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Capital University transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences. | |
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The campus community is invited to join Capital alumni in celebrating Homecoming 2024! In addition to the class reunion events, activities include:
Friday, October 4
University Documentary Screening
Schneider North, Student Union
Attend a free screening of three student- and faculty-created documentaries that feature Capital University history and athletics.
“Dear Miss Conrad,” 1 p.m.
“Capital in the Sixties,” 2 p.m.
“A Strong Foundation: The Next Century of Capital Football,” 3 p.m.
Saturday, October 5
Tailgate and Block Party
11 a.m.
S1 lot adjacent to the Alumni House
Football: Capital vs. Heidelberg
1:30 p.m.
Bernlohr Stadium
Free for students, faculty, and staff with a Capital ID.
Chapel Choir Homecoming Concert
7 p.m.
Mees Hall
Showcasing performances by the Capital choirs and guest choirs. Admission is free.
Men’s Soccer: Capital vs. Baldwin-Wallace
7 p.m.
Bernlohr Stadium
Free for students, faculty, and staff with Capital ID.
For more information, go to https://www.capconnect.org/homecoming.
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Gerhold Lecture Features Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian | |
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Internationally bestselling historian and author Jefferson Cowie will be the featured speaker at this year’s Gerhold Lecture in the Humanities.
Wednesday, October 16
3 p.m., Q&A, Bridge of Learning
7:30 p.m., Gerhold Lecture and book signing, Huntington Recital Hall
Cowie is the 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winner for History, as well as the recipient of the Francis Parkman Prize for the Best Book in American History and the Society of American Historians Merle Curti Award for Best Book in Social and/or Intellectual History. His most famous book is “Freedom Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power” that tells a dramatic story of white America’s freedom to oppress others. New York Times Book Review hailed the book as “important, deeply affecting – and regrettably relevant.”
The events are free and open to the public.
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Fall 2024 Leadership Workshops | |
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AIM to Prevent Hazing
Join us during National Hazing Prevention Week to learn how to identify and eliminate hazing practices.
Wednesday, September 25
4 p.m.
Schneider North
AIM to Vote!
Learn how to participate in the November election and all that Capital will be doing to engage voters this election season.
Tuesday, October 1
4 p.m.
Schneider South
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Student and Community Engagement | |
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Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15-October 15 is a celebration and recognition of the Hispanic influence and contribution to the United States history, culture, and achievements. We encourage the Capital community to engage in celebrating Hispanic traditions and opportunities to bring multiple communities together. Students of Latinx Affinity (SOLA) has created a month of events to encourage the appreciation and involvement in recognizing traditions, culture, history and achievements.
Community Engagement: Capital University continues to encourage campus members to immerse themselves in our volunteers on campus, and community engagement opportunities in surrounding neighborhoods. During the Spring 2024 semester...
- Capital University members attended all Saturday Service Events with the Community Development 4 All People.
- Bonner Leaders and Change Advocates conducted 2,200 hours of community engagement.
- There were over 1,500 visits to the Cap Cupboard
- 50 Thank You Bags were given to Election Poll Workers across 4 polling locations.
National Voter Registration Day and Take the Pledge: Tuesday, September 17 was National Voter Registration Day. Capital University successfully registered 50 students to vote or update their voter registration. COMETS VOTE! Continue to stay civically engaged and seek ways to gather the information needed to cast a knowledgeable vote. If you need information about getting an absentee ballot application or registering to vote, please email Tristen Davis at tdavis3@capital.edu.
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Take the Pledge: As part of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Capital University has been participating in challenges to encourage students to be lifelong voters. It starts with making the public commitment to participate in the election season. In the Take the Pledge Challenge, Capital University is currently ranked #19 out of 205 colleges and universities. Continue to keep us in the top 20 colleges in the nation by taking the pledge using this link: https://allintovote.org/take-the-pledge/.
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Register for Professional Development Day | |
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Capital is proud to host the first annual Professional Development Day on Thursday, October 10, hosted by the Culture and Climate Committee. This day is designed to equip our faculty and staff with practical skills and insights to enhance performance, strengthen teams, and foster a positive, inclusive work environment. Our goal is to inspire action through impactful sessions that address current challenges and opportunities in higher education and the workplace.
Lunch will be provided to everyone who registers by Oct. 3.
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Professional Development Day will kick off at 9 a.m., with refreshments and lunch provided by Aladdin. Each 50-minute session is tailored to meet the needs of faculty and staff at every career stage, offering valuable insights and practical tools for personal and professional growth.
