Wittenberg University

May 31, 2002

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• RELAY FOR LIFE begins at 6 p.m. this evening. The Lumninary Ceremony will take place between 9 and 10 p.m., and the relay will continue until 6 p.m. tomorrow. Doug Schantz, coordinator of student accounts and co-chair of Relay for Life 2002, reports that 103 teams are signed up for this year's relay. Click here to read more. Click here to read an article carried in the Springfield News-Sun.

• CONSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS continues on schedule, according to John Paulsen, director of plant, safety and environment. Paulsen advised that the new maintenance facilities building at Bill Edwards Field has been completed and is ready for final inspection. He added that the networking has begun in Tower Hall, and that the new apartment complex for students must meet the construction deadline since all 48 units have been rented for the 2002-03 academic year. Click here to see the most recent architect's rendition of the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center Atrium.

• THE NATIONAL YOUTH Sports Program (NYSP) will begin its second year on campus on Monday, June 3. According to Brenda Baume, coordinator of the HPER Center and activities director for NYSP, applications have snowballed this year, and they are going to have to cut off at 250 participants. Click here to read the Wittenberg press release.

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• COMMENCEMENT 2002 was held on May 18. Click here to read the university press release. Click here to enjoy photos.

• ATHLETIC CAMPS begin in June for men's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's basketball, men's basketball, women's volleyball, field hockey, football and men's lacrosse. Click here to read the Wittenberg press release and to find contact information for each camp.

• THE OVERLAP TERM for the School of Community Education has nine students registered for two classes. Registration will continue until the first day of class on Monday, June 3.

• BARB MACKEY, director of community programs, will spend the month of June on campus officiating at the WISE Academic Camp and the Summer Honors Institute (SHI). Sixty-eight students will take five classes a day during WISE Camp. "About Face," the first session of the SHI will welcome 18 students, and 13 students will be on hand for SHI Session II, which is titled "Chrono-biology."

• ALUMNI WEEKEND begins on Friday, June 8. The Classes of 1952, 1957, 1972, 1977, 1962, 1967 and 1982 will reunite, as will the Hamma Class of 1952 and the Golden W members of the Classes of 1914-1951. The annual tradition of the Parade of Classes will be led by the Wittenberg Tiger to the music of Scottish bagpipes on Saturday morning, and several activities and events have been planned throughout the weekend. Click here to learn more.

• THE FIFTH ANNUAL Alumni College will be held June 8-11, and it will integrate programming with Alumni Weekend 2002. All classes will be held in Hollenbeck Hall and will revolve around the theme Americana. Classes will be taught by Professor Emeritus of History Robert Hartje, Professor of Religion and Director of Urban Studies Warren Copeland, Associate Professor of Political Science Staci Rhine, Instructor of Art History Amy Morris and Associate Professor of Communications and Theatre at Chicago State University Stephen Hofer '62. Click here to learn more.

• ON SUNDAY, June 9, Upward Bound begins its 36th annual summer program. During the six weeks, one hundred students will join 15 counselors in the resident halls. Click here to learn more about Upward Bound.

• THE SPRINGFIELD PEACE CENTER Inc. will hold its 16th Annual Peace Camp from June 10-14 at Lincoln Elementary School. The theme of this year's camp is "Building for Peace," and more than 225 students, parents and teachers as well as teen aides will learn conflict management and mediation skills. Located on campus at 826 Woodlawn Ave., the Springfield Peace Center staff works year-round to teach children peaceful ways to solve problems. Jim Huffman, professor of history, Charles Chatfield, professor emeritus of history, and Sarah Tipson serve on the board of trustees, and students have performed community service at the Peace Center.

• THE 2002 SUMMER ARTS Festival begins on Thursday, June 13 when the Ohio Lyric Theatre presents Hello Dolly! Rehearsals have been held at Krieg Hall. Brian Loeffler '03 is a member of the cast as is Richard York, adjunct instructor of music. The play begins at 8 p.m. in Veteran's Park Amphitheater. Click here for complete information about this year's festival events.

• ELMA LEE MOORE, director of adult leadership programs, added a new focus to the senior seminar for adult students based upon their field of study. Beginning spring semester, students were required to work on a project that serves as a capstone for their major. Click here to learn more.

• ON MAY 23, the students from the Clark County Joint Vocational School (JVS) completed their internships with One Source Building Services. Art McNally, manager of building services, said the program was a complete success, and he looks forward to working with future groups.

• CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM GAAL '04, who advanced to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., last week. He finished 11th in the javelin. He was one of several athletes and coaches to receive regional and/or national recognition following the spring sports season. Click here to read the Wittenberg press release.

• WITTENBERG'S ATHLETIC TEAMS COMBINED to finish second overall in the annual North Coast Athletic Conference all-sports competition. Denison won the all-sports crown, which takes into account performance in all 22 championship sports sponsored by the conference, by a mere 3.5 points over the Tigers. Click here to read the Adobe Acrobat Reader release from the NCAC.



• THE COLLEAGUE Administrative Software upgrade began on May 20. Click here to learn more.

• A DIPLOMA PLEDGE PARTNER program has been developed by the Clark County and Springfield City Schools Business Advisory Councils and the Clark County Governing Board. Wittenberg recently signed the pledge, which aims to keep students in school. In addition to the university's usual hiring practices, the pledge asks that human resources request a high school tanscript for applicants that have graduated within the last five years, and to see current grade point and attendance record information from student applicants.



• PAMELA CVITKOVICH, wife of the late John Cvitkovich, who was killed in an accident last fall while working for a subcontractor on campus, recently sent a note to the campus community. Click here to read the note and see a photo of her new infant daughter, Alyah.

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