Faculty and Staff

Announcements

• Summer Employee Announcements Schedule Reminder

  During the summer months, Employee Announcements will be updated Monday through Thursday.  Announcements should be submitted by noon on the day they are to be posted.  The Gracelander will continue to be published on Thursdays.

• Resch Science and Technology Hall will Provide 'State-of-the-Sciences' Facility

  Gustav A. Platz and Roy H. Mortimore would be proud of the metamorphosis now taking place within the hallowed halls of their namesake, Platz-Mortimore Science Hall. Graceland's Board of Trustees weighed many options before recently concluding that a complete renovation of Platz-Mortimore - a total makeover - will bequeath to our students a ‘state-of-the-sciences' facility.

  The creatively transformed building will be called the Resch Science and Technology Hall to honor Richard J. "Dick" Resch and his family. Resch recently provided a $3 million capstone gift which, united with funds raised during the "Graceland Forever" Capital Campaign, will provide superb infrastructure and industry-standard equipment for the new facility.

  Dick Resch is a 1958 pre-engineering graduate who has good memories of his classes in what was then the fairly new Platz-Mortimore Science Hall. He plans to be back on "the Hill" this fall for Homecoming Weekend to take a look at Platz-Mortimore and visualize what it will look like in about a year.

  To read much more about Dick Resch and plans for the Resch Science and Technology Hall, click on Resch Hall.

• Graceland University Upward Bound Fundraiser

  The Graceland University Upward Bound students are looking for any odd jobs that YOU need done. During the time of service all students will be supervised by Upward Bound staff.

  WHEN: Wednesday, July 9, from 2-5 p.m. and Thursday, July 10, from 2-5 p.m.
  WHY:  To raise textbook money for senior Bridge students.
  IDEAS: Painting, lawn mowing, flower bed/garden weeding, babysitting, grocery shopping, vacuuming, window washing, etc.

  Please contact Ashleigh Dinkel at 303.396.5924 or Sara Dilks at 515.473.4005 with the job that you need done and your donation amount by noon on Wednesday, July 9.

• Charles Schmidt and David Pickering in Recital

  Charles Schmidt, Associate Professor of Music, and David Pickering, Dwight and Ruth Vredenburg Endowed Chair in Music, will be playing a recital of piano and organ music on Monday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m. in The Shaw Center Auditorium. This recital, which will be one hour in duration, is being held as part of Graceland University’s first Keyboard Camp and is free and open to the public.

  Charles Schmidt will open the recital by playing Franz Liszt’s arrangement of Robert Schumann’s song “Widmung,” followed by Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata and Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major. David Pickering will play Daniel Gawthrop’s Four Noble Gases and the first movement of Charles-Marie Widor’s Fifth Symphony. Pickering recorded the Gawthrop work on his second recording, Like a Fire, which was released one year ago at a regional convention of The American Guild of Organists in Baltimore, MD.

• Are you Traveling to Independence?

  We have a very large box full of graduation robes that needs to be delivered to The Temple. If you are traveling to Independence in the near future and have some extra room in your vehicle, we would appreciate your help! Please contact Amanda at 5494 or Christi at 5104. Thank you!