The 2019–20 “Defining Dates” Viterbo University Out-of-Our-Minds Chamber Music Series will open with Tribute to Two Hundred at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in the Fine Arts Center's Nola Starling Recital Hall.

Tribute to Two Hundred will celebrate the music and 200th birthday of Clara Schumann, renowned 19th century pianist, composer, mother, collaborator, and archivist. The concert will be the first performance of the new ensemble, 2 Sisters Trio. The group is comprised of pianist Mary Ellen Haupert, music, and sisters Kristina Nocker Gullion, violin, and Monika Nocker Sutherland, cello. The sisters grew up in Chicago and both received a master’s degree in music performance from Indiana University.

Students talk to Maria Norberg ’09 (second from right), owner of Grounded Patio Café and Apothik food truck, at the Welcome Back Bash Aug.

Congratulations and thank you to Jane Eddy, Carolyn Hanoski, Tom Thibodeau, and Boua Xiong for their 35 years of service to Viterbo University. Also recognized for years of service were:

Handshake is Viterbo’s new internship and job board.