Wittenberg University

2001 News Archive

Wittenberg Hosts Annual Kiwanis -Wittenberg Holiday Men's and Women's Basketball Classic
It's that time again. The Christmas presents have been opened, and the New Year's champagne is on ice. At Wittenberg University, the Tiger men's and women's basketball teams are hosting the annual Kiwanis-Wittenberg Holiday Classic on Friday, Dec. 28 and Saturday, Dec. 29 at the HPER Center. Games for both days are scheduled for 1, 3, 6 and 8 p.m. Read More...

Wittenberg Offers Music Classes
The Center for Musical Development (CMD) at Wittenberg University begins its winter session the week of Jan. 7. All classes meet in Krieg Hall on campus. Read More...

Wittenberg Football Advances To NCAA Quarterfinals For Third Time In Last Four Years
The Wittenberg University Tigers, making their 10th appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs and 11th appearance overall in postseason action, take to the road for a third straight week on Saturday to square off with defending national champion Mount Union College. Kickoff is slated for noon at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio as the Tigers and Mount Union square off in the NCAA quarterfinals for the third time since 1998. Read More...

Community "Messiah" Sing To Be Held At Wittenberg
Wittenberg University will sponsor the 20th annual Community Sing of George Friedrich Handel's "Messiah" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3 in Weaver Chapel. Read More...

Wittenberg Increases Levels For Clark County And Miami Valley Scholarships
Wittenberg University has made the Clark County and Miami Valley Scholarship program more attractive for this year's new student class by raising the scholarship from $5,000 per year to $7,500 annually. This new scholarship will reduce the cost of tuition by $30,000 for an undergraduate degree at the liberal arts and sciences university. Currently, annual tuition at Wittenberg is $22,680. Read More...

Wittenberg Professor Grabs National Attention, Named Best In State
When Wittenberg Professor Robert Welker was awarded the Ohio Professor of the Year Award in Washington D.C. today, he could not make the ceremony. He had to be on campus to teach. Read More...

National Public Health Leader Featured Wittenberg Series Speaker
Deborah B. Prothrow-Stith, a nationally recognized public health leader, will be a featured speaker during the 20th annual Wittenberg Series at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14. Her speech, "Deadly Consequences: Violence in American Society," is part of The Fred R. Leventhal Family Endowed Lecture and will be held in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center on Wittenberg's campus. Read More...

FIPSE Awards New Grant To Wittenberg To Improve P-12 Education
Wittenberg University has received a grant to help foster an innovative collaborative effort to improve teaching outcomes in real classrooms. The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in the U.S. Department of Education, through its Comprehensive Program, has awarded a $205,485 grant to Wittenberg University for the projects connected with Wittenberg's new Master of Arts program and the Springfield-Wittenberg Teacher Institute. This $375,193 project is funded 55 percent by FIPSE, with the remaining 45 percent funded by Wittenberg University and other sources. Read More...

Luther Symposium And Festival Choral Eucharist To Be Held
The Reformation and Martin Luther will be the focus of two major Wittenberg Series events Oct. 29 & 31. Read More...

Steve Dawson Wins 200th Career Game As Men's Soccer Head Coach
Wittenberg University's 4-1 men's soccer victory over Wabash College on Wednesday, Oct. 17 in Crawfordsville, Ind. was a big win for the team, improving the Tigers to 10-4-1 overall and 4-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference on the 2001 season. In addition, it was Men's Soccer Head Coach Steve Dawson's 200th career victory, a landmark that puts him in some elite company. Read More...

Wittenberg Football To Make Another Appearance On Time Warner Cable In Dayton Area
The Wittenberg University football team will make its second appearance on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area this week when its game against Ohio Wesleyan University is taped for re-broadcast. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield. Read More...

Wittenberg Volleyball To Appear On Time Warner Cable In Dayton Area
The Wittenberg University volleyball team will be showcased on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area three times in the next week. The Tigers' North Coast Athletic Conference showdown against the Ohio Wesleyan University Battlin' Bishops on Oct. 10 will be cablecast on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 10 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 15 at 9:30 p.m. Read More...

