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Members of the Bishop Luers National Honor Society got to skip class Thursday morning to carve pumpkins at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo.
To fill their community service requirements, the students helped the zoo prepare for the Great Zoo Halloween, which kicked off Friday and will run through Oct. 31.
It was rainy and it was cold, but shivering seniors Paul Johnson and Xavier Serrani were making the best of the experience. They’d been at the zoo since 8 a.m., and Johnson had just finished carving his fourth pumpkin, which read “fruit or vegetable?”
“We don’t know,” he said, smiling. “But it’s a thought-provoking question.”
Next to him, Serrani stared at a pumpkin with a huge hole in the center.
“I was going to do a peace sign, but I forgot that if you cut out a hole then you lose the peace – you just have a hole,” he said. Earlier, he’d carved out a pumpkin that read “fruit.” (The right answer to Johnson’s question.)
Bishop Luers has about 60 National Honor Society members, according to public relations director Monica Zwick. The club is an invitation-only organization. To be selected, students are required to be involved in extracurricular activities community service and maintain a grade-point average of at least 10.0. Those involved in the club do a service project together once a month.
•Concordia Theological Seminary invites prospective students and their families to visit Wednesday. For more information, call 452-2155. To register online, go to the seminary Web site at www.ctsfw.edu and click “Admission,” then “Visit CTS.”
•The Huntington University Enterprise Resource Center, in collaboration with Coffee D’Vine, will host a résumé workshop for displaced workers or for those who need help updating their résumés from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Coffee D’Vine, 44 Vine St., Huntington. The workshops are free, but all participants must register in advance by calling the Enterprise Resource Center at 260-359-4104.
•The Twenty-first Century Scholars program will hold an affirmation meeting from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. or 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Rhinehart Music Center.
High school seniors and their parents will receive information and sign required forms necessary to receive the Twenty-first Century Scholars Tuition Award. Students will need to bring a black ink pen and have their social security number in order to complete the required paperwork.
More sessions will be held in October and November. All Twenty-first Century Scholars high school seniors and their parents or legal guardians must attend one session.
•“Next Steps: Where Do We Go From Here?” will be presented by Hannah Campbell, language training consultant, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Monday in Walb Union, Room G8.
•“Reflections of a Marine Biologist: 25 Years Working in the Ocean” will be presented by Frank Paladino, Schrey professor in the biology department, from noon-1 p.m. Thursday in Helmke Library, second floor.
•Ray Suarez, former host of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” will lecture from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in Walb Student Union, rooms 222-226, as part of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society’s Honors Seminar Series.
•Health and Wellness Display Day will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in the ground floor of Kettler Hall.
• Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko” will be shown with a panel discussion immediately following from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Neff Hall, Room 101.
• “The Gilded Age of Health Care in America” will be presented by Dr. Tom Hayhurst from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday in Neff Hall, Room 101.
•High school students and their families are invited to tour the campus during Spartan Days on Friday. Students who want to major in art, computer science, humanities, math, math education, music, social work or sociology can visit Wednesday. To make a reservation for Spartan Day or any campus visit, click “Future Students” at www.manchester.edu, call 800-852-3648 or e-mail visit@manchester.edu.
•The movie “Two Lovers” will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday in Fabiani Theatre in the University Center.
