Alumna and Board Member Jennette Bradley Appointed Ohio Treasurer
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University alumna Lt. Gov. Jennette Bradley will usher in 2005 with a new state office title, adding to her already impressive political resume. Gov. Bob Taft has appointed Lt. Gov. Bradley to the office of treasurer of state, effective Jan. 3. Read More...

Kennedy Center New Play Programs for Region III to be Chaired by Professor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Steven Reynolds, professor of theatre and dance at Wittenberg University, has been rewarded for a dedicated career in the theatrical arts by being appointed Chair of the New Play Program for Region III by the National Committee of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Read More...

Wittenberg Student Attends International Conference At U.S. Military Academy
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Joyce Dindo, a junior political science major/Russian Area Studies minor from Akron, Ohio, represented Wittenberg University at the 56th annual Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Nov. 10. The organizing theme for SCUSA 56, “Beyond Hegemony: The Goals and Consequences of American Action at Home and Abroad,” brought together more than 250 outstanding undergraduates in the disciplines of international relations, economics, political science and related social science fields from around the nation and the world to discuss major issues and formulate proposals for American foreign policy. Read More...

Wittenberg University Establishes Endowed Chair In Honor Of Biology Professor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The first woman in Wittenberg’s history to teach in the sciences and one of only a handful of women scientists in the nation in 1957, Elizabeth E. Powelson, professor emeritus of biology, inspired countless students during her 44-year career at the university. Now, three years after her retirement, an endowed chair has been created in Powelson’s name. An announcement ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in Bayley Auditorium of the new Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Students Will Present Original Documentary Theatre Production
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Theatre of Reality WittSems (short for Wittenberg Seminars) class will present an original documentary theatre production based on the 2004 presidential election at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave. The performance is free and open to the public. Read More...

Wittenberg University Senior Wins National Lutheran Organ Scholarship
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Brad Hall was tickling the ivories on the piano in the second grade and began his instruction in organ music with Wittenberg University Professor of Music Trudy Faber when he was a sophomore in high school. Now, as a senior studying for a bachelor of music in organ at Wittenberg, he is the recipient of a national scholarship for his mastery of the pipe organ. Read More...

Join Wittenberg University for Holiday Celebrations in December
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The sights, the sounds and the aromas of the holidays will be evident Friday evening, Dec. 3, as the community is invited to Wittenberg University to enjoy the traditional campus tree lighting ceremony, a holiday buffet and the Service of Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas later in Weaver Chapel. This event continues a time-honored tradition at Wittenberg and transforms the campus into what could be the cover of a beautiful holiday greeting card. Read More...

Student-Run Wittenberg Radio Station Gets Signal Upgrade; Improves Range By 128 Percent
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The joyous sounds that emanate daily from Wittenberg University’s student-run radio station, WUSO 89.1-FM, can now be heard by many more people in the greater Springfield area thanks to a recently completed signal upgrade that will improve the station’s range a whopping 128 percent. Read More...

New Law Designed to Help Wittenberg University Work with Students in Challenging Situations
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As Congress prepares to return to Washington, a new law called The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, signed by the President on Oct. 21, 2004, will make a significant difference in the lives of hundreds of young people across the nation, including students at Wittenberg University. The law was named for U.S. Senator Gordon Smith’s son who committed suicide while in college last year. Read More...

Wittenberg Mock Trial Team Earns Respect in Cleveland, Prepares for Trials Nov. 21 and Dec. 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University Mock Trial Association team competed in a four-round mock trial invitation tournament hosted by Case Western Reserve and Myers University on Nov. 5-7, which was held at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Participating along with 17 schools from around the nation, Wittenberg was ranked No.1 from the first round and consistently competed in the winner’s bracket. Defeated in the fourth round by the University of Michigan, Wittenberg’s team ended the tournament with a 4-4 record. Read More...

Professor Cites Importance of National Parks Research During Geological Society Meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Carol Ormand, visiting assistant professor of geology at Wittenberg University, knows the challenges many professors face when teaching science to non-science majors and will share her unique approach with other geoscientists at the 116th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver Nov. 7-10. Ormand’s presentation, “Keeping It Real: Making the Geology of the National Parks Relevant for Non-Science Majors,” is part of the accepted research to be offered to the more than 6,200 geoscientists expected to attend. Read More...

Wittenberg Guild Presents "Style on the Slopes"
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — It is nearly the golden anniversary of the annual Wittenberg Guild Scholarship Style Show, and organizers are busy preparing for this year’s event, “Style on the Slopes,” which starts with a gourmet coffee and silent basket auction at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the Benham-Pence Student Center located off West Ward Street on the Wittenberg University campus. The style show begins with a brunch at 11:30 a.m. Read More...

Wittenberg Dedicates Anti-Racisim Statement Now on Display
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — To demonstrate its commitment to a tolerant and diverse community, Wittenberg University formally dedicated an anti-racism plaque during the college’s Homecoming/Reunion celebration known as “The Big Shebang,” Oct. 22-24. Read More...

Annual Fall Dance Concert to be Held at Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University's department of theatre and dance will present its annual Fall Dance Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 4-6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave. Read More...

Wittenberg University Hosts “Get Out The Vote” Events On Campus This Week
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Both political parties will be well represented this week on Wittenberg University’s campus as the drama builds for the 2004 national elections on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Read More...

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dudley Herschbach to Address Wittenberg University Nov. 9
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Students and guests of the Wittenberg Series will be afforded the opportunity to pick the brain of 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dudley Herschbach, Harvard University professor emeritus of science, when he visits Wittenberg University to present the IBM Endowed Lecture in the Sciences. Herschbach's lecture, "The Impossible Takes a Little Longer," will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Astronomer Gives Advice for Viewing Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The colors of fall are not just reserved for the changing leaves. Sometimes the moon participates in a seasonal prism providing a kaleidoscope of colors ranging from copper-orange to blood-red. If the skies cooperate, Weaver Observatory on the campus of Wittenberg University will be open during tonight's total lunar eclipse, which will begin around 9:15 p.m. and end a few minutes before 1 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28. Read More...

