Didn’t look like hardly anyone missed that great Welcome
Reception last evening in the Physician’s Atrium … awesome ordervie-type
things (ordered for the good life, a joke, a joke). Piano
talents courtesy of Deb DeWitt, the duet of Wilson and Mary Lutz, and
Diane Scheerer. And Jill Biehl! Did you hear her! Bet we tap
THAT crystal toe-tapping talent again! Thanks to all who helped
at the doors and with nametags, too: Lisa Gregory, Adam Hohman,
Mike Leckrone, Wendi Hutchinson, Julie Garber, Betty Butterbaugh
… and she who brought us/it all together – Terri Jones. And
thanks to Chartwells for outstanding nibbles! “You’ve just got
to try this!” echoed upstairs and down. (Our newcomers
since last Sept. 1 gathered on the stairs to our applause.)
Travels with Jim and Thelma.
Incredible photos of, well, international trips with Jim Adams
and Thelma Rohrer … to Bolivia, Honduras, Portugal, Spain, Peru,
Guatemala … in Link Gallery around Wine Recital Hall. You’ll
want to pick up the notes that accompany the photos. ”I made the
descriptions more detailed than is commonly done because I want
viewers to be able to get involved with the pictures and to have
a feeling for the cultures in which these pictures were taken,”
notes photographer and fellow traveler Jim Streator (chemistry
emeritus).Our students get to do this stuff! Way cool!
Some details for your dining pleasure.
Those wooden stairs will take you right into the dining area.
Conference Services and the mail room/mailboxes are tucked
comfortably across the street, in Holl-Kintner. The Oaks is, uh,
a big ol’ empty space temporarily. No Oaks, but retail eats are
offered Sunday through Thursday, 7:30 to 11 p.m. in the upstairs
café. More details to come about the late-night eats and
specials. On Sundays, breakfast is 8 to 9 a.m. and brunch is 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. The café number is x5289. Here’s the rest
of the schedule:
Monday
– Friday Saturday
Breakfast
7:00-9:30 Breakfast 7:30-9:00
Lunch
10:30-1:30 Lunch 11:30-1:00
Dinner
4:00-6:30 Dinner 4:30-6:00
"On the Brink of A Good Year."
That's the title of President Jo Young Switzer's address for our
Opening Convocation at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This first
convocation of the new year is filled with song, excitement, and
lots of color: Our faculty gowns and enters (and leaves) in
procession. Come together! The community is invited, too!
La Fiesta is coming our way on Saturday, Sept. 16.
It’s hard to believe this is the third one already! We’re all
invited to join the celebration of Mexico’s independence with
the growing Mexican population in our area. AND, the party
benefits English as a second language classes at the Learn More
Center. Food, games, music! 5 to 8 p.m. at Manchester High
School.
And … we can
pitch in! Help is needed for both preparation and clean-up. To
volunteer, call Faith Miller, 982-8182.
Welcome newcomers! Frederick G. Weiser (Spanish sabbatical replacement); Douglas M.
Papenmeier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Amy K
Spears, Development Officer, College Advancement
Have
you met Jacquilline Nagila,
our new director of multicultural services and campus diversity?
Ask her about her former job in the safari business in her
homeland Kenya! Well, she’s also spent a bunch of years in the
banking industry back home, too. And then went way cold to
Minnesota to school. After graduate work in the balmier temps of
Bloomington, Ind., she’s joined us. Welcome! Almost all of our
international newcomers have arrived, so she’s kinda busy right
now, but smiles like she likes that! Welcome!
Tut, Tut …
About that King Tut Chicago alumni tour coming up on Oct. 16.
The bus leaves the museum at 6 p.m. Indiana time. There’s still
room on the bus.
Here’s the whole story, in case you missed it.
Speaking of Chicago, our alumni folks are offering a holiday shopping
tour
to downtown again, on Dec. 7. The $35 trip is open to all, with
transfer opportunities between Water Tower Mall and Marshall
Fields.
Here’s the loop scoop.
We can access
our e-mail from off-campus.
Here’s the
address:
https://mcmail.manchester.edu Internet Explorer works best;
you’ll be prompted for your campus Windows logon. Questions:
ITS Help Desk
at
helpdesk@manchester.edu.
