VU Today Nov. 3

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Thursday, Nov. 3

8–11:30 a.m. Booster and Flu Shot Clinic – Health Services

9–11 a.m. Morning MUG – Sister Thea Bowman Center

11 a.m. Mass – St. Rose Convent

7 p.m. Theology on (Root Beer) Tap – San Damiano Chapel

7:30 p.m. Disney Trivia – The Caf – Prizes available. No registration required.

 

Coming up:

All faculty are invited to these faculty development events:

  • Nov. 10, 3:30–5 p.m., Brophy 124 or Zoom: Institutional Review Board Overview and Q&A with Kelsey McLiams.
  • Nov. 15, 3:30–5 p.m., Brophy 123 or Zoom: Panel on Active Learning with Chris Maybe and faculty speakers.
  • Nov. 18, 2–3 p.m., Learning Commons or Zoom: Discussion on student mental health with Justin McKnight and Alicia Hengel. New faculty are especially encouraged to attend.
  • Nov. 21, 12:30–1:30 p.m., Learning Commons or Zoom:  Discussion on student mental health with Justin McKnight and Alicia Hengel. New faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

Students and staff: Would you like to volunteer for Seven Rivers? Click here to register to help. Contact Anouk at aagoreta@viterbo.edu with questions.

Join the Weekends at VU (WAVU) team on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. in the Hawk’s Nest, for an evening of DIY card making and board games. Hot chocolate will be served. Check out the schedule of events.

Free nutrition coaching for employees: Graduate dietetics students will be providing free nutrition counseling and education sessions as part of their advanced nutrition counseling course at Viterbo. Dates for the nutrition assessment will be Nov. 28–Dec. 10. Dates for the education and goal setting session are Dec. 6–10. Each session will be 100% virtual, or by phone, based on the comfort level of the participant. Interested individuals may sign up with Tiffany Lein at tllein@viterbo.edu. Spots are limited. Registration is open now until filled, with preference by Nov. 18.

Wellness coaching for students is now available. All participants start with an initial consultation with regular coaching session last 30 to 50 minutes, depending on the client. Individuals can book a session here. Click here for more information on wellness coaching.

The Viterbo University Out of Our Minds Chamber Music Series will continue with Galan Trio’s Kinesis at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Fine Arts Center Nola Starling Recital Hall.

Cheer on the second year music theatre students as they perform selections from their music theatre lab class on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the LaCroix Black Box Theatre. Admission is free with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

Viterbo Rings Service Saturday is Dec 3. Viterbo will be “taking over” more than 10 red kettles as part of the local Salvation Army annual holiday fundraising campaign to continue our Viterbo Rings tradition. If your class, group, department, team, organization, or band of friends/family would like to “adopt” a site (commit to staffing it from 10 a.m.–8 p.m. on Dec. 3), email Colin with your interest by Friday Nov. 4 at noon. Click here to view our website for more information.

 

Notices:

Bookstore 4 Day Sale: 20% off all apparel and gift items. Sale runs through Friday, Nov. 4 in-store and through Sunday Nov. 6 at www.viterbostore.com 

Students: Spring ’23 registration opens Monday, Nov. 7. Log into Student Planning to see your registration date and time and add courses. Undergraduate students must meet with their assigned advisor to be approved prior to registering. Email questions to advising@viterbo.edu  

Health services will be closed Friday, Nov. 4. If you need to be seen by a health care provider, follow this link for local options: https://www.viterbo.edu/health-services/local-providers

Congratulations to David Bauer, faculty in psychology, has been awarded a Scholar’s Release in spring 2023 to pursue his research, “Applying Item Response Theory to Evaluate Student Learning.”

Spring SJE Courses: New Social Justice and Equity Courses that replace VUSM 300 will be offered this spring:

  • ECAS 305: Resistance and Reconciliation in South Africa
  • ENGL 334: Social Justice, Service, and New Journalism
  • MGMT 374: Systems Thinking and Leadership Seminar
  • MUSC 343: Music Making- An Agent for Social Change
  • PHIL 302: Environmental Ethics
  • PSYC 348: Psychology of Race and Belonging
  • RLST 343: Theology of Justice and Peace
  • SOCL 320: Race and Ethnicity in Society
  • VUSM 325: The Common Good in the Life of a Christian- Last chance to take this class.