Campus News

The Viterbo Hospitality Committee will host a Spring Soup Social from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Tuesday March 26 in the Reinhart Center Board Room. 

Nineteen Viterbo students traveled to Atlanta for a study away urban immersion experience during Spring Break as part of their class on the ethical city. The trip was led by Matthew Bersagel Braley and Margy Frazier.

The Viterbo community is invited to attend the Wisconsin Conversation on Servant Leadership the morning of Wednesday, March 20 in the Reinhart Center Board Room.The event is free, but registration is required. Click to register.

Marci Iverson, recreation and leadership, who was selected to serve on the NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate RecreationHealth and Wellbeing Task Force. She will serve with recreation professionals from colleges across the U.S.

Viterbo University was awarded a $23,427 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust to support the Community Assessment, Resources, and Intervention through Nursing Guidance, or CARING, initiative.CARING is a long-standing nurse-managed health clinic at the La Crosse Salvation Army. The clinic is staffed by Viterbo University nursing faculty, undergraduate nursing students, and La Crosse County Health Department public health nurses. The grant will support services for vulnerable populations that CARING staff provides, such as advocacy, preventive health education, health screenings, and referrals to health care providers. To date, CARING has provided health care services and wellness education to nearly 9,500 clients to improve local health outcomes. “CARING is an important experience for nursing students in which they learn alongside experienced faculty and public health nurses to serve the needs of vulnerable populations,” said Martha Scheckel, dean of the College of Nursing, Health, and Human Behavior. “In this way, CARING is mutually beneficial. On behalf of the entire Viterbo community, we are grateful to be awarded this grant.”

The Viterbo community is invited to join Susan Cosby Ronnenberg and Kelly R. Samuels, English, at the “Deadwood & Poetry: The Word’s the Thing” reception at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Murphy Center fifth floor Honors Lounge.

Magda Brown, a survivor of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, will share her story at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.