Dr. Dagny Boebel …
Our leader in showing the
importance of writing to all students is retiring after
January Session. Dagny joined the MC faculty in 1986,
leading the way for our English Department, Gender Studies, and
theatre. Shakespeare will never be the same at Manchester
College. What’s next? That farm in Wisconsin is calling, as well
as theatrical and literary commitments in Mississippi.
As we embark on
a new marketing campaign, a number of our students are stepping
up
as marketing ambassadors … by letting us photograph them and
quote them. Our first photo session is today, Friday, in the
Physician’s Atrium of the Science Center. If you happen by,
please thank those good-natured students who are smiling for the
cameras. We asked them to complete the sentence: At
Manchester College, I found …. Wait until you see their
responses. Yup, ya gotta wait just a little bit! It’ll make you
weep! It’ll make you cheer!
Do
you know what this means?
Please take a
moment to read
your faculty or
staff letter from
Tim McElwee
or me. Thanks!
Our
Jim Garber, dad to our Julie and Chris,
is
in Parkview Hospital’s coronary unit in Fort Wayne following a
collapse on Wednesday. “He’s responding well,” squeezing hands,
reports Chris. Jim’s in Room 1205-1; the family is camped down
the hall in the lounge.
Today (Friday)
is Phonebook Day!!!!! Each office will receive enough books for everyone in the
office. Pitch old phone books in our recycling bins so the
Phonebook People can make next year’s book with them.
Our Holiday
Celebration
(formerly Holiday Dinner) treat from our generous Board of
Trustees for all MC employees is Saturday, Dec. 16 … in various
venues, such as Petersime, Link Gallery. Hmmmm! Food everywhere!
Well, maybe not. Details to come! Mark your calendars!
Books!
Scores of 'em …
from physics and astronomy books from Dwight Beery to career
guides, to those good ol’ fiction paperbacks, to a smattering of
books on history, religion, literature, etc. 50-cent hardbacks,
25-cent paperbacks.
Book Sale at Funderburg Library!
Thursday & Friday, Oct. 12-13
Last weekend, somebody broke into our Campus Post Office.
If you suspect your mail has been tampered with or you have not
received mail you expected, contact Security Director Les Gahl
at
llgahl@manchester.edu.
Welcome to the
MC community!
Matthew N. Burlingame, Wrestling Intern; Jennifer M. Perusek,
Assistant Director of The Manchester Fund; Timothy A. Van
Cleave, Music Adjunct; Meghann F. Savard, Women’s Assistant
Basketball Coach; Edward D. Burkhalter, Education Adjunct
SGA Open Forum.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the next
Student Government Association meeting, which will address the
status of SGA and elicit feedback on how to improve the
organization. 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13 in Holl-Kintner 113.
Shannon Green (student
activities) is the contact, x5029.
Posters, everywhere … wait, that one’s on top of MY poster! “It’s poster-war time and they are sabotaging each other with scotch
tape when there is probably enough room for each department’s
announcements if arranged properly,” notes Sandy Bendsen
(admissions) about the glass-covered bulletin board at the north
entrance to the Ad Building. Please remind us, students and
others that we need to take our posters to Sandy for posting on
that board.
Let the sun
shine in!
Check out the
stained glass in Petersime Chapel at the next SOC* Luncheon,
next Wednesday, Oct. 11. We’ll start in the Oakwood great room
and then Pastor Jim will lead the way. Noon, bring your lunch.
To ensure ample seating, please give
Allison Keating a heads-up RSVP, x5432.
*Staff
Organizational Committee
KUDOS …
to those who
remember that we have an e-mail address called
Kudos for us to give a tip of the hat to those who go the
extra mile.
Where to find
her …
Jenny Perusek has joined us as assistant director of The
Manchester Fund, in the Office of College Advancement., x5436.
Her MC Box is OCA.
It’s almost
All-Staff Meeting time again!
We gather at
7:30 a.m. for goodies, 8 a.m. for the meeting in Wine Recital
Hall, on Thursday, Oct. 19. Come cheer the three staffers we’ll
honor for service.
Can’t dial long
distance?
That’s probably because you’ve forgotten we have access codes to
do that. We have different dials for different distances.
Use
this
Quick Telephone Reference Guide, for long
distance, local calls, international, etc. (http://its/systems//Phones/quick_ref_guide.aspx)
Those who do not have an access code, and need one for College
work, contact the
Helpdesk (x5454). Meanwhile, here are some tips from
the guide from
Telephone Larry:
To dial a
long distance number:
Enter your access code.
Enter 9 for an outside line.
Enter 1 + Area Code + The 7-Digit Number
Not to put a
song in your mind,
but some among
us, and some students are in the cast of Disney’s Beauty and
the Beast this weekend (Oct. 6-8) with Wabash Community
Theatre at the Honeywell Center in Wabash. Jennifer Reichenbach
(Aurora) is Belle and her husband Eric is the Beast.