Chicago-area College Administrator To Become First Woman To Chair Wittenberg University Board
Ingrid S. Stafford, an alumna of Wittenberg University and an executive of Northwestern University, is making history at her liberal arts alma mater in Springfield, Ohio. Stafford has recently been elected chair of Wittenberg University's 36-member board of directors, the first woman to occupy that post in the school's 157-year history. Stafford will preside for the first time as chair of the Wittenberg board at the Oct. 19-20 meeting. Read More...

Wittenberg Athletic Teams To Appear On Time Warner Cable In Dayton Area
Wittenberg University athletic teams will appear on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area over the next few months, beginning with this week's football game on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. between the Tigers and the Allegheny College Gators at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield. Time Warner Television will cover other Wittenberg sporting events as well, including a volleyball match at Wittenberg on Wednesday, Oct. 10 and two basketball games in January. Read More...

Wittenberg Names Director Of Alumni Relations
Wittenberg University has named Patricia Benne director of Alumni Relations announced Charles Dominick, vice president for university advancement. Read More...

Four Former Standout Tiger Athletes To Be Inducted Into Wittenberg Hall Of Honor On Saturday
Four former standout athletes will be inducted into the Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Honor during Homecoming weekend ceremonies on Saturday, Sept. 29. Kim Harshbarger, '79, Ron Duncan '66, Pat Beasley '73 and Nathan Harter '08 will join 123 other athletes inducted over the last 16 years. Read More...

Wittenberg Family Finds Solace In Each Other Following National Tragedy
The Wittenberg family came together Tuesday, Sept. 11, only about two hours after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Read More...

Donating Blood and Local & Campus Church Services
As promised at this morning's chapel, I'm sharing information about donating blood to assist in the relief efforts and information about local church services and opportunities for prayer and reflection. Read More...

Wittenberg Community To Gather In Response To Terrorist Attacks
In response to this morning’s terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. students, staff and facuty will hold an all-campus meeting during the regular Chapel service time at 11:20 a.m. this morning in Weaver Chapel. Read More...

Foreign Policy Expert Named First 2001-02 Wittenberg Fellow
Wittenberg University welcomed its first Wittenberg Fellow of 2001-02 Sept. 6 when Lee H. Endress, director of the College of Security Studies at the Asia-Pacific Center, spoke to students and faculty in Ness Auditorium. Read More...

Wittenberg Moves To Tier Two In Latest U.S. News College Rankings
114 best liberal arts colleges in the country 2002 America's Best Colleges rankings Wittenberg University has been ranked in the second tier of the just released 2002 America's Best Colleges rankings. This ranking places Wittenberg among the 114 best liberal arts colleges in the country. The magazine will publish the new rankings in the Sept. 10 edition of U.S. News & World Report. Read More...

Wittenberg Sharpens Focus On Safety Awareness, Crime Prevention
Wittenberg University Police and Security officers will assume a teaching role this fall when they join the effort to train students how to avoid being victims of crime. Read More...

Wittenberg Series Celebrates Two Decades Of Showcasing Cultural Events
This season of the Wittenberg Series marks its 20th year for offering the community free events of cultural, educational and creative significance. Appropriately, the theme for this year's anniversary of the Series is also the university's motto, "Having Light, We Pass It On To Others," which emphasizes the spirit of the events being offered as an enriching gift to the community. Read More...

Alumnus' Efforts Bring Wittenberg National TV Attention
Car #44 sporting the Wittenberg University logo won the NASCAR Busch North Series "Little Trees 150" at Watkins Glen International Speedway on Saturday, August 11, 2001. Read More...

Master Of Arts In Education Open House Set For Aug. 16
Wittenberg University will hold an open house for its new Master of Arts in Education program on Thursday, Aug.16, 2001, at 10 a.m. and again at 4 p.m. Each hour-long session will be held on campus in the Morris Lounge located inside the Wittenberg Student Center at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue and West Ward Street in Springfield. Read More...

Wittenberg Names Stenberg Director Of Major Gifts
Wittenberg University recently appointed Richard W. Stenberg Director of Major Gifts in the Office of Advancement, announced Charles Dominick, vice president for university advancement. Read More...

