SHSU Update For Week Of Sept. 28
Parade Participants
Sought To ‘Paint The Town Orange’
 Sam
Houston State University will "paint the town orange"
for Homecoming 2003 with the homecoming parade on Nov. 8 at
10 a.m.
Community groups and organizations are asked to participate
by showing their Bearkat spirit and decorating their floats
under the theme, "Paint the Town Orange." Awards
will be announced and given at the pre-game tailgate party,
which will be held in the parking lot of Bowers Stadium from
12-2 p.m.
Parade entry forms are available by calling the Office of
Student Activities at 936.294.3861 or the Office
of Alumni Relations at 936.294.1841. The entry deadline
is 5 p.m. on Nov. 5.
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Student Leaders To Be Honored
At Reception
SHSU students who have achieved recognition on a local, state
or national level in affiliation with the Division of Student
Services will be recognized at the Heart of a Champion Leadership
Reception, on Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center
Ballroom.
The event, being held in conjunction with Parents'
Weekend, will feature a guest speaker, food, awards and
fun.
For more information, contact Karen White at 936.294.3286
or at kwhite@shsu.edu.
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Coliseum To ‘Serve
Up’ Themed Volleyball Games
The Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum staff will ‘serve
up’ a night of contests and prizes on Oct. 17 for the
SHSU versus Texas State University-San Marcos volleyball game.
The Hawaiian-themed game, “Serves Up,” will begin
at 7 p.m. and will include a limbo contest and other games,
prizes, concession stand specials and “lots of fun,”
according to coliseum event coordinator Brian Booker.
“We’re going to have themes for all the games,
and this game will be the first big event,” Booker said.
“We want to get more people to come out to the volleyball
games.”
Throughout the day, coliseum staff and volleyball team members
will be dressed in theme-appropriate clothing and encourage
volleyball attendees to do so as well. In the future, they
will be giving awards to game attendees for the ‘Best
Dressed’ within that game’s theme, Booker said.
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Douglass Has Article
On OneCard Published
A recent issue of College Planning & Management includes
an article by Thelma Douglass, vice president for services,
on the process that led to adoption of the Bearkat OneCard
at Sam Houston State University.
Douglass was appointed by James F. Gaertner, SHSU president,
to head a task force of campus and community representatives
that researched a number of options, resulting in what is
believed to be one of the most innovative programs of its
kind.
The Bearkat OneCard is designed to handle all existing identification
card services, such as the meal plan and food service transactions,
accessing library and recreational facility services, and
having potential for additional features such as building
access. Users have an option to open a OneAccount as well.
' Cardholders can get cash from ATMs, write checks, send and
receive money electronically from their accounts, and monitor
the details of their accounts online," Douglass wrote.
Approximately 20 Huntsville merchants have signed up in a
program to offer discounts through a rewards program to Bearkat
OneCard users.
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Museum To Display Historic
Wright Replicas
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum will be celebrating the 100th
anniversary of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s history-making
flights at Kitty Hawk next month with an exhibit at the Walker
Education Center Gallery.
“Kitty Hawk and Beyond: The Wright Brothers and the
Early Year of Aviation,” an exhibit of prints made from
the original photographs at the Library of Congress and Wright
State University illustrating the work of the Wrights, will
be on display from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
For more information, call the museum
at 936.294.1832.
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Annual Fund Kicks Off
The faculty and staff Annual Fund committee are encouraging
all members of the university to contribute to the 2003-2004
faculty and staff portion of the Annual Fund, which kicked
off last week.
“Faculty and staff participation in giving is so important
-- not only for the needed gifts, but it also helps as the
development office markets our case to alumni and friends,”
said Cindy Truax, Annual Fund assistant director of development.
“Giving should begin with us!”
Contributions to the Annual Fund support scholarships, faculty
and staff developments, student activities, academic program
enrichment and technology and equipment upgrades. Gifts can
be earmarked for SHSU’s greatest need, or any particular
area of interest.
“Every gift, regardless of size, combines with others
for a significant total,” said faculty and staff Annual
Fund committee co-chairs Laverne Warner and Keith Jenkins.
Faculty and staff may contribute to the Invest In Our Future
Campaign by sending a check or credit card number to the Office
of University Advancement, at Box 2537; by payroll deduction;
or online at www.shsu.edu/giving.
Payroll deduction forms may be obtained at the Office of University
Advancement, or by contacting Truax at 936.294.4388 or by
e-mail.
The deadline for contributions is Nov. 3.
Other members of the faculty and staff annual fund committee,
include: Donna Artho, Sandy Baker, Jerry Bruce, Joey Chandler,
Cutty Gilbert, Kathy Gilcrease, Sherry Henke, John Holcombe,
Wes Johnson, Phyllis Kennedy, Suzette Kohers, Maureen McIntyre,
Cheryl Patton, Daughn Pruitt, Dorothy Roberson, Carol Shaw,
Dave Smith, Vic Sower, Debbie Stubbs, Terry Thibodeaux, Joellen
Tipton, and. Bobby Williams.