Wittenberg Black Culture House Rededicated in Honor of Alumnus and Former Professor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — When lawyer and longtime public servant William A. McClain ’34 returns to Wittenberg this weekend for “The Big Shebang,” the university’s Homecoming/Reunion Weekend celebration, he will be honored by his alma mater for always striving to succeed despite encountering race-based obstacles throughout his life. Through his perseverance, doors that were once shut were slowly pushed ajar and now usually stand wide open. A ceremony in his honor is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, when the Black Culture House, located on 825 Woodlawn Ave., will be rededicated and renamed the William A. McClain Black Culture House. Read More...

Wittenberg Pep Band Brings New Energy to University Sporting Events
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — If Wittenberg University athletes have a little more spring in their step this year at Homecoming, it could be a direct result of a little more “pep.” That would be courtesy of the Wittenberg Pep Band, one of the newest and most visible organizations on campus. After making its debut on basketball game days during the 2003-04 season, the Pep Band has become a fan favorite on football Saturdays this fall at Edwards-Maurer Field. Perhaps not coincidentally, the 23rd-ranked Tigers are 3-0 at home on the gridiron going into Saturday’s showdown with 24th-ranked Wabash College. Read More...

Wittenberg University Honors Eight Alumni With Special Awards During Reunion Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University will honor eight of its own Saturday, Oct. 23, as part of the college’s inaugural Homecoming/Reunion Weekend celebration known as “The Big Shebang,” Oct. 22-23. Receiving the Class of 1914 Award will be Dr. Timothy E. Kremchek, a 1981 graduate of Wittenberg and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. The university will also present Alumni Citation Awards to Cleveland resident Barbara VanLeer Evans of the Wittenberg class of 1977; Dayton resident Katherine B. Hollingsworth, a 1974 graduate; Columbus resident Henry Sturges of the class of 1973; Houston, Texas, residents Jeffrey Aarthun and Debra Garrity Aarthun of the classes of 1978 and 1977, respectively, and St. Paris, Ohio, resident Marcia Balmut Ward of the class of 1968. Janet Kirkpatrick Holdsworth, a 1991 graduate and resident of Maple Grove, Minn., will also be honored with the Outstanding Young Alumna Award for her professional achievement, while Jade Spicer Gianakopoulos, a 1995 graduate and Springfield resident, will receive the Graduates Of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D.) Award for sharing her time and talent with the university. Read More...

CNN Town Hall Meeting with Paula Zahn Airs Tonight; Wittenberg University Included in Production
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — CNN Anchor Paula Zahn is hosting the third of four town hall meetings scheduled during this historical presidential election campaign not far from Wittenberg University’s campus, and many representatives of the college have been invited to participate in the production, slated to air live from 8 - 9 p.m. tonight, Oct. 21, on the Cable News Network. Read More...

Wittenberg Series Sponsors Luther Symposium and Festival Choral
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Reformation and Martin Luther will be the focus of two Wittenberg Series events, Oct. 25 and 31. Read More...

Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Honor Class of 2004 To Be Inducted This Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Eight Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Honor during Homecoming Weekend ceremonies this weekend. Brad Baldridge ’91, Loyal Bishop ’52, Beth Green ’94, Taver Johnson ’94, Rick Lyons ’92, Tony Vedova ’61, Jon Warga ’91 and Scott Watters ’87 will join 139 other athletes who have been selected for this prestigious honor the last 19 years. Read More...

News Update: Alumnus Tapped For Most Distinguished Medical Research Award
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After receiving the 2004 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Oct. 1 in New York City, Elwood Jensen ’40 needs to make room on the shelf in his office at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center’s Vontz Center for Molecular Studies so he can display the most prestigious honor in his field. He also needs to have new business cards printed, as he just learned his title has changed from visiting professor in the department of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy and Wile Chair in Cancer Research to Distinguished University Professor at the southern Ohio school. Read More...

Recycled Percussion to Rock Wittenberg Oct. 21
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — One way to jumpstart the Wittenberg University Homecoming and Reunion celebration now known as “The Big Shebang,” Oct. 22-24, is to invite one of the nation’s funkiest bands, to get the crowd hyped for a memorable weekend. The Union Board, a Student Senate funded organization at Wittenberg, answered that call and will host a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the old gym of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center featuring Recycled Percussion, one of the country’s hottest bands, according to NBC’s Today Show. Read More...

Two Wittenberg University Alumni Awarded ELCA Leaders in Mission Scholarships
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A 2004 Wittenberg graduate was awarded one of 16 full-tuition scholarships, and a 1999 Wittenberg graduate received a partial-tuition scholarship awarded to 15 students to attend seminaries affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) through the ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission. The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, presented the scholarships recently in Chicago. Read More...

Political Commentators to Debate at Wittenberg Oct. 13
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Two political debates down and two to go? Not exactly. Political commentators Peter Beinart and Jonah Goldberg will stage a debate of national significance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Wittenberg University, titled “Decision 2004: The New Republic vs. The National Review.” The Wittenberg Series event is The Fred R. Leventhal Family Endowed Lecture, which will be held free of charge in the Health, Physical Education & Recreation Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumnus Tapped For Nation's Most Distinguished Medical Research Award
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Scientist Elwood Jensen's mind must rarely be at rest, and the word retirement certainly does not seem to be in his vocabulary. The 1940 graduate of Wittenberg University continues to discover breakthroughs in medical science, and still teaches and conducts research, and for that the 84-year-old is being recognized with yet another prestigious honor, the 2004 recipient of the Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. Jensen will travel to New York City on Oct. 1 to receive the award, which honors his work in the field of biochemistry. Read More...

