• BLACK HISTORY MONTH is underway, and a variety of events have been scheduled. Read more ...
• WITTENBERG HOSTS the 2008 NCAC Swimming And Diving Championships in Canton, Ohio, Thursday-Friday, Feb. 14-15. Read more ...
• RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK continues through Sunday, Feb. 17. Read more ...
• TICKETS FOR THE WITTENBERG/WOOSTER GAME will be available Friday, Feb. 15. The North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball co-leaders will renew their rivalry at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, and tickets for the game at Timken Gymnasium in Wooster's Armington Physical Education Center are in high demand. Read more ...
• DINING SERVICES will be selling red roses and balloon bouquets outside the CDR during dinner Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 13-14. Roses will also be available in Post 95 while supplies last. The cost is $3 for one rose, and a red and white six-balloon bouquet is $5.
• THINK PINK NIGHT, hosted by women’s basketball, begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Pam Evans Smith Arena, HPER Center. The breast cancer awareness event is sponsored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Read more ...
• PRE-MODERN AND ANCIENT WORLD STUDIES (PAST) program begins its Spring Film Series with HERO, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Kissell Auditorium, Koch Hall. Snacks will be provided. HERO is "a martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation." Acclaimed by critics and honored with numerous awards, HERO was nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
• THE ANNUAL SENIOR WINTER EXHIBIT by Wittenberg art majors begins with an opening reception from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13. The works will be shown through Friday, March 14, at Arts Interface, second floor of the Key Bank building in downtown Springfield. Read more ... 
• THE ANNUAL CDR VALENTINE'S DAY DINNER will be held Thursday, Feb. 14. Dining Services menu includes a steak or shrimp entree, a baked potato bar, action dessert stations and more. Guests or students without a meal plan may pay $12 with cash, a debit card or WittGold at the door.
• JABALI AFRIKA, former members of the Kenya National Dance Theatre Troupe from Kenya, Africa, presents a concert that fuses music and dancing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. A hands-on workshop will follow the concert. The free concert is sponsored by Concerned Black Students and Multicultural Student Programs.
• THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC has several events scheduled for the coming weeks including faculty artist recitals with Christopher Durrenberger, piano, who will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in Krieg Hall. Adjunct Instructor of Music Timothy Olt, tuba, will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Krieg Hall. Read more ... Check the music department Concert Calendar for a complete list of coming events.
• A TAIZÉ SERVICE will take place during Weekday Chapel at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Weaver Chapel. Three to five Taizé services are held on campus each academic year. Taizé services were held for Sept. 11 and Thanksgiving during fall semester. The coming service is observed during Lent, and a fourth service will be held for Easter. Read more ...
• A WITTENBERG GARDEN CLUB brown bag lunch will be held at 12 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Alumni Room, Benham-Pence Student Center. Kathy McConkey will speak on "Essential Tools for the Garden." A $2 fee will be collected, and all those interested are welcome.
• STUDENT EMPLOYMENT information sessions will be held from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 101 Hollenbeck Hall, and from 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 203 Shouvlin Center. Topics include student employment budgets and student work awards for the 2008-09 budget year. Student Employment packets must be returned by Monday, March 3. E-mail questions to Debbie DeWitt, director of budget, or Sonya Zugelder, coordinator for student employment.
• A NOON LUNCHEON AND LECTURE SERIES (NLLS)has been planned by the Office of Alumni Relations. Each NLLS program will be held from 12-1:30 p.m. The first event is Wednesday, Feb. 20, Li Room, Benham-Pence Student Center. The first event features Staci Rhine, professor of political science and 2008 Laatsch Scholar, left, who will speak on "2008 Presidential Primaries and Election." Read more ...
• MOTOR POOL VEHICLE reservations for Spring Break trips must be completed by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20. E-mail Petal Morais, transportation coordinator, or call her at 7446.
• A FAFSA WORKSHOP for students and community members begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Shouvlin Center. The workshop is part of the Black History Month series of events.
• THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE presents performances of Wild Wind, a play by Tian Qinxin, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 21-23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. Guest director Xiaoqing Hu translated the legend of Tian Han, Chinese theatre artist, pioneer of Chinese revolutionary theatre movement and lyricist of the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. Read more ...
• MATT LORD '11 has been selected to play for England's U-19 National Team after a tryout in Philadelphia last month, Lord will head to the United Kingdom in May to train with the team. The 2008 U-19 World Games are scheduled for July in Canada. Read more ...
• A FOOD COOP AND ONLINE GUIDE along with the campus-wide recycling project launched this semester are products of Green Wittenberg. The faces behind the green movement include faculty members Ken Irwin, university reference librarian, and Rick Incorvati, associate professor of English, and such student groups as the Parliament of the Wittenberg Environmental Revolution (PoWER), Students Taking Action Now Dammit! (STAND) and Student Senate. Read more ...
• A COMMUNITY ACTION POVERTY SIMULATION (CAPS), left, was held on campus Feb. 4. The first of two CAPS events allowed attendees to take on roles such as single parents, grandparents and even toddlers. Participants were supplied with biographies of their characters and assumed the roles for a period of four "15-minute weeks." Read more ...
• "WITHIN MY REACH," a program to help women build healthy relationships, was initiated by Cate Downing '08 and Christina Irwin '08. Read more ...
• THE NINTH ANNUAL WITTENBERG TRIATHLON is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. The event is open to all Wittenberg community members and immediate family members. Individuals and relay teams will complete a half-mile swim, a 20-mile bike ride and a 4-mile run. The event is staged from the HPER Center, and registration is free. Visit the Witt Tri Web site for more details. If interested, e-mail Doug Andrews, professor of statistics.