SHSU Update for Week of March 9
The Teacher Job Fair which was originally scheduled for Wednesday
(March 12) has been re-scheduled for April 15.
The event will still be held in the Bernard Johnson Coliseum, but the time has
been changed to 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
For more information go the Career Services website at www.shsu.edu/careerservices
or call 936.294.1713.
SHSU will hold a public auction of surplus items on Saturday, April 5 at 8:30
a.m.
The auction will take place at the property warehouse located in the Sam South
Complex, 2424 Sam Houston Ave., in Huntsville. Items will be available
for inspection from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. the day of the sale.
Items will be sold piece by piece or in lots to the highest bidder. All
items will be sold "as is, where is."
Some of the merchandise includes office furniture, appliances, playground equipment,
televisions, books, exercise equipment, and vehicles ranging from model years
1991 to 1980. Vehicles can be removed the day of the sale if paid by cash
of check with an original current bank letter of credit guaranteeing payment. Otherwise,
the vehicles will be held
for ten working days to allow the check to clear.
The warehouse will shut down on March 19 to prepare for the auction. University
departments will not be able to move articles in or out of the warehouse after
that date until the auction is over.
For more information call Wayne Frosch at 936.294.1903 or 936.294.1908.
"
Photojournalism: Beyond the Basic B-roll," an article by radio/television professor
Tommy Booras, is currently on a website designed for professional television
photojournalists.
The article focuses on problems, situations and solutions for teaching television
news photography at the collegiate level. The article can be found online
at http://www.b-roll.net/stories.
Nominations are being taken for the SHSU Staff Excellence Award from now through
March 28.
Nomination forms are available through the Human Resources Department at 936.294.1068.
Each year the university honors one exempt and two non-exempt staff employees
who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence. Each award includes a
financial stipend of $1,200 and recognition at the annual faculty-staff meeting
held at the beginning of the academic year. Thirty-six outstanding employees
have been recognized since the award was established in 1991.
Stephanie Frogge, director of professional education and training for SHSU's
National Institute for Victim Studies, was one of the guest speakers at a victimology
symposium held recently at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
The American Society of Victimology was officially founded during the symposium.
The new organization will provide standards for training advocates of victims
of crime, including those who work in law enforcement, court systems, social
work, battered women's shelters, medical hospitals, colleges and universities,
and local, state and national levels of government.
More than 40 participants from 14 states, Japan, Canada, Puerto Rico and the
District of Columbia attended the two-day symposium.
Radio/Television Faculty Earn Honors
Maryjo Cochran, professor and coordinator of the radio/television program at
SHSU, has been named president of the Texas Association of Broadcast Educators
for 2003-04.
Jeff Porche, also of SHSU's radio/television program, was elected president-elect
for 2004-05.
Twenty-seven colleges and universities in Texas are members of the organization.
Jason Balas, first year radio/television instructor, has been recognized for
outstanding work at two film festivals. He was awarded Best Action Short
at the New York International Film Festival for his production entitled "Cuatro." The
film was also named Official Selection at the Ohio Independent Film Festival
and Market.
Poker Walk Rescheduled
Due to the bad weather last week, the Department of Recreational Activities
has re-scheduled the semi-annual Poker Walk for Wednesday (March 12) from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event will begin and conclude in the LSC Mall Area.
Please send information for the SHSU Update to the Office of Public Relations
at SHSU. For electronic access to SHSU news see the public relations Web page Today@Sam.
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May
March 9, 2003
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