Wittenberg University's Virtual Tour Earns National Award

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — CampusTours.com, a nationally recognized college admission Web site, has awarded Wittenberg University its “4-Star Virtual College Tour” award. As part of this recognition, Wittenberg will be featured on the CampusTours.com Web site for the month of October. “The Wittenberg University virtual tour is an excellent presentation that conveys the unique aspects of the institution in a way that is simultaneously informative and entertaining,” according to the press release posted on CampusTours.com. Read More...

Wittenberg Psychology Professor Honored for Outstanding Achievement
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Josephine F. Wilson, the Paul Luther Keil Endowed Chair of Psychology at Wittenberg University, has been selected to receive an outstanding achievement award from her alma mater, the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia. She will head to New York this weekend to be recognized during the university's annual Homecoming Alumni Awards Luncheon. Read More...

College Democrats Sponsoring A Political Rally At Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The College Democrats at Wittenberg University are sponsoring a political rally at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the front entrance of the Benham-Pence Student Center on Woodlawn Ave. Read More...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Will Illuminate Wittenberg Series Oct. 4
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is readying for a powerful performance in Springfield early next month, as the first arts event of the 2004-05 Wittenberg Series. Some of the world’s most talented and spirited contemporary dancers will blow in from the windy city to wow audiences for the Series event at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, at Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center. Read More...

Wittenberg University Presents Classical Guitarist
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University department of music will present Petar Jankovic, international award-winning classical guitarist, at 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, in Krieg Hall, room 300, on campus. Read More...

Wittenberg University Initiates Hurricane Relief Campaign
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — First there was Charley, then Frances and now Ivan. Students at Wittenberg University are doing their part to help the victims of the triple-threat of hurricanes, which have blasted through many of the Caribbean Islands, much of the state of Florida and now threaten other areas on the Gulf coast. Weaver Chapel Association (WCA) and the Lutheran Student Movement (LSM) are working together to raise funds for those in the path of the storms, some of whom are family of Wittenberg students, alumni or emeritus faculty. Read More...

Wittenberg Students Remember Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A banner consisting of little swatches of red, white and blue construction paper assembled to resemble the American flag currently on display in the atrium of the Wittenberg University Benham-Pence Student Center might not mean much to the casual observer. But a closer look will reveal the true meaning of the idea developed by the 18 members of the Wittenberg Student Senate. The handmade flag is a tribute and a reminder to the campus community of the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Read More...

Wittenberg Begins Formal Search Process for
University's 13th President
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The search for Wittenberg University's next president officially began Tuesday, Sept. 7, with the publication of the first job posting in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation's leading news source for university administrators and faculty. Subsequent postings are scheduled to appear in the Chronicle's Sept. 10 and Sept. 17 issues. Read More...

Jazz, Blues and Rap on Tap Friday at Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — What began two years ago at Wittenberg University as a sharing of cultural resources is becoming a popular tradition for fans of music who want to learn more about the craft. Jazz, blues and rap artists in town for the African American Cross Cultural Works Blues Festival, held in nearby Yellow Springs, will present a music workshop called "Keeping the Legacy Alive." Scheduled from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 10, in room 300 Krieg Hall, the eclectic jam session is offered at no charge. Read More...

Wittenberg Athletic Events to be Broadcast on Student Radio Station and Internet in 2004-05 School Year
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — More than 100 Wittenberg University athletic events will be broadcast locally in the Springfield community and throughout the world via the Internet during the 2004-05 school year. For the second straight year, WUSO 89.1-FM, the student-run campus radio station, will serve as the flagship home of the Tigers, and its broadcasts of varsity athletic events will be streamed on the World Wide Web by Stretch Internet. Read More...

Ethicist Gus Lee Ushers in Wittenberg University's 160th Academic Year with Honor and Duty
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Author and Ethicist Gus Lee passionately shared what single factor will decide happiness in life while he prompted those in attendance to ponder the virtue on which all other virtues hang, during the Opening Convocation of Wittenberg University’s 160th academic year, Sept. 1, in Weaver Chapel. The event also marked the opening of the 23rd season of the Wittenberg Series. Read More...

Renowned Historian of Jewish History to Speak at Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Jonathan D. Sarna, an acclaimed historian of Jewish history, will help celebrate the national commemoration of the 350th anniversary of American Jewish history during the month of September with a visit to Wittenberg University, Monday, Sept. 27, as part of the Wittenberg Series. Like all events of the Series, Sarna's lecture is free and open to the public. Read More...

Wittenberg Athletic Department Featured In NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Promotional Video
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell and other members of the faculty, staff and students are prominently featured in a promotional video for the NCAA’s academic assistance program, CHAMPS/Life Skills. Various clips of the video involve interviews with Wittenberg staff members and student-athletes in and around the HPER Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Welcomes Class of 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University has enjoyed a flurry of activity during summer break as campus changes were made just in time to welcome the class of 2008 to campus. Classes began for the 621 new students and the returning students today. Read More...

Wittenberg University Again Ranked As One of the Best in Annual College Guides
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University once again placed among the best liberal arts colleges in the country according to the 2005 edition of the U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” guide, which goes on sale Monday, Aug. 23, the same day Wittenberg’s fall semester begins. The school is also among one of 170 colleges named the “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review. Read More...

Wittenberg Combines Reunion And Homecoming Weekends Into “The Big Shebang"
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Save the dates of Oct. 22-24 for one of the biggest celebrations ever produced by the Wittenberg University Office of Alumni Relations. Get ready for “The Big Shebang,” a combination of Homecoming and Reunion weekends.. Read More...

Wittenberg's Community Education Program Makes Its
Mark With Many Successful Students and Graduates
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The programs of the School of Community Education (SCE) at Wittenberg University continue to attract numerous adult students. During the 2004 spring semester, 142 students enrolled within SCE. Read More...

