• JOHN CANTRELL, adjunct instructor of languages, will direct the third annual New Student Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30, Blair Hall Theatre. Tickets are free and available on a first come basis starting at 6:30 each
night in the lobby.
• DAN FLEISCH, associate professor of physics, will offer Night Gazing at Weaver Observatory at 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday nights, Sept. 29-30, and Oct. 6-7, during Family Weekend and Homecoming Weekend.
• THOMAS T. TAYLOR, professor of history, will present "Stories of Weaver Chapel," at 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6, Weaver Chapel.
• ALAN MCEVOY, professor of sociology and acting department chair, will present "Teachers Who Bully Students: Patterns and Policy Implications," at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 211 Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center.
• STEPHANIE LITTLE, assistant professor of psychology, will present "Madness and the Media," at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 212 Kuss Science Center.
• KEN IRWIN, reference librarian and associate professor, KIM THOMPSON, visiting instructor of English, and the Wittenberg community were mentioned in a letter of appreciation titled "City Schools Libraries Enriched by Donations," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, Sept. 28. Written by a school library/media technician, the letter referred to the book drive on campus conceived by Thompson and facilitated by a Web site set up by Irwin that resulted in more than $3,300 pledged for books, which were in place in the libraries of each of the 16 Springfield City Schools for the start of the school year.
• ARTIMUS KEIFFER, assistant professor of geography, will welcome the Pioneer America Society: Association for the Preservation of Artifacts and Landscapes for its 38th annual conference Oct. 5-7. Read more ...
• MATTHEW J. SMITH, associate professor of communication, and his new Comic Books as Culture course were the subject of an article titled "Class Gives a Little Comic Book Relief," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, Sept. 28.
