May 2008

MC choirs begin spring tour Friday, May 9 at Manchester Church of the Brethren

14 join language honor society

Tim Polakowski receives top state

award for community building

MC honors three students for leadership

Six receive 2008 Kauffman Awards

April 2008

College, community collaborate in opera comedy Pirates of Penzance May 2-4

MC goes "Green Together" with massive event Saturday, April 19 on the mall

Works of Professor Jim Adams fill

Gallery G for two-part art show

New Indiana 13 billboard celebrates College's connection with community

Travel the world free at the International Fair this Sunday, April 13 in the PERC

Top symposium scholars focus research on the galaxy, war crimes in Iraq

March 2008

35 scholars to present Friday, April 4

for 10th Student Research Symposium

High school students invited to explore Manchester on April 23 Spartan Day

Easter egg hunt is Sunday, March 30

MC music collaborates for spring tour

Students use spring break to build houses for Kentucky families

MC awards $9.9 million in academic scholarships to high school students

Melanie DeGrandchamp is nation's top student in adaptive physical education

Scrapbooking Retreat is June 6-8

February 2008

Manchester showcases prize art

of northeast Indiana college students

Activist John Prendergast to lead

MC dialogue about genocide Feb. 18

Vagina Monologues are Feb. 16 to raise

awareness of violence against women

January 2008

Community-College auditions are

Feb. 5-6 for The Pirates of Penzance

College announces fall 2007 Dean's List

Reiland Rabaka keynotes Manchester's

Martin Luther King program Jan. 17-18

December 2007

Manchester students head to Iowa for close contact with presidential caucuses

Fabric artist Julia Sermersheim's

exhibits fill Gallery G with color, texture

"How cool was that!" Alumnus shows

Oprah how to parallel park her Lexus

November 2007

Fast Forward to your career a whole year earlier and save up to $25,000

Biology students net lessons

in nature's classroom

18 or 21? Manchester students stage

debate on drinking at Dec. 3 convocation

Choir joins MSO for Dec. 2 concert

One-Acts discover new student talent

with four short plays Nov. 15-17

Symphonic Band concert Nov. 16 is fund-raiser for service trip to Puerto Rico

Gallery G showcases "Best of Show" artist Steve Creighton of Warsaw

Students hope to collect 2 tons for community food drive Saturday, Nov. 10

3 choirs present "For Love and Music"

Area teachers gather at Manchester

for lessons in invigorating learning

MC hosts Concerned Philosophers

for Peace conference Nov. 1-4

October 2007

MC students welcome community youngsters for Halloween treats, thrills

MC-led Eel River initiative seeks to enhance water quality, conservation

International Fashion Show to "Strut

for a Cause" on Friday, Oct. 26

Internationally honored scientist, alumna

Sarah Kurtz to lecture on solar energy

Fast Horse family brings Native American

lessons to campus for whole community

High schoolers invited to Spartan Days

Entrepreneurship students think outside

the box, and outside the time zone

Biology project is un ‘bee’ lievably

sweet for two first-year students

Psych students ask: Will “how to” class
on resolving conflict curb prison fights?

