CAMPUS NEWS
Texas Tenors will open 2010-11 Artist Series
The Texas Tenors, featuring Waverly native and former Wartburg adjunct voice instructor John Hagen, will open next year's Artist Series. They are booked for performances in Neumann Auditorium on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24-25. The male vocal trio is currently performing in Las Vegas after placing among the top acts in this fall's "America's Got Talent" television series.
 
Christmas with Wartburg tickets still available
Complimentary faculty/staff tickets are still available for the 7 p.m. performance of Christmas with Wartburg on Sunday, Dec. 6. Employees are entitled to two complimentary tickets and can purchase two additional tickets at the Information Desk in Saemann Student Center.
 
Enjoy a festive meal
Prime-rib dinners will be served before each Christmas with Wartburg performance at a cost of $22 per person. Diners can attend a meal without purchasing tickets for the performance. Dinners will be served in Knights Ballroom at 5:30 pm. Friday, Dec. 4; noon Sunday, Dec. 6; and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Purchase tickets at the Information Desk. See the menu. www.wartburg.edu/christmas/menu.html

Offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday
Offices and the Wartburg Bookstore will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

IPTV to air Christmas with Wartburg 2007
Iowa Public Television will air the 2007 performance of Christmas with Wartburg performance on IPTV.1 at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, and on World.3 at 6 p.m. on Christmas Day.
  
Extreme fitness class starts Nov. 30 at The W
A 13-week O'Connell Extreme Fitness (OXF) session will begin Monday, Nov. 30, at The W. Classes will meet Monday through Thursday and are offered from 5:30 to 6:35 a.m. or noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $375 for W members and $400 for non-members. Register at the Welcome Desk.

‘Red Books’ available in President’s Office
Augsburg Fortress 2010 pocket-sized red appointment books are now available free of charge in the President’s Office.
 
Brokering service set for Nov. 21
A service scripted by Herb Brokering himself will celebrate his life at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, preceded by a one-hour visitation. Brokering, a 1945 alumnus, was a hymnwriter, poet and author. Shortly before his death on Nov. 7, he established the Herbert and Lois Brokering Healing Arts Endowment Fund at Wartburg to support activities promoting the healing arts. Read comments by alumnus and Southeastern Iowa ELCA Bishop Michael Burk. www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/Communication-Services/News/Releases.aspx?a=4344 Read a Star-Tribune feature on Brokering. www.startribune.com/obituaries/69927352.html?elr=KArks:DCiUg4PaOEyPDiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Buy one less Christmas gift this year
Faculty and staff are invited to join Campus Ministry in the Advent Conspiracy, a grassroots movement that refocuses Christmas by saying “no” to consumption and “yes” to compassion. The challenge is to buy one less Christmas gift this year and give that money to people in need. A four-week series exploring how Christmas can change the world [again will meet each Wednesday night from 8–9 p.m. in the Chapel Commons, beginning this week. www.adventconspiracy.org

THIS WEEK AT WARTBURG
St. Elizabeth Week, Nov. 15-21
St. Elizabeth Week, Nov. 15-21, coincides with Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and includes service-related activities planned by the Volunteer Action Center, Habitat for Humanity, Manna, Campus Ministry, Student Senate and Students for Peace and Justice. The week is named for St. Elizabeth, who lived at the Wartburg Castle in the 1200s as the wife of Ludwig of Thuringia. Following his death, Elizabeth became Germany’s first female Franciscan. Her life was characterized by concern for the hungry, sick and poor. She died in 1231 was canonized in 1235 by the Roman Catholic Church. Events include:

Blood Drive today – Stop by the Chapel Commons until 5:30 p.m. today to donate to Tri-Beta’s Blood Drive for the Blood Center of Iowa.
 
Food Drive Competition – Faculty/staff members are asked to provide non-perishable food items, paper products and toiletries to the Waverly Food Pantry. If employees provide more items than students, they will receive bragging rights for the year and a dessert reception. Drop off items at the Center for Community Engagement. For more information contact vac@wartburg.edu

Service Awards – Dr. Kathy Book, assistant professor of education, and Krystal Madlock, director of Student Diversity Programs, will receive the Pastor Larry Trachte Award for Service during Wednesday’s chapel service, which begins at 10:15 a.m. in the Wartburg Chapel. Recipients of the St. Elizabeth Award for Service are Amy Tucker ’10, Abbie Smith ’10 and Kartika Putri ’10. See the list of honorable mention recipients and more information www.wartburg.edu/Article.aspx?ID=3917.

Other events – The week will include a homeless-awareness sleep-out Wednesday, a Habitat for Humanity workday at Waverly’s Heartland Hills site Saturday and flood recovery projects in Waverly on Saturday. Learn more. www.wartburg.edu/Article.aspx?ID=3916


TUESDAY EVENTS

Ethicist to speak at convo – Ethicist Dr. Brent Waters will discuss “Remaining Human in a Posthuman World” at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in McCaskey Lyceum. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Waters has written and lectured extensively on ethical issues involving genetics, technology, the global economy and theology. www.wartburg.edu/Article.aspx?ID=3900

NASM Recital – 14 students will perform in a National Association of Schools of Music recital at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Orchestra Hall.

