News to Know …
Register for diversity and harassment sensitivity training. Sessions are this Thursday and Friday, in the Lahman Room in the upper Union. Questions? Contact our friends in Human Resources. Sign up here.
Grace and peace be with you Glen Whisler ’65, who died Monday morning. The Rev. Glen D. Whisler was a church leader of the highest caliber. His love for his alma mater was clearly evident in his service, philanthropy and student-gathering. He served on our Board of Trustees and Alumni Board. The
funeral service is at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Columbia City Church of the Brethren, with visitation an hour before.
Also, 1-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City.
DebateWatch in Flory! The public, including area youth and high school classes are invited to join the Manchester College community in three campus Debate Watches in October. All of the televised debates begin at 9 p.m. in Flory Auditorium, on the second floor of the Science Center. The first one is this Thursday, when the veep candidates square off. Leonard Williams (political science) and Mary Lahman (communication studies) will lead discussion afterward. Here’s the rest of the story.
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; checks payable to Manchester College or cash. Don’t forget to fast.
Wellness Extravaganza
Success Center
7 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14
all employees and retired employees (students, too)
Mark that calendar …
Fashion the MC Way, a multicultural fashion show, hits the runway this Friday, Oct. 3. Dean Sharfman reports he has a new bowtie for his strut. Several faculty and staff members are modeling, as well as about 30 students. The show begins at 7 p.m., on the Cordier Auditorium stage. Here’s the story.
SOC Luncheon Oct. 8 = The Election, with Professor Leonard Williams. Travel the lunch line or brown bag it. “Class” starts at noon next Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the Speicher Room of the upper Union. Everyone is welcome. Questions: Linda Richards, x5363
Pop Culture Phenonema. Here is what Brian Dunning says about his weekly podcast Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomen: “a weekly pro-science, anti-pseudoscience podcast … to help fight the good fight against the overwhelming majority of noise in the media supporting useless alternative medicine systems, psychics preying upon the vulnerable, the erosion of science education in the classroom, xenophobia of advanced energy and food production methods, and generally anything that distracts attention and public funding from scientific advancement.” Dunning is our Monday, Oct. 6 convocation, 10 a.m. in the College Union conference rooms.
Health Care Reform: One Doctor’s Perspective. Hear Dr. Jonathan Walker, a Fort Wayne retinal specialist who became a health care reform activist after years of caring for patients going blind . He is a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, regional administrator of Hoosiers for Commonsense Health Plan and received the 2008 Health Care Heroes Award for Community Achievement.
2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, Flory Auditorium (VIA credit)
A world-wide exhibit and a survivor of the atomic bomb will visit Manchester College in October, coordinated by senior peace studies major Mary Cox. Check out the story.
Notable …
Faculty/Staff 9, Students 8. It was a squeaker, but Faculty/Staff pulled The Big Win out of their bats at Camp Mack, to topple students 9-8 last Wednesday on the ball diamond. Congratulations to Dan Sprunger (baseball, PERC) for his walk-off winning home run!
This is cool … a web site of faculty publishings. We can read the full text of writings, or the abstracts, or find the
links to them in our library or bookstores: www.manchester.edu/OAA/Library/Files/FacultyPubs.htm Writings about deinococcus radiodurans, Merlin, IR dust bubbles, Bush’s first 100 days in office, Kant, poetry, service-learning …. brought to us by The Writing Center (Tamara O’Hearn) and Funderburg Library (Darla Haines).
Hot off the press: new telephone sheets, courtesy of Publications and Design. Get them off the table under the mailboxes in Room 9 in the garden level of the Ad Building.
Wait! Don’t cancel that class! Consider asking Career Services to present to your class on days you are ill (or whatever reason). Students will gain valuable information and tips on subjects ranging from job searching and resume writing to career options, employment laws and trends. Or, substitute the class for a Career Services workshop on topics ranging from internships to job fairs and resume building. For details, click here.
MC musicians will jazz up the Roanoke arts festival. Members of the Jazz Ensemble (Tim Reed) and
our choirs (Debra Lynn) will perform 30-minute sets between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, Oct. 11. Here’s a link to a news release for A Renaissance in Roanoke, a great day of fun, music, food, crafts, art and farmer’s market.
Congratulations to Arturo Yanez (Spanish) on his new book, History Writing: Instructional and Cognitive Complexities, on the “nature of the struggles of both undergraduate students and graduate teaching instructors, as well as the instructional and cognitive processes that surface during the socialization activities of an activity system (or academic discipline) such as history.” Here’s a link.
Call them Certified Athletic Trainers … Three 2008 graduates have passed the BOC examination and now are Certified Athletic Trainers, for a 75 percent pass rate on the first or second exam attempt. Congratulations to Jerry Ford, Alicia Krueckeberg and Ashley Murphy. And, a 2007 graduate has achieved certification: Josh Scott.
It’s election time, when MC political scientist
Leonard Williams is in the news. He was interviewed by Voice of
America about the conventions. More to come, for sure.
Mileage reimbursement is 53 cents for cars. For College minivans it’s 58 cents per mile; for College
vans it’s 68 cents. Expense report forms are in the Business folder
on our U: drive.
Human Resources …
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 (beginning fall 2009), Director of Development, Grants and Advancement Writer, Maintenance Technician, Student Financial Services Coordinator.
Go to job descriptions
by Doug Shoemaker, sports information director
Oldies but goodies from recent MEMOs ...
Volunteer
to “Read for the Record.” We’re invited to join our Education Department and Manchester
Elementary students in reading the children’s book Corduroy at 9 a.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 2. Everybody will read at the same time during the
half-hour event designed to raise awareness about children living in
poverty. Afterward, the children will get to keep the books, donated
by our Indiana Reading Corps. Faculty, staff, community members …
volunteer to join the party at Manchester Elementary! Contact Heather Schilling (education) to sign up.
Have you signed up to receive emergency campus alerts? To get these text messages on our cell phones, pagers or other
wireless devices, we need to provide
the e-mail addresses, not just phone numbers. If your cell phone
provider is Centennial Wireless, the e-mail address is tendigitphonenumber@cwemail.com. Replace “tendigitphonenumber”
with your phone number. Do not use dashes. For information on other
providers, click here.
Early academic intervention is critical in helping struggling or disengaged students succeed. Please
intervene with any student you are concerned about, for whatever
reason. For assistance in connecting students to campus resources,
use the online SuccessNet referral.
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