Wittenberg University

February 15, 2002

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Highlights (On Tap This Week) • FOR THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE list of things happening around Wittenberg, check out the Online Events Calendar compiled each week by Student Development. All events free unless otherwise noted. Friday, Feb. 15 • CBS Weekend Campus Visit • "The Unexpected Guest" by Agatha Christie Directed by Ara Beal '02 8 p.m., Blair Hall Theatre Saturday, Feb. 16 • CBS Weekend Campus Visit 10 a.m. check-out • Women's Basketball vs. Denison University 2 p.m., HPER Center Call (937) 327-6450 for ticket information. To listen, tune in to WBLY-AM 1600 in Springfield or log on to the Wittenberg broadcast site. • "The Unexpected Guest" by Agatha Christie Directed by Ara Beal '02 8 p.m., Blair Hall Theatre Sunday, Feb. 17 • "The Unexpected Guest" by Agatha Christie Directed by Ara Beal '02 2 p.m., Blair Hall Theatre Friday, Feb. 22 • Admission Campus Overnight Visit Monday, Feb. 18 • Admission Campus Visit Day • Music Audition Day • Provost Search Committee Open Reception for Faculty/Staff 3:45 p.m., Kissell Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 19 • Provost Search Committee Continental Breakfast 7:30 a.m., Faculty Dining Room • Weekday Chapel Wisdom Psalms Fred Tiffany, associate professor of economics, "From Sunday to Monday and Back" 11:20 a.m., Weaver Chapel • TIAA-CREF Workshops 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., 201 Shouvlin Center • Faculty Development Brown Bag Lunch James Uphoff, faculty development director, Wright State University "How to Manage Student Group Projects" Noon, Alumni Room, Benham-Pence Student Center • Garden Club Brown Bag Lunch Kate Runyan, residence Coordinator, "Agro Forestry" Noon., 207 Shouvlin Center Fee $2 • Communications Presentation Yan Bing Zhang, "Cultural Values, Mass Media, Social Cognition and Relational Communication" 4 p.m., 334 Hollenbeck Hall • Men's and Women's Basketball NCAC Tournament Quarterfinals TBA, HPER Center Call (937) 327-6450 for ticket information. To listen, tune in to WBLY-AM 1600 in Springfield or log on to the Wittenberg broadcast site. • Film The Message: The Story of Islam The Origins of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, who is not seen or represented in the film. 6:30 p.m., Ness Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall Thursday, Feb. 21 • Weekday Chapel Seminaries Day. Pilgrimage Psalms Louise Johnson '91, Psalm 121 11:20 a.m., Weaver Chapel • Department of History Colloquium, Scott Rosenberg, assistant professor of history, "Popular Culture as Biography: Changing Images of Moshoeshoe and National Identity in Lesotho" 3:45 p.m., Kissell Auditorium Friday, Feb. 22 • Department of Philosophy Colloquium, co-sponsor: Department of Communication,     Women's Studies Program     Multicultural Program Linette Lowe, Bellarmine University, "Group Harm and Group Responsibility: The Harms of Hate Speech" 4:30 p.m., Ness Family Auditorium • 21st Annual Crystal T. Scott Talent Extravaganza 7:22 p.m., CDR, Benham-Pence Student Center Fee $5, or $7 includes party until 1 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 • Worship Service 11 a.m., Weaver Chapel

• ON THURSDAY, FEB. 14, THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN carried a story about an Alumni Valentine Card that was distributed to thousands of Wittenberg alums on Feb. 14. Links include: the Wittenberg press release, the newspaper story and enjoy the card here.

• THE WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS are in the midst of a huge week, one in which both already clinched at least a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships on Wednesday. Both teams are back in action on Saturday - for details, check out Highlights. And to read more about the teams and their current situations, check out the Wittenberg press release.

• CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM CLARK who began his new responsibilities as warehouse coordinator on Feb. 13.

• THE SENIOR CLASS OF 2002 has announced this year's commencement speaker. Click here to read the Wittenberg press release.

• CAMPUS VISITATIONS ARE IN FULL SWING with 75 Concerned Black Student (CBS) Weekend guests on hand until Saturday, Feb. 16. On Sunday, Feb. 17, 165 accepted students will arrive for an overnight stay and scholarship interviews the following day. Ken Benne, dean of admission, reported that this is one of our largest groups in the overnight programs. Everyone is certain to enjoy the energy and enthusiasm these visitors bring to campus.

• MONDAY, FEB. 18 IS MUSIC AUDITION DAY. Twenty-six high school seniors will be performing 31 auditions as they compete for music scholarships as well as auditioning for entrance into two of our degree programs - Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education.

• ON MONDAY, FEB. 18, THE PROVOST SEARCH COMMITTEE has scheduled an open faculty and staff reception for candidate Ken Bladh, interim provost and professor of geology. A continental breakfast will be held Tuesday, Feb. 19. See Highlights for details.

• THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR SERIES scheduled for Monday, Feb. 18 featuring Tim Lewis, associate professor of biology, has been postponed until Monday, Feb. 25 to allow faculty and staff to attend the reception for the provost candidate.

• TICKETS FOR THE COMIC OPERETTA H.M.S. PINAFORE go on sale Monday, Feb. 18 at the service center desk in the lower level of the Benham-Pence Student Center. Co-produced by the Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance, it will be the first Gilbert and Sullivan operetta performed on campus since 1981. Click here for cast members and details.

• ON TUESDAY, FEB. 19, Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, visiting assistant professor of history, and Jerry Pankhurst, professor of sociology, will host a showing of the only epic movie made on the life of the prophet Muhammad. The Message: The Story of Islam illustrates the paganism that Muhammad battled against in Mecca and the success of the new faith in the face of great cultural opposition. Check out Highlights for the time and location.

• BRAD SCHWIEGER, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ceramist and professor of art at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, will be giving a two-day workshop on campus Tuesday, Feb. 26 and Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Room 1, Koch Hall. His work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Art and Perception, American Craft and many other publications. Schwieger will be throwing and altering vessels on the potters wheel for the workshop, and will include a slide lecture on Tuesday. To see samples of his work: click here and click here.

• VALENTINE'S DAY BEGAN ON CAMPUS as staff members joined President Baird Tipson in the Benham-Pence Student Center. In response to one of the suggestions made during customer service training, that many wanted to learn more about what other departments do, it was decided that the highly attended coffees would be an ideal time to begin to address this issue. The Office of University Advancement was selected as the first department, and Vice President for University Advancement Chuck Dominick introduced the various areas and staff members, and he explained their responsibilities. He concluded by showing the video that was made for the Gala Celebration of the successful Defining Moments Campaign.

• ON FEB. 13, THE SECOND SERIES of customer service training sessions concluded. President Tipson was on hand to present awards. Maureen Sheehan Massaro, director of human resources, joined the President and the participants in discussion to identify ways the university might consider additional training or changes that might better serve customers, both internal and external.


• BILL BROWN, HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH, became just the second coach in program history to win 200 games at Wittenberg. Click here for the press release.



• DAVID NIBERT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, will join several prominent authors and scholars to discuss the importance and relevance of the relationships between humans and other animals at the 2002 Eastern Sociological Society meeting in March. Nibert is chair of the American Sociological Association's section on animals and society, a new and rapidly growing area of sociological inquiry. Click here to read about this area of study in a letter co-written by Nibert.

• LIGIA PINHEIRO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR THEATRE & DANCE, danced at Oberlin College last weekend in Le Pouvoir de l'Amour, a relatively unknown opera by Pancrace Royer. Click here to read the "New York Times'" review The Phases of Love in an 18th-Century Setting by Bernard Holland.



• SCOTT HEISE, TIAA-CREF INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANT, will be on campus Tuesday, Feb. 19 to explain the opportunities provided in the 2001 tax law and how these changes affect individual retirement plans. Heise will conduct two sessions. See Highlights for details. Contact Human Resources at 327-7519 for more information.

• DEBBIE DEWITT, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, reported that the new student employment manual has been given to the cabinet for review, and is on the agenda for final approval Feb. 25. Click here to learn more.



• OFF-CAMPUS SENATOR MEGAN MCGRATH '02 is responsible for meeting and greeting members of various student organizations every Saturday and Sunday morning at 7:45 a.m. as they tackle the task of cleaning up campus. McGrath said she sent an e-mail at the beginning of each semester to all campus organizations to offer them the opportunity to earn $50 per day on weekend clean-up. "Usually groups will schedule days to earn a specific amount of money for a project," McGrath said. The territory they cover runs from Bill Edwards Drive to College Avenue. The job opportunity began three-and-a-half years ago by Charles Finfrock '01 when he was independent senator, and the following year it became the official job responsibility of the off-campus senator, according to Debbie Heida, vice president of student development and dean of students. Currently, the Community Workshop, Women's Crew Team, Delta Gamma Sorority and Union Board are on the schedule for spring weekends. So far, only driving rain has kept them from their commitment.



• THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM is accepting applications for summer residential and teaching positions. Click here for details about Upward Bound.



• KUDOS TO TIM LEWIS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, for extending that extra effort during the visit of prospective student Kirsten Zuidema. While Kirsten was being interviewed, Tim took the opportunity to show her parents the new lab wing being built at the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center, and to share his knowledge of Wittenberg. His thoughtfulness resulted in an e-mail to Ken Benne, dean of admission, from the appreciative parents.

• KUDOS TO THE SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS, Geoff McGovern, J.D. Clark, Mike Pikarski and especially to Marcie McClintic for her Washington connections, in scheduling this year's commencement speaker, Bill Press.

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