SHSU Update For Week Of Oct. 19
Series To Teach Students
About 'Dollars And Sense'
Bearkat OneCard Services will teach students about “Dollars
and Sense” through a series of workshops beginning on
Oct. 29.
Robert Stretcher, faculty member in the College of Business
Administration, will kick off the Financial Seminar Series
at 3 p.m. in Lowman Student Center Room 304. The program,
slated to run two hours, will be the only one in the series
held this semester.
The workshops, which focus on financial basics targeted towards
students, will discuss budgeting basics, credit essentials,
basic investments and challenges students may encounter in
making financial choices in today’s complex market.
All students are invited to participate.
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University Seeks Volunteers
For Academic Challenge
Volunteers are needed to serve as question reviewers, moderators
and judges for the Academic Challenge regional competition,
to be held on Nov. 15.
Question reviewers are responsible for evaluating questions
within their area of expertise, assessing the question’s
clarity and the answer’s accuracy prior to the competition;
moderators are responsible for reading questions in rounds
of about 30 minutes each; and judges settle disputes and answer
questions that arise during matches.
SHSU administrators, faculty, staff and honors students have
participated in the competition for the past 10 years, and
coffee and pastries in the morning, as well as lunch and afternoon
snacks will be provided. The event also serves as a way to
earn Faculty Evaluation System University Service points.
Over 20 high school teams are expected from the greater Houston
area to participate in the competition.
Volunteer forms can be accessed at http://www.shsu.edu/~acp_www/fall2003/acform.pdf.
For more information, or to volunteer, contact Mitzi Mahoney
at 936.294.1464 or at pol_mlm@shsu.edu.
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Orange Attack Draws Enthusiastic
Crowd
With a rather large turnout, the first Orange Attack was
a success, according to Brandon Cooper, student coordinator
for Student Activities.
“We had so much enthusiasm from students,” Cooper
said. “We didn’t pack the house but there were
a lot of people there. It was really great to see all them
there and really supporting the team. Everyone was so pepped
up, yelling and screaming.”
The Ag Council received first place in the most spirited organization
contest, and the Baptist Student Ministry won second.
Cooper said staff in the Office of the President, Office of
the Vice President for Student Services, Student Activities
and Program Council, who sponsored the event, are very appreciative
of the reaction by members of the SHSU community.
“We just wanted to thank everyone for coming out and
showing support,” he said.
In addition, Cooper said they have been receiving feedback
from different departments and students with different suggestions
for future Orange Attacks, which will become a traditional
event whenever SHSU plays Stephen F. Austin.
“People are really showing a reaction to it,”
he said. “We’re going to try to make this a more
annual thing, where we do it all SFA games, and hopefully
in the spring, when the basketball team plays SFA, we’re
going to try to do it and make it even bigger and better.”
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Spanish Prof Receives Grant
To Research In Spain
The Spanish government recently awarded one SHSU professor
a grant to go to Madrid for a month to research in the Madrid
National Library.
Frieda Koeninger, Spanish professor, will continue the research
that she has already been doing in the National Archives in
Mexico City.
Her project, entitled “Silenced Voices: Political Dissidents
in the Times of Carlos IV,” follows cases where citizens
were wrongly arrested by Carlos IV, former King of Spain (1748-1819).
Carlos IV was feeling threatened by these political dissidents
because of the radical views, and unlawfully tried and imprisoned
several innocent people.
The grant will allow Koeninger to research the archives and
its contents of hundreds of handwritten documents from the
1790s.
Koeninger plans to leave on Dec. 26 and return to SHSU on
Jan. 24.
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Wellness Program To Host
'Lunchtime Learning'
Ever wanted to learn about fitness, nutrition and how to
lead a healthy lifestyle but didn’t have the time? The
Wellness Program will host a six-week course entitled “Lunchtime
Learning” beginning on Oct. 21, from 12-1 p.m.
The program, which will be held on Tuesdays, will run through
Nov. 25.
Scheduled topics include cardiovascular endurance, nutrition,
goal setting, muscular strength, body composition, fitness
assessment and more.
Course registration is limited to 15, and the registration
deadline is Oct. 20. Participants are also asked to bring
their lunches.
For more information, contact Tina DeAses at 936.294.3658
or by e-mail at rca_cnh@shsu.edu.