Manchester joins U-CAN project,

offering prospective students an alternative to national rankings

Brimming Homecoming 2007 schedule

celebrates dedication of College Union

September 2007

Gallery G debuts with artist Phil Joseph

Indiana physical educators to honor

two Manchester College students

Elementary Ed students host science experience for area fourth-, fifth-graders

Dedication of Muir bust is Sept. 26

Plowshares colleges launch on-line

Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace

Retiring Scott Strode to take lead in Tony-winner Foxfire at Homecoming

Regret drinking, driving program returns

High schoolers will find 30+ schools at MC for Wabash County College Day

James Hersch brings musical outreach

lessons to North Manchester community

Constitution Day program is Sept. 17

August 2007

Manchester opens 119th new year

with refreshed focus on student success

Baseball Coach Rick Espeset

is Manchester's new athletic director

Faculty-student synergism puts MC

even higher in U.S. News rankings

Spartan Days for prospective students

Country star Janie Fricke to perform

Oct. 20 "hometown" concert in Cordier

2 May grads are Certified Trainers

Mevis receives national education award

July 2007

Summer internships introduce MC students to careers right here in Indiana

Three more MC grads head abroad to teach, study on Fulbright scholarships

Almost here ... a transformed College Union, right on schedule

June 2007

Two members of the Board of Trustees continue service with honorary status

Here's the spring 2007 Dean's List

"Grandpa Spartan" Tom Jarman to retire

The Road to Carnegie Hall: MC singer writes about A Cappella Choir journey

Fourth of July Celebration begins 8 p.m. July 3 with music, 10 p.m. fireworks

Class of 2011 begins to find its place at MC with Advising & Registration Days

2007 Alumni Honorees make a difference with leadership, entrepreneurship, medical ethics, caregiving ministries

May 2007

Senior classes make Alumni Days 2007

The Class of 2007: Commencement

Eight students, Professor Adams enter national language honorary society

MC honors outstanding student leaders

Student-teacher team will help Hispanics find their place in area communities

Scrapbookers Retreat is June 8-10

Dream come true: Carnegie Hall on May 26 for A Cappella Choir; preview May 11

Commencement on May 20

focuses on grads current and past

80 area 7th-, 8th-graders vie

for Wabash County math prizes

April 2007

Traffic crash takes life of Koinonia leader, biology instructor Rainn MacPhail

Kauffman Scholarships give six students

international, film study opportunities

It's Sundaes in the Park on April 28

Teens, other future teachers to gather

for MC workshop on Saturday, April 28

Fourth-graders taste of Indiana Heritage

Choirs offer Sunday, April 29 concert

A Cappella Choir to perform for two CoB congregations on way to Carnegie Hall

A statement about the Virginia Tech tragedy and safety by President Switzer

Manchester College expresses sympathy, solidarity with Virginia Tech community

Arts and Crafts Festival for area children

and their families is April 21 at Koinonia

Peace Week offers conversations, training, music, alumni April 22-28

Popular musical I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change opens May 3

Michele Payton to perform April 30

Careers start here, with Manchester's

exciting new biotechnology major

Symphonic offers masterworks April 11

International Buffet is Sunday, April 15

An elephant speaks out at MC book

reading just for children on April 14

March 2007

MC community finds its place

in the new College Union

Peace singers to perform March 30

East Hall sponsors Easter Egg Hunt on April 1 for children of the community

A Night at the Opera at Manchester;

It's more than the performance

Bioethics expert to speak March 26

Two teams of MC students head South

for spring break service projects

19 put diplomacy skills to work

at National Model United Nations

Jared Mobley, Sam Cox are top

presenters at Dean's Symposium

Students get advance look at College Union with tours March 12-14

College women's voices to unite

with Warsaw High teens for concert

26 presenters vie for Switzer award at

Dean's Symposium on Friday, March 9

Discussion Days bring ACLU, conservative pundits to MC, and talk about bio-food, arts

Hippies join cast of Shakespeare's comedy for Alpha Psi Omega's spring play

February 2007

Fifth House Ensemble brings chamber residency to community, College

State Student Education Association looks to MC for leadership, scholarships

Liz Bushnell will lead Career Services

Students to lobby Indiana legislators

for more student aid, access to network

Dedication of Martin Luther King bust

is Feb. 28 near site of his MC speech

Vagina Monologues aids shelter Feb. 23

A Cappella Choir to perform for Warsaw's Rodeheaver Series on Sunday, Feb. 25

Manchester announces dean of enrollment  

MC grads, with 97.5 percent job rate,

do their part to stem Hoosier brain drain

MSO joins dance for Honeywell performance

January 2007

Merriment, food, music parade

into Madrigal dinner Feb. 9-10

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels meets

with MC students for Q & A session

Dean announces fall 2006 scholar

January Session 2007: Focused

study at home and abroad

Prowl for owls at Koinonia on Jan. 29

North Manchester, College unite

for several MLK celebrations

December 2006

Eat lots of French fries, make biodiesel,

fuel campus mowers:That's chemistry!

