April 1, 2019
On Campus

Celebration of Learning 2019

Student Achievements and Performances Recognized During 7th Annual Event

Wittenberg University will host the 7th annual Liberal Arts in Action: A Celebration of Learning on Friday, April 5.

The day-long event featuring panel discussions, paper presentations, poster sessions, and artistic performances by individual students or groups, will take place from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. inside the Benham-Pence Student Center, the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning, and select areas throughout campus. The co-chairs for this year’s event are Cherie Rebar, professor of nursing, and Molly Wood, professor of history and director of the Honors Program.

The Celebration of Learning is designed to showcase students’ talents across different academic departments and co-curricular activities as it unites students, faculty, and staff around this year's academic accomplishments.

The event will also include an opportunity for students to give Wittenberg’s version of a “TED Talk.” These talks will take place at 11:15 a.m., noon, 12:45 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room inside the Student Center. Music performances will take place in Post 95 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Panel discussions will run at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m. in various rooms within the Shouvlin Center. Poster sessions will be on display beginning at 9 a.m. at the Student Center and Shouvlin Center. Dance performances will be held in Shouvlin 105, beginning at 11:45 a.m. Wittenberg’s Student Senate will also be providing coaching sessions for students who are presenting during the Celebration of Learning.

At the conclusion of the event, the community will gather for the annual Honors Convocation at 4:15 p.m. in Weaver Chapel, followed by an Honors Reception in Gus Geil Lounge of the Benham-Pence Student Center at 5:30 p.m.

For the complete schedule and further information on this year’s event, click here.

-Sidney Reeder ’22, Office of University Communications

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About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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