Donate and recycle when cleaning up |
While cleaning up and clearing out when you leave for break, consider donating your unwanted items. Clothes, school supplies, and more can be dropped off in the Sustainability Office, Old Main room 15, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please recycle when you can! For more information regarding donations and recycling, please email Wartburg Sustainability. |
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St. Elizabeth Bread Basket hours |
St. Elizabeth Bread Basket is a new program with the Northeast Iowa Food Bank that makes food options available to students for free during breaks when campus dining locations are closed or limited. Visit SEBB for food pantry items in the Student Life Office, first floor of Saemann Student Center, during these hours: Thursday, April 18: Noon-4:30 p.m. Friday, April 19: 10-11 a.m.* Saturday, April 20: 2-4 p.m.* Sunday, April 21: CLOSED Monday, April 22: 1-3 p.m.* Tuesday, April 23, to Friday, April 26: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28: CLOSED *On these dates, SEBB may be accessed by going to the Campus Security office. |
Incomplete grade information |
Please remind students that an incomplete grade is not valid unless it is supported by a Student Request for Incomplete Grade Form. The completion of the form should be initiated by the student to confirm that the student and instructor have been in communication regarding the incomplete grade policy. The form is available on MyWartburg or in the Registrar’s Office. Any incomplete grade submitted by the instructor without support of the form will be changed to any “F.” Please refer students to the incomplete grade definition in the 2018-19 academic catalog, which can be accessed online. Incomplete grades should only be issued for students who are passing the course when final grades are due. With permission from the Registrar, instructors can complete the form for a student whose circumstances prevent them from submitting the form. |
Personnel Advisory Committee voting results |
The Personnel Advisory Committee thanks all of the nominees who were willing serve on the PAC. The results were very close with 125 employees voting! The support staff seat went to Kory Figura, and the administrative seat went to Tony PeterSmith. Their terms begin June 1. A special thank you to Wendy Mohlis and Renee Voves, who have graciously served on the PAC for several years. Their participation on the PAC was a wonderful representation of all Wartburg staff members. As always, please contact any PAC member if you have a concern, question, or an agenda item to be discussed. PAC members as of June 1, 2019, are: • | Kory Figura | • | Patty Franzen | • | Sheila Kittleson | • | Kristina Ladage | • | Stephanie Newsom | • | Tony PeterSmith | |
Wartburg’s Own team attire |
Want to represent Wartburg College with team attire? Consider Wartburg’s Own for your team needs. Wartburg’s Own is student-run to give options for apparel and product for on-campus needs. Use your department’s institutional logo to create team attire in tees, sweatshirts and quarter zip jackets, and more! You just need a minimum of eight items per product. Contact Wartburg’s Own at wartburgsown@wartburg.edu. |
Try the TriByKnight triathlon |
The TriByKnight Triathlon, now in its eighth year, is one of the most popular early season events in the region. This USAT-sanctioned sprint tri (300-yard swim, 15-mile bike, 3.1-mile run) is perfect for those just getting started in the sport and is staged on the Wartburg College campus Saturday, May 4. Registration is $70 for an individual or $100 for a team of three; click here for details. |
Dance Marathon smashes fundraising goal |
Wartburg College Dance Marathon would like to thank Wartburg students, faculty, and staff for supporting our mission. This year WCDM crushed its goal of $130,000 and raised a total of $153,307.11 for the kids at the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City. Contact wcdm@wartburg.edu for more information about WCDM. |
Students compete in Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition |
Wartburg students Haley Harms, Liam Conroy, Jackie Falconer, Ashlee Henderson, and Alison Rusch competed as finalists in the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center Values and Ventures® Business Plan Competition at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, April 5-6. The team developed its business plan under the guidance of Dr. Allan Bernard, assistant professor of business administration. Jeff Martinelli mentored the members and Wartburg alumnus and Board of Regents member Michael Murphy ’89 sponsored the team. |
May Term Senate election results |
The following students have been elected as May Term Senators: • | Josh Voigt | • | Seth Jobes-Ryan | • | Lexi Retz | • | Katheryn Opperman | • | Sara Ashar | • | Andrew Walker | • | Joseph Makondo | • | Brett Kelting | |
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Dining hours during Tour Week and Easter |
For the Dining Services hours during Tour Week and Easter weekend, please click here. During Tour Week, students will not be able to use their meal plans if staying on campus, and there will be no meal transfers. The first meal in Mensa after break will be Sunday evening, April 28. |
Juice publishing schedule for end of the term |
Please make note of the Juice email publishing schedule through the end of the academic year: • | No Monday Juice the week of April 22 due to Tour Week. | • | The final weekly Juice of the term will be May 20. | • | The Juice will publish intermittently through the summer as needed, about every other week for the Faculty/Staff edition. | • | Weekly Juice emails will begin again Monday, Aug. 26, just before the start of Fall Term. | If you have items that need to be sent through the Juice, send an email to Juice@wartburg.edu. For items that need to be sent immediately, contact stephanie.boeding@wartburg.edu (the Juice email inbox is not monitored daily). |
