The Juice - June 21

The Mail Center will be closed Friday, July 2, and open Monday, July 5, though only FedEx will be delivering on Monday. There may be some limits on certain services in the week prior to the July Fourth holiday due to staffing. Please contact Kory Figura ahead of time if you have projects or special needs anticipated in that week.

Wartburg’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through UnityPoint Health is changing slightly as follows:

Provide assessment, short-term counseling and/or referral to appropriate community service providers, being sensitive to the employee’s financial status and health care benefits. Benefits include 6 EAP sessions per employee, domestic partner, and dependents per calendar year, with a limit of 2 issues/person/year.

Should you have a need for any short-term counseling services, please reach out to UnityPoint Health EAP at 319-235-3550.

The following reports have been uploaded onto the Enrollment Management report site:

The Wartburg community extends its condolences to the family and friends of former college employee Marilyn Michaelson '75 of Coralville, who died June 10 at age 94. Marilyn was married to former Wartburg English professor Sam Michaelson, and she worked many years at Wartburg as a switchboard operator and in the bookstore until she retired. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at St. Paul Lutheran Church & School in Waverly. A social hour will follow the service. Visitation will be held Sunday from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 21, at Harlington Cemetery in Waverly. Please click here to see the obituary.  

The Wartburg community extends its condolences to the family and friends of former college employee Liz Wuertz of Waverly, who died Wednesday at age 68. Visitation will be Thursday, July 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly. A Celebration of Life service will be held Friday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s; the service will be live streamed. Liz was instrumental in the development of women’s athletics at Wartburg, serving as the first head coach of both the women’s volleyball and track and field programs. She was named the Iowa Conference Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1983 and also spent several years working in Wartburg’s admissions and financial aid offices. Her husband, John '73, is retired after working many years as Wartburg's Physical Plant director. The college last year approved the naming of the Wuertz Health & Human Performance Center in The W to honor Liz and John.

Dr. Craig Hancock, professor of music and director of bands, and the Wartburg College Concert Bands were awarded a Governor’s Volunteer Award for outstanding commitment and service for their many years of roadside cleanup along Iowa Highway 3. The Governor’s Volunteer Awards Virtual Ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. July 14, can be viewed at this link.  

Please join us on Wednesday, June 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. for a celebration of Edie Waldstein’s distinguished service to Wartburg College. A reception with light refreshments will be held in her honor in the Hagemann Castle Room located in the Saemann Student Center. A brief program will take place at 3 p.m. RSVPs are not necessary.

A $2 million lead gift commitment from alumni Jack and Sarah Salzwedel has inspired the Wartburg College Board of Regents to authorize a $9 million fundraising campaign to renovate Centennial and Vollmer halls, two of the oldest student residences on campus. The total cost of the renovation, including an addition to the complex’s northeast side, is estimated to be $11 million. The college will also apply for $2 million in State of Iowa Historical Tax Credits.

The college hopes to raise the full $9 million, the largest fundraising goal for a single project in the college’s history, by June 1, 2022. Early leadership gifts have pushed the initial fundraising total to $5 million. If the college can reach the goal, construction could begin next spring and be complete by the time Fall Term classes begin in 2022. Other leadership gift commitments in support of the project include $1.5 million from the Franklin I. & Irene List Saemann Foundation and $1 million from Mike and Marge McCoy. Click here to learn more about the project.

Please click here to view summer hours for Dining Services locations on campus. Office hours for Dining Services are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.