MC's new 150-hour accounting program: Perfect for profession and students

Peace House builds its leadership

Manchester's choirs and campus ministry present Christmas story concert Dec. 8

November 2006

International Fashion Show brings at least 17 countries to the runway Dec. 1

Nov. 30 concert features wind musicians

MC wins state Outstanding SEA Chapter

Peace House has new director

Philosophical theologian is MC pastor

New Student One-Acts are Nov. 16-18

MC in Indiana CPA Society finals

October 2006

High school students invited to campus

for Spartan Days, Nov. 11 & Nov. 18

MC's 3 choirs present concert Nov. 3-4

MC sends birthday greetings to UN

Halloween comes to campus

Professor Jim Adams to unveil his science triptych in Science Center on Oct. 26

Warsaw alumna, Adams create animation for MSO's macabre Oct. 29 music

Summit at Manchester will help national council create homeland security plan

President of Independent Colleges to deliver The Harry H. Henney '35 Lecture

MC hosts 40-school College Fair Oct. 26

Students conduct Whitley Co. voter poll

Eight on faculty included in Who's Who

College adds second King Tut tour

September 2006

Homecoming 2006 meets Family Weekend for a great Manchester celebration

Community invited to befriend Koinonia

at open house on Monday, Oct. 2

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader

to address students Monday, Sept. 25

Choir stages "Carnival for Carnegie"

to raise funds for NYC performance

Manchester Symphony set to open

68th season with Halloween treat

Fall play, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, is about rebellion and individuality

Parents of students in fatal crash

to speak after Regret video on drinking

Battle of the Bands is Sept. 16 on mall

August 2006

Popular college guide says Manchester

is a "Great College at a Great Price"

High school students to check out MC

during Spartan Day on Sept. 18

Campus Pastor Jim Chinworth leaving

for Manchester CoB congregation

Athletic Training major is reaccredited

Alumni shopping trip to Chicago is Dec. 7

July 2006

Alumni bus travels to King Tut exhibit

in Chicago; friends welcome!

Dr. Christer Watson to study Milky Way

with orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope

June 2006

Here's the Spring 2006 Dean's List

The Manchester College Class of 2006

Five receive Manchester College

Alumni Association's highest honor

Fireworks! Music! Monday, July 3 at MC!

Business classes support senior center

May 2006

Two on MC faculty will do research in Europe as Fulbright Scholars next year

MC's 19th Fulbright, Wendy Matheny will research women in Brussels politics

State honors Liz Bushnell for leadership

National language society inducts nine

Judy O'Bannon, seniors have key podium roles in May 21 graduation ceremonies

MC honors outstanding student leaders

Choirs embark on spring tour of churches

April 2006

Area youngsters learn Indiana Heritage

at College's three-day Koinonia program

Spring play, Oxygen, brings science and theatre programs together on MC stage

Sundae in the Park on Saturday, May 6  treats community to concert, ice cream

Baritone Andrew Haff plans May 6 recital

A post-Easter treat: Messiah by South Bend Chorale and MC Chamber Singers

Nussel joins fund development leadership

Karl Marx returns to Earth for Howard   Zinn's play April 26 in Wine Recital Hall

Manchester picks attorney as HR director

MC sponsors public forum debate by 5th Congressional District candidates April 17

Classic sounds share stage with Chicago  guest sax in April 27 Jazz Band concert

International Fair brings many cultures, music, food to PERC on April 23

National Players stake claim on Dracula

in Monday, April 17 performance at MC

March 2006

Manchester's a national "Best Value," says The Princeton Review college guide

Campus to unite for April 20 groundbreaking for top-to-bottom renewed College Union

Actor brings author Faulkner alive

for English Department Writers Series

Manchester sends two teams South

for Katrina cleanup and renewal efforts

College celebrates $72 million

campaign conclusion with donors  

A Cappella, Chamber choirs offer

"A Spring Concert" March 31-April 1

Pianist Luis Sanchez brings music

of the great masters to March 28 recital

Moliere, natural lake, eminent domain case lead Dean's Symposium presentations

Dean's Symposium on March 10 presents  wide range of fascinating topics

Drama society members pick Cyrano

for March 9-11 student-directed play

February 2006

Ain't I A Woman celebrates four

remarkable black women Feb. 27

Vagina Monologues aids women's shelter

Candlelight Taize service is Feb. 19

A Cappella Choir gets May 2007

encore performance in Carnegie Hall

Music Department offers opera comedies

January 2006

Manchester College ends The Next Step! with $20 million over goal, a year early

It's a fact: MC grads get jobs quickly

MC announces fall ' 05 Dean's List

It's January Session at Manchester,

with 70 classes on- and off-campus

December 2005

MLK celebration features author, choir

MC researchers report less violence, but treatment of most-vulnerable is alarming

