff members who journeyed to Israel and
Palestine via Plowshares last month. The travelers: Julie Garber
(Plowshares), Tim McElwee (peace studies), Abby Fuller
(sociology), Brad Yoder (sociology), Brad Pyrah (accounting),
Susan Klein (chemistry), Janina Traxler (French), Dagny Boebel
(English), Jill Lichtsinn (library), Kim Duchene (exercise/sport
sciences) and Andy Rich (mathematics). The MC team represented a
variety of political leanings and academic disciplines. Previous
Plowshares trips were to Northern Ireland and Cuba.
Our faculty is changing, here’s how:
Joining us:
Kim Myers –
communication studies (one year)
Fred Weiser –
Spanish (L. Margolies’ fall sabbatical)
Stacy Stetzel –
education
Vicki Eastman –
education
Jim Falkiner – entrepreneurial studies
Ejenobo (Jena) Oke –
art
Katy Gray Brown –
philosophy and peace studies (January start)
Erin Foreman – athletic training
Jeff Beer –
athletic trainer
Anthony Fehre –
athletic trainer
Left
us:
Ken Brown
– philosophy and peace studies
Lee Krahenbühl
– communication studies
Lee Morse
– art
Bill Day
– accounting and business
Lindy Hill
– education
Adam West
– athletic trainer
Doug Garman
– athletic trainer
And: Jim Riley will chair the Department of Education and
direct student teaching; Thelma Rohrer will add the
Honors Program to her responsibilities
Have you seen the web pages for the
Department of Modern Languages?!!!
Tons of information for students and prospective students and
parents, or just the curious. Inspired? Then get crackin’ on
your department pages!
Susie Sharfman will continue this summer to gather
information to help update your pages and work with
Webmaster Dan. While some pages have the “look” and are
pretty nifty, they list club officers and activities, for
example, that are more than a year old.
40
cents … that’s our
new mileage rate for all personal vehicles (regardless of type),
effective July 1. It’s 42 cents for College-owned minivans and
52 cents for College-owned passenger vans.
About that
all-staff summer workshop.
Perhaps it is
appropriate that plans have changed for a way cool all-staff
workshop on change originally planned for early June. But lots
of scheduling conflicts are delaying the presentation. Stay
tuned.
FREE $$$ Remember, once employed by the College for two years, we are
eligible to receive a contribution from the College toward the
retirement plan TIAA-CREF. The College’s contribution is equal
to 7 percent of our gross earnings. However, these contributions
will not begin until we enroll. The cost to us is NOTHING, NADA,
ZIPPO, ZILTCH. Contact
Crysta Borden (x5288) for a TIAA-CREF enrollment packet.
Every day we wait past our two-year anniversary means money LOST
to us.
**Employees who would like to contribute to their retirement
plan may sign up at any time. There is NO waiting period to
begin contributing on your own through payroll deduction.
Contact Crysta for a Supplemental TIAA-CREF Retirement packet.
More newbies!
Eric R. Dougal, Men’s Assistant Basketball Coach (Sept. 1);
Ejenobo “Jena” R. Oke, Art Instructor (Sept. 1); Angela M. Panza,
Admissions Counselor (June 26)
Bet those socks stink!
If you haven’t cleaned out your locker in PERC, you’re in
trouble … All personal belongings had to be out of the lockers
before June 28 to make way for summer cleaning and painting.
Remaining locks have been or will be cut off. Claim your
clothing and other belongings in the Fitness Center. Questions?
Contact PERC coordinator,
Wayne Chadwick, x5358.
