MC rocks on and on with U.S. News & World Report! Students
seeking a comprehensive undergraduate degree in Indiana will get
the best value at Manchester College, reports U.S. News &
World Report, which ranks us third among 107 Midwest
comprehensive colleges. We also climbed the ranks as a “Best
College.” Help spread the news! Read all about it on our
home page.
Campus Pastor Jim Chinworth ends more than eight years of
service to MC in January, when he steps into a new role as associate pastor for youth
ministry and congregational life of the Manchester Church of the
Brethren. We rejoice in his new calling and we miss him already!
Click here to read all about it. The good news: Jim and Deb
will remain in our community, continuing the strong ties MC has
with the congregation and townsfolk. A search committee will
seek a new campus pastor. The job is
posted.
Live from
Manchester College!
MC grad
Jeannette Rinard and co-host Dirk Rowley will broadcast their
Majic in the Morning radio show from our café in the College
Union this Friday morning,
from 5:30 to 10 a.m. Honest! We’ve got students and faculty
stopping by, and maybe even a little wake-up music. Stop by and
gawk and grin. They’ll be just inside the door, to the right.
After her gig, Jeannette is speaking to one of Corrine Gust’s
education classes. Tune in to
WAJI at 95.1 fm.
The best seat in the house is yours, or mine, or hers …
faculty and staff are encouraged to sit wherever they want at
convocation because students no longer have seat assignments!
Yup, after all these years, we don’t need seating assignments to
take attendance at those required convos. The card swipe system
is working great. So move on up!
Welcome to the MC community!
Paul M. Shump, Track Intern; Dale Larry Dockter, Music
Adjunct; Melinda K. Sweeten, Koinonia Education Specialist
(part-time); Rachel L. Mordecai, English Adjunct Faculty;
Stephen P. McCall, Publications Assistant (part-time); Carol M.
Streator, Instructor of Music
400,000. That’s how many pages of paper we saved with
SpartanPrint last school year. Can you believe it! Zounds! That saved the
College $2,000 right off the bat. But consider the other
savings, compiled by the king of SpartanPrint, Quentin Moudy:
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Trees saved |
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24 |
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Wood saved
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13,866 pounds |
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Water saved |
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20,388 gallons |
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Landfill reduced
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2,162 pounds |
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Net greenhouse
emissions reduced |
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4,194 pounds |
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Energy reduced |
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27.6 million BTUs |
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Some food facts:
The cafe is available for SpartanCash purchases now. Pick up the
2006-2007 dining guide from the cashier stand. Note
the significant savings with SpartanCash:
Hours Cash
SpartanCash*
Breakfast 7-9:30 a.m. $3.15 $3.15
Lunch 10:30-1:30 p.m. $5.15 $3.65
Dinner 4-6:30 p.m. $6.20 $5.20
Just inside the upstairs dining area, just as you go in the door
to the right, is a place to sit and chat Oaks style. Coffee is
available 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Questions: x5289
SpartanCash: Add money to your account and use your
faculty/staff I.D. card as a debit card. Minimum purchase is 25
cents. SpartanCash is good the entire academic year.
Opening Chapel is today at 10:
“What’s your story?” or, “What story is yours?” Please come and
be intentional about welcoming first-year students.
The
SOC* Luncheon Series
begins anew at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 13 in Wampler
Auditorium. We’ll start with info about our wellness holiday and
meet new co-workers. Bring your lunch! Bring your co-workers.
Reservations will ensure we have another seating: Contact
Allison Keating, x5432.
*Staff Organizational Committee
How
do we get 900 pounds of clay
to the elevator-less third floor of Winger for art classes? In
the past, football players, art students, teacher Thelma, Dave’s
crew … any handy hand and back … hauled up the steps. And then
came the cherry picker light bulb. Perfectly negotiated, trees
and windows still intact.
Published!
An article by Professor John Planer (music), "The Processes and
Politics of Engaging Cantors in Alsace: 1818-1871" appears in
the fall 2006 issue of The
Journal of Synagogue Music.
