Community Response Team report update
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In an effort to ensure meaningful and transparent responses to incidents that impact the campus community, the Community Response Team website was recently updated to reflect the charges brought against a former student implicated in an incident on campus in February 2018. Please click here and select the 2017-18 Incident Report PDF. If you are aware of an incident of bias on campus, please contact Campus Security or any member of the Community Response Team (listed on the website).
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Winter enrollment reports
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The 2018-19 Winter Enrollment and the Fall-to-Winter Retention reports are published and available on the Info Center.
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Staff and faculty are invited to join a discussion of the new book “Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multifaith Academy” this semester. This newly published volume from NetVUE invites discussion of how the concept of vocation resonates (and not) in the 21st century. It broadens out a conversation that has primarily been centered around Christian voices and concepts to engage people from many and no faith backgrounds. It builds on commitments expressed in Rooted & Open, a statement about Lutheran identity adopted by all ELCA colleges and universities in 2018. Participants will meet monthly in February, March, and April, and books and refreshments will be provided. Please let Veronica Reece and/or Caryn Riswold know before Friday, Feb. 1, if you are interested in joining this conversation.
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SWEET Taste of Soul on Friday
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BSU is having the SWEET Taste of Soul on Friday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. in the Hub! The event will serve different types of desserts to kick off Black History Month. This event is open to everyone; please stop by for a few minutes!
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Student employment budgets & job descriptions due
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2019-20 Student Employment budget workbooks and student employee job descriptions were emailed out to the respective supervisors and budget managers the week of Jan. 7. Departments are asked to complete and return the budget workbook and job description templates electronically to studentemployment@wartburg.edu by Friday, Feb. 15. If you cannot locate your department’s budget workbook and/or job descriptions that were emailed to you, please contact the Student Employment Office.
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The Wartburg Philosophical and Literary Society will meet Friday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. in McCoy West of Saemann Student Center. Ronald Johnson, executive in residence in the Department of Journalism & Communication, will present “Musings on Marshall McLuhan’s Observation: In an Age of Old Media, Digital Media, and Social Media, Is the Medium Still the Message?”
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Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit ideas to the Innovative Idea Search, the initiative mentioned by President Colson at his State of the College Address, using the button below. Ideas should be focused on creating strategic partnerships that will generate new revenue for the institution. Submissions will be reviewed looking at feasibility, market need, sustainability, and long-term impact. Applications will be open through Feb. 4. Questions should be directed to Kristin Teig Torres, director of community engagement.
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Enter the Wicked Problems Challenge
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Do you have an idea that will tackle a Wicked Problem? Apply for the Second Annual Wicked Problems Challenge. Online applications and info can be found at the link below. Questions? Contact kristin.teigtorres@wartburg.edu.
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State of the College remarks posted
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President Colson’s State of the College remarks are now posted on the InfoCenter under President’s Reports.
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SPIRITUAL LIFE & CAMPUS MINISTRY
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This week's Chapel services
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Weekday Chapel services are from 10:15 to 10:35 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in Wartburg Chapel; Sunday services begin at 10:30 a.m. 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 speakers:
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Monday, Jan. 28 – Kalyani Kannan, area coordinator and Second-Year Experience coordinator |
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Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Dr. Kuni Terasawa, associate professor of religion, Interfaith Chapel |
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Friday, Feb. 1 – Amber Brockman ’19, Senior Chapel |
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Sunday, Feb. 3 – Sunday worship, Meistersinger Honor Band Festival |
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