Wittenberg Selects Director Of News Services
Rajean Snow has been named Director of News Services at Wittenberg University, announced Jim Dexter, director of public relations. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumni Author Nominated For National Book Award
Winberg Chai The Girl From Purple Mountain May-lee Chai Released in June 2001 and already nominated for a National Book Award, The Girl From Purple Mountain, written by Sinologist Winberg Chai, Class of 1955, and his daughter, May-lee, continues to garner attention from national critics, including those at The Washington Post and The New York Times. Read More...

Wittenberg A Model For ‘Smoke-Free’ Campus
An upcoming public-affairs program on Dayton television’s Fox 45 features Wittenberg’s experience as a smoke-free campus. Read More...

Wittenberg Enjoys Tremendous Success With First National Youth Sports Program
When he arrived on campus about two years ago, Wittenberg University Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell had a vision. It involved hundreds of Springfield-area children scurrying about the campus during the normally quiet summer months of June and July, participating in a variety of enrichment programs and filling their days with meaningful activities. Read More...

Wittenberg Selects Former Sheriff's Office Operations Commander As New Director Of Security/Police
Vaughn E. McKenney has been appointed director of security/police at Wittenberg University, effective Monday, July 9, 2001. Read More...

Alumni & Visitors Center renamed in honor of Bayley Family
Wittenberg University has renamed the Alumni & Visitors Center the Bayley Alumni House in honor of Robert G. and Ruth K. Bayley of Springfield. Read More...

Wittenberg University Promotes Julie Parsons To Director Of Major Gifts
Julie Parsons has been named Director of Major Gifts at Wittenberg University by Charles Dominick, vice president for university advancement. Read More...

Wittenberg University Hands Out Seven Special Alumni Awards
Wittenberg University honored six distinguished alums and a longtime employee as part of its Alumni Weekend celebration, May 18-20. The awards were presented at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19 at the All-Alumni Awards Brunch in the Benham-Pence Student Center. Read More...

Wittenberg University Honors Four Leaders During 2001 Commencement Ceremony
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence at the CIA John E. McLaughlin delivered the commencement address and was among four prominent local and national leaders who received special honorary degrees at Wittenberg University's 2001 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. Read More...

Students Design Award-Winning Advertising Campaign For Local Assisted Living Facility
The four enterprising Wittenberg University students who made up the 2000 Creative Advertising Partnership (CAP) team will don cap and gown for the university's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12 knowing they are well-prepared for the next step in their lives. Read More...

Investment Club Finishes Third In National Competition
In an investing environment that has humbled even the finest and most profitable professional money managers in recent months, Wittenberg University's Oak Associates Investment Club, a division of the Wittenberg Management Association (WMA), more than held its own last year to earn third place in a national competition. Read More...

Outstanding Students Recognized for Academic Achievement
Wittenberg University honored the achievements of students and faculty members at the 15th annual Honors Convocation Friday, April 20 in Weaver Chapel. The convocation, held with faculty in full academic regalia, recognizes high achievement of students and faculty members in academic and co-curricular activities. Read More...

Wayne O. Maurer Receives 2001 Wittenberg University Alumni Association Award For Distinguished Teaching
Wayne O. Maurer, associate professor of management at Wittenberg University, received the 2001 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching at the university's Honors Convocation held Friday, April 20 in Weaver Chapel. Read More...

Wittenberg History Professor Wins Ohio Academy Of History's Top Teaching Award
The Ohio Academy of History has awarded Wittenberg University Professor of History Thomas T. Taylor its 2001 Distinguished Teaching Award. Read More...

Wittenberg Graduates Pass Certification Test: Teacher Education Program Aces ‘Report Card’
One hundred percent of Wittenberg education majors passed the Ohio licensing exams for both their academic content areas and for their professional knowledge. Read More...

English Colloquium Features Renowned News Photographer
Washington Post photojournalist Lois Raimondo, will present an award-winning portfolio of work titled “A Survival Sketchbook” at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 12 in Ness Family Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall. Read More...