Airline Magazine Cover Story Features Wittenberg University Alumnus
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Millions of people taking to the skies this month via Northwest Airlines will be able to read about Wittenberg University alumnus and board of directors’ member William C. Martin, class of 1962, in the airline’s magazine cover story. Martin, who’s smiling face graces the August cover of NWA World Traveler, was named acting president of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Feb. 4, 2003 and served in that capacity until June 2004 when Peter Ueberroth was named chair of the new USOC Board of Directors. Read More...

Wittenberg Teams Up For United Way Corporate Challenge 2004
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University is gearing up for the biggest annual sports event in Clark County, the 2004 United Way Corporate Challenge, slated for Saturday, Sept. 18, at Snyder Park. The event kicks off the annual United Way Campaign, a fund-raiser for more than 80 non-profit organizations in Clark and Champaign Counties. Read More...

Best-Selling Author and Ethicist Gus Lee Returns To Speak at Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Opening Convocation of Wittenberg University’s 160th academic year will also serve as the first event of the 2004-05 Wittenberg Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, when best-selling author, lawyer and ethicist Gus Lee delivers the keynote address in Weaver Chapel. This will be Lee’s second visit to the liberal arts college, and he will return again in the spring of 2005 as a Series Writer-in-Residence. Read More...

Poem By Wittenberg University Writing Center Director Earns Prestigious Pushcart Nomination
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A poem written by Maureen Fry, director of the Wittenberg University Writing Center, has been nominated for a 2004 Pushcart Prize, one of the most honored literary projects in America. Fry’s poem, “The Way It Is,” was first published in the Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts by the Manayunk Art Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Read More...

2004-2005 Wittenberg Series Continues Tradition of Dynamic Programing
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Series could become known as the gift that keeps on giving. The Springfield community has benefited for the past 23 years from the free public events of the Series, which has presented more than 200 culturally diverse programs featuring distinguished lecturers and performing artists of national and international prominence. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumna Prepares to Visit with Democratic Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nominees
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg School of Community Education graduate, Monica Logan, class of 1999, is preparing for the role of a lifetime Sunday, Aug. 1. A theatre major, Logan and her husband, the Rev. Ronald Logan, are pastors of Greater Grace Temple in Springfield. The Logans will welcome special guests Sen. John Kerry, the presidential nominee, and Sen. John Edwards, the vice-presidential nominee and their families to the 11 a.m worship service. Read More...

Wittenberg Becomes Partner University For Management Internships in Japan
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University is now among 11 schools in the United States, six in the United Kingdom and 21 in Canada, to partner with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), which promotes international internship programs in Japan for schools in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. JETRO also plays an instrumental role in matching selected applicants with successful internships from a host of several companies in Japan. Read More...

Wittenberg University Announces Athletic Hall of Honor Class of 2004
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Eight Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Honor during Homecoming Weekend ceremonies, Oct. 22-24. Brad Baldridge '91, Loyal Bishop '52, Beth Green '94, Taver Johnson '94, Rick Lyons '92, Tony Vedova '61, Jon Warga '91 and Scott Watters '87 will join 139 other athletes who have been selected for this prestigious honor the last 19 years. Read More...

Wittenberg University Art Students Complete Summer Class in Ireland
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In an effort to allow students “to expand their artistic skills and experience a beautiful, culturally rich setting that would inspire their painting and drawing,” Edward Charney, assistant professor of art at Wittenberg University, led 13 art students on a three-week trip to Ballyvaughan, Ireland to study at the Burren College of Art in June. Read More...

Recent Wittenberg Graduate Wins Fulbright Fellowship to Study in Germany
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The third time will be the charm for Pamela Gehring, a 2004 graduate of Wittenberg University, as she prepares to depart for Germany for the third time in her life since being born there in 1982. Gehring, of Fayetteville, Ga., has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to study and conduct research about spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at the Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie at the Universität Würzburg, where neurobiologists and molecular biologists have been working in the area of SMA since the mid-1990s. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumnus and Author Explores and Celebrates Life on the Open Road
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — While many people may not be giving it much thought, America is about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a speech delivered by Vice President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1954, which proposed an idea known as the Interstate Highway System. Dan McNichol, a 1984 graduate of Wittenberg University, has not only given America’s roadways some serious thought, he’s written a book about them titled The Roads That Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System (Barnes & Noble). Read More...

Wittenberg Professor and Student Team Up To Assist in Local Conservation Effort
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University Professor of Geology John B. Ritter and junior geology major Joe Rumschlag have teamed up to help Clark County develop a protection program for area streams. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumna Named Miami Valley Teacher of the Year
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Danielle Romine, a 1994 graduate of Wittenberg University, is enjoying her summer vacation after a memorable school year in which she was named "Miami Valley Teacher of the Year." Romine, a fifth-grade teacher for 10 years at Medway Elementary in Tecumseh Local School District, holds a bachelor's degree in early childhood education/dual licensure from Wittenberg. Read More...

Wittenberg University's Hometown Earns All-America City Honors
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University's hometown of Springfield, Ohio, has been named one of 10 winners in this year's All-America City Award competition, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious civic recognition programs. Read More...

Wittenberg Professor Invited to Teach at International Dance Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Shih-Ming Li-Chang, associate professor of theatre and dance at Wittenberg University, has been invited to instruct in Bytom, Poland, at the 11th annual International Contemporary Dance Conference and Performance Festival June 27 - July 10. Read More...

Track and Field Standout Skip Ivery Named First-Team Academic All-America
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University track and field standout Skip Ivery has been recognized for his athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America College Division Track and Field/Cross Country honors. It is Ivery’s first appearance on the Academic All-America first-team designation after earning second-team honors a year ago. Read More...

Community College Phi Theta Kappa Members Qualify for New Wittenberg Scholarships
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University announces a new half tuition scholarship program for student transfers from two-year schools who are members of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the principal honor society for community college students in the United States and Canada. This PTK Scholarship results in a value of $12,396 per student who transfers from community colleges to Wittenberg as traditional students for the 2004-05 academic year. Adult/non-traditional students can also qualify for an award based on their credit total for each term. Read More...