MC embarks on Pathways, a transformed program for exploring faith and vocation

Garver Hall raises $1,526 for needy

"Difficult conversations" aid non-profits

College helps North Manchester

buy another new fire truck

MC offers Alumni Tours

to Alaska, Greece in 2006

November 2005

MC places sixth, Blake Hike named

Outstanding Attorney at Mock Trial invite

Shop in Chicago with MC alumni

Winter Choral Concert introduces

new auditioned women's choir

MSO concert jazzes up Nutcracker

Jazz Band, Symphonic Orchestra

unite for concert Friday, Nov. 18

Students direct one acts Nov. 17-19

Senior Hutchings to lead recital Nov. 12

Open house is Nov. 19-20 for Tall Oaks

Taize candlelight service is Nov. 13

October 2005

MC first lady of 30 years Pat Helman dies

Student recital features cellist, mezzo-soprano Nov. 4 in Wine Recital Hall

Spartan Day is Nov. 12 for high schoolers

Joe Scruggs brings his kids' program,

Nanny Nanny Boo Boo Revu, on Nov. 20

Political activist Granny D makes Nov. 7

visit for Convo and area senior centers

MC revamps physical education, adds Fitness and Sport Management major

Peace studies pioneer Ken Brown

receives lifetime achievement award

Homecoming 2005 promises week of campus fun topped with alumni, football

MC chapter to receive honor from

American Chemical Society

Choirs, band join alumni for concert

Johnston Entrepreneurship Conference keynotes Vera Bradley founder

September  2005

Fall one-acts delve into Theatre of the Absurd for Homecoming weekend

Students, donations continue to roll

in for hurricane relief efforts in the South

Richard Ford receives honorary degree

Community gets Science Center tour

Manchester dedicates its Science Center

with symposium and ceremony Sept. 16

Constitution Day panel is Sept. 19

New Peace House associate director

College Fair sponsored by MC

is Sept. 27 for high school students

MC offers campus, collects funds

and blood for Hurricane Katrina victims

McFadden promoted, heads new

Communications and Marketing drive

August  2005

MC among 2006 "Best Colleges" with

great value: U.S. News & World Report

Ball State fund developer to lead

MC's College Advancement efforts

Physicians Atrium sculpture to be hung

Monday, Aug. 22 in new Science Center

Fulbright Scholar in Residence brings

Latin America expertise to campus

July  2005

Parkview Hospital grant helps equip

new Science Center for high-technology

Merchants welcome MC newcomers

June  2005

Manchester surges into $4.5 million

challenge issued by Lilly Endowment

College hosts 4th of July fireworks

party in community collaboration

MLK Scholar Aja Michael in D.C.

for federal internship this summer

Wabash County economy springs up

Manchester kids learn to "Talk it Out"

from MC students with a mission

May 2005

Here they are: The Class of 2005

steps lively into their, our future

Business class creates CHET corporation,

donates profits, service to community

MC to confer 225 degrees on May 22

Wabash County awards College

grant to combat substance abuse

April 2005

MC grads take Graduation Pledge Alliance

seriously with activism in the workplace

The Sound of Music unites community,

College in three productions May 6-8

Jazz Ensemble Concert is April 29

Manchester honors the Mardens,

five students for their philanthropy

Forest Etsler headed to South Korea

as Manchester's 18th Fulbright Scholar

MC Symphonic Band presents

"Musical Moments" on April 20

Writers Series brings authors, poets, filmmaker to Manchester College in April

Senior recitals in voice, clarinet April 15

Pierceton firefighters burn Koinonia prairie

Students collect children's books for Akron

200 fourth-graders expected for Indiana Heritage days May 4-5 at Koinonia

MC's teacher program gains reaccreditation

Donor fund-raising challenges focus

on College Union, The Manchester Fund

Spring Choral Concert on April 8 features

A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers

3 students perform in recital April 7

March 2005

MC hosts math contest for 80 students

MC taps Hiram College administrator,

teacher to lead Academic Affairs

River biology, war strategy, Indian

affairs take Dean's Symposium honors

Sound of Music cast announced

Manchester College players stage

Shakespeare ... set in Miami, Florida

Scott Kirby to jazz up Cordier Auditorium

with Sunday, March 20 performance

Adults, children urged to audition for

May production of "The Sound of Music"