An A"track"tive Choice
Two strong years of racing excitement have highlighted the Wittenberg logo at the Greater Rochester International Auto Show. The #1 Monte Carlo proudly displayed Wittenberg's logo and colors throughout the 2000 racing season, which ranked second in all time attendance by racing enthusiasts. The Monte Carlo is owned by Wittenberg alumnus Eugene Miller '65. Read More...

Students Fight Against Abuse With 3K Run/Walk
Determined to shine a spotlight on violence and abuse locally and nationwide, Wittenberg students will host the "Run Against Abuse" 3K run/walk Saturday, April 21 on the Wittenberg campus. Organizers hope it will be the first of what will become an annual event. Read More...

Professor Receives Award
Recognition from one's peers is perhaps the greatest honor any professional can receive. Al Stickney, professor of mathematics at Wittenberg University, recently received just such an honor from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Read More...

A Musical Weekend At Wittenberg
Four free public weekend concerts will be presented at Wittenberg University April 6-8. Read More...

Wittenberg University And Girl Scouts Present A Unique Science Night
When Mike Crotty took his family to a Wittenberg University Astronomy Club outing, he was thrilled with his children's enthusiastic reactions, but he was also concerned that none of them thought they could work as a scientist or astronomer in the future. It seems they thought only the smartest students could go on to do such difficult work. Read More...

Wittenberg Professors Obtain Grant For Geographic Information Systems Lab
For a group of Wittenberg University professors, life regularly imitates science. Now, thanks to a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) worth nearly $100,000 that will be matched by Wittenberg, life will also simulate science. Read More...

"Lend Me A Tenor" To Be Presented At Wittenberg
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Wittenberg University will present Ken Ludwig's comedy "Lend Me a Tenor" in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave. Read More...

Wittenberg Athletes Claim National Academic Awards
It's nothing new that Wittenberg University athletic teams are enjoying a banner 2000-01 school year on the field, the court, the pool, the course - anyplace where sporting events are contested. Tiger athletes are also getting it done in the classroom. Read More...

Gates Millennium Scholar Excels In First Year
That a college student would maintain a computer file detailing his personal accomplishments may be somewhat unusual, but it's not surprising considering all that savvy Wittenberg University freshman Harold Ivery, Jr. has already done in his life. Fittingly, Ivery is one of 1,000 students nationwide who were awarded scholarship money last year from a foundation created by Microsoft Corp. president Bill Gates, an overachiever who knows a little bit about computers in his own right. Read More...

Wittenberg To Host Empty Bowls
Since the beginning of August, senior Wittenberg art students have been throwing and glazing hundreds of bowls for the annual Empty Bowls benefit. From 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in Room 105 of the Shouvlin Center, Wittenberg University students, faculty, staff and Springfield community members are invited to share more than just a meal. Since its founding in 1994, Empty Bowls has been an annual sellout event and an opportunity for Wittenberg and Springfield to give back to the Clark, Champaign and Logan tri-county area. Read More...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author David K. Shipler Wraps Up 2000-01 Wittenberg Series
Putting the final touches on another successful and thought-provoking year of the Wittenberg Series will be David K. Shipler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former foreign correspondent with The New York Times. Shipler will make a presentation titled "Arab and Jew: The Psychology of Peace" at 8 p.m. Monday, March 19 at Kissell Auditorium in Koch Hall. Later in the week, Shipler will be the featured speaker at a sociology and political science colloquium, offering his thoughts on "Race in America: Perspectives on a Country of Strangers" at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. Both events are open to the public free of charge. Read More...

Wittenberg Men's Basketball preps for NCAA Sweet 16, earns conference honors
The Wittenberg University Tigers defeated Maryville College Saturday night to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament Sweet 16. The Tigers, who improved to 24-3 with the second round victory over Maryville, will compete in a four-team sectional March 9-10 at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Read More...

Loveland, Ohio Native Becomes First Wittenberg Student To Win National Student Playwriting Award
On Sunday, Feb. 25, Wittenberg University senior Dan Stroeh received a life-changing call. It was from a representative of the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival's national committee informing him that he had won the National Student Playwriting Award, the most prestigious playwriting honor for an undergraduate or graduate student in the United States. Read More...

