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sociology with a cultural anthropology

March 16, 2019

Learning and Research

New Program in Sociology

Wittenberg University recently announced the launch of a new sociology concentration in cultural anthropology to begin next fall.

First Generation Honor Society

March 16, 2019

Honor Society Added

Wittenberg University is excited to announce that a new honor society, Alpha Alpha Alpha (or Tri-Alpha), has joined the campus community.

Cathy Pederson

March 15, 2019

Pederson Named

The Office of the Provost has announced that Cathy Pederson, professor of biology, is the first holder of newly established Elizabeth (Betty) E. Powelson Endowed Chair in Biology.

Kevin Steidel

March 14, 2019

Steidel Named

The Office of the Provost has announced that Kevin  Steidel, assistant professor of practice in Wittenberg’s business program and director of the university’s M.A. in analytics program, has been named the new  Robert E. Ness Chair of Entrepreneurship.

Cliff Brown

March 13, 2019

Brown Named

The Office of the Provost has announced that Cliff Brown, professor of psychology, is now the new  Paul Luther Keil Chair in Psychology, a position  endowed by the late Rev. Paul Keil in loving memory of his parents, Luther F. Keil and Mary Ruth Slater Keil.

Scott Rosenberg

March 12, 2019

Rosenberg Named

The Office of the Provost has announced that Scott Rosenberg, professor of history, will hold the H. Orth Hirt Chair in History, endowed in memory of the founder of Erie Insurance Company, who graduated from Wittenberg in 1911, and whose children, the late F. William Hirt and the late Susan Hirt Hagen, also followed in their father’s footsteps, graduating from Wittenberg in 1947 and 1957, respectively.