Wartburg’s Senior Exhibition 2019 showcases works from five students: Sam Engelken, Hannah Fox, Haley Harms, Emily McCalla, and Anthony Quesada Sanchez. The exhibit, open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through May 26, is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.wartburg.edu/gallery. |
April Mail Center schedule |
The Mail Center has the following schedule updates in April: • | Abbreviated hours during Finals and Tour Week, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | • | Closed Friday, April 19, and Monday, April 22 | • | Campus deliveries will remain in the hour after lunch | • | If your office will have different hours during Finals and/or Tour Week, please send notice to mailroom@wartburg.edu or kory.figura@wartburg.edu. | |
Wartburg 2019-20 Holiday Calendar |
The Holiday Calendar for 2019-20 has been posted at Infocenter > Employment > Forms and Procedures > Payroll and Personnel Forms. |
Knight Reading for Fall 2019: Glimmer of Hope |
The Knight Reading (common read) for Fall 2019 is Glimmer of Hope, written by the students from Parkland, Florida, and founders of March for Our Lives. This year, students will read this text during the Fall Term in IS 101. If you would like a copy of the book, please send your request as well as your account number to charge to IS 101 co-coordinator Lindsey Leonard. |
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SPIRITUAL LIFE & CAMPUS MINISTRY |
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No Midweek Chapel services this week |
May the Lord bless you and keep you during Finals Week and Tour Week! There are no Midweek Chapel services this week, but if you missed a Chapel message this year, you can find all of them at this link and re-watch at any time. Take a short break from studies and be renewed! |
Sanctuary on Wednesday night |
Sanctuary will meet this week on Wednesday night in Chapel Commons (basement). Come at 8:45 p.m. for treats and fellowship, and stay for a relaxed time of Bible study, fellowship, worship band music, prayers, and communion. |
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Performance appraisals due June 30 |
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WELCOME (new arrivals): Kathleen Sihler, Study Away Coordinator, 3/11 Fanessa Olmstead, Dining Services, Cook, 3/17 |
Pam Ohrt, associate professor of journalism and communication, received the 2019 Jack Shelley Award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association at its April 13 convention in Johnston. The Shelley Award is the highest honor an Iowa broadcast journalist can receive. Ohrt had a 27-year professional career in radio news, most of it at KOEL radio in Oelwein, where she served as news director. Ohrt brought her professional experience to the classroom, with the last 13 years at Wartburg. In addition to teaching journalism and radio broadcasting, she advises KWAR, the student radio station. Dr. Bret Billet, professor of political science and co-coordinator of the international relations & environmental science and studies programs, was recently appointed by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Criminal Victim Assistance Division of the Office of the Attorney General. The CVAD Board is a governing board for the programs of the Crime Victim Assistance Division; it gives guidance to the division director and adopts administrative rules that govern the programs of the division. Dr. Amy Nolan, professor of English, has published “Seeking a Language that Heals: Teaching and Writing from a Ruined Landscape” in Encountering the Natural World: Environmental Education in the Arts and Humanities, a special issue of the Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (Vol. 24, April 2019). Dr. Kunihiko Terasawa, associate professor of religion, presented his paper “Education in Religious Colleges in Struggle with Secular Nationalism in Japan” in the section of Future Direction of Asian Studies at ASIANetwork Annual Conference on April 13 at the University of San Diego Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. Dr. Fred Strickert, Wartburg professor emeritus of religion, has co-edited a book with Rabbi Richard Freund of the University of Hartford, "And They Came to Bethsaida... (Mk 8:22): A Festschrift in Honor of Rami Arav." Arav is an Israeli archaeologist who has directed the Bethsaida excavations for the past 32 years. In addition to the foreword, Strickert contributed a chapter, "Why Bethsaida? Why Did the Tetrarch Philip pick this Humble Village to Built his New City Named Julias?" Dr. Walter "Chip" Bouzard, professor of religion, contributed a chapter, "The MKY Inscription from Bethsaida." Wartburg College has been a member of the Bethsaida Excavations Consortium since 1988 with several hundred students participating in excavation. |
Men’s Golf Thursday, April 18: Depart at 1 p.m. to Springfield, Ill. Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Thursday, April 18: Depart at 3 p.m. to Lawrence, Kan., for Kansas Relays. |
Check out the BBC report “Why ‘Worthless’ Humanities Degrees May Set You Up for Life” at this link. |
Two Wartburg College student-led projects received $10,000 grants each from the Davis Projects for Peace to implement projects in Sierra Leone and Namibia, as reported by KGAN/Fox28. |
Jordan LeClere ’11 and a friend are collecting bales of hay to help Nebraska farmers and ranchers affected by the recent flooding, as reported by KWAY. |
More than 1,900 Wartburg College students, alumni, faculty, staff and supporters helped the college set a new record for one-day participation during the school’s fifth annual day of giving, UKnight Day, on March 28, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. |
Campus Compact’s Newman Civic Fellows selection team named Wartburg student Joshua Voigt '20 and 261 others across the U.S. to its 2019-20 cohort, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. |
Wartburg student Emily Russell '20 was invited to the White House by The Leadership Institute to watch President Trump sign an executive order that purports to protect the right to free speech on college campuses, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. |
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