WU In A Nutshell - January 2025

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What’s New At WU?

Happy New Year!

The Administrative Staff Development Committee (ASDC) hopes that you had a joyous holiday season! Welcome back to a new semester!

The purpose of this newsletter is to keep faculty and staff informed of upcoming campus events and cross-campus news; it is produced by The Administrative Staff Development Committee

Prayer Requests

Would you like to submit a future prayer request or celebration that will be listed in the upcoming newsletter? Then, complete this form.

Upcoming Campus Events

Division Updates

The Center for Service Leadership

Faculty and Staff are invited to begin thinking about the 2025-2026 academic year! The Center for Service Leadership is currently seeking proposals for local, domestic, and international service trips. For international travel be advised the country you are wishing to travel and serve with must be a level 1 or 2. Locations with a level 3 or 4 travel advisory will not be considered.

You can visit these two sites to check the current status of your proposed destination:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/

https://travelmapsstategov/TSGMap/

Our office will coordinate all the logistics (signups, budget and payments, transportation, medical protocols, and more) and would love your leadership.

If you have a service trip in mind that you would like to propose please complete and submit a Service Trip Proposal by COB Friday, January 31st Trip proposals will be reviewed and leaders will be notified by mid-February

You may also be interested in serving as a possible trip leader but do not have a trip in mind, please submit a Trip Leader Interest Form

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or would like to discuss any potential trip opportunities. I look forward to receiving your trip proposals and also for the opportunity to work with you!

Adrienne Tharp

Assistant Dean of Student Development p: 7248523460

e: atharp@waynesburgedu

Winter Weather Safety

The University Safety Committee would like to remind all employees regarding slips, trips and falls Injuries from slips, trips or falls are the most common injury on our campus We are asking for your cooperation in identifying and reporting potential hazards and any icy areas across campus by reporting them to your department head or the Facilities Office. Thank you!

New year, new resolutions, new financial aid?

If you are planning on taking classes with tuition remission, you must complete https:// waynesburguniversityforms-dbcom/viewphp?id=101888

Undergraduate tuition remission students are also required to complete the 2025-26 FAFSA at wwwstudentaidgov

Tuition Exchange renewal applicants are asked to complete https://waynesburguniversityformsdbcom/viewphp?id=100162

Questions? Contact us at 724-852-3208 or finaid@waynesburgedu

Division Updates

Center for Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation

The new Center for Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation is open for business. Spring classes will begin in brand new classrooms with the latest technology. The main conference room can hold 90 people, and is divisible into 3 separate classrooms by means of moving walls Each classroom has a 98" monitor at the front In the basement of the center will be our simulation room, complete with the only Patrol Simulator (driving simulator) of its kind at a university in the United States We are also installing two new top-of-the-line Use of Force Simulators, making Waynesburg University perhaps the only university with all these pieces of equipment

Division Updates

ASDC Christmas Door Decorating Contest Results!

Sent on behalf of the Judges (Provost Walls, COO Szejko and VP Brodak):

We had a delightful time visiting your doors and are grateful for the Christmas spirit that was evident in everyone’s efforts. We rated visual appeal, use of space, holiday theme and creativity. As you will see below, there were fractions of a point separating the top doors, so we wanted to mention the top five:

Student Development – Santa wrapped in lights: 3967 votes – 1 WINNER! (See right pic - really well executed with great textures, detail and a fun theme!)

Lily Portman (Miller Room 102B) – Grinch stole higher Ed : 1 3933 votes 2 Writing Center – Advent Calendar : 3833 votes 3 Tie:

Advancement AND The Nest : 3567 votes 4

Jacket Sports Beat

Women’sBasketball:

Wed.,Jan.8-HomevsFranciscan,1PM

Sat,Jan11-HomevsW&J,1PM

Wed.,Jan.15-HomevsGroveCity,5PM

Sat,Jan18-@Thiel,TBD

Wed.,Jan.22-@Bethany,TBD

Sat,Jan25-HomevsGeneva,1PM

Wed,Jan29-HomevsChatham,5PM

Men’sBasketball:

Sat.,Jan.4-@SaintVincent,TBD

Wed.,Jan.8-HomevsFranciscan,3PM

Sat.,Jan.11-HomevsW&J,3PM

Wed,Jan15-HomevsGroveCity,7PM

Sat,Jan18-@Thiel,TBD

Wed,Jan22-@Bethany,TBD

Sat.,Jan.25-HomevsGeneva,3PM

Wed.,Jan.29-HomevsChatham,7PM

IndoorTrack:

SatJan25-@Muskingum,TBD

Women’sWrestling:

Sun.,Jan.12–@Hiram,TBD

Thurs,Jan16–HomevsBethany,TBD

Sat,Jan18–@BuffaloState,TBD

Sun,Jan26-@StateCollegeChampionship, 10AM

Men’sWrestling:

Fri,Jan10-@Wheeling,TBD

Sat.,Jan.11-@GarrettCCDual,1PM

Thurs.,Jan.16-HomevsSaintVincentDual,7PM

Wed,Jan22-HomevsThielDual,7PM

Thurs,Jan23-@W&J,7PM

Sat,Jan25-@HunterCollege,TBD

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