SHSU Update for Week of Aug. 24
It has been a summer of moving for many offices and departments throughout the
university. Five offices spent time during the summer packing their belongings
and unpacking them at a new location, with several more planning to make a move
by mid-semester.
Both moving from the Bobby K. Marks Administration Building to the Estill
Building, the Payroll Office will now be located in Room 228, and the Registrar
Office will be on the third floor. Earlier this year, the Human Resources and
Purchasing offices also moved to the third floor of Estill Building.
Dick Eglsaer, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said the move
of all of those offices in the Estill Building was devised to make access easier
for students.
"The concept, referred to as 'one-stop' shopping, suggests that it is easier
for the students to take care of their business, if all of the relevant offices
are close to each other," he said. "Many times students have to make multiple
visits to the various offices to complete their business. If this process requires
them to make multiple walks across campus, the task becomes more difficult."
The Graduate Studies Office was relocated from Academic Building 3 to Frels
Building Room 131.
Moving from the University Advancement Building, the Office of Public Relations
moved into Room 115 of the Administration Building and the Phonathon moved to
Room 120 of the Frels Building.
By the end of the year, the vice president for University Advancement will
move from the University Advancement Building to the first floor of the Administration
Building; Residence Life will move from Gidley House to the University Advancement
Building; and the Bearkat OneCard Services Office will move from the second
floor of Academic Building 3 to the third floor of the Lowman Student Center.
Mars will come closer to Earth than it has at any time in the past 59,540 years,
and you are invited to witness this historic event.
The Physics Department and Society of Physics Students are hosting a public
Star Party on Aug. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at the SHSU campus observatory. Go here for
directions to the observatory. The rain and cloud date for this event is Aug.
27 at 8:30 p.m. Call 936.294.3664 for information on the status of the observatory.
Following an exhaustive search, Christie Davidson has been named assistant director
of the SHSU Correctional Management Institute of Texas.
Davidson, who began her career with CMIT in 1994, has held positions of increasing
responsibility. For the past four years she has served in the capacity of CMIT
project coordinator and chief of staff.
"In addition to possessing a MBA degree in management from Sam Houston State
University, Ms. Davidson has developed excellent working relationships with
both institutional and community corrections professionals, and her area of
influence extends beyond the boundaries of Texas," said Dan Richard Beto, CMIT
executive director. "She is widely respected for her professionalism, work ethic
and her ability to bring closure to projects in a timely manner."
For the past several years, Davidson has managed the Texas Probation Association
and the National Association of Probation Executives, as well as managing the
secretariat services for the Texas Association for Investigative Hypnosis and
the Texas Association for Court Administration. Davidson is also responsible
for delivering the Executive Development Program for new probation and parole
executives and the Mid-Management Leadership Program.
"In reviewing the applications and considering the job requirements, it soon
became apparent to Dean (Richard) Ward and me that the best candidate for the
job was already working for the institute," Beto added. "Ms. Davidson's knowledge
of, and commitment to, the mission of the institute commended her selection
for this position."
Willard M. Oliver, associate professor of criminal justice in the SHSU College
of Criminal Justice has published the third edition of his book "Community-Oriented
Policing: A Systemic Approach to Policing" with Prentice Hall.
The textbook explores both the philosophy and practices of community-oriented
policing throughout the United States, as well as in various countries around
the world. Community-oriented policing is a method of policing that has developed
over the past two decades that is based in developing the relationship between
the police and community by moving them toward working in partnership to address
the problems of crime and disorder.
Oliver is a new member of the faculty at Sam Houston who comes to the college
with nine years of teaching experience and having served as both a police officer
in the Washington, D.C. area and a military police officer.
For more information on the book, visit the
Prentice Hall Website, the Amazon Website
or the Barnes and Noble Website.
Sam Houston State professor of agricultural mechanization William R. 'Billy' Harrell
was one of the seven recipients of the North American Colleges and Teachers of
Agriculture's Teacher Fellow Awards, given out this summer at the organization's
49th annual conference.
"This award is given to a very select few individuals who have had an exemplary
program in that field," said agricultural sciences department chair Bobby Lane.
"We are extremely proud that he (Harrell) has been recognized for his dedication
through receiving the NACTA Teacher Fellow Award. No one has ever been more
deserving, in my opinion." Like most professors within the department, Harrell,
who has been a professor of ag mechanics at SHSU since the late 60s, is a member
of NACTA.
"Dr. Harrell, through his tireless commitment to 4-H and FFA youth, our students,
and to countless agriscience teachers, has made Sam Houston State University
one of the most respected academic programs in agricultural mechanization and
agricultural sciences throughout this state and nation," Lane said.
