Monday, January 6, 2020 / Categories: News The Juice (Faculty/Staff) - Jan. 6 View in browser Jan. 6, 2020 Nominate Baldwin Leadership Fellows The Institute for Leadership Education at Wartburg seeks your assistance in the selection of first-year students to serve as Baldwin Leadership Fellows. Please click here for more information and a link to the nomination form. Nominations are due Wednesday, Jan. 22. Please complete as much of the form as possible, so all nominations are in once place. The students nominated will then be contacted regarding the nomination and asked to complete an application if they are interested in this highly selective opportunity. Please contact Ashley Lang if you have any questions. State of the College address Jan. 28 Please mark your calendars for the Winter Term State of the College Address on Tuesday, Jan. 28. President Colson will give his remarks in McCaskey Lyceum at 11:30 a.m. New art exhibit opens today The work of Cedar Falls artist Katie Walberg will be on display in the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery beginning today. “Ludicrous Landscapes” will run through Feb. 9. An opening reception will be Friday, Jan. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., with a gallery talk featuring Walberg at 7 p.m. Walberg is a multidisciplinary artist with interests in drawing, illustration, installation and sculpture. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery, on the first floor of Bachman Fine Arts Center, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, contact Gallery Director Johanna Kramer-Weston. Water to Thrive pancake breakfast Water to Thrive will hold a free-will donation pancake breakfast Saturday, Jan. 11. The fundraiser will be 8-11 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church & School, Waverly, and will also include a raffle. We are close to raising enough money for well number 16 from Wartburg College, and this event will push us in to a semester full of fundraising! Health center volunteer/shadow program The Center for Community Engagement is now accepting applications for the Winter Term Waverly Health Center Volunteer/Shadowing program. Interested 2Y-4Y students majoring in health-related majors are encouraged to participate in this program. Sign-up sheet is in the Student Life office, and you can pick up your orientation packet from Jo Dorrance or email her. The Winter Term program is limited to 12 students. Students already participating in the program need not re-apply or attend the orientation. Davis Projects for Peace deadline Wartburg students wishing to submit a Davis Projects for Peace proposal must submit their application using this link by noon Jan. 13. Please see additional criteria information at Projects for Peace at this link. Questions may be directed to Kristin Teig Torres. PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Keep on Learning proposals The Alumni Office is now requesting Keep on Learning proposals for the 2020-21 academic year. The Keep on Learning program offers series of four-week courses to all residents of the Cedar Valley during seven months of the academic year; courses meet once a week on Thursdays for two hours, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Faculty and staff whose course proposals are selected would receive a stipend of $550 for the course they teach. All are invited to develop a course proposal for consideration. Click here for more information. Proposals are due Feb. 21. Wartburg College Incubator deadline Do you have a social issue or a business idea that needs further work? We are here to help! Click here to join fellow Wartburg students, faculty and staff to work on your idea or project. The Wartburg College Incubator (formerly known as the Wicked Problems Challenge) will be working directly with Mill Race/Red Cedar using the Co-Starters curriculum. For more information, please contact Kristin Teig Torres. Ideas are due by Jan. 17, for the winter co-hort. Encourage students to apply for Orientation Leader and RA positions Applications for 2020-21 Orientation Leader and Resident Assistant positions are now live! Encourage student leaders in your area to consider these positions for next year. Applications for both of these leadership roles can be found here. Additional information about each position, including position description, qualifications for selection, commitments, and remuneration, are available at https://info.wartburg.edu/Student-Life. Applications are due Jan. 24. Contact Lindsey Leonard with any questions. SPIRITUAL LIFE & CAMPUS MINISTRY Weekday Chapel services this week 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. The Lord's Supper is celebrated at the end of the service on Mondays and Fridays. Interfaith chapels will be held the last Wednesday of each month during the semester. Upcoming services: • Jan. 6: Justin Crouse ’08, assistant professor of accounting • Jan. 8: Pastor Brian Beckstrom, dean of spiritual life • Jan. 10: Jackson Reynolds ’20, Senior Chapel Upcoming events Water to Thrive pancake breakfast Jan. 11 Davis Projects for Peace proposal deadline Jan. 13 Wartburg Incubator ideas deadline Jan. 17 Baldwin Leadership fellow nominations due Jan. 22 State of the College address Jan. 28 Keep on Learning proposals due Feb. 21 Faculty development speaker: Inclusive classrooms March 10 Click here for the campus events calendar PERSONNEL NEW ARRIVALS • Loni Abbas, director of Information Technology Services and chief information officer • Patrick Kluesner, shuttle driver • Kathleen Letkewicz, volunteer coach • Alexandra Place, adjunct faculty for biology • Arlene Prather-O’Kane, adjunct faculty for public health • Emma Rose, Welcome Desk (The W) • Luke Willis, welcome desk and climbing wall (The W) DEPARTURES • La Toshia Burrell, assistant director of Group Fitness and Personal Training, 11/8 • Amy Moorman, archivist, 12/20 • Sylvan Moreau, security officer, 11/20 • Lorinda Sheeler, visiting associate professor of public health, 12/31 CONGRATULATIONS Welcome to baby Sadler Erica Sadler, human resources and payroll assistant, announces the birth of Anthony Kadar Sadler Jr. (AJ), who was born Dec. 31 at 10:11 p.m. weighing 9 lb 5 oz. Mom and baby are doing great! PROFESSIONAL NEWS Dr. Amy Pilcher, assistant professor of business administration, has completed the requirement to become a Certified Managerial Accountant (CMA) and joined the board of directors of the Institute of Managerial Accounting’s Cedar Falls-Waterloo Chapter. WORKPLACE TIPS As a new semester begins, I wanted to share two articles I found interesting regarding grading, especially the 100-point scale and the assignment of Fs. I hope they give you something to ponder. — Dan Walther • The Case Against Percentage Grades • The Case Against Zero WARTBURG IN THE NEWS Anna Fagre ’10 is a veterinarian and microbiologist at Colorado State University. When she isn't investigating how bats transmit arboviruses like dengue fever, Zika, and West Nile, she is a musician and disc jockey who goes by the name DJ Anna Claire. The No. 1-ranked Wartburg wrestling team went 3-0 at its own Desert Duals in Las Vegas over the holiday break, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Emily Russell '20 talked about winning Student Senate approval to start a chapter of Turning Point USA, as reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. JUICE GUIDELINES ABOUT THIS EMAIL The Juice is a weekly e-newsletter sent Mondays and occasionally during the week as needed to communicate campus news and events. Most items will run twice, then continue to be available in the Information Center. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM The deadline for submissions each week is 4 p.m. Thursday. Send items to juice@wartburg.edu. Please keep your submitted item short—no longer than one paragraph—and let us know if your item is for students, faculty/staff, or both audiences. Direct questions to Stephanie Boeding, editor and email marketing manager for Marketing & Communication, at ext. 8760 or via email. 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