Ralph Nader is
our convo and noon FYC speaker Monday,
talking about
the business of pharmaceuticals.
Check out our home page for more. This super speaker comes
to us courtesy of a generous contribution from Plowshares and
VIA. Thanks! We’re all welcome at either Cordier conversation;
so are the public and media.
Please! Update
the events and schedules on your web pages! There’s tons of old information, sending an unfortunate
message to would-be students, alumni and supporters eager to
learn about the exciting things Manchester College is doing this
year. Questions? Contact
Webmaster Dan.
More than 550 students attended
the Regret program on underage drinking and driving on
Sept. 7. “I am quite pleased!!’ remarks our counselor, Danette
Norman Till. So are hundreds of others.
Have you checked out
SpartanCable Channel 62? Cable Larry, aka Telephone Larry Gyrion kicked
the announcement channel off with a great ad for Regret.
The 18-second spots looped with other current events, with WBKE
as the background music. Something to submit? Send copy by noon
Wednesdays for the next week, text only, to
SpartanCable@manchester.edu
Don’t miss the
fall play,
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail … but note that Wampler is dark on Friday night before
Homecoming. Instead, the curtain rises Thursday night, Sept. 28.
Here’s the news release.
Homecoming week
and Family Weekend approach!
Next week! Next weekend! We’ve the usual gatherings and games,
plus the energizing Recycled Percussion on Saturday night, the
fall play, football and three more athletic events, a carnival,
lectures by two members of the faculty, special sessions for
parents, campus tours, decorating, class photos,
choir/band/alumni concert …..
Click here for a schedule of
activities
Have
you seen this plaque in Muir Peace Garden?
It’s a beautiful time for a stroll through the garden at Wayne
and College to check out this new addition honoring Gladdys
Muir. A commissioning ceremony is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on
Homecoming Saturday. Thanks to Elden and Kathy Stoops and the
Peace Studies Institute.
Oct. 2 is Buck Night at Koinonia. O.K., that’s not what you think. Buck like in $1. That’s all
it takes to spend a great fall evening exploring one of the gems
of Manchester College. Hike trails, explore facilities packed
full with exhibits and critters, bounce on a bunk, toast hot
dogs, ogle the rocks, gaze out over the waving prairie grass …
and, especially, learn what it is to be a Friend of Koinonia.
Learn how you can give your time, talent, and financially to
benefit our programming for area school children.
Koinonia Buck Night Open House
Monday, Oct.
2
6 to 8 p.m.
Homecoming Queen and King … you be the judge of that! Manchester Activities Council is looking
for members of faculty and staff to interview Homecoming King and Queen candidates. The King and Queen
represent Manchester College and the student body. Interviews are 4 to 6 p.m. next Tuesday and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
MAC needs four men and four women interviewers. Contact Stacey Carmichael, secretary of MAC.
Dunk a prof, send a student to Carnegie Hall. Well, it will take a bit more effort, and money, than that,
but you get the idea behind
Carnival for Carnegie
during Homecoming and Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 30. A
Cappella Choir students raising money for their spring 2007
performance in NYC have a HUGE carnival planned, noon to 6:30
p.m. on the infield of the track. Dare it rain, PERC is the
place for the Velcro wall, Moonwalk, slide, obstacle course,
bungee run …
Welcome!
Jeffrey L
Hawkins, Adjunct FYC; Dottie S. Young, Administrative Assistant
for Student Development (temp); Ann L. Donner, Music Adjunct;
Randall D. Holler, Adjunct Accounting and Business
Come together Monday to send good thoughts with
Jo Ellen Bradley,
who is leaving us for her new post as Director of Housing and
Student Activities at McCook Community College in Nebraska. Jo
has provided nine years of faithful service to Manchester in a
variety of roles, most recently as Administrative Assistant for
Residential Life and Student Development.
Farewell Jo
Ellen Reception
Monday, Sept.
25
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Link Gallery,
Wine Recital Hall
Celebrate International Day of Peace this Thursday in Petersime Chapel. Sponsored by Newman Catholic
Fellowship (more than 13 percent of our students are Catholic),
here are reflection/prayer opportunities for everybody on
Thursday:
9:30-9:45 Opening prayer service: Receiving
of Jubilee Pilgrim Cross**
12:30-1 Prayer with Jubilee Pilgrim Cross:
A Call to Peace
2:30-3 Closing Prayer: Entrusting the
Cross back to St. Robert’s
3-5:30 Newman Catholic Group meeting –
all invited for pizza and fellowship
**During 2006 and 2007, the Jubilee Pilgrim Cross is on
pilgrimage throughout the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese,
entrusted to each parish for a few days, to prepare the Diocese
for its Sesquicentennial Jubilee Year in 2007.
Family Connections …
with
their students and Manchester College, is the notion behind a
fantastically executed newsletter that saw its debut this month.