Organization Sponsors Motivational Lecture Geared To Young Women Of Color
Concluding an active and thought-provoking Black History Month, an organization called The Bridge: Women of Color Collective will host an event titled "Celebrating Women of Color" from 4-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28. The keynote speaker of the second annual event, which will take place in the Alumni & Visitors Center, is Dr. Kettlie Joseph Daniels. Read More...

Anti-sweatshop Crusaders To Speak
The Wittenberg student social-awareness group STAND will host a lecture by Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu, on their work against Indonesian sweatshops at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, in Room 300 Krieg Hall. Read More...

Philosophy Department, Women's Studies Program Present Thought-Provoking Play
The Wittenberg University philosophy department, women's studies program and VOICES, Wittenberg's Women's Association, are co-sponsoring a thought-provoking play titled "The Most Massive Woman Wins" at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24, and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25. Read More...

Rebecca Harvey To Present Lecture And Ceramics Workshops At Wittenberg
Rebecca Harvey, ceramist and assistant professor of art at The Ohio State University, will present a slide lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 in Kissell Auditorium, Koch Hall. The lecture is open to the public. A reception will follow from 8 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. in the Ann Miller Gallery in Koch Hall. Read More...

Wittenberg Economist Offers Optimistic Views On American Growth Prospects
While the popular belief is that the American economic sky is falling, there also remains great optimism despite the collapse of many high-flying technology stocks in 2000. At Wittenberg University, professor of economics and department chair David Wishart gives voice to just such optimism. Read More...

Men's Basketball Team Primed For Showdown For Conference Championship
At 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 17, the North Coast Athletic Conference's version of Men's Basketball Clash of the Titans takes place. The showdown pitting the Wittenberg University Tigers, ranked No. 5 in the country, and the College of Wooster, the nation's top-ranked NCAA Division III team, is scheduled for that time and date before what is expected to be a standing-room-only crowd at Wooster's Timken Gymnasium. Read More...

Indiana Painter Debra Clem To Present Gallery Talk At Wittenberg
Debra Clem, assistant professor of fine arts at Indiana University Southeast, will lecture on her recent paintings at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in Kissell Auditorium, Koch Hall. Clem's work is currently on exhibit in the Ann Miller Gallery of Koch Hall, Wittenberg University. Read More...

Wittenberg Series Continues With Best-Selling Author, Mathematician And Public Speaker John Allen Paulos
As part of the well-rounded 2000-01 Wittenberg Series theme of "Individualism and Commitment in American Public Life," best-selling author, mathematician and public speaker John Allen Paulos is presenting the IBM Endowed Lecture in the Sciences at 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 19. The event will take place in Wittenberg’s Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center.Paulos is a mathematics professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is an accomplished author, writing such best-selling books as "Innumeracy," "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper," "Once Upon a Number" and "I Think, Therefore I Laugh," scholarly papers on probability, logic and the philosophy of science, and columns on ABCNews.com. He also has penned numerous book reviews, articles and OpEd pieces in such publications as the New York Times, the Nation, the Wall Street Journal and the London Review of Books. Paulos also is a member of the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board. Read More...

Wittenberg University Swimming & Diving teams set 17 school records, advance nine swimmers to NCAA Championships
As a new season dawned last fall, Wittenberg University Men’s and Women’sSwimming and Diving Head Coach Bob Rueppel was flush with optimism. As both the men’s and women’steams put together winning dual meet records for the first time since he arrived on campus six years ago, theevidence began to build that he was indeed training a team on the rise. Read More...

Wittenberg University Department Of Theatre And Dance Presents Interpretation Of Classic "Tartuffe"
It has been more than 300 years since Moliere first presented the now famous, or infamous, play "Tartuffe." Wittenberg University’s department of theatre and dance will perform the latest of many interpretations, based on the contemporary English verse translation written by Richard Wilbur, from Feb. 15-18. Read More...