Featured sessions include:
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Mindfulness at Work with Janette McDonald
- Finance at Capital with Danny Burkholder and Jason Davis
- A Manager's Guide to Handling Conflict and Difficult Conversations with Debbie Gaitten and Ashley Huff
- Excel 101: Quick Start for Beginners with Rachel Jacobs
- Breaking Barriers: Cultivating an Inclusive Environment in the Workplace with Shaneece Green
- Want a Good Team? Think 3-3-3 with Jan Squires
- AI in Higher Education with Jenny Wondracek
- Recognizing Students Who are Struggling with Meredith Fine
- The University Social Media Strategy, Branding, and Q&A with Kyla Primmer
- Recruiting Practices for Hiring Managers and Search Committees with Debbie Gaitten and Liz Maynard
This is more than a day of training - it’s an opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and build skills that will make an immediate impact on your work. Click here for more information, including the full workshop schedule.
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Documentary Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A | |
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Capital University Law School is delighted to host a screening of the PBS documentary “Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.” The program focuses on the stories of Native American lawyers, tribal judges, and their colleagues who work with Native Nations, their citizens, and mainstream institutions to achieve healing and Sacred Justice.
Tuesday, October 8
Law School, Room 245
12 to 1 p.m. – film screening
1 to 1:30 p.m. – filmmaker Q&A
These unseen role models strive daily to address, repair, and resolve unique and complicated historical, governmental, legal, judicial and social welfare issues, which are most often rooted in discrimination, historical trauma and cultural destruction. Come take a journey into past and present-day Indian Country to learn of untold stories that shine a light on Native Americans rising up to create a new path for today and for the next Seven Generations.
Following the screening, there will be a 30-minute virtual Q&A session with filmmaker Audrey Geyer. This event is open to all and snacks will be available. For more information, email DEI@law.capital.edu.
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The Registrar’s Office will again be hosting Graduation Pop-Up sessions, where any student (not just graduating seniors) is welcome to swing by our table and ask questions regarding your degree audit, the graduation application, questions about Commencement, etc. This semester, we will be teaming up with other offices if you have additional questions beyond graduation or registration needs.
Huntington Recital Hall Lobby (Conservatory) with Office of Student Success
Friday, September 27
1 to 3 p.m.
Student Union with Residential & Commuter Life and Office of Student Success
Tuesday, October 8
9 to 11 a.m.
Library with Financial Aid
Thursday, October 24
3 to 5 p.m.
CMC Lobby with Residential & Commuter Life and Office of Student Success
Monday, November 11
12 to 2 p.m.
While these events are not mandatory, I strongly recommend stopping by if you have any questions for myself or any of the offices that will be in attendance. If you are unable to make it, but still have questions or concerns, please email Meredith Gaul (graduation@capital.edu) to schedule an individual meeting time.
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Capital University Theatre Presents ‘A Little Red’ | |
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"Little Red Riding Hood" is one of the oldest folktales recorded, the earliest written version being from 1005 CE. The specific details may have changed over time and from culture to culture, but the power of the narrative and its characters and themes continue to tap into something within us as humans. Compiled and directed by Daniel W. Heaton, director of University Theatre, our production is a compilation of several versions of the classic tale.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, September 26, 27, 28
8 p.m.
Sunday, September 29
2 p.m.
Warning: This is NOT a children's show! For reservations, call the Cabaret Theater Box Office at 614-236-7174. Tickets are free with a current Capital ID. For non-Capital students, faculty, or staff, tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors.
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Join the Fat Tuesday Debutantes, Capital’s improvisational comedy group, for an evening of fun with "Un-be-leaf-able"!
Tuesday, October 1
10 p.m.
Huntington Recital Hall
Admission: free
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Student Artists: Submit a Proposal for ‘Play the Gallery’ | |
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The 2025 NOW Festival @ Capital University will take place on February 10-15, featuring eminent Indian-American composer, Reena Esmail. On Tuesday, February 11, at 7 p.m., we will be producing a special event at Capital’s Schumacher Gallery, “Play the Gallery: Music in (e)Motion” highlighting Capital’s student-artists.
The Schumacher Gallery has wonderful standing exhibits and rotating shows, and, starting on January 20, 2025, it will feature “The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography.” The goal of “Play the Gallery” project is for student-artists to:
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experience the standing exhibits and Walter Iooss’ works, as well as music of Reena Esmail before the NOW Festival begins;
- use these experiences as the inspiration for creating a work that explores the theme of “Music in (E)Motion”;
- to have this work performed in the Gallery space on the evening of February 11.
Projects can range from poetry and prose readings to dance, acting, musical improvisation, musical composition, live visual art creation, and beyond. The proposals for participation will be examined by an interdisciplinary faculty jury.
Proposals, not completed projects, will be due in writing to Professor Tony Zilincik by Wednesday, November 20, at 5 p.m. All works of art must fit in the Gallery space and not interfere with or disturb/disrupt the exhibits. Some technology, such as a keyboard, and PA system, will be available.
Artists are responsible to supply their own performers, instruments, supplies, and such. Please contact Professor Zilincik if you have any questions. Artists will be notified of their acceptance by January 24.
