Wittenberg Theatre Department Presents The Importance Of Being Earnest

Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance presents its first mainstage production of the 2012-13 academic year, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Jason Podplesky, performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 4-6 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in [...]

Wittenberg Celebrates the William A. McClain Center for Diversity

Springfield, Ohio – A wide range of Wittenberg University community members gathered at 825 Woodlawn Ave. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, to celebrate a Civil Rights pioneer as the former William A. McClain Black Culture House became the William A. McClain Center for Diversity. The McClain Center now houses the offices of the American International Association [...]

Wittenberg Celebrates Women’s History Month

Springfield, Ohio – Multiple academic departments at Wittenberg University have joined together to present the Women’s History Month Arts Celebration at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in historic Weaver Chapel. Faculty members from the Departments of English, Theatre and Dance, Music, and History, and the African and Diaspora Studies Program, invite the public to join [...]

Pre-Law Association Hosts Fourth Annual Witt Law Day April 20

Springfield, Ohio – For the fourth straight year, Wittenberg’s Pre-Law Association is hosting a spring event that focuses on the free exchange of ideas that epitomizes a liberal arts education. Themed “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Intellectual Property Law,” Witt Law Day 2010 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20. This year’s event features a [...]

Empty Bowls Feed The Hungry

The Art Department hosted it’s 16th annual fund raising event, Empty Bowls, on Thursday March 25. A national event dedicated to fighting hunger in local communities through the use of hand-made ceramic bowls, drew a record crowd this year and raised a record amount of money for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield. The [...]

Medieval Studies Expert Headlines Kinnison Endowed Lecture

Currently the director of the Medieval Studies Program at Princeton University, William Chester Jordan is best known for his work, Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership, the most comprehensive secondary source account of the seventh crusade. Members of the Wittenberg and surrounding communities will have the chance to learn more when Jordan presents during the Witt Series-sponsored William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Bayley Auditorium.

Marisa Perez, Class of 2011

Music Major, Psychology Minor Lakewood, Ohio “Everything at Wittenberg is for us, the students, and we are free to find ourselves here. Not only have I learned from professor, but also from my peers around me.” Many students see Wittenberg University’s community service requirement as a job and quietly put it off until they are [...]