Wittenberg University Athletic Teams Enjoy New Support As Pep Squad And Band Hit The Floor
Athletic teams representing Wittenberg University have long enjoyed tremendous success on the field of play, showing plenty of "pep" in vanquishing more foes than any other school in Division III history on the football field and basketball court. Now there will be a little more "pep" in the stands as well. Read More...

Wittenberg Students, Faculty Working To Improve Race Relations, Address Media Stereotypes
The organization is called Concerned Black Students (CBS), but that doesn't mean they spend all their time at Wittenberg University sitting around scowling. Their upbeat leader, Forest Wortham, Wittenberg's director of multicultural student programs, would hear none of it. Read More...

Wittenberg Appoints Two Distinguished Professors To Newly Endowed Faculty Chair Positions
Wittenberg University Provost Sammye C. Greer announced the appointments of Josephine F. Wilson, professor of psychology, to the Paul Luther Keil Chair in Psychology and Terry Otten, professor of English, to the Kenneth E. Wray Chair in the Humanities. Both are newly endowed chair positions, created by gifts to the university designated for support of faculty activities. Read More...

Wittenberg University Alumnus To Speak At English Colloquium, Receive High Honor As Wittenberg Fellow
The Wittenberg University English department is welcoming one of its most successful and prominent alumni back to campus this week. Chicago Tribune sports columnist Fred Mitchell will present a colloquium titled "Pressure makes perfect: Learning to write effectively on a deadline" at 4 p.m. Thursday Feb. 1st in Ness Family Auditorium. At that time, he will also be named a Wittenberg Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding accomplishments in a chosen field. Read More...

Wittenberg University Alum, Daughter Hook Up For Rare Auto Racing Feat At Rolex 24 At Daytona
Amy and Tom Volk don’t think of themselves as pioneers. They are just two members of a team doing something they love — with a new twist beginning Saturday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. when the green flag is dropped on the "Rolex 24 At Daytona." Read More...

$23 Million Science Center Named In Honor Of Barbara Deer Kuss
The Wittenberg University Board of Directors decided at its Jan. 26-27 meeting to commit to the construction of a $23 million science education facility to be named the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. Read More...

Professor Has No Doubts About Upcoming Semester In Bosnia
For a man with a last name indicating some degree of indecision, Wittenberg University Sociology Department Chair Dr. Keith Doubt is remarkably self-assured. He knows why he is heading to one of the most unstable societies in the world, and he knows what he hopes to accomplish while working as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sarajevo in the capital city of war-ravaged Bosnia. Read More...

The Acting Company Brings Musical Rendition Of Shakespeare Comedy To Wittenberg Series
The show must go on, and so does the 2000-2001 Wittenberg Series in the form of a presentation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" by The Acting Company at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center. The event is co-sponsored by the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, C.J. Richardson Fund. Read More...

Wittenberg Series Continues With Presentation By Distinguished Professor, Author
With a new first lady now settling into the White House, the William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History will feature a timely topic as part of the 2000-2001 Wittenberg Series. Blanche Wiesen Cook, distinguished professor of history and women’s studies at the John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will make a presentation entitled "The Real Eleanor Roosevelt" at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29 in Wittenberg University’s Weaver Chapel. Read More...

Dr. Elma Lee Moore Takes Over As Director Of Wittenberg University Adult Leadership Programs
Dr. Elma Lee Moore has been appointed to the position of Director, Adult Leadership Programs at Wittenberg University, taking over for the departed Scott Graham, who left last summer. Read More...

MLK Day Talk to Offer Message of Service to Others
As a successful politician entering an election year, Columbus City Attorney Janet E. Jackson might have found it more professionally expedient to accept an invitation to another, more high-profile Martin Luther King Day event closer to home. Read More...

Loveland, Ohio Native Prepares for Performance of his life
When Wittenberg University student Dan Stroeh steps onto the stage in Milwaukee next week, the young playwright/actor will be delivering the performance of his life, no matter how you look at it. Read More...

Season Of Giving Brings Wittenberg University News Of Three Major Gifts
The holiday season brought glad tidings to Wittenberg University in the form of three major gifts. Read More...