Campus Buzz—December 9, 2015

LGBT Student of the Year Award

Katrina Lindsay, president of the Rainbow Scholarship committee of Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley selected Monick Perone '16 as the 2015 recipient of the LGBT Student of the Year Award. Monick is the current president of Spectrum, president of the debate team, member of the equestrian team, an active community volunteer and a previous poverty program coordinator.

Football Coach Jeff Pukszyn '97 Named AFCA Coach of the Year

Moravian University Head Football Coach Jeff Pukszyn ’97 has been selected as the American Football Coaches Association Division III Region 2 Coach of the Year after Pukszyn led the Greyhounds to an 8-3 record this fall and a berth in the Inaugural Centennial Conference-Middle Atlantic Conference Bowl Series.

“We are extremely proud of Coach Pukszyn and his coaching staff, and congratulate him for being named the AFCA Division III Region 2 Coach of the Year,” stated Director of Athletics and Recreation George Bright. “Jeff is an inspirational professional and an exemplary individual who continues to raise the bar by implementing a championship culture for Moravian football. The best is yet to come.”

Tomorrow: Social Media Study Break

Moravian University social media accounts are celebrating the holidays all this week with a greyhound reindeer scavenger hunt!  Follow us on Twitter to find the pick-up locations and bring all ten banner pieces to the Social Media Study Break this Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the HUB lounge to claim your prize. More info here.

Congratulations to Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority!

Sigma Phi Epsilon at 1423 Iron Street and Alpha Sigma Tau at 1118 Main Street are the winners of the 3rd annual Moravian University Greek Holiday House Decorating Competition. The judges were impressed with each of the seven houses and the response from the University community via Facebook was outstanding. We look forward to continuing this campus tradition in future years. Happy holidays!

Click here for photos of the houses.

Women's Basketball Toys for Tots Drive

Join the Moravian University women's basketball team this Saturday afternoon and help out with the Toys for Tots toy drive!  Make a child's day by donating a new, unwrapped toy!  The game begins at 2:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall and toy collection bins will be on site from 2:00 p.m.

Spring Play Auditions Announced

Auditions for Moravian University Theatre Company's spring production of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds" by Paul Zindel this Wednesday and Thursday from 7:00-9:00p.m. in Prosser Auditorium. No need to prepare anything in advance—you will be given scenes to read. Note: all characters in this play are female.

If you cannot attend, but want to audition, email = company manager Hannah Stevens at sthcs01@moravian.edu. All are welcome, including faculty, staff and members of the greater Bethlehem community. No experience necessary! 

The Manuscript, Moravian’s student literary magazine, is now accepting submissions!

The magazine provides an excellent opportunity to publish your work! Students, staff, and faculty are all encouraged to submit! Send in your work SOON to be considered for the 2016 issue!

Our literary magazine publishes:

• Personal essays
• Poetry
• Short stories
• Photography
• Drawing
• Painting
• Graphic design
• And more!

Please submit your work by Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Send titled submissions to moravianmanuscript@gmail.com.

Please keep images over 300 DPI resolution. Email Sam Keenan at stsrk04@moravian.edu with questions, comments, and concerns.

Tomorrow: Hanukkah Celebration

The Moravian University Hillel Society invites you to their Hanukkah celebration tomorrow, Dec. 10th, 6:00 p.m., in the HILL dorm, 5th floor lounge. Students can swipe their cards to get in, but faculty and staff who wish to attend will need to contact Jason Radine, Hillel faculty advisor, so that you can be let in.  

Sigma Tau Delta Book Drive—Ends December 19

In the spirit of this year’s In Focus theme, Poverty and Inequality, Sigma Tau Delta is undertaking a service project to promote recycling and literacy. “We are partnering with Better World Books to run a campus-wide book drive to raise funds for literacy projects such as building schools and libraries around the world,” says Marie Milols, president of Sigma Tau Delta, “and we hope to involve the entire campus in making a difference.”

Textbooks and books that would be used in the classroom are being collected. Better World Books will sell them and use the funds it raises to benefit literacy programs around the world

• The book drive aims to accomplish four goals:
• Raise money to support literacy
• Donate books to literacy nonprofit and people in need around the world
• Keep books out of landfills and the campus waste stream
• Offer the campus a great outlet for unwanted books in usable condition

Donations of textbooks and books that would be used in the classroom are being accepted up to December 19th, and collection bins are located in the HUB.