• SEASONS GREETINGS from the staff in the Office of University Communications. Around the Hollow will resume weekly publication on Friday, Jan. 7, 2005. Deadline for the issue is noon, Tuesday, Jan. 4.
• OPEN ENROLLMENT for flexible spending accounts, optional life insurance and health insurance ends this week. Eligible employees who want to participate in any of these programs must have the completed enrollment forms to human resources before 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17.
• VOICE MAIL should be updated to include holiday and winter break schedule changes.
• TIME SHEETS for the pay period of Dec. 13-26 must be turned into human resources by noon Monday, Dec. 20.
• VISIT THE BAHAMAS Gerace Research Center San Salvador with Professors of Biology Ron deLanglade and Tim Lewis, and Professor of Geology Bob Morris, Feb. 5-12, 2005. Contact deLanglade at (937) 327-6477, or e-mail Ron deLanglade or Mike Wesbecher, assistant director of alumni relations, at (937) 327-7428, or e-mail Wesbecher for additional information.
• THE WEAVER CHAPEL ORNAMENT, third in a series featuring classic Wittenberg landmarks, is available for $20 at the Bayley Alumni House, or by e-mail: alumni@wittenberg.edu.
• THE KIWANIS CLASSIC will be held Wednesday-Thursday, Dec. 29-30, in the HPER Center. See Highlights for the schedule of games.
• A WEIGHT WATCHERS @ WORK 10-week session will begin at noon Tuesday, Jan. 4, 212 Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. Deadline for faculty and staff members to take advantage of Wittenberg's contribution is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29. Refer questions to the Office of Human Resources at ext. 7526, or e-mail Joanna Inskeep.
• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. will be remembered as Wittenberg observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 17. Robert Graetz, retired Lutheran pastor, civil rights activist and author, will speak at the annual convocation, sponsored by the Wittenberg Series.
• THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH planning committee is accepting nominations for the Wittenberg Diversity Award. The committee will recognize a student, a professor and a non-teaching employee who exemplify diversity on campus. Read more ...
• JOYCE DINDO '06 represented Wittenberg at the 56th annual Student Conference on United States Affairs at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Nov. 10.
• THE 10TH ANNUAL MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST, sponsored by Sodexho and hosted by Interim President Bill Steinbrink '64 and Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Carolyn Perkins was held Dec. 12. Eight-hundred and 26 students participated in the night-before-finals event.
• WITTENBERG HOSTED the annual Rotary Christmas Luncheon on Dec. 13.
• FREEMAN FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS are available to support non-East Asian faculty, staff and administrators to experience the culture of East Asia in exchange for a commitment to broaden the understanding of East Asia on campus. Read more...