Handbell Choir and Chamber Singers Share Music While Touring Japan and Korea
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University Chamber Singers and Handbell Choir recently returned from a 10-day trip to Korea and Japan, giving them the chance to write entries into their international travel journals and add to their frequent-flyer miles. While there, the groups performed four concerts to packed places of worship and higher education, as well as experienced a variety of Asian cultures through food, excursions and interaction with local communities. The trip was sponsored by a grant Wittenberg received in 2001 from the Freeman Foundation, in an effort to enrich student's lives and give them opportunities to learn and experience East Asian culture and society. Read More...

Springfield-Wittenberg Teacher Institute Sponsors Japan Tour for Area Teachers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A group of 10 Springfield-Wittenberg Teacher Institute (SWTI) teaching associates, including eight teachers from the Springfield and Clark County school districts, left yesterday for a 10-day Japan study tour with stops planned in Tokyo, Aizu Wakamatsu, Kyoto and Nagasaki. Read More...

Wittenberg Volleyball Team Makes the Most of Educational Trip to Spain
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University volleyball team didn’t just play a bunch of matches in Spain. The Tigers bonded as a team, and grew as individuals in a rich and rewarding cultural/education/athletic experience that none will soon forget. Read More...

Wittenberg Names Carolyn Perkins To Oversee Student Development Efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Carolyn Perkins, dean of students at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been named associate vice president for student development and dean of students at Wittenberg University effective June 21. Perkins replaces Debbie Heida, who accepted a similar position at Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga., earlier this year. Read More...

Wittenberg Names Evan Lipp To Lead Enrollment Management Efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Evan Lipp, dean of enrollment management at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa., has been named associate vice president of enrollment management at Wittenberg University effective June 22. Read More...

Wittenberg Graduate John E. McLaughlin to Head Central Intelligence Agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — President George W. Bush announced today that John E. McLaughlin, a 1964 graduate of Wittenberg University, will assume the position of Interim Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in July, following the resignation of current Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet. Read More...

Wittenberg Professor Elected President of Ohio Academy of History
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg history professor Thomas Taylor has been elected president of The Ohio Academy of History (OAH) for 2004 - 2005. Taylor's election marks the fifth time a Wittenberg faculty member has served as president of the 75-year-old association, which primarily serves teachers, scholars, public historians and students interested in all fields of history.Read More...

Wittenberg University Alumna Selected to Serve in Nation's Capital
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Stacy Rastauskas, a 1998 graduate of Wittenberg University, has been appointed by R. Ellyn Perrone, vice president for The Ohio State University’s Office of Government Relations, to be the director of the university’s new federal relations office located in Washington, D.C. Her current position is in the U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s office, where she works as a liaison between Congressional representatives on the House floor and their staffs. Read More...

University Honors Class Of 2004 During 159th Commencement Exercises
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Despite being greeted by rain showers, which forced Wittenberg University’s 159th Commencement exercises indoors for the second year in a row, the Class of 2004 had plenty of reasons to smile May 15. Read More...

Wittenberg Football Standout to Participate in NCAA Leadership Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Hanging out with Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the Walt Disney World gang is enticing, but an upcoming trip to the famed Orlando, Fla. resort is as much about business and personal development as anything else. Senior football standout Raymar Hampshire will participate in the seventh annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference May 30-June 4 at the Coronado Springs Resort and Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Read More...

Wittenberg Alumnus Creates Work of Art in Shrek 2
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Shrek 2, the much anticipated sequel to the mega-blockbuster Academy Award-winning movie, hit theatres this week, and while audiences don’t always stick around for the closing credits, family and friends of Jason Waltman, a 2001 graduate of Wittenberg University and Zanesville native, might agree that the film saved the best for last. Read More...

Record Number of Wittenberg University Professors Earn Prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For the first time in Wittenberg University’s history, three professors have earned prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards during the same academic year for study abroad. Tammy Proctor, associate professor of history, Cynthia Richards, associate professor of English, and John Ritter, professor of geology, recently joined the elite list of 2004-2005 faculty recipients, making Wittenberg the only liberal arts college in Ohio in the last 10 years to have more than two professors recognized by the Fulbright Program in one year. Read More...

Wittenberg Awarded Congressionally Directed Grant to Aid in Minority Teacher Recruitment From Underserved Populations
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Good news for the Springfield community and Wittenberg University has arrived in the form of a $198,820 congressionally directed grant from the United States Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Read More...

Wittenberg Ranks Nationally in Number of Peace Corps Volunteers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As seniors from Wittenberg University prepare to graduate this Saturday, May 15, a report from the Peace Corps’ 2004 list of “Top Producing Colleges and Universities” places Wittenberg No. 22 nationwide among small-sized schools, or those with enrollments of 5,000 or fewer undergrads, in number of Peace Corps volunteers. This year, institutions that topped the list had, on average, 15 percent more of their alumni serve in the Peace Corps than in the previous year. Read More...

Board of Directors Appoints William H. Steinbrink as Interim President
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University Board of Directors has appointed attorney and business executive William H. Steinbrink, vice chair of the board and a 1964 Wittenberg alumnus, as interim president effective July 1. The announcement came during the board’s May 6 meeting on campus following President Baird Tipson’s decision earlier this year to accept the presidency of Washington College located in Chestertown, Md. Read More...

Students Connect Overseas as Part of Innovative Classroom Experience
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For Wittenberg University students in Associate Professor of English Cynthia Richards’ literature course, “The Theatre of the 18th Century: Performing Gender and Race,” the world stage became more personal recently thanks to a collaborative venture with the University of Exeter’s Performing Arts School in England. Read More...