"He's one of the most outstanding professors we've ever had in that field."
NACTA is a professional society that focuses on promotion and recognition
of excellence in teaching agriculture and related areas at the post secondary
level in North America. Members of NACTA are from two-year and four-year colleges,
public and private, and have a common bond of teaching agriculture and related
subjects.
Over 3,800 students, faculty and staff will be receiving the OneRewards benefits
that accompany the use of the Bearkat OneCard, according to Troy Voelker, director
of Bearkat OneCard Services.
"OneRewards is an innovative program in which community merchants can participate
with SHSU and Higher One to provide additional benefits to SHSU OneCard users,"
Voelker said. With the OneRewards program, participating merchants designate
a participation level from which OneCard users attain points when the OneCard
user shops at that merchant's store.
"The OneRewards points system is based on a percentage of a cardholder's total
purchase," said Sean Glass, vice president of marketing for Higher One. "So,
for example, if a student were to make a purchase at a participating OneRewards
merchant who is offering a 10 percent Reward level, the cardholder would receive
10 points for every dollar spent. If a cardholder were to make a $5 purchase
at that particular business they would receive 50 points for that purchase.
"Likewise, if a merchant were at a 20 percent level a student would receive
20 points for each dollar spent. Subsequently, a $5 purchase at that merchant
would yield 100 points."
Points may be redeemed online at the OneRewards Redemption Center. for a wide
variety of merchandise and gift certificates, which will be redeemable at many
of the participating merchants.
"Point values will be assigned to each individual item based on the actual
value and nature of the reward," Glass said. "HigherOne will work with students,
faculty, and staff to establish rewards options that will be the most appealing."
Participating OneRewards merchants at this time include: Amaya's Collision
Center, Inc.; Any Occasion Gifts; Casa Tomas, Inc.; Cici's Pizza; CJ's Café;
Clothes 'N Time; Comet Cleaners; El Chico Restaurant; Ernst Jewelers; Gathright
Studio; Heartfield Florist; Huntsville Auto Center; Mister Hamburger; Mt. Vernon
Gift Shop; Papa John's; Pizza Pro; Rose Cleaners; University Cleaners; University
Hotel.
The new BearkatOne is the official university ID card. Its use as a debit
card is optional.
Oil paintings by Leslie Bell, professor of art at St. Ambrose University, will
be on display at the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, located in Art Building F, from Aug.
25 through Sept. 18. A reception will be held on Sept. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Bell, who has shown his works in solo and group shows, is the recipient of
a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. A preview of his work
is available online.
After 14 years of service to SHSU, registrar assistant Dixie Bridges will retire
to spend more time with her family in the New Braunfels area.
A reception for Bridges will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 in the
Registrar's Office, located on the third floor of the Estill Building.
For more information, contact Cathy Johnson at 936.294.1061.
A scavenger hunt for students, faculty and staff will take place in the Lowman
Student Center Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Grand prizes for students include free textbooks for the spring semester,
a free dinner, SHSU clothing, Kat Klub parties, a 27-inch television, an alumni
brick, and miscellaneous electronics.
Prizes for faculty and staff include SHSU clothing, a Kat Klub party with
sundaes for 25 guests, electronics, a University Club luncheon for 10 guests,
and more.
Entry forms are available at the Lowman Student Center Information Center.
The event is presented by the Lowman Student Center and Student Activities,
the Dean of Students Office, Program Council, Student Government Association,
Barnes & Noble University Bookstore and the Aramark dining services company.
Raymond Teske, Jr., professor of criminal justice, lectured at the Max Planck
Institute for Foreign and International Penal Law in Freiburg, Germany, this summer
on the subject of "Special Legal Procedures for the Protection of Women From Violence."
Teske was also invited to attend a reception at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin
hosted by Johannes Rau, president of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was
in Berlin as the guest of the Alexander von Humbodlt Foundation for the 50th
anniversary celebration of the post World War II re-establishment of the foundation.
As a former Humboldt fellow Teske was also invited to participate in a colloquium
to discuss future developments of the foundation's programs. The celebration
included special concerts and other social events.
Teske said participants were informed that since 1953, 38 former fellows and
prizewinners were subsequently awarded a Nobel Prize.
While in Europe, Teske, who was accompanied by his wife Jane, met with the
dean and members of the law faculty of the University of Miskolc in Hungary.
He is currently working on a joint project with German colleagues comparing
the prosecution of hate crimes in Germany and the United States.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank Krystyniak,
Julia May, Jennifer Gauntt
Aug. 24, 2003
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