Kathy Hawkins, Jeff’s wife, is the Wardrobe. Our students Jesse
Bair, Robbie Bucher, Megan Walters and Zach Blatz (Betty Roser's
grandson) are in the Ensemble.
Tickets are on sale ($15 adult; $7.50 youth) at the Honeywell
Center or
www.honeywellcenter.org.
Eight children of Manchester College will perform
in the Manchester Junior High production of Fiddler on the
Roof, Jr. at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct.
14, in the Performing Arts Center of the High School. Here’s the
MC portion of the cast: Claire Brumbaugh-Smith, daughter of Jim
Brumbaugh-Smith; Kathryn McElwee, daughter of Tim and Janet
McElwee; Addy Naragon, daughter of Steve Naragon; Bryce Pyrah,
son of Brad Pyrah; Alex, Andy and Hannah Sharfman, children of
Glenn and Susie Sharfman; Elizabeth Schilling, daughter of
Heather Schilling. $5 adults, $3 students.
I
have a CRUSH on you!
That’s the message for Sweetest Day on the Manchester campus.
Student Activities will deliver sodas to your sweet thing on
Monday, Oct. 16 and Tuesday, Oct. 17, with your card explaining
your Crush. Buy bottles for $1 in the College Union on
Monday, Oct. 9 and Friday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30
to 6:30 p.m.
More Tut! The
Alumni Association is offering an additional date for the King
Tut Tour. We’ve sold out for our Oct 16th tour and
now offering Monday, Dec 4, as an additional date. Click
here for the news release and details.
Manchester
Investment Club
will have its
monthly meeting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in the College
Union. There will be money to spend. Prospective faculty and
staff members are welcome. Our yearly per-share growth rate as
of August 31 was 0.9 percent. – Richard Harshbarger,
Treasurer
Wow!
Yea!
Kudos
You’re Awesome! Thanks!
Kudos to
Matt Davenport, Lindsey Weld, Bill
Potter, Nick Marinello
and
Ryan
Phillips
and their student leadership teams! Terri and I were impressed
with the hall decorating for Homecoming. It was really a
privilege for us to get to experience this first-hand and see
the incredible effort that went into each hall. We had such a
blast because of you and your students!!! Each and every hall
was so impressive and the spirit of the students was
outstanding! The amount of time, work, creativity and thought
that went into your efforts just blew us away. Judging the halls
was NOT easy. If it had been up to us, there would have been a
five-way tie for the winner of hall decorating this year. – Stuart and Terri Jones
A HUGE thank you to all MC staff who go beyond the call of
duty each and every year and especially this year to make this
joint Homecoming/Family Weekend a great success!! To
Maintenance and Grounds Crew
for their consistent work to cover all the details and keep our
grounds and buildings looking great and especially
Dave Friermood and his staff
for working all hours to set up, tear down and re-set once
again, to Sage and
Matt, who make sure we have
great audio, to Conference Services
for all the logistic planning, to
Chartwells for quality food and service, to the
Student Education Association
for their great activities for children, to
Student Alumni Council
students who helped meet and greet our alumni, to
Shanon Green and the Student
Activities staff for providing great family weekend
planning, to our Athletic Department
for our games that keep our alumni and families involved, to the
Campus Store, to the entire
College Advancement staff and
student assistants who help
in so many ways to welcome our alumni, to all those who
presented a class (Tara Vogel, Stuart Jones and Mark
Angelos), to Jeri Kornegay
and her staff for providing PR and taking great photos,
to our dedicated Printing Services staff for squeezing in yet
one more print job, to Debra Lynn
and Suzanne Gindin
and their students who work
with our alumni to present a fabulous concert and a big thank
you to our leader Jo for
making everyone feel so welcome at MC. A special thank you to
Deb Stoltzfus, alumni secretary, for keeping us organized.
–
Gary and Lisa (Alumni Office)
Human Resources
Faculty and Staff Openings:
Campus Pastor, Administrative Assistant for Student Development
Go to job descriptions
Non-Exempt
Staff:
Ignore the
vacation, sick and floating holiday balances printed on your
last paychecks. The balances shown are incorrect. HR is working
with ADP, which does our paychecks, to correct this information.
Questions? Contact benefits specialist
Crysta Borden.
Oldies but still goodies from recent MEMOs
The
updated online campus directory is posted,
with phone numbers and addresses for MC students, faculty and
staff. This
Campus Directory link also gives us information about
faculty emeriti, office numbers, and college personnel by
office. The Campus Directory is accessible only by MC login (mc\mlady)
and password. (It prefers Internet Explorer.)
What's the topic ... of that
seminar, meeting,
etc., etc. and
so forth ... Please keep the
MEMO Lady
informed of calendar items so she can get them posted quickly on
the web Campus Calendar so the rest of the campus, world,
community knows! Send her your entire schedule, or just the
event.
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.
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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