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Flu Vaccine Clinics Begin Next Week | |
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Capital’s Human Resources Office and Avita Health System are teaming up to offer flu vaccinations for Capital University employees and students. All employees and students are eligible for this clinic. You will receive a consent form in a separate email closer to the clinics. To reduce wait time, complete the consent form before you arrive and bring it to the clinic.
Bexley Campus (employees)
Monday, September 30
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Student Union, Schneider South
Law School (Law School employees and students)
Tuesday, October 8
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rooms A121 and A122
Wednesday, October 16 (students)
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Student Union, Schneider South
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Weishaar Explores the Impact of Prison Nursery Programs through Summer Scholars at Capital
Emily Weishaar ’25, psychology, sociology, and criminology, spent her summer deeply engaged in research with Capital’s Summer Scholars Program, focusing on “The Perceived Benefits of the Achieving Baby Care Success (ABC) program at the Ohio Reformatory for Women.” Weishaar’s research aimed to shed light on an overlooked and under researched area of the criminal justice system: prison nursery programs.
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See What the Voice Looks Like! | |
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Members of the Capital community, particularly singers and other musicians, are invited to see Michelle Toth, speech language pathologist from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, demonstrate the process and show you live what the voice looks like.
Monday, September 30
6 p.m.
Huntington Recital Hall
A specialist in singing health, Toth will use a scope to demonstrate the process and show you live what the voice looks like! (There will not be any blood, but if you are a little squeamish during the scoping of the nasal passage and oral cavity, which will hover over the vocal folds, feel free to step out.)
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Pro Journalists Mentor 'Chimes' Staff at Annual Retreat | |
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Three Chimes alumnae spent a day on campus recently working with budding journalists showing them career options and new ways of working.
Abby Rhoad ’04, visual editor at the LNP Lancaster Online (Pennsylvania); Heather Barr-Burgoon ’20, producer at NBC 4, Columbus; and Trinity Langbein ’22, digital content producer at ABC/Fox 6, Columbus, showed off their work from their news organizations and updated the staff with current journalism practices.
Rhoad manages a staff and focuses on attention-grabbing visuals for print and online.
Barr-Burgoon works the overnight shift and produces the 6 a.m. NBC 4 newscast Monday through Friday.
Langbein is responsible for writing stories, producing visuals and managing overall for ABC 6/Fox 28 website.
Chimes Editor-in-Chief Adrian Suppes, senior, said, “The retreat was such a great experience for the staff to develop, learn and bond. It was amazing to learn from our alumnae in the industry.”
“I love seeing my former students come back and teach my current ones,” Chimes adviser Kelly Messinger said. “We always learn something and have fun at the annual retreats.”
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A Celebration of Investiture
Please join us in congratulating Capital University’s newly appointed holders of endowed chairs and endowed professorships, whose distinguished positions recognize and foster academic excellence among Capital’s faculty. The investiture ceremony will be followed by a reception.
Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, October 2.
Monday, October 7
5:30 p.m.
Schneider Multipurpose Room
Student Union
Christine Anderson, Robert M. Geist Endowed Chair in Biology
Olehile Buffel, Fred W. Meuser Professorship in Church History/Homiletics
Kevin Dudley, Trinity Endowed Chair in Mission and Ministry
Kathy Fernandez, Winters Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Joseph Grant, John E. Sullivan Professor of Law
Rachel Janutis, Geraldine W. Howell Professor of Law
Alexander Pantsov, Edward and Mary Catherine Gerhold Chair in the Humanities
Nate Whelan-Jackson, GAR Endowed Professorship in Philosophy
Capital University remains indebted to benefactors whole generous gifts foster our vibrant community of teachers and scholars.
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Watch Dr. Anderson Discuss Research at the Primmer Outdoor Learning Center
Check out Capital's video featuring Dr. Christine Anderson, associate professor of Biology, as she highlights the exciting research happening at Capital University’s Primmer Outdoor Learning Center. Discover how this unique space fosters hands-on learning and ecological exploration for our students. Watch the video here.
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CELT Writing Group
Wednesday, Oct. 2
9 a.m.
BLIB 110
Are you looking for some focused time to work on your writing projects? Join the writing group. The group meets weekly to focus on writing. Bring your computer and whatever writing work you need to accomplish! All are welcome.
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Active Learning Community of Practice
Thursday, Oct. 3
4 p.m.
Battelle 289
This group will share different ways to engage students through active learning. Participants will share what has worked (and not worked) for them. Each meeting will have a different focus. Join us for important conversations about pedagogy!
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Advising Strategies
Friday, Oct. 4
10 a.m.
BLIB 115
This session is designed for faculty and staff who do academic advising at Capital. We will cover some of the advising tools and share effective advising strategies.
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Scott Donahue-Martens, adjunct faculty, Seminary
Miranda Hull, assistant bowling coach
Nicholas Schmidt, assistant men’s lacrosse coach
Adam Steward, head men’s lacrosse coach
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