Homecoming and Family Weekend! This weekend! with concerts, reunions, special lunches, exhibits, athletics, alumni golf and baseball, food, a Coach of the Year … Read all about it here, including links to schedules and registration.
Catch somebody in the act ... and report her/him! Help the College celebrate excellent customer service by “reporting” a co-worker. If you witnessed or were the recipient of outstanding service at the College, submit your nomination to Human Resources before 5 p.m. next Monday, Oct. 15. The winner will receive a $50 Campus Store gift certificate; the winning nomination merits a $25 certificate.
Board of Trustees meets next Friday, Saturday, Oct. 17-18. Four of the Friday afternoon committee meetings are open to faculty and staff. All meet 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.:
Academic Affairs Science Center 103
College Advancement Shepherd Room, College Union
Enrollment Management Science Center 210
Student Development Wampler Auditorium
All-Staff Meetings bring us together for updates, celebrations of service and connections. Our next one is Thursday, Oct. 23. Attendance is required. Early arrivals gather at 7:30 a.m. in the lobby of Wine Recital Hall for breakfast; the meetings begin promptly at 8 a.m. Here’s the 2009 schedule of the Thursday morning meetings: Jan. 22, March 26, June 18, Oct. 22.
Convo Monday is a faculty panel on The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? John Deal (economics), Matt Hendryx (economics), Frank Olive (accounting) and Leonard Williams (political science) will speak out at 10 a.m., Oct. 13 in Wine Recital Hall. (VIA credit)
Manchester Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th season. The Sunday, Oct. 26 concert of community members, staff, faculty and students will highlight music by Grieg, Mussorgsky, Copland and Grofe, conducted by our Scott Humphries (music). The music begins at 3 p.m. Here’s a link to the MSO, with program notes by Jim Adams (art).
Children's author Polacco coming to campus. We, and the public, get to share in the Nov. 5 visit of popular children’s author Patricia Polacco to campus and the community. We’re invited to Polacco’s pre-professional workshop for education majors at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 5 in the Lahman-Hoff rooms of the upper Union. Her topic: “The Heroes of My Life.” Here’s a link to her website.
Time is running out to see artworks of Amos Rodriguez in Gallery G of the upper College Union. Amos, an art student here, is studying anthropology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. His exhibit, in our Alumni Series, closes Sunday.
MC has an election blog. Students in the election-based classes taught by Mary Lahman and Leonard Williams are posting to a blog: MC Campaign Watch 2008. Find lots of analysis, commentary, news links and a countdown clock on the site.
Interfaith Council is the new name for Campus Interfaith Board.
Dig for the Cure. Our volleyball team is marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a Dig for the Cure Match on Sunday, Oct. 12 against Rose-Hulman. The team is collecting pledges and donations for the Susan G. Komen Fund. Donate a flat amount or pledge for each MC dig. (An average match is 30 to 40 digs, reports Coach Kendra Marlowe.) Checks payable to: Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation, with Dig for the Cure in the “for” section. See any member of our volleyball Team or coaching staff.
~#%&* {}[]\ /:< >?+“? No, these are not cusswords … they are symbols or characters we cannot use in folder names, file names or web site names in our new SharePoint portal. Furthermore, we cannot put a period anywhere in the filename except just before the extension, such as file.name.xlsx. ITS recommends we start changing our file names and folder names so they will play nice with our new SharePoint portal when we begin using it. More to come.
The hills will be alive with music of the A Cappella Choir this coming spring. An Austrian tour is scheduled for March 22-28, reports choir director Debra Lynn. Concerts in Salzburg, Eisenstadt and Vienna. Of course, alumni and friends are invited! Contact Debra or the Alumni Office for details.
Here is the web address for Payroll Gift Deduction Authorization. It’s not the amount, but the percentage of staff and faculty who give that helps our fund-raisers encourage giving by alumni, corporations and foundations, and when applying for grants. Click here for the form to return to Rita Schroll in College Advancement. The State of Indiana offers significant income tax advantages to those who give to higher education. Here’s more about Giving to Manchester.
Contemporary music, in 60 seconds or less … Tim Reed’s electroacoustic work, He Changed Into His Brown Trousers, has been accepted for the FrammentAzioni project, a part of the “Contemporanea” music and arts festival Oct. 10-18 in Udine, Italy. The project features musical works 60 seconds or less, which will be played continuously during the “Contemporanea” festival and broadcast from Taukay Web radio, More than 1,000 works from 45 countries were entered in the competition.
For a GLIMPSE at what’s happening with Christer Watson’s (physics) research, click here, or here for NASA news releases.
Published! The summer research of Kim Duchane (exercise/sport sciences) and students Cornelius Bambo and Nikki Sieracki on Inclusion Confusion: Disposition of Future Teachers Toward Students with Disabilities in Physical Education appears in the fall issue of Indiana AHPERD Journal.
*Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Peru, Bolivia, Iowa, and now China. Senior political science major Brittney Gick has received a $5,000 Freeman-ASIA Award to offset her BCA study abroad expenses this fall at the Dalian University of Foreign Language. Her study of ancient culture in Peru, hikes in the Bolivian jungle, participation in the presidential caucuses in Iowa, and leadership in campus organizations led to her success in achieving this competitive national award.
Sharpen your pencil … The Los Angeles Times Syndicate is publishing another crossword puzzle by Leonard Williams (political science) this Saturday, Oct. 11. Locally, it'll be in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Share your new and gently used children’s books. Our Education Office in Calvin Ulrey is collecting books for children in kindergarten through third grade as a project with the ISTA Foundation for Improvement of Education. Collection is Oct. 25 through Jan. 9. Observes Korrine Gust (education): “Thank you for supporting children in Indiana. This is a great follow-up to our Read for the Record event.”
Peace seeking. Stan Noffsinger ’76 was among 300 international religious and political figures, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who met Sept. 25 to discuss the role of religion in responding to global challenges and building peace and understanding. Noffsinger is general secretary of the Church of the Brethren.
Faculty and Staff Openings: Assistant Professor/Instructor of Psychology (one semester), Assistant Professor of Biology, Assistant Professor of Economics, Adjunct Instructor of Applied Voice, Assistant Professor of Religion, Maintenance Technician, Student Financial Services Coordinator
Go to job descriptions
MC Wellness Extravaganza, that one-stop morning for employees and students is Tuesday, Oct. 14. Blood tests, $15 flu shots, screenings (vision, osteoporosis, skin cancer, spinal, flexibility), diet and stress information, massage therapy, pharmacy questions … you name it! $8 for hemogram complete blood count, $17 for 17 lab values that include cholesterol and triglycerides, $20 (each) for prostate, vascular or thyroid. Questions? Nurse Tara Vogel, x5306. Insurance does not cover these tests; cash or checks payable to Manchester College. Don’t forget to fast Monday night.
Wellness Extravaganza
Success Center
7 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14
all employees and retired employees (students, too)
Submit maintenance requests online! Just click here for a page that requests your full e-mail address. The first time you click Submit, “SchoolDude” will prompt you for your last name and other details. Please, do not “test drive” the form unless you have a work request! Questions: Sue Lewis (maintenance), x5061. Here’s a link to the instructions on our U Drive under work orders. Note that the actual work order password isn’t what you think it is.
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