• AROUND THE HOLLOW is now into its summer schedule with future publishing dates on June 24 and July 29. Submission deadlines are noon Tuesday, June 21 and noon Tuesday, July 26.
• UNIVERSITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY on Monday, May 30. Summer day courses do not meet. Evening courses that follow the schedule of Monday and Wednesday will be in session.
• PEER HELPERS provide support and assistance to students. Read more ...
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• DESPERADO ARTIMUS KEIFFER, assistant professor of geography, was picked up by a volunteer fire department "deputy" on May 18, and taken to the Texas Roadhouse where he was incarcerated during the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Lock-Up. In about an hour, Keiffer made phone calls and raised approximately $250 in pledges for MDA to make bail.
• WITTENBERG ESTABLISHES A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM with the world-famous Weatherhead School of Management. Read more ...
• WITTENBERG COMMISSIONS A STUDY to examine the university's relationship with the Lutheran Church. Read more ...
• STUDENT-ATHLETES JENNY BURNS '05 AND EMILY FIGEL '05 are named to Academic All-District Teams. Read more ...
• ASHLEY MURPHY '06 is interning at the lobbying firm of David Gogol '73, where she is participating in the Washington Semester Program.
• FOURTEEN STUDENTS will spend three weeks in Paris and its environs June 6-26 exploring the history and culture of the Middle Ages. The summer field study titled "Fact and Fiction in Medieval France" combines French and history.
• ELEVEN STUDENTS will participate in the New Hampshire - Meredith Municipal Internship field study May 30-July 29. Placed as unpaid interns, the students will complete one or more projects during their stay.
• SIX STUDENTS have traveled to Beaufort, N.C., to participate in the Marine World/Extended Field Studies at Duke Marine Lab through June 17. The program provides non-majors with an appreciation for the general processes of biology in a marine context.
• THIRTY-FIVE STUDENTS are in Antigua, Guatemala, for intensive language study, supplemented by work in Mayan culture. Instruction is provided by the Ixchel Spanish School with Wittenberg faculty supervision and will continue through June 19.
• TWENTY-NINE STUDENTS have gone to Lesotho, Africa, for summer field study. The program includes both academic study and work with Habitat for Humanity in the capital city of Maseru. The group will return to campus June 15.
• SUMMER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES have been announced by the Community Service Office. Students must contact the Community Service Office prior to participating in any of these opportunities if they are interested in using them for their community service requirement. Students must have a Summer Service Proposal approved and attend an orientation prior to starting their service. Proposals will be accepted until July 8. Read more ...
• PRE-ORIENTATION programs will be held for first-year students on June 10 and 24, and July 22.
• KALEIDOSCOPE MUSIC CAMP will be held on campus June 27-30. This is the ninth year for the program presented by the Center for Musical Development and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Read more ...
• MADISON AVENUE PHARMACY will open its new store on the corner of Fountain Avenue and Ward Street on June 6.
• RI FELTS '06 served an internship with the City of Springfield and presented her research findings at City Hall. Read more ...
• A STANDING-ROOM ONLY CROWD packed the Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Center to recognize Wittenberg's Class of 2005 on May 14. Read more ...
