News to know ...
Caught in the Act: Corny Troyer! A couple of weeks ago, we
celebrated National Customer Service Week with a contest. HR
received 31 nominations of witnessed excellent customer service. The
winner (mechanic Corny Troyer) received a $50 gift certificate; the
nominator (Joy Groninger, publications and design) received a $25
certificate. Why Corny? Glad you asked ….
Joy asked Corny if she could borrow some tools to
remove stickers from windows as part of the Holl-Kintner move. Much
to her surprise, Corny dropped what he was doing and spent the
balance of the afternoon helping her, even staying past his normal
quitting time to get the job done.
Congratulations Corny and Joy, and thanks to
all
who provide excellent customer service every
day!
Action-Packed Classrooms … how’s that for a promise about a
Manchester College workshop Tuesday, Nov. 6 for area teachers. Our
faculty is invited to join
Fit4Learning for a day stuffed with ways to invigorate and
engage students and teachers alike, led by Cathie Summerford,
teacher, teacher teacher, internationally acclaimed author, Ironman
triathaloner. More than 40 Wabash County teachers are signed up.
Want to know more?
Lana Groombridge.
It’s the first Sunday in November, do you know what that means?
Change the clocks! We say goodbye to Daylight Savings Time and
revert to Standard Time this Sunday morning, Nov. 4. Set
clocks back 1 hour. Hopefully,
Microsoft will do the same in our computers and we should not have
to do a thing to our Outlook calendars, etc. We’re expecting our
clocks and ADP also to change, but ITS will keep an eye out.
Our new Voice Over IP (VoIP) phone system is perking in ITS, with a Dec.
6 deadline. Installation is under way. To learn about our
new terrific features (speakerphone, conference calls, online
directory, etc.), sign up
soon with Allison
Keating (ITS) for classes on Monday, Dec. 3; Tuesday, Dec. 4 and
Wednesday, Dec. 5. Each class is 1½ hours: 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30
a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., in the Clark Computer Center
training lab, G104.
Stories, from the mouths of … staff and
students. When our trustees toured
the Success Center last Friday, they were greeted by the staff and
students, who told their stories. In each area, students put aside
their nervousness (kinda) to tell about success-building counseling,
tutoring, health and job search assistance they have received.
Pictured: Tara Vogel (health services), who brought senior
international student Thomas Bimba to the storytelling.
Brrrr, feel that chill? That means colorful leaves,
coats … and the final exam schedule!
Here’s a link to the
Fall
2007 Final Exam Schedule, also available, of course, on the
Registrar’s home page. Share
this information with students, who will not receive paper copies of
the schedule. (Adjuncts will receive paper copies.)
Mark that calendar
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It's All-Hall Trick-or-Treat tonight!
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620
applications, most ever at this
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6,000+
contacts with prospective students |
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2,900 Junior
Scholars Day invitations |
Invite a student
to Spartan Days!
Saturday, Nov. 10 and
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Peace philosophers convene at MC this weekend, and
we’re invited to listen in.
Is peace possible? About 40 philosophers from
around the nation will make presentations and discuss the question,
as Concerned Philosophers for Peace meet Nov. 1-4. The conference is
hosted by our Department of Religion and Philosophy.
Here’s the story and lots of links.
All-College Meeting is
next Thursday afternoon! Faculty and staff are
invited to hear updates on the work of the Board of Trustees last
week at their fall meeting. We’ll gather Thursday, Nov. 8, from 4 to
5 p.m. in Flory Auditorium, Science Center. Here’s the agenda, followed by
Q&A:
v
Strategic priorities update
v
Developing and using benchmarking data
v
Cash flow at the end of the capital campaign
v
A new Vision Fund
Learn CPR and how to use the
automatic external defibrillator (AED) at a six-hour
class this Saturday, Nov. 3. The lesson, open to the first six
people who contact Tara
Vogel (health services), covers adult, child and infant CPR/AED
and brings certification. The adult-only portion is only four hours.
Cost is $4; class begins at 8 a.m.