Coordinated by Wendi Hutchinson (church relations, etc.), it
deserves a look:
http://www.manchester.edu/OSD/FamilyConnections/issue01.html.
Hopefully, parents will note the suggestions posted by students
on the first page. Let
Wendi know your thoughts, ideas, for Family Connections.
It will appear on the
Parents and Family page.
What do you think about what the Pope said? Did he use good judgment? Was the response appropriate? Let’s talk
about the tension between the Catholic Church and the Muslim
faithful: 3 to 4 p.m. this Thursday, Sept. 21, in Oakwood Great
Room. Pastor Jim Chinworth and Jacquilline Nagilla
(multicultural affairs) will facilitate.
As
we hum and set our pace to the chime morning and evening, we tip our hats with a grin to the sole one
in the tower, pumping away on the levers for those 10 bells.
It’s an athletic event in itself, as well as incredible musical
talent. Our ringers this year are Robert Bucher of North
Manchester, Anna Grady of Anderson, Rebecca Kane of Greenville
and Ben Martin of Myersville, Md.
Published! A book!
Learning to
Serve, Serving to Learn: Leaving
the Self-Centered Life Behind
…by James Riley, our leader in Education and student teaching!
Through inspiring stories and personal reflections, author Jim
encourages us to begin a “lifelong and continuous journey toward
learning and serving for the
common good in our everyday lives,” whether we find ourselves
harried or hurting or both.
Click here for a link to the order form.
Going the extra mile for diversity at MC … is Lisa Gregory (alumni relations), Jacquilline Nagila
(multicultural affairs) and Maria Herrera (admissions), who put
together a booth highlighting MC’s diversity and multicultural
program for the celebration of Wells Fargo’s newest location at
Clinton and Rudisell in Fort Wayne. The new branch is in the
center of multicultural activity in Fort Wayne, and Lisa
arranged the opportunity with a family friend at Wells Fargo.
Each day, three of our international/minority students will join
the booth, to talk to potential MC students. Notes Lisa: “This
will be a perfect opportunity to recruit potential students of
color and to give MC exposure to groups that may not even know
we exist.” In the area? Stop by 3 to 6 p.m.
It’s election time, almost, and Leonard Williams warmed up with Pacifica Radio last
weekend with commentary and observations. Other media will keep
him busy as the season continues.
Steve Naragon
(philosophy) and Emma will talk about “A Year in Germany” at the
Manchester Community Club, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4 in the
Oakwood Great Room. Reservations ($9) are due Sept. 29 to
Barbara/Al Williams (982-4636) or
David/Becky
Waas (982-4687).
A candlelight vigil and program about domestic violence
starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the Congregational
Christian Church, 310 N. Walnut St. The program benefits Hands
of Hope shelter.
The Hawkins Family Farm Festival is the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 1. Feast on fresh pulled pork and
chicken, enjoy a concert and play Kubb, all for the ministry
HOPE CSA; $15; $10 for children. Reservations required: 982-4961
or
jeff@hawkinsfamilyfarm.com
Human
Resources
Faculty and staff openings:
Campus Pastor, Campus Security Officer (part-time), Assistant Wrestling Coach,
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Student
Development, and Residential Life.
Go to job descriptions
Wow!
Yea!
Kudos
You’re Awesome! Thanks!
Thanks
to all who helped tell WAJI 95.1 FM’s audience all about
Manchester College on Sept.8. ESPECIALLY, to
Larry Gyrion,
who not only set up a designated phone line just for the
broadcast, he arrived at
5
a.m.
to ensure the broadcast was “good to go!”
Thanks also to Gary Heckman for testing electrical outlets, Gary
Montel and Lisa Gregory (alumni relations) for bearing MC gifts,
to Diana Stephan and others at Chartwells who kept the coffee
coming, to President Switzer for recording a welcome from North
Carolina, to Officer Greg Vickery for opening doors in the wee
hours, to Suzanne Gindin and student Brittany Cook for their 7
a.m. wake-up “Bippery,” and to our special on-air guests for
telling the Manchester story: Scott Strode (communication
studies)
6:40 a.m.,
Jim Adams (art) and students Amanda Degman and Allyson Gonzalez.
Thanks also to all who stopped by to chat with our grad,
Jeannette Rinard, and her Majic in the Morning co-host, Dirk.
Kudos to
Thelma Rohrer
for her hard work gathering and submitting our materials in
application for the President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll of “colleges that care.” This opportunity
comes to us via Campus Compact through the federal Corporation
for National and Community Service and is co-sponsored by the
Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the President’s Council on Service and Civic
Participation. Award-winning institutions will be announced in
Chicago during national Campus Compact’s 20th
Anniversary celebration on Oct. 17. Helping Thelma crunch and
gather information on MC’s stupendous community service and
volunteerism were
Liz Bushnell
and
Carole Miller-Patrick.
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs …
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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