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Sept. 2, 2019

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.

Opening Convocation details

Opening Convocation is at 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. 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. Offices that are able to close during that time are encouraged to do so, allowing as many staff as possible to welcome new students to the Wartburg community. All are invited to an All-campus Lunch in the Mensa and Saemann Student Center ballrooms following convocation.

Don't Cancel Class workshops

Faculty, do you have plans of attending a conference this semester? Are there times you have to cancel class because of an unexpected illness? In situations like these, try the “Don’t Cancel Class” program. Student Life, in collaboration with several departments on campus, can provide a variety of workshops for the class period you need to miss. These workshops are designed to provide students with valuable information and skills. You select the workshop you feel is a good fit for your class. Click here to see workshop opportunities and to sign up. Questions can be directed to Wendy Mohlis in Student Life.

Wartburg Scholarship Club fall tailgate

Known for many years as the Wartburg Women’s Club, the club voted in 2019 on a new name and to expand membership to ALL faculty, staff, retirees, their spouses, and area alumni who want to support Wartburg students through scholarships! We invite you to join us at our new fall event, learn more about the club, and become a member:

Fall Tailgate Social

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (before the home football game)
WHERE: Greenwood, 902 12th St. NW, Waverly

HOSTS: President and Christy Colson

COST: $10 per person includes food and beverages

Please see the orange invitations mailed to you for details about club membership or see our new website. Dues support materials for the Student Treats Project, which funds student scholarships. Last year, the club awarded six scholarships worth $1,000 each! Contact Marcia Haugen with questions.

Assessment plan writing workshop

The Assessment Committee will host an assessment plan writing workshop for programs on Monday, Sept. 9, 4-5 p.m., in the Heritage Ballroom. This is a hands-on workshop, so come prepared to work on the assessment plans you will submit in October to the Assessment Committee. The workshop will begin with a brief overview of assessment plan requirements and expectations followed by work time. Members of the Assessment Committee will be on hand to assist you. For questions, please contact Robert Stanley, director of assessment, accreditation and planning.

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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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

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.

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

Opening Convocation
Sept. 3

Fall Term begins
Sept. 4

STAS meetings

Sept. 4, 18

Artist's Reception and Gallery Talk
Sept. 6

God's Work, Our Hands event
Sept. 8

Wartburg Scholarship Club Fall Tailgate Social
Sept. 28

Presidential Forums
Oct. 1, Oct. 29, Dec. 3

Homecoming & Family Weekend
Oct. 10-13

Click here for the campus events calendar

CONDOLENCES

The Wartburg community extends its condolences to Judy Rinnels, security officer, whose son, Caleb Holman of Waterloo, passed away unexpectedly Aug. 21. Please click here to view the obituary.

PROFESSIONAL NEWS

Dr. Alpha Woodward, director of music therapy, presented her paper on Aesthetic Leadership at the Wolverhampton conference on 'Building Bridges' in Applied Arts and Health, Education and Community Conference in Telford, UK. The paper highlighted how arts-based leadership offers resilience, recovery, and vision during complex societal changes.

ATHLETIC TRAVEL

Football

Friday, Sept. 6: Depart at 11 a.m. to Greenville, Ill.

Volleyball

Friday, Sept. 6: Depart at 2 p.m. to Loras

Women’s Tennis

Friday, Sept. 6: Depart at 3 p.m. to Nebraska Wesleyan and Buena Vista

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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