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      <title>Wittenberg Celebrates Class of 2008 With 163rd Commencement Exercises </title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; An overflow crowd packed picturesque Commencement Hollow as Wittenberg University celebrated the tremendous achievement of 442 members of the graduating Class of 2008 during its 163rd annual Commencement exercises.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg University Preps For 163rd Commencement Exercises</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; For the 163rd time in its illustrious history, Wittenberg University will hold Commencement exercises. The 2008 event is scheduled to take place in the traditional Commencement Hollow location, where members of the university community will celebrate scholarship with 442 degree candidates slated to cross the stage.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grants To Continue Studies</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Graduation is a time of celebration &amp;#150; but also uncertainty &amp;#150; for most college students. Not so for Wittenberg University students Emily Heidrich, class of 2008 from West Chester, Ohio, and Inge Williams, class of 2008 from Alpena, Mich., both of whom will cross the stage in scenic Commencement Hollow on Saturday, May 10, knowing boundless opportunity awaits during a year as English Teaching Assistants in the prestigious Fulbright Program.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg&apos;s School of Community Education Graduates Large, Distinguished 2008 Class</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Each year, hundreds of young men and women close one chapter of their lives and prepare for life&apos;s next challenge when they receive diplomas during Wittenberg University&apos;s annual Commencement exercises. For one special group of students, known as &quot;non-traditional&quot; students, the stroll across the stage in Commencement Hollow during Wittenberg&apos;s 163rd Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 10, is more than just a culmination of a great deal of hard work.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Enriched By Unique Service Learning Courses</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; With the close of the 2007-08 school year comes the end of the last two service learning courses funded by a unique grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Participate In Earth Week Lobbying Efforts</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; While they didn&apos;t change the world in a day, the industrious group of Wittenberg University students that accompanied Associate Professor of English Rick Incorvati to the state capitol in nearby Columbus on April 22 felt good about the experience of lobbying government leaders on a variety of environmental issues.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 14:41:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Professors Recognized for Teaching Excellence</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Four Wittenberg University professors were among 47 faculty recipients from 13 area colleges and universities honored by the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) with Excellence in Teaching awards.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 13:15:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Raise Thousands For Cancer Research Through First-Ever &quot;Up &apos;til Dawn&quot; Program</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; On a cold February night, Wittenberg student volunteers stayed &quot;Up &apos;til Dawn&quot; in celebration of the $21,424 raised to benefit St. Jude Children&apos;s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 11:27:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Associate Provost Spearheads Initiative To Aid Students With Learning Disabilities Throughout Ohio</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio - The combined efforts of Wittenberg Associate Provost for Academic Services Lisa Rhine and the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) have produced a collaborative project to improve access to print materials for college students with disabilities and to share resources between institutions through a virtual library of electronic texts.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:45:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Department Of Education Hosts Youth As Resources Reception</title>
      <description>Wittenberg University is hosting the annual Youth as Resources (YAR) reception, which celebrates the accomplishments of Springfield youth and the service projects that they have completed with the help of the surrounding community, on Tuesday, April 22, in Ness Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall. This year&apos;s reception marks a turning point for the Youth as Resources of Clark County program as it merges with the Springfield Foundation.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Cartel As Headlining Act Of Annual WittFest Event</title>
      <description>WittFest has become one of the most anticipated annual Wittenberg events, and the 2008 edition does not figure to disappoint. The university&apos;s Union Board, a student organization that organizes WittFest each year, has secured the popular alternative rock band Cartel to headline this year&apos;s music festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, in Myers Hollow.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Plans Events For Annual Remembrance Of The Holocaust April 21-24</title>
      <description>Wittenberg University has planned several events as part of its annual Remembrance of the Holocaust, which will be observed April 21-24. The 2008 observance at Wittenberg is being held earlier than Yom Hashoah due to the university&apos;s exam schedule.</description>
