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It’s budget time again! Department chairs and budget officers have three opportunities to gather to discuss creating next fiscal year’s budget:
Tuesday, March 31, at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 1 at 11 a.m.
Thursday, April 2 at 2 p.m.
These meetings in Flory Auditorium will last 30 minutes. We'll go over the changes we need to know to create our budgets for next fiscal year and how we will collect the information. Questions: Mike Leckrone (senior accountant), x5004.
Tuition set for 2009-2010. In a year when The New York Times declared “Downturn Expected to Drive Tuition Up,” we are grateful our tuition and total basic costs will increase by less than 5 percent for the second year in a row. Tuition for 2009-2010 is set at $23,000, plus $790 fees. The total, for example, for a student in an East Hall double with a full block meal plan is $31,840. Noted President Switzer in a letter to families: “We remain committed to keeping a Manchester education affordable.”
Take the Chartwells food service survey. It only takes a few minutes and it’s confidential. Just follow this link, open through March 20.
Transitions...
Waaaaaaaaa! But also the very best of wishes to Katie Laier, Associate Director for Recruitment in Admissions, who leaves us March 31 to become allied health advisor for Ferris State University in western Michigan. We congratulate her on this exciting next step in her career in higher education. Katie has been instrumental in leading our record-setting recruiting efforts.
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Relish Feminism is the topic of a panel discussion on feminism today. Can men be feminists? Is feminism desirable? Facilitated by Katharine Ings (English/gender studies) and Mark Angelos (history/gender studies). 7 tonight, March 17, Wine Recital Hall. Sponsored by Multicultural Affairs, History and Political Science and Gender Studies.
Manchester College celebrates Philanthropy Day on Thursday, March 19, when we remind students about the importance of giving and ask them to take a moment to think with gratitude of the many faithful and generous donors who help make education at Manchester possible. Nurture a spirit of philanthropy, help fulfill the mission of Manchester College to graduate persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive and compassionate lives that improve the human condition. Students (and faculty and staff) always can find lots of philanthropic opportunities at our Office of Volunteer Services website.
Want to see China? Scott Strode (communication studies) is gathering interest in a January 2010 trip. Hear more at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in the Shepherd Room, College Union or contact Scott, x5350. Staff, retirees, alumni and students welcome! → →
Spectrum deadline looms! Hear the “call” for poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, media arts by MC students, faculty and staff. Submissions deadline: Friday, March 20. Upload your Spectrum submission here or e-mail it to the Spectrum editor. Writing submissions may not exceed two single-spaced pages for printed magazine. (Longer submissions may be eligible, but will be published online only.)
Singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer brings her meaningful and beautiful music to campus for workshops and a concert in early April, through the generosity of Sara Edgerton, Board of Trustees. Enjoy “An Evening with Carrie Newcomer” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 in the upper Union. Admission is free to the MC community; donations at the door ($5 to $10 recommended) benefit the Gladys Muir Chair in Peace Studies. Contact Abby Fuller (peace studies/sociology) to schedule her to speak/play in classes and/or workshops. Visit Carrie Newcomer's website.
"The Power of Story: Creative Writing for the Terrified." Carrie Newcomer will lead a workshop that explores the idea of writing with a spiritual current, and we’re all invited. Discussion is 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 in the Lahman Room of the upper Union.
The Spring Choral Concert, featuring all MC choirs, has been rescheduled to Saturday evening, April 4 in Cordier Auditorium. Details to come.
The 2009 Spring Formal is Saturday, April 25, from 8 p.m. to midnight in Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, downtown Fort Wayne. We're all invited to attend this tradition sponsored by the Student Alumni Council. Presale tickets ($8 single; $13 couple) go on sale in the College Union on April 13, and in the Alumni Office. Tickets at the door: $10 single; $15 couple.
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Check Gateway for announcements, and the bulletin board. Did you know somebody is looking for a microwave 
donation? Selling a boat, tamales, Girl Scout cookies and chicken dinner tickets? Wants to buy a used kayak? Check your Gateway! Did you know you can post to the bulletin board all by yourself?
Workboots, sunblock, Band-Aids, homework … Suitcases of some Manchester College students hardly mirror the typical spring break packing list. March 21-28, our chapter of Habitat for Humanity returns to the Meridian, Mississippi for a fourth time. It’s not all blisters and noggin’ bumps … they’ll get well-fed and a healthy dose of jazz, too, says leader Brad Yoder.
