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• PATHS CROSSING PATHS: Blues/Jazz/Rap Workshop will begin at 4:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Krieg Hall. The workshop will present performers from African-American Cross Cultural Works’ Blues/Jazz Music Fest ’07 (Yellow Springs) and is sponsored by the music department, Africana studies, global studies, Honors Program, Multicultural Student Programs, American studies and the Office of the Provost.

• THE CHI OMEGA WING DINNER will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at the Chi Omega sorority house, 2 W. Ferncliff Place. Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes of children suffering from life-threatening illnesses. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased from any ChiO before the event or at the door.

• CROSS COUNTRY TEAM will host the 2007 Invitational Meet on Saturday, Sept. 8. Read more ...

• CENTER FOR MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT fall class registration will continue through Friday, Sept. 21. The classes provide a cost-effective option for youngsters and adults to get started in music. Read more ...

• THE ANN MILLER GALLERY has selections from the Ohio Craft Museum Ceramic Permanent Collection on exhibit through Monday, Sept. 24. An exhibit that features digital photography by Alan McEvoy, professor of sociology, will begin Monday, Sept. 10, in the Thompson Gallery, Koch Hall. Titled "Spaces Within Light: Digital Photographs by Alan McEvoy," the show will be open through Friday, Oct. 5. McEvoy will also give a lecture/gallery talk. Details of which are forthcoming.

• A BOOK FAIR, organized by the Wittenberg University Student Education Association, will be held from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 10-11, first floor, Blair Hall.

• WEEKDAY CHAPEL, 11:30 A.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, will remember those who died six years ago in the terrorist attack on the United States. A Taizé prayer service for peace and healing will be used. This kind of prayer service uses the simple, repetitive a capella chants of the Taizé monastic community in France, alternating with silent and spoken prayer. Throughout the year, but particularly in the summer, thousands of young adults from across the world come together in Taizé to worship, pray and converse. The chants are repeated in such a way that all can join in as they become familiar with them.

• THE OFFICE MAX TRADE SHOW will be held from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 105 Shouvlin Center. Join colleagues to see the latest product innovations.

• AN M & M RECITAL will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, Krieg Hall. The monthly musical event will include performances by music students and faculty members.

• "THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION of Hiroshima & Nagasaki as Cities of Peace," a talk by Peter Van Den Dungen, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford (UK), will begin at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Bayley Auditorium. The history colloquium is co-sponsored by East Asian studies.

• HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH will be celebrated with lunches featuring cuisine from Mexico, Central America and South America. Dining Services plans to include the items on Wednesdays from Sept. 12 through Oct. 15 in the CDR.

• PRESIDENT MARK H. ERICKSON has scheduled the first staff coffee break of the 2007-08 academic year for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, CDR. Erickson will introduce new staff members and report on recent Wittenberg developments.

• THE WITT SERIES IBM LECTURE will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, Bayley Auditorium and will feature Marcia McNutt, president and chief executive officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. McNutt will speak on "Climate Change: Impact on the Living Ocean." The Witt Series event is free and open to the public. Read more ...

• A STUDIO STAGE PRODUCTION of Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay Abaire, directed by Rayna Long '08, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 21-22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Blair Hall Theatre.