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      <title>University Community Rallies For Second Annual Survivor Wittenberg To Benefit Southern African Kingdom of Lesotho</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; For the second straight year, Wittenberg University students and professors are joining forces to raise money for orphans in the impoverished African nation of Lesotho by organizing an event called Survivor Wittenberg.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg and Avetec Collaborate To Host WISE Academic Summer Camp And Young Women In Science Day Camp</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University is collaborating with Avetec, a not-for-profit public benefit research organization, to offer a pair of summer camps.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Academic Departments Host Eighth Annual Girl Scouts Science And Math Exploration Night April 18</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The average age on Wittenberg University&apos;s campus is set to drop when girl scouts from the Buckeye Trail Council overrun the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center for the eighth annual Girl Scouts Science And Math Exploration Night from 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 18.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Softball Hosts Strike Out Cancer Event April 26</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The Wittenberg University softball team hosts its regular season North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) finale at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, against Allegheny, and the Tigers will be focused on more than just the opponent in the other dugout.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Art Department Hosts Annual Senior Exhibit</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Four years of hard work is showcased in Wittenberg University&apos;s 2008 Senior Art Exhibit. Showcasing the thesis projects of six senior art majors, the Senior Art Exhibit is scheduled to open with a reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Koch Hall.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Fraternity Hosts Bone Marrow Awareness Event In Honor Of Alumnus And His Family</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; To identify a possible bone marrow donor, all it takes is a swab on the cheek by a trained professional. For Mark LaForce, Wittenberg University class of 1975, this simple act may mean the difference between life and death for his teenage son, Blake.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Community Prepares For Seventh Annual Celebrate Service</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University students, faculty and staff are teaming up with members of the Springfield community to bring the focus back to working to transform the city during the seventh annual Celebrate Service event on Saturday, April 19.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Celebrates First-Ever Women Recognition Reception</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Outstanding women role models at Wittenberg were celebrated in a unique first-time event on March 27. Headed by Director of Multicultural Student Programs and the W.A.G.E. Womyn&apos;s Center Forest Wortham, the Wittenberg Women Recognition Reception was planned by a committee of Feminist Union leaders, including Andrea Singer, class of 2008 from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Cate Downing, class of 2008 from Norwalk, Ohio, Riley Stoermer, class of 2008 from Springfield, Ohio, and Rebekah Hall, class of 2009 from Caledonia, Mich.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:58:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg&apos;s Upward Bound Program Accepting Applications For 2008</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University&apos;s Upward Bound program is accepting applications for new students.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/04_08a.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Hosts Unique Photography Exhibit Of Life In Cambodia</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Mere weeks after Wittenberg&apos;s student organization American International Association held its annual fashion event to highlight the poverty situation in Cambodia, a photography exhibit takes this one step further by showing life in Cambodia through the eyes of a child.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:31:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Springfield Physician Endows Science And Religion Colloquium at Wittenberg University</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The relationship between science and religion has a new voice at Wittenberg University thanks to Springfield physician David Lawrence. The inaugural Lawrence Colloquium on Science and Religion is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Bayley Auditorium of the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center, 315 Bill Edwards Dr.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:07:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Noon Luncheon and Lecture Series Continues With Presentation By Professor Of Education Robert Welker</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The Wittenberg University Office of Alumni Relations continues its Noon Luncheon and Lecture Series with Professor of Education Robert Welker, who will make a presentation titled &quot;Responding to Violence in the Schools: Building Compassionate Youth&quot; at 12 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in Room 105 of the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning, 737 N. Fountain Ave.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/04_03a.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Professor Of Biology Tim Lewis Makes Presentation On Global Warming Through Library Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; As part of the 2007-08 Global Education Speakers Series, Professor of Biology and Chair of the Department Tim Lewis will make a presentation titled &quot;What&apos;s Hot And What&apos;s Not: Global Warming&quot; at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the Gaier Room at the Clark County Public Library, 201 S. Fountain Ave. in Springfield, Ohio.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/04_03.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:05:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Pre-Law Association Welcomes Accomplished Speakers To Highlight Second Annual Witt Law Day April 3</title>
