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Walter Stitt ’63

November 11, 2022

Life After Witt

Saluting Our Veterans

Wittenberg salutes all its veterans this Veterans Day, but would like to offer a special shout-out to Walter Stitt, Wittenberg class of 1963.

Olivia Lawrence ’23

November 3, 2022

Olivia Lawrence ’23

Pitching tents, digging latrines, wielding a chainsaw, and traveling by smokejumper plane were all part of a typical work day this past summer for Olivia Lawrence, Wittenberg University class of 2023, as she participated in the first-ever all-women conservation corps fire crew in Alaska hosted by the National Park Service (NPS).

#LifeAfterWitt: Colin Payton

November 2, 2022

Life After Witt

Colin Payton ’13

Colin Payton is one of those who has ‘happened in’ to a career. One might even say his career path chose him.

Travis Proctor

October 31, 2022

Learning and Research

Demons and Ghost Tours

With its exploration of demons – including disembodiment, exorcism, and demonic sacrifice – Travis Proctor’s debut scholarly book, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture, (Oxford University Press, May 2022), just might be the perfect Halloween read.

Happy Halloween

October 27, 2022

Halloween on Campus

The next few days on campus are going to be ‘frightful’ as numerous organizations are hosting Halloween-inspired events.

Jake Moore ’24

October 21, 2022

Jake Moore ’24

Jake Moore, class of 2024 from Zanesville, Ohio, was named the 2022 recipient of The Claudia E. and Charles F. Cornett Creative Teaching Merit Scholarship, which each year recognizes a rising junior or senior education major or minor seeking teacher licensure who has a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA and exhibits creative behaviors and philosophies.