Wittenberg University Professor Explores
Feminism and Judaism in New Book
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Consistently praised by colleagues and critics for her scholarship and expertise in Jewish, feminist and philosophical literature, Rochelle L. Millen, professor of religion at Wittenberg University, has again added her voice to the rich body of work with her latest book Women, Birth and Death in Jewish Law and Practice. Read More...

Wittenberg Presents Collaborative Performance
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Dancer and choreographer Ligia Pinheiro, assistant professor of theatre and dance, and pianists Christopher Durrenberger, assistant professor of music, and wife Peng-Hain Chen have teamed up to present "An Evening of Music and Dance," at 8 p.m. May 3 and 5, at Chakeres Memorial Theatre on the Wittenberg University campus. Read More...

Senior Art Majors Exhibit Work at Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University proudly presents a final exhibition of work by nine senior studio art majors, with concentrations ranging from drawing and painting, to ceramics, jewelry, computer imaging and sculpture, offering a new perspective of society's young generation of artists. Read More...

Second Novel By Wittenberg University Professor Praised By Critics
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Already hailed by Publishers Weekly as an “up-and-coming mystery writer” following the success of his first novel, Oyster Blues, Michael McClelland, Wittenberg University assistant professor of English, has again captured the attention of critics with his latest release, Tattoo Blues, a witty crime novel set in Cedar Key, Fla. Read More...

Professors Honored by Regional Education Association
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Two faculty members at Wittenberg University, Pamela Schindler, professor of management, and Lowell Monke, assistant professor of education, were honored earlier this month at the annual Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) conference for excellence in teaching. Read More...

Tiger Baseball Moves Into New Home
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A new era begins this weekend for the Wittenberg University baseball program with the opening of Carleton Davidson Stadium. The new municipal stadium was built on the site of Springfield’s old stadium that was demolished in March 2001 after serving the community for 64 years and playing host to Wittenberg baseball games between 1981 and 2000. Read More...

Students and Faculty Honored for Academic Achievement at Wittenberg Honors Convocation
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University honored the achievements of students and faculty members at the annual Honors Convocation Friday, April 16 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...

Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — While the Wittenberg University athletic department can boast of volleyball, field hockey, men’s basketball and women’s basketball conference championships and numerous individual accomplishments in the 2003-04 school year, perhaps the greatest source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. It has been exceptional again this year. Read More...

Conservation Club Plans Earth Week Celebration
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Conservation Club at Wittenberg University will hold its second annual Earth Week celebration April 19-24. Earth Week, which was started by the club to commemorate Earth Day, will include speakers and a forum on recycling and conservation. Read More...

Wittenberg Students Find a Sense of Purpose in Nicaragua
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As Wittenberg University students and a faculty member reflect upon their life-changing trip to Nicaragua over Spring Break to build homes, they realize something more valuable was built in the process. Read More...

University Debuts New Virtual Tour
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University’s redesigned virtual tour made its debut on the Web this week, giving the world a glimpse into the sights and sounds on campus and, in some cases, the chance to experience what life at Wittenberg “feels like.” What makes Wittenberg’s new virtual tour unique from many other virtual tours is that it was almost completely designed, written and implemented by Wittenberg students.Read More...

The O.C. Supertones Concert Set For April 21 At Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Get ready for The Supertones! A rising powerhouse band that is changing the Christian music industry is set to take the stage at Wittenberg University for students and fans in the surrounding communities. A unique style of punk, rock, hip-hop, funk, electric mix of music fun, the O.C. Supertones will bring down the field house on Wednesday, April 21 in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the opening act begins at 7 p.m.Read More...

Humanitarian And International Leader To Be Named Wittenberg Fellow
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Just following a trip to Geneva, where he made a presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Tatsuya Tanami will be recognized at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, at Wittenberg University when he will become the 10th Wittenberg Fellow since the program’s inception in 1999. After he receives the citation from President Baird Tipson, Tanami, the director of international affairs for the Nippon Foundation, will give a talk titled, “Public Intellectuals: A New Asian Force for Change” in Ness Auditorium inside Hollenback Hall.Read More...

Alumnus Inducted Into State Hall of Excellence
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Judge William A. McClain, a 1934 graduate of Wittenberg University, was honored March 31 by being inducted into the Hall of Excellence of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) during an Evening of Excellence celebration in downtown Columbus before nearly 300 CEO’s and presidents of Ohio’s top corporations and statewide community and civic leaders. Wittenberg President Baird Tipson introduced McClain.Read More...

From Wittenberg to the West Wing, Alumna Turns Pastime Into a Career
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Many people might like to have Lauren Schmidt’s job. Schmidt, a Wittenberg University graduate from the class of 2000, is paid to tell the President of the United States what to do, or make that what to say, although in this case it is President Josiah “Jed” Bartlet of the NBC series The West Wing. Schmidt’s first solo episode titled “Access” airs tonight at 9 p.m. Read More...

The Annual Gabrieli Brass Festival Will Be Presented Sunday
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The annual presentation of the Gabrieli Brass Festival will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 4, in Weaver Chapel on the Wittenberg University campus. Read More...

Wittenberg University Stages Intimate Version of Classic My Fair Lady April 15-18
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Spring is a wonderful time to venture out to the theatre and to help celebrate the season, the Departments of Music, Theatre and Dance at Wittenberg University are staging perhaps the most famous American musical, Lerner and Loewe’s, My Fair Lady, April 15-18. Wittenberg’s production in Chakeres Memorial Theatre will run Thursday – Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and will feature a cast of 15 undergraduate students and a two-piano score. Tickets are $4 and will go on sale beginning Monday, April 5 in the Benham-Pence Student Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Finishes 17th in Winter United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University’s athletic teams finished the 2002-03 academic year winter season ranked 17th among more than 420 NCAA Division III schools in the United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup standings. Wittenberg is the highest ranked North Coast Athletic Conference institution, as well as the highest ranked school in the state of Ohio heading into the spring sports season. Read More...