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Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; For the second straight year, Wittenberg&apos;s Pre-Law Association is hosting a spring event, which focuses on the free exchange of ideas that epitomizes a liberal arts education.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/04_01.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Famed Beaux Arts Trio For Final Event of 2007-08 Witt Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University&apos;s annual celebration of liberal arts education &amp;#150; better known as The Witt Series &amp;#150; wraps up the 2007-08 schedule in style with a performance by the famed Beaux Arts Trio at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in historic Weaver Chapel.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_31.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Departments Of Theatre And Dance And Music Present Urinetown: The Musical</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The Wittenberg Departments of Theatre and Dance and Music, will collaborate on the final main stage production of the 2007-08 school year. Urinetown: The Musical, described as a &quot;uniquely comical college theatre experience,&quot; is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 10-12, and 2 p.m. April 13, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, located at 905 Woodlawn Ave.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:03:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Art Department Prepares For 14th Annual Empty Bowls</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Since 1994, the Wittenberg University Department of Art has held an annual Empty Bowls fundraising event to benefit the community&amp;#146;s Second Harvest Foodbank. The tradition continues from 4-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the atrium of the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning, 737 N. Fountain Ave., where diners will be welcomed with an array of handcrafted bowls and a buffet line of bread and soup. For $12 each, guests select a bowl and share in an evening of food and fellowship.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_28a.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:43:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Music Department Presents Dynamic Calendar Of April Events</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The Wittenberg Department of Music is bringing in the last full month of the academic year with its usual packed calendar of events, including some of the most dynamic of the 2007-08 school year.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_26.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Internationally Acclaimed Vogler Quartet For Lecture/Demonstration March 31</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Members of the Wittenberg University and Springfield communities have a unique musical opportunity when the internationally acclaimed Vogler Quartet gives a lecture/demonstration at 3 p.m. Monday, March 31, in Krieg Hall.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_27.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Union Board Hosts Annual Lil&apos; Sibs Weekend March 28-30</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; While they are always welcome on campus, siblings, cousins and underage friends of Wittenberg students don&apos;t always have a weekend full of entertainment and activities. However, that is exactly what Wittenberg&apos;s Union Board has set up for them with the latest installment of Lil&apos; Sibs Weekend March 28-30.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_20a.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Department of Theatre and Dance Presents Student-Directed Production Somebody To Lean On</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance has a unique theatre experience on its calendar. At 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 28-29 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in Blair Hall Theatre, Kaleigh Lockhart, class of 2008 from Florence, S.C., will direct a play her original script titled Somebody To Lean On.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_19.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Celebrates Womyn&apos;s History Month With Event To Honor Outstanding Female Faculty And Staff Members</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University is celebrating Womyn&apos;s History Month by honoring outstanding female faculty and staff members at the Women Recognition Reception, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Morris Lounge of the Benham-Pence Student Center.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:21:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Hosts Pam Evans Smith 5K Memorial Walk/Run To Benefit Scholarship Program</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Members of the Wittenberg community will come together again to honor the memory of former Women&apos;s Basketball Head Coach and Associate Director of Athletics Pam Evans Smith, class of 1982, with the first Pam Evans Smith 5K Memorial Walk/Run on Saturday, April 5.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/news/2008releases/03_19.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:30:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Organizations Team Up For Fashion Show To Raise Money For Poor In Cambodia</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; For $3 a head, Wittenberg University students are again making a difference in the world.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_15.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:48:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg University&apos;s Senior Class Selects Congressman David L. Hobson As 2008 Commencement Speaker</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; For more than 25 years, U.S. Congressman David L. Hobson (OH-7th District) has worked to make life better for the people he has served in the Ohio Senate and in Congress. On Saturday, May 10, Hobson will encourage 455 Wittenberg graduates to do the same in their own communities and around the globe when he presents the keynote address during the university&apos;s 163rd Commencement Exercises.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_17.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg To Award STEM Scholarships As Part of Ohio Consortium For Bioinformatics</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University&apos;s commitment to students majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEM) and STEM education fields was strengthened recently when the Ohio Consortium for Bioinformatics received funding for scholarships from the Ohio General Assembly-created Ohio Innovation Partnership (OIP).</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_14.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Professor To Present Pre-Symphony Lecture March 15</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg Professor of Geography Olga Medvedkov will present a pre-symphony lecture at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Clark State Performing Arts Center. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra&apos;s MasterWorks III, &quot;Rendezvous with Russia,&quot; features Russian concert pianist Olga Kern performing works of Russian composers.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_13.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:12:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Choir Wraps Up 2008 Spring Tour With Annual Home Concert</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The world-renowned Wittenberg Choir will put the wraps on its 2008 Spring Tour with its annual home concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 14, in historic Weaver Chapel. The concert caps a 10-concert tour that included performances in three states in less than two weeks.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/03_11.html</link>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Award-Winning Poet Billy Collins As Part Of 2007-08 Witt Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; The diverse array of 2007-08 Witt Series events continues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Bayley Auditorium of the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center as Wittenberg University welcomes world-renowned poet Billy Collins.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:39:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg University Offers Spring Music Classes</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; Wittenberg University&amp;#146;s Center for Musical Development (CMD) is offering spring music classes for children and adults.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg Dean and Alumna Discuss Young Women&amp;#146;s Education as Part of Clark County Public Library Global Education Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#151; As part of the 2007-08 Global Education Speakers Series, Wittenberg Dean of the School of Community Education (SCE) Elma Lee Moore and Colleen Walters, SCE class of 2005, will give a presentation titled &amp;#147;Young Women&apos;s Education - Around the Globe and Around our Community&amp;#148; at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, in the Gaier Room at the Clark County Public Library, 201 S. Fountain Ave. in Springfield, Ohio.</description>
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      <title>Wittenberg To Host Unique Panel Discussion And Poster Exhibit From Hiroshima Peace Museum</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Sachiko Masuoka, an 85-year old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, will serve as one of four experts featured in a unique panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, in Wittenberg University&apos;s Kissell Auditorium in Koch Hall.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:14:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Extend Community Service Efforts Through Ambitious Spring Break Trips</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg students are gearing up to climb mountains, scuba dive and visit Elvis&apos; birthplace as well as the requisite tropical destinations during Spring Break 2008. But far from lazing away the week in the sun, many of them are extending their local community service efforts to the global community.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_26.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:31:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Five New Members Join Wittenberg University Board of Directors</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; The Wittenberg University Board of Directors recently welcomed five new members. Wesley C. Bates, Wittenberg class of 1970, and president and CEO of Stanley Steemer International Inc.; Alicia Sweet Hupp, Wittenberg class of 1982 and president and CEO of Sweet Manufacturing Company; John P. McDaniel, Wittenberg class of 1964 and chairman of Medstar Health Foundation; Sarah Hagen McWilliams, Wittenberg class of 1988 and co-owner/operator of The Inn at Gristmill Square; and William D. Adams, Colby College president, each were elected to a three-year term on the university&apos;s board.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_25.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:09:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Professor Participates In Girl Scouts Anniversary Celebration</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; In conjunction with World Thinking Day on Feb. 22, the birthday of girl scouting and girl guiding founder Baden Powell, Wittenberg Professor of History Tammy Proctor attended the first-ever symposium celebrating the 100-year anniversary of scouting around the world.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_22.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Named To President&apos;s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg University has been named to the President&apos;s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth by the Corporation for National and Community Service.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_19.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:50:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>East Asian Studies Program Welcomes Internationally Acclaimed Artist To Wittenberg</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg University&apos;s nationally recognized East Asian Studies program is once again bringing the world to campus when internationally acclaimed artist Xu Bing presents his computer artwork &quot;Square World Calligraphy&quot; and his recent &quot;Book from the Ground&quot; at a colloquium from 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Room 124 Hollenbeck Hall.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_15.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Hosts Wide Range of Black History Month Activities</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg University has always celebrated Black History Month with a variety of activities, and 2008 is no exception. This year&amp;#146;s calendar ranges from a Battle of the Sexes game show to a performance by the world-renowned Jabali Afrika Dance Troupe.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_13.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:30:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg To Sponsor Noon Luncheon and Lecture Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; In response to many requests, Wittenberg University&apos;s Office of Alumni Relations has revived the popular Noon Luncheon and Lecture Series (NLLS), starting on Wednesday, Feb. 20, with a presentation by Staci Rhine, professor of political science and 2008 Laatsch Faculty Scholar.