The Conservatory of Music will present its annual Christmas Festival with in-person concerts featuring the Chapel Choir, Choral Union, Cantabile, Consort, Philomel and a variety of instrumentalists. All performances will be held in Mees Hall.

Click here for more information: www.capital.edu/christmasfestival or email christmasfestival@capital.edu.

The fall Schumacher Gallery exhibition, “A Requiem: Tribute to the Spiritual Space at Auschwitz” by Susan May Tell, will close December 11.

This haunting exhibition hosts 17 photographic images without words, titles, or even frames. These images stand as witnesses to the horrific scene that was Auschwitz. Tell explains that her imagery meditates on the idea that “like other sacred grounds that are decaying, Auschwitz today is disappearing and raises questions about whether places of this kind should be restored and the importance of memory and commemoration. Equally important to my artistic vision and is my commitment to Auschwitz as a meditation on decay and memory.”

The gallery also will feature selections from The Schumacher’s Native American Collection in its Showcase Gallery. This exhibit will include selected ceramics, tapestries, and artifacts that add to the rich diversity of the Gallery’s permanent collection.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Schumacher Gallery is located on the

fourth floor of Capital University’s Library in Bexley, Ohio. The gallery is open Monday through

Friday from 12 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, please call 614-236-6319; email dgentili@capital.edu; or visit the website at schumachergallery.org.

(Please note: The Schumacher will be closed November 24-28 for Thanksgiving.)

Capital University will host the 59th Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on March 4, 2022. This symposium will bring more than 100 high school STEM students to our campus to compete for scholarships sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. Click here for more information: https://www.capital.edu/jshs/.

Volunteers are needed to serve as career panel presenters, sharing relevant information about your STEM education and career, and judges to evaluate poster and oral presentations. If you are interested in engaging with these high school students, please contact Carmen Dixon, project director, at cdixon2@capital.edu.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion serves as a valuable resource to the University and its students and is committed to building an inclusive campus environment through programming that fosters an appreciation and respect for the culture, history and traditions of all people. To read the latest ODI newsletter, visit the ODI Website.

Preachers for the coming weeks:

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In an incident known as “Kristallnacht,” Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jewish people on November 9 and November 10, 1938. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. Join the Capital Community as we honor and remember this night with reflection, presentations, and worship.

For more information about Capital’s religious and spiritual life, contact Jillian Russell or Pastor Drew.

The University’s annual benefits open enrollment begins November 15 and ends November 23. This is your once-a-year opportunity to change plans, add or drop eligible dependents from coverage, and re-elect a flexible spending account. This year you will also be asked to review and update your beneficiary designations. A detailed email communication will be distributed this week to all benefits-eligible employees.

Please note that due to the Thanksgiving holiday, both the semimonthly and biweekly employee payrolls will be paid on Wednesday, November 24. To meet banking deadlines, biweekly timesheets must be completed by the end of the day on Sunday, November 21.

The prospect of a full 2021-22 season for the Capital University women's basketball team is surely going to energize the team to return to form as competition begins to return to normal this season. Under the tutelage of longtime head coach Dixie Jeffers in her 36th season at the helm, the team is eager to hit the court and embark on another quality season of Cap women's basketball.

Capital bowed out of the OAC Tournament a year ago in the quarterfinals as they were defeated at Baldwin Wallace. Prior to the postseason, Cap finished the regular season with a 5-5 mark during the disrupted and challenging COVID impacted season.

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