Now here’s a painful goodbye wave: Scott Strode is looking for drivers to take his
January Session class in Intercultural Theatre to Chicago
O’Hare, and to pick them up. They leave campus at 9 a.m. on Jan.
6 and return to O’Hare at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22. Oh, yah, here’s the
painful part … they’re going to New Zealand and we’re not going
along! Contact
Scott Strode, x5350.
Spartan Day
has moved … to Tuesday, Sept. 19 to accommodate a high school group that
wants to visit that day. The day for high school students and
their parents to check out Manchester College and grab a free
lunch on campus originally was set for Sept. 18. Don’t forget to
wear your black-and-gold
duds on Spartan Day. Invite a student to visit! For
reservations: 800-852-3648 or
visit@manchester.edu
Check out the 2006-07
MC Source
online
at
http://www.manchester.edu/images/mcsource.pdf
MC Source
is the official manual of Manchester College services, policies,
and procedures. It’s got all kinds of stuff about few
examples: scademics, student services, residential life,
community living, alcohol and other drugs, student conduct
review system, clubs and organizations …
The Manchester
Investment Club
will have its
first monthly meeting of the school year at 3 p.m. on Wednesday,
Sept. 20 in the College Union. There will be money to spend.
Prospective faculty and staff members are welcome. We can learn
the fundamentals of investing with limited funds and the
TIAA-CREF investing process. Contact
Rita Schroll (college advancement) for more information,
x5218.
Wow!
Yea! Kudos You’re Awesome! Thanks!
To
Brad Nadborne and
Eric Dougal: "We here at the North Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the FunFest
Committee would like to extend our gratitude for the way that
Manchester College’s men’s basketball coaches and players
stepped up and did us a huge favor by taking over the 3-on-3
Basketball tournament. You don’t realize what a devastation this
would have been for FunFest if this event was not to
happen. Many people would have been very disappointed with not
only the Chamber of Commerce but with North Manchester in its
entirety. The way Eric threw himself into this event cannot be
commended enough!"
From
a parent:
"Manchester is impressive! Got there yesterday to move (our daughter) in
and to our surprise the football team was waiting to help carry
stuff in. The money was in her account already, big surprise.
I’ve graduated from Vincennes University once and Indiana State
University twice and neither school even comes close to
Manchester."
What An Impressive Opening Day!
I was so
impressed by the smoothness of how everything was orchestrated.
Many of you spent hours and hours “frontloading” the system so
it would make it look easy! I know it was not easy but required
hours of hard work and commitment.
Thanks so much from the bottom of my heart to all of our
Residential Life staff members, Safety and Security, Health
Services, orientation staff and SOL leaders, the Student
Development main office, and others who made Opening Day go so
well!
We are blessed to have you on the team!
– Beth Sweitzer-Riley, vice president for student development
Human
Resources
Faculty and Staff Openings:
Campus Pastor, Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Intern, Campus
Security Officer (part-time), Assistant Wrestling Coach,
Assistant Director of The Manchester Fund
Go to job descriptions
Next week, the
MEMO Lady is vacating in da U.P.
She will record
her vacation in EzLabor. How’s that for a reminder that all
exempt employees must record all vacations, sick days, wellness
days, floating holidays … all absences … in EzLabor. FACULTY
will let Kim Meyer (academic affairs administrative secretary)
know whether they want to use a sick day for their absence when
they call in (x5051). Kim will make the EzLabor entry for
faculty ’cause she’s so nice. Confused about EzLabor?
Allison Keating.
Human Resources is a happenin’ place,
with many students stopping by to pick up yellow cards or to
complete paperwork for their first on campus job. Help publicize
the new on-line service by directing students to the HR web
pages. Just click on “Employment Opportunities” on the Home
Page. Student jobs no longer are posted on the walls – they’re
all on the web – and students must apply on-line.
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs …
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.
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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