The Juice — Oct. 8, 2015

Sen. Rand Paul to visit — Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul will visit campus Tuesday, Oct. 13. The 5 p.m. event in McCaskey Lyceum is part of the Kentucky senator’s The Iowa 10,000 College Tour. The event is sponsored by the Wartburg College Republicans. 

German Institute applications call — The executive committee of the German Institute is pleased to announce the 2016 call for applications to support activities/endeavors related to German and/or Germany. For 2016, $2,500 is available. Because these funds are limited, an application is required and will be awarded on a competitive basis. Applications for the full amount of available funds most likely will not be supported in full. Applications are due Nov. 6. Awards will be announced no later than Dec. 1. Previously, the institute has funded enhancements to May Term trips to Germany, a forthcoming film festival, and subsidized student travel to Germany for study abroad. Full application details are available here.

Thank you! — Thanks to all Wartburg faculty and staff for contributing to the success of Homecoming and Family Weekend. Each year the Alumni and Parent Relations Office asks for feedback from attendees. Feel free to speak from your perspective as an employee as well as a participant. Click here to complete the form. Questions can be directed to the Alumni and Parent Relations Office at 352-8491.

AAUW hosts pay inequity presentation — The Waverly branch of American Association of University Women will host Pay Inequity - It's a Fact: The Realities Behind Unequal Pay and Strategies for Achieving Equality Thursday, Oct. 15, 6-7:30 p.m., in Whitehouse Business Center 116. Kristen Corey, program planner for the Iowa Department of Human Rights' Office on the Status of Women, will will give an overview of the large body of research showing that pay inequity is a reality for women nationwide and in Iowa and will discuss some of the strategies to advocate for change. For more information, contact Kim Folkers, associate professor of marketing, at kimberly.folkers@wartburg.edu or 352-8424.

Course update for academic advisers — An IS 201 section on Doctor Who was added after Winter Term registration and is still looking to boost enrollment.  IS 201-07, Diversity and the Doctor, uses the television series Doctor Who to examine issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality in Britain and the United States. It is offered Winter Term Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. Students are welcome to enroll in the class as an elective or for its writing intensive designation. Questions can be directed to Dr. Erika Lindgren, associate professor of history, at erika.lindgren@wartburg.edu. 

Picture request for Outfly — Looking to get involved with Outfly? Student Senate is requesting pictures of faculty. Students will edit these the images onto designs of superheroes and display them in the Student Center on Outfly. Pictures, which should be recent and of good quality, can be sent to Molly Zmudka at molly.zmudka@wartburg.edu or senate@wartburg.edu. 

Catholic Mass  — Catholic Knights will hold Mass tonight, Oct. 8, 9 p.m., in Wartburg Chapel.

Service partnership grants available — Iowa Campus Compact announces requests for proposals for the 2015 MLK Day of Service Community Partnership Project. The mini-grant project is focused on supporting service projects that work toward alleviating hunger and supporting veterans. All national and state Campus Compact members are eligible to apply for mini-grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 to support MLK Day of Service projects in these areas. Interested applicants can view technical assistance webinar information, RFP details, and the application on the program’s website. Applications are due by midnight Friday, Oct. 30. Applicants will be notified no later than Monday, Nov. 15.

Phil and Lit — Barbara Fedeler, professor of art, will present Flatness and Space: Drawings of Arizona and Mississippi for the Wartburg Philosophical and Literary Society Friday, Oct. 9, 4 p.m., in McCoy West of Saemann Student Center. The presentation focus is the artwork produced during Fedeler’s 2015 sabbatical while an artist-in-residence at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, the Amerind Foundation, and the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

Play a possible tie to IS 101 — Kristin Teig Torres, assistant director of the Center for Community Engagement, will appear in a play that could be used as subject matter for Inquiry Studies 101 courses. Teig Torres, a University of Northern Iowa alumna, will return to UNI's Strayer Wood Theatre to portray the emotionally troubled mother in Lee Blessing’s Independence. Teig Torres suggests the play would be useful to compare to Wartburg's Readings in Common selection, The Other Wes Moore. Both stories tell of a dysfunctional family and the barriers or systems that limit choices. The production hits the stage starting tonight, Oct. 8. Contact Teig Torres at kristin.teigtorres@wartburg.edu for more information.

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