Friday, Jan. 8

Rest In Peace Sr. Bernadette Prochaska. Sr. Prochaska served on the Viterbo Board of Trustees from 1994–2010. Click to read her obituary.

There was never any doubt for Jorge L. Espat ’84 when he was growing up in Belize that he would go to college. Even in a family with 10 children (all but one boys), his parents viewed investing in education as far preferable to accumulating wealth.

Wednesday, Jan. 6

Rest in Peace Cyrilla Barr. A full obituary will posted at https://www.jandtfredrickson.com/obituaries/index.php?id=2172 when available.

IIT will perform an upgrade to Etrieve Document Management Wednesday, Jan. 6 from 4 p.m.–8 p.m.  This outage will effect access to Etrieve Central forms and documents within Content.

Social justice leader Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II will present the keynote address at the La Crosse Community Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 hosted by Viterbo University on Facebook Live.

Tuesday, Jan. 5

The Office of Residence Life is now accepting RA applications. To learn more and access the application, visit this website. Applications are due Jan. 29.

Due to the ongoing health emergency, the library is open only to the Viterbo community (students, employees, faculty, adjunct faculty, alumni, emeriti, and FSPA). IDs ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE LIBRARY AT ALL TIMES. The general public may contact the library for assistance by calling 608-796-3269 or e-mailing library2@viterbo.edu.

Monday, Jan. 4

9:30 a.m. Timecards are due in the Payroll Office – Murphy Center 201. Timecards can be dropped off or emailed. Staff timecards: amschmitz@viterbo.edu. Student timecards: vlwolfe@viterbo.edu

Viterbo University’s internship program is designed to develop and promote connections in the community while offering educational opportunities for students. Sometimes, as in the case of senior Maya Roberts, an internship also directly connects with a student’s passion.

After Delphine Kohyen ’16 graduated from Viterbo University’s nursing program, she took her skills back to Cameroon, Africa. A part of her, though, will always remain connected to Viterbo.

Viterbo Music Professor Mary Ellen Haupert was visiting her daughter in Indianapolis when she spotted Ben Bernthal sitting behind an old-fashioned typewriter and a sign that read “give words, get poems.”

Haupert was intrigued and decided to offer the poet some seemingly random words, and wait for the resulting verse. Bernthal got to work, and soon returned with a fully-formed poem.