Trudy Faber's Annual Organ Recital Will Be Held Sunday
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Trudy Faber, professor and chair of the department of music at Wittenberg University, will continue a long standing tradition when she presents her 37th annual organ recital at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 28, in Weaver Chapel. The program is free and open to the public. Read More...

Wittenberg University Gives Local Girl Scouts a Night to Explore Science Up Close
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Local Girl Scouts and their families in the Miami Valley will have the opportunity to experience the wonders of science at Wittenberg University's fourth annual Girl Scouts Science and Math Exploration Night from 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 2 in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. The event allows Girl Scouts of the Buckeye Trails Council to take what they have learned about science in school to a higher level - that of a college environment. Read More...

Wittenberg Helps Community Fight Hunger, Stages Empty Bowls Fundraiser April 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University art students have spent countless hours since the beginning of the academic year, throwing and glazing hundreds of clay bowls in preparation for their annual charity fundraiser, Empty Bowls. The event will raise money to help fight hunger in Springfield and surrounding communities. This year, the event will take place from 4 - 8 p.m., Thursday, April 1, in room 105 of the Shouvlin Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Leads E-Learning Interface Effort, Demonstrates Capabilities During National Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University is leading the way in higher education by being the first to integrate WebCT, the leading online e-learning tool, with Datatel’s Colleague database system. The partnership has created a first-of-its-kind interface that enhances student information access by creating a real-time environment of data sharing between the e-learning tool and the university’s administrative database. The announcement was made today at the Datatel Users’ Group Conference and Expo taking place in Washington, D.C. Read More...

Grant Will Boost Wittenberg University's Peer Ministry Program
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University was recently approved to receive a $12,500 grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation in support of the university’s “Senior High Leadership Institute,” a peer ministry training program for high school students. Read More...

Olympic Gold Medalist With Ties To Wittenberg Gets Air Time On Bravo
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - John Zimmerman IV, three-time U.S. figure skating pairs champion and son of John Zimmerman III, Wittenberg class of 1955 and Norma Hanley Zimmerman, class of 1958, is the first professional athlete to allow the zany makeover team from the Bravo network’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to critique his flowing golden locks and sense of style. The episode originally aired March 9, but the lasting effects might stay around a while longer, if Zimmerman’s wife, Silvia Fontana, an Italian skating champion, has anything to say about it. Read More...

New York Times Correspondent Lynette Clemetson To Speak at Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Lynette Clemetson, domestic correspondent for the New York Times will visit Wittenberg University as a featured speaker during Women’s History Month at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, at the Bayley Auditorium inside the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. Clemetson’s talk, “Perspectives on the Press: Whose Voices Are Being Heard?” is free and open to the public. Read More...

Two Wittenberg Music Professors Share Honor of Being Named Who's Who in America
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Two music department faculty members from Wittenberg University share the distinction of being inducted into Marquis Who’s Who in America for 2004. Trudy Faber, professor and chair of the music department and Steven Winteregg, adjunct associate professor of music, exhibit the criteria Marquis publishers look for in choosing those to feature in their annual journal. According to the Marquis Web site, those selected are “men and women around the globe whose achievements influence the people of today.” Read More...

Former U.S. Diplomat To Address Wittenberg University Community March 29
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Ronald D. Asmus, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe during the Clinton administration, will share his thoughts and experiences with the Wittenberg University community the week of March 28 as part of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Residency program. As a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Asmus will lecture in history and political science classes during the day and at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, he will hold a free public discussion at Bayley Auditorium in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center as part of the Wittenberg Series. Read More...

Wittenberg University Choir Goes On Tour
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - When the Wittenberg University Choir was formed in 1930, a reporter predicted in a review that the new group would go on to earn "a national, even international, reputation." That review turned out to be prophetic. The choir, which has earned so many national and international plaudits, will begin its 2004 Spring Tour on Thursday, March 4 with a concert at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Oviedo, Fla. This year's tour will include 11 additional concerts in Florida. Read More...

Tiger Basketball Teams Earn NCAA Division III Tournament Berths
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams both earned invitations to the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament, which opens action this week on campuses across the nation. The Tiger women received the North Coast Athletic Conference’s automatic bid into the tournament after winning the NCAC regular season and tournament for a second consecutive season. The Tiger men were selected as one of six at-large teams from around the nation after losing in the NCAC Tournament game on Saturday against the College of Wooster. Read More...

University Issues A Call to Serve and Hosts Public Service Panel
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University has joined a nationwide initiative, A Call to Serve: Leaders in Education Allied for Public Service, to encourage today’s college graduates to learn about federal jobs and pursue opportunities in federal service. To honor and expand upon this new partnership, the Wittenberg Career Center will welcome back two alumni and another regional professional who currently work in the public service industry at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, so they can share their experience with students. Read More...

Tiger Basketball Teams Win Conference Championships With Identical 16-0 Records
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For the first time since the 1993-94 school year, the Wittenberg University men’s and women’s basketball teams have won the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships with perfect 16-0 records. Wittenberg is the only school ever to accomplish the feat. Read More...

Wittenberg President Baird Tipson Steps Down to Take Helm at Washington College
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University President Baird Tipson announced today he has accepted an appointment to serve as the 26th president of Washington College in Chestertown, Md., effective July 1. Read More...

Nick Cannon Concert Set For Feb. 21 at Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - You’ve seen him in the movies Drumline, Men in Black 2 and Love Don’t Cost a Thing, which is still in theaters. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, the Springfield community can get a closer look at one of the entertainment industry’s hottest young stars when Nick Cannon stages a concert at Wittenberg University in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center. Read More...

Thousands of Wittenberg Alumni Clipped by Cupid's Arrow
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - A quick visit to the mailbox this week should remind Wittenberg married alumni across the country and abroad how they met for the first time after receiving a valentine from the university. Read More...