Food! Staff!
Together as one!
Mark your calendars for the SOC* Kickoff Luncheon at noon,
Wednesday, Sept. 13 in Wampler Auditorium. Greet newbie staffers
and get the goods on lots of new ways to earn our Wellness
Holiday! (Oh, yah, and how to get/stay healthy.)
*Staff Organizational Committee
Designer heaven. Hopefully, when we travel to workshops and
conferences, we return energized, tired, inspired …. Designer
Dan Chudzynski spent a week this summer studying under
world-famous graphic designer Milton Glaser. An all-nighter
project, and others lasting to midnight made this workshop no
vacation, for sure, but Dan is using words like “life-changing.”
We’re not puzzled that our Leonard
Williams
(political science) is in the thick of the Cinema Center’s
screening of Wordplay on Sunday, Sept. 10. The film is
about the super bowl of puzzlers, the American Crossword
Tournament, which Leonard has attended. The Black and White Bash
at the downtown Fort Wayne cinema includes an Oreo and ice cream
reception with a drawing for an autographed book by puzzler Wil
Shortz, the flick, and AFTERWARD: A Q&A with our puzzlemaster
Leonard and others. Visit the
Cinema Center website for directions. Dress in black and
white, of course. Leonard’s puzzles get published in The New
York Times, New York Sun, The Washington Post,
assorted puzzle books, etc.
A video,
Regret,
about the choices students make about drinking,
drugs, partying and driving comes very close to home – created
in part by the families of the two college students who crashed
as they were headed to Huntington in spring 2005. One died; the
other (narrating the film) went to jail. Local legal officials
will be present, and possibly, parents of the two, for a panel
discussion; convo credit. It’s free, and the community is
invited.
Regret
7 p.m.,
Thursday, Sept. 7
Cordier
Auditorium
Thank you so
much
to the Manchester College faculty and staff for the savings bond
for our new family member, Ayla. We really appreciate your
thoughtfulness! Kambree is getting used to her new role as a
"big sister," and we are realizing how blessed
and busy we are with
two children. Thanks again!
– Brian
Cashdollar and Kim Reinoehl
Human
Resources
Faculty and Staff Openings:
Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Assistant Wrestling Coach,
Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Intern, Assistant Director of The
Manchester Fund, Publications Assistant, Campus Security Officer
(part-time), Custodian
Go to job descriptions
Did you
remember to turn in your white cards to HR?
Uh oh! Exempt staff had an Aug. 23 deadline to report
paid time off. For the new year, we switch to ezLabor electronic
reporting of our vacations, sick leave, etc. Contact
Crysta Borden about the card.
Supervising
student employees this semester?
Read on!
Students must pick up from HR and get your signature on that
yellow Eligibility Card. This must happen, with
supervisor/student signatures BEFORE the student can begin work.
All student labor is recorded in ezLabor. Contact
Allison Keating in ITS, x5432 if you don’t have a clue what
ezLabor is all about.
Carrie Makin, queen of student employees, says students are
applying in droves using our on-line process. Don’t forget to
tell her when you have filled vacancies.
Wow!
Yea!
Kudos
You’re Awesome! Thanks!
Kudos to
Tammie
in Financial Aid. She has been amazing at helping me this year
with everything. This has been a tough summer with getting all
my info together and she has been helping me so much! I really
appreciate all she has done! –
Kathryn Hinga,
Co-Editor Oak Leaves,
Co-Editor
Spectrum
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs …
Got your button? See Sandy Bendsen (admissions) in ADM 115 for your own personal Welcome button to greet our Class
of 2010 as they arrive. Some first-year student athletes already
are on campus. Can you feel the energy yet? Wear your nametag!
Say hi! Grin widely in that Manchester way. Walk a lost
newbie to his or her destination; make a new friend!
It
only takes a moment …
now that we have that song in the beans of the longtimers,
please take that moment and visit the online
Campus Directory to
ensure everything about you is exactly correct … phone, job,
campus address, etc. See … the link is right here; click on the
phone. Do we need to change something? Absolute deadline is Aug.
31, to
Crysta Borden in Human Resources, x5288.
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.
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.
Thursday, October 19
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