It’s time to
start thinking about the Battle of the Bands III, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, on the
College mall. This is the
third year the community (Wabash
County AACTION) and college is coming together to offer
music and fun for the entire family. Profanity or vulgar lyrics
or gestures are prohibited among contestants. No booze, no
drugs, just good family fun for all. Interested bands will want
to contact North Manchester Public Safety 982-8555 or
fax this form to 982-8645 or e-mail it to
wabashlcc@kconline.com (Rain site is Cordier Auditorium)
To the
Manchester College Community,
Thank you very
much for your kind words and comforting deeds at the time of the
passing of Dave’s father, Clyde Switzer. We feel the strength of
community and friendship and are enriched by it. – Dave
Switzer, Jo Young Switzer
Dear Friends
and Co-workers,
I wish to thank those of you who sent their prayers and
expressions of sympathy to me for the loss of my dad. The last
six months have been very difficult for me and my family – we
knew that it was a matter of time, and finally, that time
arrived on Friday, June 23rd at 9:05 a.m. As sad as
we are that we will no longer have him with us, we are also
thankful that he no longer has to suffer. The plant that was
sent from the College was beautiful, as were the many cards that
I received. I feel truly blessed to be part of such a caring
community. Thank you. – Jo Ellen Bradley
The Manchester
Investment Club
will meet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 19 in Funderburg Library.
There will be money to spend. The yearly per-share gain was 9.4
percent as of May 32, 2006. Prospective faculty and staff
members are welcome. – Richard Harshbarger, Treasurer
Human
Resources
Faculty and staff openings:
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Development Officer, Koinonia
Education Specialist, Administrative Assistant (Academic
Affairs/Music), Custodian, Campus Security Officer (part-time),
Assistant Wrestling Coach, Football Coach Intern, Tennis Coach
Intern (Men’s/Women’s), Volleyball Coach Intern, Track and Field
Intern
Go to job descriptions
Lots of
important HR stuff … Check it out:
New
Insurance Identification Cards, new ID numbers. Everyone should have received their new ID card
from Group Administrators by now. Please note that our
individual ID number HAS BEEN CHANGED to further protect our
privacy. Group Administrators no longer will use our Social
Security number as our ID number. Don’t forget to provide your
new ID number to your providers. Any claims made since June 1
must include your new identification number. Contact any
providers you have used since June 1 and provide them with your
new number.
To access the Group Administrators website
(www.groupadministrators.com),
enter your new ID number as your user ID and the last four
digits of your Social Security number the first time you log on.
You’ll then be prompted to change your password. (Those who
already have changed their password will retain that password;
only the user ID will change.)
Attendance Reports.
The attendance reports issued to non-exempt employees does NOT
contain wellness holiday information. If you have earned your
wellness holiday and have not used it, do so prior to Sept. 1.
This benefit day does not rollover. Turn in your wellness card
to your supervisor, who will turn in your card to the business
office when you elect to use your holiday.
FORMS! FORMS!
FORMS!
We said
we want more, and here it is! Human Resources has added forms to
the HR web page, for our convenience. And, forms are available
in the holder hanging outside the Office of Human Resources on
the second floor of Calvin Ulrey. What’s there? Well, for a
start, health insurance information, change of address forms and
tuition remission forms … there’s all kinds of forms! (well, for
a lot of us) Here’s the direct link, but we also can get there
through the HR home page:
http://www.manchester.edu/OHR/forms.htm
Want a
particular form put on our website? Contact Human Resources,
x5288
Wow!
Yea! Kudos You’re Awesome! Thanks!
SOC thanks
President Jo for providing burgers and hotdogs for the Annual Staff Picnic — it’s
much appreciated and makes the picnic an affordable endeavor for
our committee. Also, many thanks to
Chartwells’ staff
for helping us create an excellent buffet line and
monitoring it throughout the picnic. And many, many thanks to
all who prepared food, hosted events, set up tables,
chairs, games, equipment,
and otherwise.
It’s great to experience the end result of a project created
with the time and energy of so many people.
The
Annual Staff Picnic was wonderful fun and a terrific venue for
bringing MC’s staff together.
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs …
Scheduling
in Outlook. This is a
course for beginners as well as those in need of a brief
refresher. It will take place in Clark Computer Center’s
Training Lab (G104) from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 27.
Contact
Allison Keating, x5432 to make your reservation.
Summertime, and the living is eeeeee-zeeeeeee.
Actually, it’s EZLabor all the time. Pay periods end on the 8th
and 23rd of each month. That means we need to get our
EZLabor “stuff” completed by noon the following day. Here are
the dates we need to have our time reconciled in EZLabor, by
noon, for the rest of the year:
June 9 and 26
July 10 and 24
August 9 and 24
September 11 and 25
October 9 and 24
November 9 and 27
December 11 and 27
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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