Students Might Help Create Science Programs for New Cable TV Network
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Mark Ellison, assistant professor of chemistry at Wittenberg University, normally conducts scientific experiments in the lab as students watch, participate and learn, but recently he challenged a group of honors students to develop scientific programs they would enjoy watching on TV. Because their ideas were so good, they earned the attention of a network representative working to bring the Cable Science Network (CSN) to viewers in the near future. Read More...

The Man Behind Beloved Sesame Street Characters to Address Senior Class During May 15 Commencement
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The 2004 Senior Class officers of Wittenberg University recently filled a "tall order." When selecting someone to deliver the address during the 159th Commencement ceremony set for May 15, they aimed big, as in Caroll Spinney, also known as Big Bird, who, when fully costumed, stands at eight-foot, two-inches tall. Spinney's yellow-feathered character just might be the tallest commencement speaker in Wittenberg's history. Master Puppeteer Spinney also portrays Oscar the Grouch on the classic PBS series. Read More...

Student-Athletes Welcome Former Major League Umpire
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) welcomes former major league baseball umpire and best-selling author Dave Pallone to campus for a presentation titled, "Who's Really on First," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the HPER Center. The third-youngest umpire in professional baseball history, Pallone's presentation is based on his autobiography, Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball, which chronicles his experiences in baseball as a gay man. Read More...

University Setting Stage For Two Productions This Month
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance is preparing for a busy February as students and faculty finalize script interpretations, dress the stage and set the lights for two separate productions. Read More...

Wittenberg University Tuition To Increase By Five Percent
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -The Wittenberg University Board of Directors has approved a comprehensive 5 percent increase in tuition, room and board for the 2004-05 academic school year. Read More...

University Awards Certificates to Adult Degree Program Students
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Six area students enrolled in the School of Community Education at Wittenberg University reached personal and professional goals by obtaining Leadership Certificates in the Adult Degree Program. Michelle R. Nobel, Cora J. Fisher and Doug Schantz of Springfield, Mark S. Ashworth and Susan M. Schwarz of Enon, and Teresa Hanson of South Charleston all recently received the certificates after completing the program requirements. Read More...

Wittenberg Series Continues With Presentation by Distinguished Author and Historian
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Natalie Zemon Davis, one of the world's most distinguished historians, will present the William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History at 7:30 p.m. Monday Feb. 9, in Weaver Chapel on the Wittenberg University campus. Her presentation, "Cultural Mixture in a Divided World: Four Voices from the Past," is open to the public free of charge. Read More...

Professor Shares Views on Reality Television, Focusing on CBS Series Survivor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Learn what it takes to stay on the island. The Wittenberg University Department of Communication is sponsoring a colloquium at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, featuring Matthew J. Smith, assistant professor, as he discusses "Survivor Lessons: Critical Perspectives on Communication and Reality Television." Read More...

Candlemas Service Set for Feb. 2
Wittenberg University's Medieval Candlelight Service celebrating Candlemas, the last of the Christmas festivities, will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2 in Weaver Chapel. The service is free and open to the public. Read More...

Wittenberg Features Presentation on Hate Crimes by Judy Shepard
Judy Shepard gained national notoriety in a way no parent would envy. Her son, Matthew Shepard, was brutally attacked, fell into a coma and later died on Oct. 12, 1998, after he was singled out because he was gay. At 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, Judy Shepard will visit Wittenberg University to talk about her son and the hate crime that took his life. Read More...

Wittenberg Professor of History Emerita Appointed Faculty-Mentor-In-Residence
The Career Center at Wittenberg University has announced the appointment of Cynthia Behrman, professor emerita of history, as faculty-mentor-in-residence. Behrman is volunteering her time and considerable writing skills to assist seniors in preparing resumes, cover letters, thank-you notes and admission essays for graduate school. Read More...

Guest Speaker Kevin Powell Challenges and Inspires During Visit
J Wittenberg University’s 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Convocation was celebrated with music and included life lessons and challenges from featured speaker Kevin Powell on Monday, Jan. 19, at Weaver Chapel. Summing up the university’s unique approach to the national holiday, Forest Wortham, Wittenberg’s director of multicultural student programs, called it a “day on instead of a day off.” Read More...

Alumna Janet E. Jackson Keynotes Springfield’s Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon
Janet E. Jackson, a 1975 graduate of Wittenberg University, is known for breaking new ground. During the City of Springfield’s Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon, “Community Building, Caring for the Community,” on Friday, Jan. 16, Jackson told the nearly 400 people in attendance how the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has affected her life as she shared many of her experiences as a leader in her field and as a student at Wittenberg. Read More...

Winter Music Classes Will be Offered to Community
Wittenberg University's Center for Musical Development (CMD) announces winter classes for young children. These classes are designed to give youngsters first lessons in a small group setting. Read More...

Wittenberg Grads to Make Television Debut on CBS Hit Series "CSI: Miami"
It didn’t take Wittenberg University 2003 graduate Chris Heiliger long to figure out how to be at the right place at the right time to market his company, Media Monster, successfully. At the same time, Pat Killoran, also a 2003 Wittenberg graduate and aspiring actor, didn’t hesitate to market his talent with help from Heiliger, who happens to be one of his roommates in Los Angeles. Read More...

Wittenberg History Serves as Subject of Book Chapter
Already an expert in U.S. history, government, social reform movements and politics, Richard T. Ortquist, professor emeritus of history, recently tackled Wittenberg’s past and present for a new collection of essays examining Ohio’s independent colleges and universities. Read More...

Famed Cultural Critic Kevin Powell to Keynote MLK Commemorative Convocation
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, the Wittenberg University community will hear from Kevin Powell, political activist, writer, poet, hip-hop historian and multi-media commentator, who will present the keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Convocation. This free Wittenberg Series-sponsored event begins at 11 a.m. in Weaver Chapel. The public is welcome. Read More...