Wednesday, Feb. 16
9:30 a.m. Paper Timecards Are Due – Payroll Office, MRC 201
11:15 a.m. Holistic Nursing Application Process Informational Session – NRC 104
Noon Daily Mass – San Damiano Chapel
Noon – Electronic Timecard Approval Must Be Completed by Supervisors
3–5 p.m. Pause for Paws – Brophy Center Lobby
4–5 p.m. Black History Month Pop-up Table – Student Union
9 p.m. Taize Prayer – San Damiano Chapel
Coming up:
Employees: The Wellbeing Coalition is seeking your input on your wellbeing needs and interests. Complete this survey between Feb. 16–March 4. Survey participants will have the opportunity to be placed for prize drawings valuing between $25–$50 per item. Prizes include, but are not limited to Viterbo gear from the Bookstore.
Love EVERY Body week starts next week Monday, Feb. 21 and ends Friday, Feb. 25. Check out the Viterbo recreation website for the full breakdown of events planned for the week. Highlight events include DIY face masks, how diverse is your universe, self-defense, and a fatphobia presentation.
In addition, participate in the Social Media Break Challenge for a chance to win some prizes. For more information or to sign up go to the Viterbo rec website, stop by the front desk, or use the link below https://viterbou-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/jmaxte70653_viterbo_edu/Eb3gwwHXlZRKu-zZC4h6pj8BBfsfuvmK6t0pI_WwIXistQ?e=FOrzbG.
The La Crosse County CVSO is offering monthly on-campus appointments starting this Thursday, Feb. 17 from noon–4 p.m. for veterans, military, and family members who would like assistance with their state and federal benefits. Appointments are first-come first-served in the Military Aligned Center. To sign-up, please follow the instructions at this link: Calendly - Military Aligned Student Support.
The Student Veterans of America Club is having a membership drive in the School of Nursing Foyer on Friday, Feb. 18, 2020 from 10 a.m.–noon. Stop by for information.
A employee photo shoot will be held Thursday, Feb. 17 from 2–2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 23 11–11:30 a.m. both in Brophy Center 125. Anyone needing their photo taken or updated should attend one of the events.
Get away from the busyness of campus for a two-night retreat, where the Campus Ministry community will provide ample opportunities for reflection, community building, and rest. The retreat will take place from the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 25, to the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 27. Email zodeboer@viterbo.edu to register or for questions.
The Student Theatre Project is hosting a pop-up thrift store in the Nursing Building Lobby on Friday, Feb. 18 from 2–5 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 19 from 1:30–6:30 p.m. Donate your clothing and then come by to thrift some other items. Collection boxes will be located in the Student Union, Bona 545, Canticle 12, Treacy 4, and Clare 402 and 403. If you have any questions about the event or where to donate items, contact stp@viterbo.edu.
Thinking summer? Consider being a summer housing assistant. FREE apartment for the summer plus hourly pay. For questions please contact the office of residence life. Applications available online HERE.
Notices:
Paper timecards can be dropped off or emailed to the payroll department to vlwolfe@viterbo.edu.
Career Services Trivia: Did you know most recruiters look at your resume for the same amount of time it took you skim VU Today? Talk about intimidating! Make your resume eye-catching and back scroll worthy with help from your friendly career services specialist.
Touchstone Call for Submissions: Touchstone, Viterbo’s art and literary magazine, has extended their deadline to Monday, Feb. 21. Email a PDF of work to Touchstone@viterbo.edu. Submissions can include fiction and creative nonfiction (less than 1000 words) and up to three poems or six pages total.
Students’ Experience of Belonging in College. David Saunders-Scott, Associate Professor of Psychology, is conducting a study in an effort to understand and improve students’ experience of belonging (feeling ‘at home’, socially connected, supported, respected, and treated as a person of value by peers/faculty/staff). For undergraduate students who are willing to complete a 10- to 15-minute questionnaire, here is the Qualtrics link with informed consent form and research questionnaire: https://viterbo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1BmRG6vuzhUWQVE. Feel free to email David Saunders-Scott (dpsaundersscott@viterbo.edu) if you have any questions.
Are you in higher education (college, university, graduate school or pre professional programming) and would like to be part of research to help others like you? A graduate student is conducting research to examine the risk of eating disorder related behaviors and thoughts in college age students, specifically the incidence in which it occurs in students involved in a health-related area of study versus those in a non-health related area of study. For taking this survey, students will be entered to win one of five Hydroflask water bottles just for completing this 20 minute (two part) survey. https://viterbo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uYDwVq5Wm14KSq