Our A Cappella Choir, at the baton of Debra Lynn, departs Sunday for a six-day Austrian tour. They’ll perform their entire concert in German. Guest artist and long-time friend of our choirs, James Hersch, will join the tour. The tour concludes at the Presidential Forum at Bethany Theological Seminary on Sunday, March 29, with the same concert in English.
New tutorial study tables are available, in musculoskeletal assessment, macroeconomics, Western civilization, African politics and computer programming. Check out the revised study table schedule!
It’s Easter basket time again in our Alumni Office! Our Student Alumni Council has pledged 200 baskets to this annual project for area children in need. Drop off your donated wrapped candy, small toys, baskets, wrap and completed baskets in our Alumni Office, garden level of the Ad Building, by April 1. The baskets go to SCAN (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect), in a collaboration of Northeast Indiana alumni Directors Consortium. Questions: Lisa Gregory, x5203.
May your every wish be granted. A new streamlined Grant Information website page explains, step by step, how to apply for grants to fund those extra and innovative projects. Start by submitting a simple request form electronically to Jay Nussel (college advancement). The website has a checklist to keep grantwriters organized and on schedule, tips, a glossary of grant terms, resources …
Knitting Project. Looking for a meaningful but convenient service project to do almost anywhere, anytime? If you like to knit or crochet, or are you interested in learning how to knit, OVS has the perfect opportunity for you: Create baby caps or blankets for Newborns in Need, a charity for sick and needy babies. Drop off your crafted items in the box in Student Activities Center in the basement of Calvin Ulrey or contact OVS to collect them. Need a pattern? Lessons? Contact OVS!
Sign up now for Battle of the Artists. The May 14 event now is open to small to mid-size bands, singers, duos, you name it! Competition begins at 7 p.m. in Cordier Auditorium. Submit your demo or music link to Conference Services by April 6. (There’s no entry fee.) Winning artist gets 25 percent of the gate. Tickets are $1.
Manchester Investment Club meets at 3 p.m. this Wednesday, March 18 in Haist Commons, College Union. There is money to invest. Prospective faculty and staff members are welcome. Come hear about CREF investment structure.– Richard Harshbarger, treasurer
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ITS Policy Guide on mass unsolicited e-mail. The entire ITS Policy Guide is on Gateway. Without a Cabinet member’s approval, users may not send e-mail to:
- College-maintained distribution lists of which the user is not a member or for which the user is not responsible
- A group of 12 or more College recipients, especially with an unsolicited message; multiple deliveries of the same e-mail to groups of 11 or less is also a violation
- The All-Faculty Members, All-Staff Members or All-Students distribution lists.
- The ITS distribution list requesting technical support
Phone upgrades coming. ITS will transparently upgrade the phone system on Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24. No service interruption is anticipated. Watch for details about several new features and improvements!
Cable TV down March 25 for maintenance. The ITS team will perform preventative maintenance on the College's cable TV system on Wednesday, March 25, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. There will be no cable TV service during this time.
Human Resources...
Faculty and Staff Openings: Assistant Professor of Economics, Adjunct for one semester of intermediate German, Associate Director of Recruitment/Admissions
MC employees can play at reduced rates at Sycamore Golf Club east of town and Donald Ross Golf Club (Fairview) in Fort Wayne. The College is not purchasing a membership this year, but individual memberships are available at a season corporate rate of $100 plus cart and driving range fees. Reduced-rate family memberships are available, too. Here are the details. Players will need their College ID to purchase the special memberships.
Oldies but goodies from past MEMOs..
Get help and help the Senior Class and the College at the same time. The Senior Class Gift committee is raising money for the Senior Gift by working for faculty and staff. Got a job needing done? Just e-mail their advisor, Jenny Perusek (college advancement) with the details and a wage estimate.
SOC events. We’ve got style, walleye, dirt, alumni, high-tech and peaceful plants. And used books to share. Here’s the schedule, with all sessions at noon on Wednesdays in the Speicher Room of the upper College Union unless otherwise noted:
April 8 – Middle Eel River Initiative, with Jerry Sweeten
May 13 – Alumni Legacy, with Lisa Gregory
June 10 – Plant Exchange in the Peace Garden
Faculty Business Meetings 2009. All are on Fridays; all begin at 10 a.m. in Flory Auditorium: April 24 and May 8.
Faculty Professional Development Meetings. 10 a.m. in Flory, unless noted.
Friday, April 17 – Using Portfolios to Assess Student Learning (Wine Recital Hall)
All-Staff Meetings provide updates, celebrations of service and connections. We begin to gather at 7:30 a.m. for coffee and chat; the meeting starts promptly at 8 a.m. in Wine Recital Hall.
Thursday, March 26
Thursday, June 18
Thursday, October 22
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