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Testing Center Examines Students’
Needs
The SHSU Testing Center, which opened in January 2003, administers
various exams throughout the year to help meet the needs of
both students and non-students for different programs and
fields.
This semester, the center will administer the Examination
for the Certification of Educators in Texas (EXCET) / Texas
Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES) Test on Oct. 4;
the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) subject test on Nov. 8 and
Dec. 13; and the Law School Admissions Test on Oct. 4 and
Dec. 6.
In addition, the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA)
test, formerly called the TASP test, which students are required
to pass in order to attend college, will be administered on
Nov. 8 and again next year on March 6, April 24, June 19 and
July 31.
The center also offers College Level Exam Program (CLEP) tests,
the ACT, ACT Residual, DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST),
Scholastic Assessment Test, and the THEA-QT, the quick version
of the THEA test.
The Testing Center charges a registration/administration fee
for each exam held during the week in addition to the regular
test fee charged by the testing companies. In addition to
the cost of the test, fees for each exam for currently-attending
SHSU students are as follows: ACT Residual-$35 for all examinees;
CLEP-$15; DSST-$25; THEA-QT-$25; TEXAS COMPUTER-BASED TESTING
COLLABORATIVE (TCBTC): $25 for all examinees; and all other
exams: $25. Administration costs for non-SHSU students are
$5 more, unless specified.
Due to limited seating, appointments for testing must be made
before a requested testing date, and reservations are made
on a first come-first served basis.
Test packets can be picked up the center office, located in
Academic Building IV Room 102. For more information on the
center, tests, policies
or test dates, call 936.294.1025, e-mail them at test.ctr@shsu.edu
or visit the center’s Web
site.
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Sociology Faculty Work
With Other Universities
The SHSU department of sociology has recently been recognized
as one the leading departments in the area through invitations
to participate in a number of activities locally and internationally.
"Houston-area junior colleges are in the process of developing
curricula that include globalization based courses such as
government, anthropology, economics and sociology," said
Alessandro Bonanno, chair of the department.
"We were asked to provide instruction to faculty through
a workshop to review and update literature on and findings
in globalization, which is the academic focus of our own department,"
said Bonanno.
Bonanno conducted the workshop on Sept. 26 at the Marriott
Hotel in the Galleria area of Houston. Approximately 40 professors
from a number of area institutions attended.
Earlier this month Bonnano was the keynote speaker at an international
conference on "Global Production Circuits" in Guadalajara,
Mexico. His address, "The Contradictions of Globalization,"
was delivered in Spanish.
He and other members of the sociology faculty will be traveling
abroad in coming months to participate in globalization activities
with other universities.
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School Of Music To ‘Jazz’
Up Killinger Auditorium
The SHSU School of Music will host a jazz concert on Sept.
30, with associate professor of music and director of jazz
studies Scott Plugge as conductor. The concert will be held
at 7 p.m. in the Killinger Auditorium.
For more info. call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360. 294-1393.
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Symphony Orchestra
To Salute Stars And Stripes
The SHSU symphony orchestra and chorale will present “A
Star-Spangled Evening” during Parents’ Weekend,
on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Killinger Auditorium.
Under the direction of conductors Carol Smith, professor of
music and director of orchestral studies, and Allen Hightower,
associate professor of music and director of choral and vocal
studies, members of the orchestra will perform John Williams
and Donald Riggio’s “Olympic Fanfare and Theme
(1984)”; Franz Doppler’s “Rondo,”
arranged by Robert E. Henry; Georges Bizet’s “Suite
No. 2”; Giacomo Puccini’s “O, Mimi! tu piu
non torni”; “God Bless America,” arranged
by Carmen Dragon; Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for
the Common Man”; and George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody
in Blue.”
Guest performers include: SHSU music faculty Rod Cannon, Wayne
Barrett, Christopher Cantrell and Jay Whatley, as well as
Morris I. Waller and Brady Knapp.
Assistant professor of music and coordinator of musicology
Sheryl Murphy-Manley will present a free pre-concert lecture,
at 6:30 p.m. in the Music Building Room 218.
Tickets for the event are $4 and can be purchased at the door.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Sam Works To Be Held Oct.
7
Sam Works, a networking opportunity for BearKat alumni, will
be held on Oct. 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Casa Tomas.
Free hors d'oeuvre will be served at the informal meet-and-greet,
hosted by Casa Tomas and the Alumni Association. In addition,
members of the Alumni Association will receive his/her first
beverage for free.
For more information, call the Alumni
Association at 936.294.1841.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Sept. 28, 2003
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