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• A FASHION SHOW, co-sponsored by AIA and CBS, will be held at 9 p.m. Friday, April 27, CDR. Students and faculty will model in an effort to raise awareness about children soldiers and children sex slaves in Uganda, and to raise money for Invisible Children Inc., a non-profit organization that helps the affected children. During the intermission, a representative of Invisible Children will address the audience. Tickets are $3 and will be available for purchase at the door. Read more...

• ERIN GORMAN '09, right, received a 2007 undergraduate award from the Cultural Geography Specialty Group for her paper "Aboriginal Cultural Ecology and Architecture: A Study of Four Tribes." Read more...

• WITTENBERG WELCOMES Carolyn Kearns, Wittenberg Series coordinator. Wendy Smiseck, associate director of the Career Center, and Ashlee Sousa, Wittenberg police officer, will begin their duties May 7. Congratulations to Kristin Kelly, who transitioned from a temporary role in admission to full-time office assistant, and Cathie Dollinger, who will begin her new responsibilities as coordinator of Academic Programs on April 30.

• SENIOR ART MAJORS have placed their thesis projects on display throughout Koch Hall and the Ann Miller Gallery. Read more...

Dance • THE FACULY AND SENIOR DANCE CONCERT is the final mainstage performance of the academic year and will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 27-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, Blair Hall Theatre. Tickets are $4 and will be available in the Benham-Pence Student Center and at the door. Read more...

• MUSIC AT WITTENBERG has several concerts and recitals on its calendar for the end of the academic year. Read more ...

• WITTFEST, Wittenberg's annual spring festival, will keep campus bustling for 12 straight hours, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28. Read more...

• A STUDENT FORUM to discuss sexism issues on campus will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, April 30, Bayley Auditorium. The Offices of the President and the Provost are working with several groups on campus to schedule forums to discuss the campus climate. Notices about forums for other groups will be forthcoming.

• SPRING SEMESTER classes end Wednesday, May 2. Reading Day will follow on Thursday, May 3, and final exams will be given May 4-5, 7-9. Exam Schedule.

• A LOST AND FOUND CONCERT will be held at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, May 3, Weaver Chapel. The concert will open with the women's duo "Alathea." The concert is free, but donations of canned goods for the local food pantry will be collected.

•INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' annual end-of-the-year reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 4, Ness Family Auditorium. The reception will allow the campus community the opportunity to say goodbye and offer best wishes to the 12 senior international students and to the 13 international exchange students.

• AN ORGAN WORKSHOP will be held for grades 9-12 from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, Krieg Hall. Professor of Music and University Organist Donald Busarow will present the free workshop. Read more ...

• THE DOCTOR IS IN Health Lecture Series continues with "Talk Fast: A Crash Course for Parents and Their High School Seniors" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 105 Shouvlin Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Read more...

• CONCERNED BLACK STUDENTS (CBS) and its supporters staged the annual walk-out CBS of classes on April 25. CBS executive board members led the event to commemorate those black students who left campus in 1969 to protest the treatment they received. The event led to significant changes at Wittenberg.

• EMPTY BOWLS brought in $6,370 for Springfield's Second Harvest Food Bank. Coupled with the $7,450, which was raised through local sponsors, brings the total to $13,820.

• THE TIGER AWARDS, recognizing excellence in sports and academic performance by Wittenberg University student-athletes, were handed out during a banquet April 22, in the HPER Center. More than 200 student-athletes, representing each of the university’s 23 varsity athletic teams, were in attendance. Read more...

• WITTENBERG'S NEW ROTARACT CLUB celebrated its Charter Night, Monday, April 16. Brought to Wittenberg by Ozge Sayinger '09, the Rotaract Club creates new ties to the Springfield community and the world at-large. Read more...