Notable …
Welcome! Michael
Good, Music Department Administrative Assistant (temporary)
Author! Author!
Al Flory, former MC tennis coach and 32-year
educator, has authored, God Made Me, He Made You, which combines his love for kids and music. (The
words in the book come from a song.) Published by Bridgeway
Books, here’s the
Amazon link.
Congratulations to staff members recognized for service
at the Oct. 18 All-Staff meeting: Linda
Richards (library), with 35 years, Patty Weller (registrar’s office)
with 20 years, Terri Jones (president’s office) and Jeri Kornegay
(PR) with five years; and for one year of service:
Matt Burlingame (wrestling),
Loni Clark (volleyball), Penny Deal (academic affairs), Eric Dougal
(basketball/exercise/sport sciences), Jim Falkiner (college
advancement), Rick Hammer (track/field), Janeen Kooi (college
advancement), Stephen McCall (publications), Jackie Naguila
(multicultural services/campus diversity), Jenny Perusek (college
advancement), Ryan Phillips (residence hall director), Paul Shump
(track/field), Kelsey Swanson (admissions), Melinda Sweeten
(Koinonia) and Matt Unger (conference services).
Our Education and Science departments are collaborating
for yet another event for
area kids … a Science Olympiad, scheduled for Dec. 8 in the Science Center.
This challenge in a variety of science categories is for invited
junior high and high school students, in preparation for district,
regional, and perhaps state and national competition. As many as 300
youths could discover our Science Center on Dec. 8! The contact is
Heather Schilling
(education).
Soccer Coach Scott Stan will be inducted
into the Trinity Christian Athletics Hall of
Fame in February. Scott (exercise/sport sciences) is a 1988 grad and
soccer standout of the college in Palos Heights, Ill.
Scott held the scoring record at Trinity Christian until 2005, when
a student he had coached in high school surpassed him.
Here’s a link to Intersections,
the latest edition of the newsletter of the
Education Department:
www.manchester.edu/intersection/issue04.htm
Human Resources …
Faculty and staff openings:
Assistant Professor of Accounting and
Business, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business (CPA
required), Assistant Professor of Asian History, Applied
Communication Faculty, Instructor/Assistant Professor of French (one
year), Assistant Professor of Spanish, Development Officer, Campus
Safety and Security Officer, Assistant Director of Recruitment,
Admissions Counselor, Men’s and Women’s Head Tennis Coach, Softball
Coach Intern, Data Specialist (part-time)
Wow! Yea!
Kudos You’re
Awesome! Thanks!
Kudos to
Andy Rich for an
outstanding job coordinating the Indiana
Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. More than 50 undergraduate
students and faculty attended the Oct. 27 meeting, hosted by the
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Kudos to
Joy Groninger
and others for the great work on the program descriptions and
student profiles. The
design, format and content will attract students to come to MC!
(Here’s the link to them, also on our admissions pages. Click on the
little printer icon.) –
Jim Riley
Spartan Weekly
MC's weekly
update by Doug Shoemaker,
sports
information director
Oldies but goodies from recent MEMOs
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Turn off those projectors! Please turn off the projector
before leaving that conference room or smart classroom. A number are
being left on in empty rooms. Projector lamps cost at least $300, so
please … save bulbs and money. If you discover a projector on in an
empty room, feel free to turn it off. Questions? Michael Case (ITS).
Chicago Christmas Shopping! Join another Alumni Association
foray into the Big Windy on Monday, Dec. 3 and leave the traffic to
the bus driver! The bus departs the College Union at 7:30 a.m. (8
a.m. Warsaw pickup) and returns about 10:30 p.m. Two Chicago
drop-offs: Water Tower Mall and Macy’s with a switch at 2:30 Indiana
time. $35, food on your own. Contact our
Alumni Office:
x5223 or 888-257-2586.
Include PR
and the
MEMO Lady in your notices about seminars, colloquiums, special
lectures, programs. She’ll get them on the web calendar and help get
the word out! Contact
Jeri Kornegay (public relations), or the
MEMO Lady.
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