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Alumna Speaks At Physics
Colloquium
SHSU alumna Heidi Hensen discussed her work as a doctoral
student in geophysics at Baylor University at the Physics
Colloquium on Thursday (Oct. 16), in Farrington Building Room
207.
Hensen, who received her Bachelor of Science degree in geology
and physics from SHSU in 2001, told students the about “Multi-Frequency
Acoustic Profiling of Reservoir Sediment,” the research
she is a part of at Baylor.
“Specifically, we are surveying lakes, and we are trying
to figure out how much sediment has accumulated in the lakes
over the lifespan of the reservoir,” she said. “It
(a transducer) emits a sound and when it gets to the bottom
(of a reservoir), it sends a reception off the bottom back
up and we see that. We also take physical samples of the sediment
and we calibrate the acoustic response in it. That way we
can map the whole lake and see how much sediment is in there.”
Currently, Hensen is working on two research projects, one
funded by the Texas Water Development Board in Austin for
research on major reservoirs and another funded by the USDA
for research on smaller flood water structures.
“We’re trying to estimate sedimentation rights
in these reservoirs and figure out where the sedimentation
is coming from, and try to figure out if it’s coming
in on a continual basis or during specific flooding events,”
she said.
“They are significantly filling up and these reservoirs
are used for major water supplies and also recreation, which
is a billion-dollar industry; so they don’t want these
reservoirs to fill up, but they’re dammed up so there’s
nowhere for the sediment to go.”
Because of the high costs of dredging, these companies hope
to find out, though research such as what Hensen is working
on, what they can do to keep the sediment from being in the
lake.
“The USDA is trying to figure out some way to divert
the sediment before it comes into the lake,” she said,
“but you’ve got to know when to do that, and you’ve
got to know where to do that.”
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SHSU Gets Recognized In Alpha
Chi Newsletter
Three members and alumni members of the SHSU Texas Omicron
chapter of Alpha Chi were recently mentioned in the fall 2003
edition of the Alpha Chi Newsletter.
Krystal Willeby, a senior history major, was one of five chosen
as an alternate for the Alfred H. Nolle Scholarship, which
carries a stipend of $1,500. Though not one of the 10 selected
to receive the scholarship, if, for any reason, one of the
recipients chooses not to pursue their degree, Willeby could
be awarded the national scholarship, according to Patricia
Williams, Alpha Chi faculty adviser.
“It’s a really high honor to be nominated for
the national scholarship,” Williams said.
Retired professor and long-time sponsor of the SHSU chapter
Howard Griffin was one of 15 honored with the Distinguished
Service award at the 2003 national convention. Griffin also
served on the Alpha Chi national council from 1977 to 1979.
In addition, Williams was recognized in the newsletter for
her completion a four-year term as president and 12 consecutive
years on Alpha Chi’s national council.
The Texas Omicron chapter was also nominated by its region
for the President’s Cup, an award given every two years
by the organization.
Ten SHSU students made presentations during the 2003 national
conference, held in March in Washington, D.C., Williams said.
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Museum To Tell Story Of Wright
Flight
In lieu of the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’
historic first flight, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum will
be hosting a presentation entitled, “The Story of Wilbur
and Orville Wright.”
The program and reception will be held from 6–10 p.m.
on Oct. 23 in the Walker Education Center Auditorium and will
feature Patrick Nolan, museum director.
Nolan, who has written a book on the famous brothers, will
give a slide lecture on the life and work of the Wrights.
Prior to coming to the Sam Houston Museum, Nolan directed
the Center for the Study of Early Flight at Wright State University
in Dayton, Ohio, and organized exhibits of Wright photographs.
For more information call the Sam
Houston Memorial Museum at 936.294.1832.
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Opera Workshop To Be Held This
Weekend
SHSU’s Opera Workshop will present “All Things
Operatic,” a concert of operatic arias and ensembles,
on Friday (Oct. 24) and Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital
Hall.
The repertoire, presented by some of SHSU’s most talented
musicians, comes from some of the world’s greatest and
beloved operas including Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, The
Barber of Seville and many others, according to professor
of voice Mary Kay Lake.
General admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students and
seniors. All SHSU students, faculty and staff are admitted
for free.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Oct. 19, 2003
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