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_12.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:29:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Guest Director From China For &quot;Unique College Theater Experiment&quot; Feb. 21-24</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; The Wittenberg Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes Xiaoqing Hu as director of a unique main stage production of Wild Wind at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 21-23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre. Hu, a resident of Beijing, is also the translator of the play, which includes 21 Wittenberg student actors.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_08.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:27:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Famed Wittenberg Choir Opens Annual Spring Concert Tour Feb. 29 in Arizona</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; The world-renowned Wittenberg University Choir begins its annual Spring Concert Tour at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 29, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_11.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:26:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Unique Simulation Exercise at Wittenberg Deepens Understanding of Poverty</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Approximately 40 Wittenberg University faculty, staff and students took advantage of a unique opportunity to experience life below the poverty line at a Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) event on Monday, Feb. 4.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_08b.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:26:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Present Studio Stage Production Feb. 8-10</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg University students are more than just the stars of the next Theatre and Dance Department stage production. Roxie Patton, class of 2008 from Wellston, Ohio, steps into the director&apos;s chair for Fat Pig, which is scheduled for performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in Blair Hall.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_04a.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:25:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Professor Discusses U.S.-China Relations As Part Of Clark County Public Library Global Education Series</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; As part of the 2007-08 Global Education Speakers Series, Wittenberg Professor of Political Science and Director of East Asian Studies Bin Yu will give a presentation on United States-China relations at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Gaier Room at the Clark County Public Library, 201 S. Fountain Ave. in Springfield, Ohio.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_04.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:24:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Pam Evans Smith Arena Dedication red bar</title>
      <description>Hundreds of Wittenberg University community members came together to celebrate Saturday as the arena in the campus&apos;s Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center (HPERC) was officially dedicated to the memory of Pam Evans Smith, class of 1982.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/multimedia/pam_smith/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:50:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Welcomes Hollywood Writer, Producer and Playwright for Week of Speaking and Mentoring Activities</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Hollywood&apos;s loss has turned out to be Wittenberg&apos;s gain &amp;#150; at least for one week.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_01.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:47:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Hosts Community Action Poverty Simulation Events</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; A new Wittenberg University program will give community members a glimpse into the lives of the less fortunate in American society.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/02_01a.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:46:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Grassroots Organization Introduces Innovative Food Co-Op And Online Guide In Effort To Make Wittenberg &quot;Green&quot;</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; A small but ambitious group of Wittenberg University faculty, staff members and students have recently upped the ante in an effort to make the campus more environmentally friendly.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/01_30.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:48:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Department Of Music Offers Variety Of Upcoming Concerts, Events</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; The Wittenberg Music Department begins a new semester with a plethora of musical events with a piano recital by Mark Heeg, class of 1984, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Krieg Hall. He will perform pieces by Schubert, Liszt and Granados, as well as short Liszt transcriptions of works by Chopin and Schumann.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/01_28a.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:05:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Students Create &quot;Within My Reach&quot; Program To Promote Healthy Relationships For Women</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Thanks to the efforts of two industrious Wittenberg students and support from the Springfield Marriage Resource Center a new &quot;Within My Reach&quot; program is helping women build healthy relationships.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/01_28.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:55:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Wittenberg Celebrates Annual Candlemas Service Feb. 1</title>
      <description>Springfield, Ohio &amp;#150; Wittenberg University&apos;s historic Weaver Chapel celebrates one of its most cherished annual events at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, with the annual Medieval Candlelight Vespers Service, better known as Candlemas.</description>
      <link>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2008/01_18.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:54:57 -0400</pubDate>
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