• AWARD-WINNING VIOLINIST HILARY HAHN, left, held an informal session with the campus community, March 2, prior to the Witt Series event March 3. Hahn's recital was presented in memory of her grandparents, S. Wilfred and Martha Anne Strowd Hahn. The event was sponsored by Margaret and Lanty Smith '64.
• WUSO 89.1-FM, Wittenberg's student-run campus radio station, recently began a simulcast of Dayton classical music radio station WDPR 88.1-RM from 6-10 a.m. Monday through Friday. Read more ...
• THE 2009 SPRING CHOIR TOUR began Thursday, March 5, at First United Methodist Church in Vincennes, Ind. This year's tour includes performances in five Midwestern states and includes locations where Professor of Music and Director of the Wittenberg Choir Donald Busarow spent his childhood and early concert career. Read more ...
• SPRING BREAK begins at 5 p.m. Friday, March 6, and residence halls close at noon Saturday, March 7. Residence halls reopen at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 15, and classes resume Monday, March 16. March 9-13. All administrative offices remain open.
• CROSS COUNTRY AND SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS reach all-time heights. Read more/watch video ...
• DOPPELGANGER'S, Wittenberg's new game room in the Benham-Pence Student Center, held its grand opening ceremony, Feb. 25. The renovations began in December 2008. Read more/Watch video ...
• TIGER BASEBALL Head Coach Jay Lewis introduces new members of his coaching staff, former major leaguer Rick White and Craig Isaac '94, as the team prepares to head to Winter Haven, Fla., to begin this year's campaign with nine varsity games in six days, starting on Sunday, March 8, against the College of Mount St. Joseph. Read more ...
• BEGINNERS YOGA AT WITTENBERG begins at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, second floor Recitation Hall. The four-week session will continue through April 1. Monica Hasek from Yoga Springs Studio will teach the hour and a half sessions. The cost is $40 per person total, and Wittenberg will contribute $20 per person. E-mail LuAnn Shafer, assistant director of human resources, benefits/recruitement, or call her at 7519.
• THE ANN MILLER GALLERY features "Soffiari," an exhibit of works by Columbus glass artist, Michael Rozell, through Friday, April 3. The gallery, located in Koch Hall, is free and open to the public from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Read more ...
• THE NOON LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES continues Wednesday, March 18, with Professor of Sociology Keith Doubt, who will make a presentation titled "Do Wars Murder Societies? Reflections On A New Concept: Sociocide." The free Alumni Relations program will be held in the Faculty Dining Room of the Benham-Pence Student Center. Read more ...
• WITT WEDNESDAY features comedian Eric O'Shea at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, Wally's.
• LAMBDA PI ETA, Wittenberg's department of communication honor society, received a $500 Adviser Grant Program Award from the Association of College Honor Societies. Lambda Pi Eta will team up with Mortar Board to clean up Springfield's Snyder Park. The project is consistent with the goal of the ACHS grant program, which encourages cross-campus collaboration and new initiatives among student organizations related to social responsibility. Read more ...
• THE FIRST-EVER "BLOOD BATTLE," organized by the Student-Athletic Advisory Committee and Student Senate, resulted in a WIN with 79 pints of donations over arch-rival Wooster with 90 pints of donations. Read more ...
• SPRING MUSIC CLASSES for children and adults have been scheduled by the Center for Musical Development. Read more ...
• WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK begins a new program at noon Monday, March 16. Meetings will be held in the old faculty dining room in the student center. Download flyer here ...
• RON K. BROWN/EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY, a Witt Series-sponsored event, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, Clark State Performing Arts Center. The performance is co-sponsored by Gil Belles ’62 and The Wittenberg Guild, and it is free and open to the public. Tickets are required. Read more ...
• "AWAKENING GOD'S CALL TO EARTHKEEPING," Weekday Chapel series, continues at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, March 19, titled “God’s Presence Fills All Creation” (Psalm 19). Following the session, a simple lunch of homemade soup, with bread, will be available in the chapel activity room. To assist in planning, please notify the chapel in advance to participate in the lunch.
• THE 4TH ANNUAL HARTJE LECTURE welcomes Lee Lowenfish, historian, journalist, broadcaster and jazz commentator, at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Bayley Auditorium. Lowenfish will discuss "Conservative Revolutionary: How Branch Rickey Integrated Baseball after World War II." Read more ...
• "DIVERSITY AND THE 'REAL WORLD' OF REALITY TV: an Intercultural Communication Scholar's Dream...and Nightmare," is the topic Mark Orbe, Western Michigan University, will discuss at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Bayley Auditorium. The communication department colloquium will be followed at 4 p.m. with a discussion session for Senior Seminar participants and all other interested parties. Location TBA.
• THE AFFAIRS OF THE STATE: OHIO Colloquium Series concludes at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Bayley Auditorium. Ohio Department of Health Director Alvin Jackson will present "The Essential Role of Federal, State and Community Partnerships in Achieving Ohio's Public Health Goals" at the political science colloquium. Read more ...
• "READINGS AND REFLECTIONS" presented by Maureen Fry, director of the Writing Center, begins at 4 p.m. Friday, March 20, Ness Family Auditorium.
• THE WITTENBERG CHOIR HOME CONCERT begins at 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, Weaver Chapel.
• WITTENBERG'S MOCK TRIAL TEAM has advanced to a national tournament. Congratulations to Kraig Reiber '09, Cody Grindle '09, Ronnie Ross '09, Courtney Webb '11, Michelle Graham '11, Pat Deering '10, John Papic '09 and Greg Yeager '09. The Wittenberg Mock Trial team was the only non-Division I team to make nationals, the only team without a full-time paid coach (or that doesn't take Mock Trial as a class) to make nationals and the only team to give Cincinnati (who finished in second place) a loss.
• THE SECOND ANNUAL PAM EVANS SMITH 5K MEMORIAL WALK/RUN begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. All proceeds from the event will go to the Pam Evans Smith '82 Memorial Scholarship Fund. Read more ...
• INDEPENDENT COLLEGE DAY was attended by 12 student, faculty and administrative staff members from Wittenberg who had the opportunity to meet with state representatives and senators. Read more ...
• STATEWIDE MATH COMPETITIONS were held on campus, Feb. 14. The annual competition includes students from Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University and Kenyon College to work as three-person teams to solve 10 math problems in two hours. Read more ...
• SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Carlo Goldoni, left, held its final performance, March 1. The next theatre production is a Studio Stage Production of This Is Our Youth, a play by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by senior theatre major David Kabbes at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 20-21, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Blair Hall Theatre. Admission is free.