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Paul Harding High School students Brandan Vilayphone and RaSheem McElvene were dressed up Thursday in honor of a special occasion.
The students were greeting people and passing out programs for the East Allen County Schools high school’s Veterans Day celebration. Half a dozen local veterans attended the school assembly, where students read poems about American wars, and veterans shared their stories.
“They fought in a war,” said Vilayphone, 16. “If they didn’t, we wouldn’t be doing this right now.”
The students paid respect by following the Veterans Day traditions of singing the national anthem and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Student Asia Brooks stood in front of the Concordia Lutheran High School’s Junior ROTC members, who attended the assembly to post colors, as she sang a resounding version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
A group of students led the student body in the pledge, facing not only the large American flag on the wall but the seated veterans.
•Bishop Dwenger High School will conduct an open house 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday for fifth- through eighth-grade students; possible transfer students and their families.
•Bishop Dwenger Music Boosters will have its annual fall Craft Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school’s gymnasium, 1300 E. Washington Center Road.
•Concordia Lutheran High School will conduct Concordia Day for eighth-grade students interested in attending the school from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the school, 1601 St. Joe River Drive.
•Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, is having an open house 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
•Ascension Lutheran School, 8811 St. Joe Road, will have a Veterans Day assembly at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
•The following Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne staff members with the Continuing Studies and General Studies degree program received awards: Sandy McMurtrie, general studies academic adviser, received the Faculty and Staff Achievement Service Award; Sheila Hunt-Cuffy, lecturer in the department of communication, received the Teaching Excellence Award; Todd Raines, Web development instructor, received the Teaching Excellence Award; and Lisa Heral, recent general studies graduate, received the Outstanding Student Award from the Indiana Council for Continuing Education.
•IPFW Chancellor Michael A. Wartell received the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award.
•Tim Leffers, teacher at Bishop Dwenger, and Justin Peeper, teacher at Homestead, received Teacher Excellence Awards from Butler University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
•Alyssa Linville, senior at Keystone Schools, has been named Anthony Wayne Rotary Junior Rotarian for November.
•IPFW’s Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences awarded its Distinguished Alumni Award to Jeff A. Taner, a certified public accountant with Dulin, Ward, and Dewald Inc.
•This season’s opening concert, titled “A Tribute to Our Veterans … Defenders of Freedom,” by the Defiance College Community Band will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Defiance Community Auditorium.
•The Hench Autism Studies Program will hold a parents’ meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday in Dix Room 106, Schauffler Hall.
•Journalist and commentator Andrew Sullivan will be the next Omnibus Lecture Series speaker at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center.
• “Kamchatka” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Classroom-Medical Building, room 159.
•Rick Sutter, associate professor and chair of the anthropology department, will speak on “Moche Human Sacrificial Victims: Their Origins and Implications” from noon-1 p.m. Thursday in Helmke Library.
•Information sessions on the 21st Century Scholars Program will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Peabody Public Library, 1160 E. State Road 205, Columbia City and from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Decatur Public Library, 128 S. Third St., Decatur. Students must attend one session, and more sessions will be held this month.
•Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva, a peer-to-peer microloan Web site, will speak from 6-8 p.m. today in Walb Student Union, room 222-226.
•Parenting expert Bill Utesch will discuss “Your Child’s Temperament” at 6 p.m. today in Walb Student Union, room 114.
•Mary Jo Todoran, counselor with the IPFW/Parkview Student Assistance Program will present “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday in Walb Student Union, rooms 114-116.
•A Spartan Day for prospective students will be Saturday. Students can tour campus; meet current students; discover academic, international, athletic and extracurricular opportunities; learn about scholarships and financial aid; and talk with admissions staff. A free lunch is included.
•The movie “The Soloist” will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday in Fabiani Theatre in the University Center.
