Students can enjoy laser tag tonight, bowling on Saturday night

A couple of cool activities are planned for students tonight and Saturday.

Students are invited to play laser tag at 7:30 tonight in the Atrium. Students do not need to register in advance and can just show up for the event, said Amy Scott, director of student activities. The event is sponsored by SWAT (Social Warrior Activities Team).

On Saturday, students are encouraged to go cosmic bowling from 8-10 p.m. at Super Bowl in Forest City. Students must register in the Campus Information Center. Student Life will provide a shuttle for those who need a ride to the event, which is hosted by Student Senate.

The events are free.

Presentation about Catholic Mass set tonight

Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 9 tonight
in the Odvin Hagen Music Center Recital Hall.

Catholic Mass.

For some people, it may be a worship service as familiar to them as walking. For others, Mass may be something they have heard about but never really experienced or understood.

Tonight, the Rev. Dennis Miller will offer an introductory talk about Mass, what it is, what it means and why it is celebrated. The presentation will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Odvin Hagen Music Center Recital Hall. Mass will follow at 9 p.m. Miller will be available after Mass to answer any questions.

“It’s a great no-pressure opportunity to learn about something you may not know much about,” student Matt Knutson said.

Miller is the pastor of the six Catholic parishes in Winnebago and Hancock counties. He lives in the rectory at St. James Church in Forest City and visits the Waldorf campus each Thursday to celebrate Mass.

The event is sponsored by ACTS (Active Catholics to Serve), a worship group on campus that works to get Catholic students and others involved in Catholic traditions. The group meets at 9 p.m. Thursdays in the Recital Hall.

For information about the Campus Ministry program, click here.

Celani Band jams at Gatsby's Grill

Scott Celani and Justin Lackie perform
at Gatsby's Grill on Friday.

The Scott Celani Band rocked Gatsby’s Grill on Friday with a performance that drew about 30 students.

The Scott Celani Band plays as a six-piece, five-piece, quartet, trio or duo. On this night, the last of a five-day tour of the Midwest, guitarist and lead singer Celani was joined by Justin Lackie on saxophone for a set of original material mixed in with some covers.

The concert was sponsored by SWAT (Social Warrior Activities Team). For photos from the show, click here.

Gatsby’s will host another show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 when  singer Javier takes the stage. The show was rescheduled after poor weather forced a cancellation of a performance in December. Javier's music includes splashes of R&B, hip-hop, rock, pop balladry and straight-up soul, according to his website biography.

To read more about Javier, click here.

Foundation offers land stewardship internships

Students work at a site at a previous
land stewardship project.
(Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation)

For students who love the outdoors and who are up for physically demanding work, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has a paid internship just for you.

The member-supported organization that protects and restores lands in Iowa has openings for land stewardship interns. The interns work on various management and restoration projects on prairies, wetlands, savannas and other natural areas owned or protected by the INHF, said Erin Griffin, development and communciations associate for the foundation.

"They travel around the state doing different land restoration projects,” Griffin said. “It all depends on what is going on.”

Civil rights message resonates with students

Speaker Patti Miller describes her experiences 
working in Mississippi during the civil rights movement
at the MLK Convocation on Monday.
(Jason Eck)

Patti Miller, who as a young college student helped fight for civil rights in Mississippi in 1964, made a significant impression on students during the MLK Convocation on Monday at Waldorf College.

“The decisions I made at your age stayed with me the rest of my life,” Miller said. She grew up as a white girl in rural Iowa who knew nothing about the civil rights movement. Later, she joined fellow college students to help with voting rights and education efforts in the South in 1964.

Scholarship established in memory of Charlotte Fredrickson

Charlotte Fredrickson
(bomanfh.com)

A scholarship in memory of Charlotte Fredrickson, a longtime administrative assistant in the Waldorf College music department, has been established by family and friends.

Fredrickson died Jan. 3 in Mason City after a short battle with cancer.

Welcome back, students, employees: The week ahead

Students and staff were greeted by steady snow on Monday, the first day of spring semester.

(Jason Eck)

Warrior Crossing Cafe now will feature new operating hours during the spring semester.
(Jason Eck)

Welcome back, Waldorf students. And a special welcome to our new students.

Here is a look at what is happening this week on campus.
Tuesday, Jan. 11

• Canceled: JV men’s wrestling dual vs. North Iowa Area Community College, 4 p.m., Hanson Fieldhouse gym
• Varsity men's basketball vs. Faith Baptist Bible College, 7:30 p.m., Hanson Fieldhouse gym
• Student Senate, 8 p.m., Breen Classroom
• Worship: Exit to Hope, 9 p.m., Odvin Hagen Music Center Recital Hall. This service, led by students, offers contemporary worship, Bible study and prayer.

Registrar's Office honored for keeping up with increased workload



Twylah Kragel (left), registrar, and Becky Stumme, assistant registrar, stand in front of the big board they use to schedule classes for fall and spring semesters. Karen Hehman (pictured below) is an assistant registrar for Waldorf who works at Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Ala.
(Jason Eck)



Karen Hehman

Increased enrollment at Waldorf College has brought extra work for departments campuswide, just ask the trio of employees in the Registrar’s Office.

For its efforts, the department was named the Department of the Month for December by the President’s Council. The group received the traveling trophy to which they will add their decorative touch.

The workload has increased in the Registrar's Office as Waldorf saw an increase of nearly 100 students from fall 2009 to fall 2010 as well as the addition of many students seeking online course offerings.

Alpha Chi awards two students $500 grants

The Waldorf College Alpha Chi Honor Society has awarded $500 grants to two of its members for undergraduate research.

Junior Lauren Trembath and senior Adam Herrick are the 2010 winners. They were among four students who submitted applications. The competition was open to Alpha Chi members and nonmembers.

Former Waldorf music department employee dies

Charlotte Fredrickson
(www.bomanfh.com)

Charlotte Fredrickson, who worked as an administrative assistant for the Waldorf College Music Department for 19 years, died Monday in Mason City. She recently was diagnosed with cancer. She was 70.

The funeral is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7 at First Baptist Church in Forest City. Burial will be at First Baptist Cemetery.

Waldorf faculty and staff remember Fredrickson as a talented employee, but even more as a great woman who cared deeply about people.