Regular office hours resume

Summer hours have ended; regular office hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. resume today (Aug. 26).
 

Mail service on Labor Day

There is no postal, UPS, or FedEx delivery or outgoing on Labor Day, Sept. 2. There will be NO campus delivery runs on Labor Day due to a combination of the service holiday, staffing, and student move-in. Regular campus deliveries will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

 

2018-19 reports available on InfoCenter

The 2018-19 Graduation Report and Summer Enrollment Report are now available on the Info Center.
 

Sharing Teaching and Advising Strategies

Are you interested in talking with your peers about teaching and advising? STAS (Sharing Teaching and Advising Strategies) is open to all faculty and adjuncts no matter where you are in your career or what department you are in on campus. Fall 2019 meetings will be every other Wednesday at 4 p.m. beginning Sept. 18 in the Faculty Resource Room (lower level of the library). Topics vary but focus on building community among faculty and ways to improve how we serve students both in the classroom and out. RSVP and regular attendance are not required. Contact Michaeleen Golay or Kristin Wendland with questions or to join our My.Wartburg group and view agendas. Join us for an informal meeting at 4 p.m. Sept. 4, when we walk to Duo’s for ice cream and celebrate the first day back!
 

Schedule for Presidential Forums

Due to President Colson’s travel schedule, updates have been made to the Presidential Forums schedule. Forums will be held at 11:30 a.m. in WBC 214 (Buckmaster room) on the following dates:

Oct. 1 (was Sept. 24)

Oct. 29 (was Oct. 22)

Dec. 3

Feb. 25

March 24

 

Welcome to The Juice... what is it?

The Juice is Wartburg's official weekly e-newsletter full of campus news and events. Look for The Juice on Monday mornings in your Wartburg email inbox and occasionally during the week for important campus announcements. Students, faculty and staff may submit items to be included; the deadline is 4 p.m. each Thursday. Click here to see our email policies and what kind of items are included. Contact Juice editor Stephanie Boeding with questions.

Need a new photo taken?

Say cheese! All faculty and staff who want to have a studio portrait taken should come to the photo studio Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 1-3 p.m. in the photo studio (new faculty are scheduled from 1-1:45 p.m.).

Directions to the photo studio in FAC 52:

• Enter the main lobby area of the Bachman Fine Arts Center by the art gallery (windows side, facing the Chapel).

• On the right, take the staircase down to the basement

• Follow the long hallway about half-way and turn left (clock on the wall for reference).

• The studio is the first door on the right.

Contact Julie Drewes, visual media manager, with questions.

 

Be part of Hearthside Project

This is the ninth year that students and faculty/staff have enjoyed the Hearthside Project. The program provides faculty/staff the opportunity to read a book of their choice with up to three students in an informal environment. Dr. Zak Montgomery will co-facilitate Hearthside as the Slife Professor and invites you to participate in this program. Not only does Hearthside create the context for the reading of part of that “to-read” stack we all have, but the program is a form of advocacy for valuing what we do, as thinkers, as educators, and as citizens swept up in the culture and business of higher education. Each group involves three students and one faculty/staff member. The reading model (how many times you meet and when) and the book choice are yours. Please let Zak Montgomery know if you have any questions or would like to participate this academic year.

 

Board of Regents announces new members

The Wartburg College Board of Regents has announced three new members. Barbara Gamez '98 of Rochester, Minn., and Tammy Jackson '83 of Carol Stream, Ill., were each elected to a three-year term. Paul Mugan '91 of Waverly will serve a two-year term as an ex-officio member as the president-elect of the Wartburg Alumni Board. The Board of Regents works with the president to provide fiduciary leadership for the college and is guided by the mission of the institution.

 

HLC approval for online programs

Wartburg College has received approval from the HLC to offer online programs as well as approvals of the Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Leadership and the online ESL endorsement in education. Thanks to all involved in these efforts, and especially to the leadership team that developed the change requests and represented Wartburg during the HLC visit: Susan Meyeraan, Stephanie TeKippe, Maryam Rod Szabo, Ashley Lang and Fred Waldstein.