Holiday Spirit

The cabinet and deans join Joan and me in wishing you and your families a blessed Advent and very Merry Christmas. Likewise, I offer our seasonal greetings to those who celebrate other faith traditions at this time of the year.

Dec. 8, 2015

Contact Emily Dykman at 608-796-3703 or eadykman@viterbo.edu

VITERBO UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $134,570 LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH THEOLOGY INITIATIVE GRANT

Viterbo University will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24–Sunday, Jan. 3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Viterbo rec sports is offering group fitness classes during the noon hour the week of Jan. 4. Cost is $10.

By Polly Scott

Though the library serves as a research center on campus, it can also be a place to relax and unwind. Viterbo employees can be seen perusing magazines, paging through the La Crosse Tribune, settling into one of the comfy chairs, and browsing the recreational reading section.

The administrative assembly is seeking food and monetary donations for the fourth annual Food for Finals.

The art club’s Empty Bowls Chili Fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 in the Fine Arts Center Hospitality Suite.

The event will feature 150 handmade bowls and five kinds of homemade chili. Cost is $10 and includes the bowl, chili refills, and beverages. Half of the proceeds will benefit The Hunger Task Force.

Katie Rick, business, Caitlin Locy, admission, and Jane Eddy, Academic Resource Center, take the orders of students at the President’s Holiday Dinner Dec. 2. Click for more photos from the popular event.

Friends, colleagues, and students are invited to attend a retirement reception in honor of Lesley Stugelmayer, counseling services, from 3–4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 in the Reinhart Center Board Room.

Stugelmayer is retiring after 40 years of service at Viterbo. Her last day will be Wednesday, Jan. 6.

Viterbo employees are invited to join President Rick Artman and the members of the Hospitality Committee for the annual Christmas social Friday, Dec. 18 in the Fine Arts Center Lobby.

Attend as your schedule permits from 3–4:30 p.m. and enjoy an assortment of hors d’oeuvres, holiday refreshments, and door prizes.