Majors in Minutes – Students can discover how other students decided on a major or minor at Majors in Minutes, a program scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the St. Elizabeth and Heritage rooms. For more information, contact michael.gleason@wartburg.edu.

Freedom from Smoking program starts – A seven-week Freedom from Smoking® program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 2242 of The W. The two-hour classes will run weekly through Dec. 29. Cost is $25 per person to cover course materials. Pre-registration is required. Call 483-1361.

Monologues auditions – Faculty/staff women are invited to audition for this year’s production of “The Vagina Monologues” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in Cardinal Commons. Contact kate.arnold@wartburg.edu.

Flute recital – Kristin Vale will present her junior flute recital at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Orchestra Hall.

Gospel Choir concert – Voices of Praise, the Wartburg Gospel Choir, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Wartburg Chapel.


WEDNESDAY EVENTS

St. Elizabeth Week Chapel/Awards, 10:15 a.m., Wartburg Chapel – Pastor Ramona Bouzard will speak at this service, which also honors recipients of service awards.

Advent Conspiracy classes begin – Refocus the holidays on compassion instead of consumerism through a class that begins at 8 p.m. in the Chapel Commons


THURSDAY EVENTS

Organ recital – International organ performer Heinrich Walther will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Wartburg Chapel. The program will include selections by William Byrd, J.S. Bach, Franz Liszt and Julius Reubke. Walther is currently organist at St. Matthieu Church in Colmar, Alsace, France. www.wartburg.edu/Article.aspx?ID=3915


FRIDAY EVENTS

Chapel, 10:15 a.m., Wartburg Chapel – Senior Jessica Burrier will speak.

Art prof on Phil & Lit program – Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann, assistant professor of art, will discuss “Influence of Psychoanalysis and Structuralism on Art” at Friday’s meeting of the Wartburg Philosophical and Literary Society. The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in the north room of Joe’s KnightHawk.

Autumn Jazz Concert – Knightliters Jazz Band, under the direction of Alan Jacobson, and the student-led Ninth Street Jazz Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in McCaskey Lyceum.

Buzz Levick Tourney – The Buzz Levick Tourney will open the Wartburg men’s basketball home season with games at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday in Levick Arena.

SUNDAY EVENTS

Worship, 10:30 a.m., Wartburg Chapel – Festival Worship Service with message by Pastor Ramona Bouzard and Holy Communion.


MONDAY EVENTS (Nov.23)

Chapel, 10:15 a.m., Wartburg Chapel – Dr. Tammy Faux, associate professor of social work, will speak

PERSONNEL NEWS
Benefits forms due in HR Nov. 24
Completed benefits forms for the 2010 calendar year are due in the Human Resources Office Tuesday, Nov. 24.

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Muntefering in recital Nov. 24
Scott Muntefering, instructor in music education and trumpet, will perform a trumpet recital Tuesday, Nov. 24, as part of the requirements for his doctoral degree. The recital begins at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall.

Thrivent Fellows Program accepting applications
Applications for the 2010-2011 Thrivent Fellows Program (TFP) are due on or before Friday, Dec. 18, and should be forwarded electronically to Katelyn Sanders (program coordinator) at katelyn.sanders.86@gmail.com, or via regular mail to:
Dr. Steven Titus
c/o Thrivent Fellows Program
P.O. Box 65706
University Place, WA 98464

Download application materials and learn about the program at www.thriventfellows.com.

Help a marketing class
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Athletic Travel this week
Monday, Nov. 16 – Men’s basketball departs for Northfield, Minn., at 2:45 p.m.
 
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – JV men’s basketball departs for Marshalltown at 4 p.m.
 
Wednesday, Nov. 18 – Cross country departs at 4 p.m. for NCAA National
Championship, Cleveland, Ohio.

FACULTY PROFESSIONAL NOTES
Material prepared by Dr. Jeff Stein, R.J. McElroy Chair & Executive-in-Residence in Communication Arts, appeared on the CBS News television program "Sunday Morning" on Oct. 18. The audio and photographic material was from the WHO radio barn dance in the 1930s, and came from the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting collection.

Dr. Neil Martinsen-Burrell and Prof. Jennifer Posthast, assistant professors of mathematics, along with Dr. Mariah Birgen, associate professor of mathematics, received $887 to attend the Teaching Quantitative Reasoning through Civic Issues in St. Paul, Minn. In November.

FACULTY CONFERENCES
NCORE announces its 23rd annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education to be held June 1-5 in National Harbor, Md. Visit www.ncore.ou.edu/ .
 
AAC&U announces its working conference, General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities, scheduled Feb. 18-20 in Seattle, Wash. www.aacu.org
 
Summer Wye Seminars on Citizenship offered by the Aspen Institute and AAC&U include the Dean’s Seminar and the Wye Faculty Seminar. Details can be found at www.aacu.org.