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Celebrating 50 Years of the Viterbo Fine Arts Center
Celebrating 50 Years of the Viterbo Fine Arts Center
“I think the Fine Arts Center has become a place of gathering at which people can come together and experience the arts, or as the FSPA say, ‘a place to nourish the soul,’” said Michael Ranscht, director of the 50-year-old Viterbo Fine Arts Center from 2005–20.
Dillon McArdle returns to Viterbo Fine Arts Center
Encore: McArdle Returns to Fine Arts Center

If not for a friend’s encouragement and a summer work study job, Dillon McArdle ’06, the new director of Viterbo’s Fine Arts Center, might have taken a very different path in life.

McArdle began life as a Midwesterner, the middle child of three sons living his early years in Anoka, Minn., the Halloween Capital of the World. When he was in third grade, he moved with his mother and stepfather to Las Vegas.

Viterbo University Fine Arts Center ad image from Time magazine in July 1971
A Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Timeline
In 2021, Viterbo University celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Fine Arts Center, which opened in early 1971. A 50th anniversary timeline covers some of the highlights of the FAC's first half century.
VU Today Nov. 8

Monday, Nov. 8

6 p.m. Supper and Scripture – Campus Ministry

 

Coming up:

Veterans, retired, active duty, reserve, and national guard service members are invited to wing night is being held on Nov. 10 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at the Recovery Room Sports Pub and Grill (901 7th Street). All you can eat wings will be available and drinks must be purchased.

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Viterbo University Out of Our Minds Chamber Music Series to Celebrate Musical Mentors Nov. 20
The second concert of the Viterbo University Out of Our Minds Chamber Series will be performed in the Fine Arts Center Nola Starling Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. 
VU Today Nov. 5

Friday, Nov. 5

Noon Mass – San Damiano Chapel

7 p.m. First-year music theatre department students perform short selections of solo songs – FAC LaCroix Black Box Theatre. Free admission, seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks required.

8 p.m. Weekends at VU Bingo – Murphy Center 414. Snacks and a chance to win prizes.

 

VU Today Nov. 4

Thursday, Nov. 4

9–10 a.m. Conversations with the President – BRC 124 – All employees welcome. No RSVP required.

9–11 a.m. Morning MUG – Campus Ministry

Noon Daily Mass – San Damiano Chapel

Noon–2 p.m. FutureFest: Nursing Careers and Connections – NRC 195

3:30–4:30 p.m. Presidential Search Committee Faculty Listening Session – NRC 196

VU Today Nov. 3

Wednesday, Nov 3

Noon Daily Mass – San Damiano Chapel

5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Mount Mercy – Varsity Athletics Center. The dance team will perform at halftime.

9 p.m. Taize Prayer – Campus Ministry Main Lounge

 

Coming up:

"Mundanities" Senior Show to Open in the Viterbo University Gallery Nov. 17
The art of students Grace Amundson and MacKenzie Hanson will be on display in the Viterbo University Gallery beginning with a reception from 5–7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17.
Month of Remembrance

Reflection by Emilio Alvarez