Wittenberg Magazine

All-Time Wittenberg Fulbright Scholar Award-Recipients

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In the last 10 years, Wittenberg faculty members have won 16 Fulbright awards, more than any other liberal arts college in the state of Ohio. The following current and former Wittenberg-affiliated professors and administrators have earned Fulbright Awards during their…

Fullbright-Rich Faculty

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George Hudson, professor of political science, and Heather Wright, assistant professor of political science, are the latest in a long line of Fulbright Award winners at Wittenberg.

See story online at www.wittenberg.edu/fulbright.

University Earns Second NC AC All-Sports Trophy

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Showing tremendous balance across its 23 varsity intercollegiate athletics teams and enjoying consistent success throughout the years, Wittenberg’s athletics program emerged victorious in the race for the 2009-10 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) All-Sports championship.

WNBA Coach Brian Agler ’80 Enjoys Success

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Brian Agler always knew he would follow in his parents’ footsteps as an educator. Unlike his parents, who educated in the classroom, Agler has spent his professional career educating women on the basketball court, first as a college coach and later as a pioneering professional coach who recently became just the seventh coach in WNBA history to win 100 games.

Alumnus Gives $5.1 Million Estate Gift To Inspire Others

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“My family’s gift is grounded in the desire to see the product of our lifetime of effort provide benefit beyond our lifetime,” Kilgore said. “Certain that others have been similarly enriched by their Wittenberg experiences but have yet to experience the joy which giving to our great university provides, I am hoping that our gift will challenge others to do the same.”

Physics Program Secures NSF Grant

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Thanks to $264,699 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant received through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program, Assistant Professor of Physics Jeremiah Williams is introducing more students to plasma physics using a cutting-edge diagnostic system that allows for unique research opportunities. The grant allowed for the addition of a Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system to Williams’ laboratory.

A Wittenberg Moment

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Every few years, the Wittenberg University Choir passes through town as part of a tour through the northeastern United States. Andrea and I saw them perform Saturday night, March 6, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ardmore, Pa. I have seen the choir perform several times over the years, and every time I leave feeling blessed, spiritually uplifted and culturally enriched. The collective sounds of these young people’s voices are beautiful, a mosaic of harmony and acoustic perfection.

Keely Jackson Boomhower ’98

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A career in education was the last thing art major Keely Jackson Boomhower had in mind while she was at Wittenberg. To fulfill her service requirement, she volunteered at Nightingale Montessori in Springfield, not because she was interested in teaching, but because she was intrigued by the Montessori method (she herself had once attended a Montessori school).

Calendar of Events

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August
New Student Days, Aug. 19-21

19-21 New Student Days
22 Fall Semester Begins
31 Opening Convocation – New Wittenberg Provost Rick Fairbanks,
11 a.m., Weaver Chapel

September

2 Student Activities Fair and Picnic – 5 p.m., Chapel Lawn
17-19 Family Weekend
22 Witt Series – The Fred R.…

Class Notes

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The Pi Kappa Alpha reunion welcomed 25 brothers to Orlando Fla., last spring.

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Janet Hart Heinicke, Indianola, Iowa, has been notified that her painting, Untended Grape Vines, has been accepted in the Arizona Aqueous 24 Exhibition, a national competition sponsored…