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Tuesday, Nov. 16
9:30 a.m. Paper timecards (if you are still required to submit them) are due in the payroll office – Room 201.
11 a.m.–1 p.m. Transgender Awareness Week Table – Murphy 2nd Floor Landing
Noon Electronic timecard approval must be completed by supervisors
Monday, Nov. 15
9 a.m. Meet the Madrileños in Spain –Virtual – Walk the medieval streets of Madrid, meet some locals, and stop in at a variety of hotspots to speak with locals and hear about everyday life in Madrid, Spain. Register here.
5:30–7 p.m. MBA/MASL Alumni Chapter Board Meeting – NRC 103
Viterbo University put John Rice ’83 on the path to a career in higher education, a path that took some twists but was informed by Viterbo’s Franciscan mission. “I have always kept the mission of St. Francis in mind—that of teaching and healing,” he said.
Friday, Nov. 12
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Seven Rivers Research Symposium – Registration in Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
Noon Daily Mass – San Damiano Chapel
3 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Florida National – Varsity Athletics Center
3 p.m. Dance Team Half-time Performance – Varsity Athletics Center
Viterbo was a very different place when Todd Ericson was hired as the college’s controller in 1993.
Junior biology major Olivia Abernathy knows how important it is to respect and understand each other, especially in today’s global society.
“There is no possible way to avoid diversity in our lives, so we need to be kind to each other and recognize there are many people with different life experiences and identities,” Abernathy said. “Educating ourselves opens up our entire world.”
Helen Elsbernd, FSPA ’65 faced a difficult decision in 1976. Then a chemistry professor at Viterbo, she loved teaching. That year however, she was asked to become the academic dean of the college. It was a promotion to be sure, but one that would take her out of the classroom.