Manchester College presents tapestry

by Francine Delk Gratz in Link Gallery

Fall 2005 Dean's List honors 105

February 2005

MSO performs secrets "Behind the Music"

on March 6 with guest composer

Discussion Day 2005: America's Role

in the World in panels, speeches, films

College's tsunami relief fund tops $9,600

with Dexter Axle, community donations

The Vagina Monologues returns Feb. 26

to discuss violence against women, girls

Emeritus Professor Ercell Lynn displays

abstract photography at MC in February

Mock Trial Team competes at regionals

January 2005

Grammy winners BeauSoleil bring

Cajun music to Cordier on Feb. 17

3 MC faculty members receive ICC

grants for service learning projects

2005 Who's Who lists 37 MC students

Peace activist Ibrahim Ramey

coming to Manchester in February

College invites community, neighbors

to join in tsunami "moment of silence"

MLK service on Jan. 17 to unite community with music, dance

Pre-med student receives scholarship

January Session takes students to 59

classes on campus and around the world

MCs theatre troupe will tickle youngsters

with January tour of Arizona, N. Indiana

December 2004

MC joins Asia disaster relief effort

through Church of the Brethren fund

MC community, residents participate in CBS's nationwide Christmas Eve broadcast of Brethren service

MC receives $1 million Lilly Endowment

gift to enhance "intellectual capital"

College presidents, arts leaders to gather

for "conversation" about arts audiences

November 2004

'Tis the season at Manchester College

for holiday concerts and displays

Jo Young Switzer to assume MC

presidency on Dec. 1, 2004

Symphony to "Greet the Season"

with three choirs in Dec. 3 concert

Manchester College alumni offer

shopping trip to Chicago to public

Ex-congressmen promise to take

mystery out of Congress for students, Wabash County residents Nov. 15-16

National rankings put MC among best

in the Midwest: Princeton Review

New performers take to the MC stage

for annual Student One Acts

Debora Dewitt to present duo piano

recital with Sarah Miller on Nov. 17

MC's bands take folk music, jazz

to northern Indiana COB churches

Rojas receives first-generation scholarship, plus $1,000 for her teacher

MC to host outspoken Russian poet,

Yevgeny Yevtushenko on Nov. 10

Taize candlelight service of prayer,

music and silence is Sunday, Nov. 14

October 2004

Students bring international fashion

to the Wampler runway on Nov. 6

Search under way for new Dean,

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Senior Amy Hoffman will present

first student recital in Wine Recital Hall

Internationally acclaimed violinist, pianist

bringing Brahms concert to MC on Nov. 5

It's Halloween at Manchester College,

and the community is invited

MC's Manchester Institute

offers accounting update seminar

New Link Gallery debuts with

Lee Morse's art on a grand scale

Manchester Symphony  invites

audience to "Meet the Masters"

