Olan Griffiths has been promoted to director of Information Technology Services (ITS) after working as interim director for two months. Griffiths has served in ITS for more than 10 years, most recently leading the help desk in North Manchester and Fort Wayne. 

Manchester University Trustee Madalyn Metzger, Class of 1999, has been elected to serve as moderator-elect  at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in 2023 and will be moderator of the 2024 Annual Conference. Learn more.

“Let’s talk about it: Identifying microaggressions and applying supportive communication climates through interpersonal role-plays” by Associate Professor Tim McKenna-Buchanan’s is in the journal Communication Teacher. 

It is designed to help students identify microaggressions and apply supportive communication climates of description, problem orientation, and empathy through communicative behaviors.

• Excellence in Leadership: Teresa DeLellis
• Excellence in Research: Marwa Noureldin

Rob Beckett worked with incoming PGx student Ella Machall and PharmD alumnus Valentina Priest to present a poster, “Description of statistical and clinical significance in abstracts of pharmacy studies” at the ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium. They won the Best Drug Information Poster Award.

James Brumbaugh-Smith has been appointed as the Isaac and Etta H. Oppenheim Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences. Learn more.

The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced participants in the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. For Manchester, junior Enrique Salazar and first-year Carley Camp will represent the Black and Gold at this year's national championships. Salazar will compete in the 10,000m while Camp will throw in the shot put.

• Interview with Carley
• Interview with Enrique