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Sept. 2, 2019

Keep singing at Wartburg!

Join a choir at Wartburg! There are five college choirs in which you can get involved: Kantorei (non-auditioned mixed choir), Ritterchor (non-auditioned tenor/bass choir), St. Elizabeth Chorale (non-auditioned treble choir), Castle Singers (auditioned chamber choir), and Wartburg Choir (auditioned a cappella choir). Students of all ability levels are welcome, even if you have never been in a choir before! To get involved, simply sign up for a five-minute Voice Placement Hearing (range check) Sept. 2-5 or simply come to a rehearsal. The sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board outside of the music office in Bachman Fine Arts Center. For more information, visit our website or contact Dr. Lee Nelson.

New art exhibition at Wartburg

Come see “Shifting Definitions of Beauty: Selections from the Collection of Robert H. Knox” in the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, on the first floor of the Bachman Fine Arts Center, from Sept. 4 to Oct. 27. There will be an Artist’s Reception on Friday, Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m., with Gallery Talk at 7 p.m. Wartburg Department of Art lecturer Robert Knox shares his extensive collection of German expressionist, modernist, and post-modern art gathered over several decades. Knox’s collection includes an original Marc Chagall painting as well as signed prints from Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring, Max Ernst, and many more.

Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily; free and open to the public. For more information, email Gallery Director Johanna Kramer-Weston or call 319-352-8386.

Be part of God's Work, Our Hands event

All students, faculty and staff are invited to be part of the God’s Work, Our Hands event on campus Sunday, Sept. 8. Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church & School, both in Waverly, will join together with Wartburg to celebrate the ELCA’s nationwide God’s Work, Our Hands event with worship at 9 a.m. in Wartburg Chapel, followed by a variety of service events around the community at 10:30. Participants will receive a t-shirt. Please sign up at bit.ly/WaverlyGWOH and choose your service event.

The following items are needed for the service events. Please bring any of the following to the Chapel office (entrance is in the skywalk):

• Hand towels, bath towels, and flannel sheets to be used to make diapers; can be gently used but must be clean.

• Old and new sheets are needed to make bandages; frayed sheets are OK but they must be clean.

Move-in info for returning students

Please check in at the Student Life Office in Saemann Student Center on Monday, Sept. 2, or Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. when you move back to campus. Please email cassie.hales@wartburg.edu with questions.

Knights Package Lockers installed

Have you gotten a package email or a text with a QR code? These emails are for the new Knights Package Lockers installed this summer, just south of the Den, next to the Mail Center. Some packages will still need to be picked up in the Mail Center, so be sure to check your email for instructions. Package locker emails are sent from LuxerOne. Contact mailroom@wartburg.edu with any questions!

State of the College address available

The President’s State of the College address is posted on InfoCenter under President’s Reports (you must be logged in to view).

Advancement office part of United Way event

Team members from Advancement will participate in the United Way Day of Caring on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The Advancement office (LH 123) will be open on this day, but staffing may be limited.

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All are invited to Opening Convocation

Opening Convocation is 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Levick Arena to welcome the Class of 2023. This year’s speaker is La Toshia Burrell ’07, assistant director of The W for group fitness and personal training and licensed massage therapist. She also instructs a variety of classes as an adjunct professor and advises students in the health and fitness studies major. New students will be seated in chairs on the floor of the arena; faculty will be seated behind the students. Staff, returning students, and guests will be seated in the east bleachers. All are invited to an All-campus Lunch in the Mensa and Saemann Student Center ballrooms following convocation.

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.

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

Apply now to be Service Trip leader

The school year is quickly approaching! The Service Trip leader applications for Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break are currently open. You can fill out the application by clicking the links above, or check out the Wartburg Service Trips Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter pages, where you will find the links as well.

If you have any questions please contact servicetrips@wartburg.edu.

Board plan details for Fall Term

Click here to see Dining hours through Sept. 3.

•	Fall Term board plans and Points begin at breakfast on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
•	GET meal transfers begin on Thursday, Sept. 5.
•	All off-campus students who want to be on a board plan must stop in to the Dining Office in Saemann Student Center to fill out a form at the start of each term if wish to be on a board plan.
•	Dining Services asks that you verify that you are on the correct board plan once the Fall Term board plans begin. Reminders will be posted. All changes to board plans must be made before 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12.
•	Please contact Shelly Geweke with questions.

Burgapalooza: Tailgate Edition

Mark your calendars and let’s have some fun! Student Senate will host a tailgate from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, on the Campus Lawn. We will be firing up the grills and providing burgers, veggie burgers and chips prior to the 7 p.m. football kickoff against Monmouth College. All Wartburg students are welcome. Go Knights!

SPIRITUAL LIFE & CAMPUS MINISTRY

Weekday Chapel schedule

All are welcome at Weekday Chapel services from 10:15 to 10:35 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the Wartburg Chapel. Chapel time is a brief opportunity to gather with students, staff, and faculty to reflect on God and faith. Interfaith chapels will be held the last Wednesday of each month during the semester.

Upcoming services:

Wednesday, Sept. 4: Opening Chapel — Pastor Brian Beckstrom

Friday, Sept. 6: Senior Chapel — Samantha Pfab ’20

Sunday worship times

The following are the Sunday worship times in Wartburg Chapel for Fall Term. Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. All are welcome!

•	Sept. 8: God’s Work, Our Hands service day with local churches (register at bit.ly/WaverlyGWOH)
•	Sept. 29: Scholarship Day
•	Oct. 13: Homecoming & Family Weekend (10 a.m., Neumann Auditorium)
•	Nov. 10: Scholarship Day
•	Nov. 17: St. Elizabeth Week
•	Dec. 15: December Commencement (10 a.m.)

Sanctuary on Wednesday nights

Sanctuary is a holy space in the midst of your busy life where you can recharge and renew. Expect a relaxed time of Bible study, fellowship, worship band music, prayers, and communion. It takes place on Wednesday evenings at 9 p.m. in the Chapel Commons (basement), starting Sept. 4. Come by at 8:45 for snacks and fellowship. All are welcome!

Upcoming events

Returning students move-in days
Sept. 2-3

Opening Convocation
Sept. 3

Fall Term begins
Sept. 4

Artist Reception and Gallery Talk
Sept. 6

God's Work, Our Hands event
Sept. 8

Burgapalooza
Sept. 14

Involvement Fair
Sept. 18

Homecoming & Family Weekend
Oct. 10-13

Click here for the campus events calendar

WARTBURG IN THE NEWS

Annika Wall '21 has received an Advancement of Women in Sports & Entertainment Scholarship from the Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation.

Though the Wartburg football team boasts 27 returning seniors and was picked to finish first in the conference in a preseason poll, the battle for a new starting quarterback is expected to continue into the start of the season, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

Max Chinnah ’15, founder of Terraoak, is preparing a sales launch for a portable and smokeless cookstove that was originally designed while Chinnah was a Wartburg student for the Davis Projects for Peace program. Terraoak will donate cookstoves to farmers in rural Kenya, which could decrease the number of people who die each year from the respiratory ailments they suffer from cooking over an open fire in a confined space, according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

Pat Grau ’11 is a third-generation forester at a sawmill owned by his established by his grandfather in 1948, as reported by the Clayton County Register.

Jenny Kordick ’10 was named the first full-time executive director for Maine Outdoor Brands, a trade group that advocates for the state's outdoor recreation industry, as reported by Maine Biz.

Fikiswayinkhosi Nkambule ’21 was featured as the up and coming artist in the Swazi Observer for his continued passion for percussion.

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