MSO Society honors two from MC

State health, P.E. association thrives

under Kim Duchane's leadership

Make way for F'loom, a musical treat

of singing, words and dance Oct. 22

Pianist Robert Palmer to perform

Tuesday, Oct. 12 in Wine Recital Hall

MC faculty to lead presidential

Debate Watch at Manchester High School

September 2004

Presidential Debate Watch at Manchester starts at 8 p.m. Sept. 30

American Chemical Society to honor

Manchester's student affiliates chapter

Homecoming 2004 promises weekend

of friends, athletics and new Recital Hall

Fall play is The Fourth Wall, Homecoming

weekend, Oct. 7, 9 and 10 in Wampler

Coach Steve Alford, acid rain discoverer

Gene Likens to join Sept. 22 celebration

of 100 Years of MC Athletics

Full House funnyman Dave Coulier

takes MC stage on Saturday, Sept. 18

Natya Dance Theatre brings India dance

to Manchester for Sept. 17 program

MC sponsors Wabash County College Fair

August  2004

"Alternative" historian, activist, author

Howard Zinn to speak at MC Sept. 29

MC Trustees pick Dean Jo Young Switzer

to succeed President Parker Marden

MC newcomer Suzanne Gindin

to take baton of Manchester Symphony

Manchester "a great school at a great price," says U.S. News & World Report

Beth Sweitzer-Riley brings considerable

student development experience to post

July  2004

Manchester's newest students to join community with service projects

MC celebrates half-way point on erection of  $17 million Science Center

College, construction crew to celebrate Science Center progress with party

115 students achieve spring Dean's List

June 2004

Four receive MC Alumni Association's

Alumni Honor Award at Alumni Days

Campus station WBKE-FM switching from

classical music to popular NPR programs

Manchester College hosts fireworks,

civic band concert on Saturday, July 3

May 2004

Manchester College awards 245 degrees

in spring Commencement ceremonies

Business, accounting students give time, $4,449 to youth of North Manchester

Manchester to honor Robert Johansen

at Commencement on Sunday, May 23

Students in African American lit class

stitch, donate quilts to local shelter

MC collects, donates 9,000 textbooks

for new community college for Hispanics

Rachel Paske from Fort Wayne receives

Fulbright-administered post in Austria

A musical fairy tale and Gilbert & Sullivan

bring local talent to MC's stage May 14

Graduating seniors nationwide are taking

pledge headquartered at Manchester

Two seniors continue Fulbright

tradition at Manchester College

Spring play presents Wyoming community

in wake of hate crime against student

It's May Day Weekend at MC May 6-9

April 2004

Fund-raising quickens for "Main Street"

College Union for Manchester College

Sundae in the Park is Saturday, May 8

with symphonic band, jazz ensemble

MSO brings together town, college

to celebrate 65th season, young artists

International Fair offers Cultural Mosaic

at Manchester College on April 25

MC's Indiana Heritage Program offers

history lesson to hundreds of children

21 Manchester students inducted

into national foreign language society

Men's basketball coach Jamie Matthews resigns to take Saginaw Valley post

International trade, globalization expert

Clyde Prestowitz to lecture April 19

MC painter Amos Rodriguez has exhibit,

reception in downtown Fort Wayne

Jazz Festival, workshops for high school,

MC students end with April 17 concert

March  2004

More than 180 gather for groundbreaking

of Recital Hall for Winger Memorial Hall

Small ensemble concert features variety of music, from classical to popular

Manchester breaks ground on Recital Hall with March 30 fete, A Cappella Choir

Three students honored for presentations at Dean's Symposium

Area audience will hear A Cappella Choir

before it embarks on Italy peace tour

The Second City is bringing its improv to Manchester College for program, workshops

Public invited to Dean's Symposium

at Manchester College on March 12

Spring play is a comedy, I Hate Hamlet

Two MC students honored by state

student education organization

Manchester Symphony Orchestra to perform old masters at March 7 concert

February  2004

Manchester hosts community welcome

for head football coach Shannon Griffith

Black Student Union program celebrates history and culture through music

Two MC students capture "Outstanding"

awards at Mock Trial regionals

Manchester, Goshen, Earham colleges

set leadership, site for Peace House

112 students on fall '03 Dean's List

Jazz pianist Scott Kirby

cancels MC Feb. 29-30 visit

Manchester College tutors give children entire grade boost in reading skills

Play at Manchester supports V-Day,

worldwide antiviolence campaign

Manchester College search committee

calls for applicants for 14th president

January 2004

Popular Taize candlelight service

is Feb. 15 in Petersime Chapel

CANCELED! Acclaimed jazz, ragtime pianist Scott Kirby coming to Manchester College on Feb. 29

Manchester College choir will sing

for your supper at mystery dinner theatre

December 2003

Manchester College hires Shannon Griffith

College, community unite

for An American Celebration concert Nov. 7