SHSU
Update For Week Of April 11
Exhibit To Show Student
Life Throughout SHSU History
The 125th anniversary celebration will officially kick off
with an exhibit of photographs from the university archives
on Monday (April 12) in the Lowman Student Center Art Gallery.
The 24 images will be on display through April 24 and will
show different aspects of student life throughout the years
at SHSU.
“We went through a lot of the older available images,
and we were thinking about the student center and relating
it to the students, so there are images of student activities
in there,” said Mac Woodward, display committee chairman
in the 125th anniversary steering committee. “It’s
a variety of views of the university throughout the years.”
Another photo exhibit of university images will be held in
May in the Walker Education Center as part of the celebration.
The LSC Art Gallery is located in the lobby of the Lowman
Student Center and is open Monday through Thursday, from 7
a.m. to 10 p.m.; on Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; on Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and on Sunday, from 3-10 p.m.
For more information, visit the 125th Anniversary Web Site
at http://www.shsu.edu/125/.
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LSC Promotes Anniversary
With ‘Orange Light Specials’
The Lowman Student Center will offer several “orange
light specials” in honor of SHSU’s 125th anniversary
celebration.
Specials for April 12-16 include the Program Council movie
night showing of "House of Sand and Fog" on Friday
(April 16) at 7 p.m. in the LSC Theater, with $1.25 popcorn
and a beverage for the movie Night courtesy of ARAMARK; and
the Bearkat OneCard Office’s “Walk In and Win”
contest.
To participate in the Onecard contest, visit the OneCard Office
in LSC Suite 330 and be entered into a drawing for 1250 reward
points.
More “orange light specials will be held next week.
For more information, call the Lowman Student Center at 936.294.1759.
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Travel Fair To Be Held
Monday
To celebrate the first anniversary of Travel with Sam Houston
State University, there will be a Travel Fair on Monday (April
12), from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Criminal Justice
Center Lobby.
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Presentations will focus on upcoming tours to Greece, China,
the Grand Canyon, Kenya, New England, Ireland and Hungary,
and four travel partners will be on hand to answer questions
and share information.
Professor Edwin Williams, president of TraveLearn, will also
present a travel talk entitled “China: the Sleeping
Giant Wakes” at noon.
Williams, who has traveled to China many times during the
past 20 years, will focus on China's spectacular economic
growth since the inception of a "free-market economy."
He has been honored as "Ambassador of International and
Cultural Understanding" at the 2,550 birthday celebration
of Confucius at his birthplace in Qufu, Shandong Province;
has traveled on the Yangzte River during the 50th anniversary
of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1999;
and was most recently in China during the 16th party congress
of the Community Party.
Travel with SH is a great way to connect or reconnect with
the university, according to Grettle Payne, Travel with SHSU
coordinator.
The program's goals for travelers are to expand their horizons,
continue their education, renew and make lasting friendships,
and even those with no previous relationship with the university
can join SH alumni and friends at the Travel Fair and on any
of the university's sponsored tours, she said.
For more information, contact Travel with Sam Houston State
University by phone 936.294.4725 or toll-free 1.866.BEARKAT;
by e-mail at travel@shsu.edu
or on the web at www.shsu.edu/travel.
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Professors Seek Box Turtles
For Study
Two professors in the SHSU department of biological sciences
are asking for public assistance in a conservation effort
the two are working on.
Everett Wilson and William Lutterschmidt are sampling local
box turtles in Walker County as a conservation project to
investigate the distributional status of the two species found
in the county.
Their research will help determine if there is a hybrid turtle
formed by the breeding of the two different species.
“One species is mostly in The Woodlands, and one species
mostly in the prairie, going west from here towards Shiro,”
Wilson said. “We’re trying to see if they do actually
interbreed, because there is some question about that.
“A partial wildlife man has said he’s found some
he can’t identify exactly, which means there might be
some hybrids,” he said. “So that’s what
we’re doing. We’re running DNA samples from a
little drop of blood to see if we can see that difference.”
The public can participate in the project by catching box
turtles found in Walker County and submitting them to one
of four sampling stations.
Wilson said three turtles were brought in on Thursday and
can be differentiated by river turtles because they close
up completely in the front.
“It (the box turtle) is the one that has a fairly good
dome on them, they’re usually olive green or splotched
with yellow and they can actually close up the front, with
the head and legs in completely tight,” he said.
The four sampling stations are located at the Huntsville Pet
Clinic, at 2902 Montgomery Road; Animal Hospital, at 368 Highway
75; U.S. Forrest Service, at 394 FM and 1375 West; and at
the department
of biological sciences, in Lee Drain Building Room 300,
on the university campus.
All turtles submitted must have precise locality data to be
accepted and used in the study, and each turtle will be returned
to their capture site after acquiring a blood sample and evaluating
reproductive status.
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Alpha Chi Named ‘Star,’
Outstanding Chapter
The SHSU Alpha Chi Texas Omicron chapter was recognized
again this year as a “Star Chapter” and was selected
as Outstanding Chapter for Region II at the Alpha Chi National
College Honor Scholarship Society's Region I and II Convention,
held at the University of Texas at Arlington on April 2-3.
The Texas Omicron chapter has been acknowledged as a “Star
Chapter” for the nine years that the award has existed
and will compete at the 2005 national convention in St. Louis,
Mo., for the President's Cup for Outstanding Chapter in the
Nation. Alpha Chi has approximately 350 chapters.
Six SHSU students and alumni also presented their works and
helped sponsor Patricia Williams present an Alpha Chi workshop
for all participants.
Dance major Sarah Pilgrim, whose presentation was entitled
“The Journey," was selected as the runner-up for
the Region II Edward Gaston Scholarship. Pilgrim also received
the $500 local scholarship.
Other participating students include: May Mour, whose presentation
was entitled "Top of the World and Scent;" Mary
Sue Zoch, "Training a Musical Savant;" Ashley Turner,
"Alternative Photographic Processes;" Sarah Hewitt,
"Eye Contact: Poems for Painters;" and Laura Springel,
GLBT Youth: Culture Shock."
Ashley Turner is the chapter president, and Laura Springel
is the student delegate. Chapter sponsors are Frank Fair,
Teresa Ringo, and Williams.
On April 27, the chapter will help host a reception for outstanding
writers, with university president James Gaertner as the scheduled
speaker. This event will be held from 2-4 p.m. in Austin Hall.
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SAM Center To Answer Grad School
Questions
The SAM Center will host a graduate school information night
on Tuesday (April 13) at 5 p.m.
Representatives from financial aid, various departments, and
the SAM Center will be present to answer students questions
and provide information on applying for graduate school and
how many graduate programs function.
For more information, contact the SAM
Center at 936.294.4444 or e-mail at samcenter@shsu.edu.
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MISS To Give SHSU A Taste Of
Diversity
The SHSU community will have the opportunity to celebrate
diversity through food at the “Taste of SHSU”
on Wednesday (April 14) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lowman
Student Center Mall Area.
The event, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural and International
Student Services, will feature Hispanic-based organizations
passing out chicken quesadillas, fruit cups with fruit seasoning,
sopaipillas and tropical punch.
“Nothing brings cultures together like food,”
said Jennifer Roberts, MISS program coordinator. “We’re
highlighting the (Hispanic) Americans so that students, as
well as faculty and staff, can know what the food from that
particular region tastes like.”
The participating organizations will also tell about their
groups, Roberts said, and the event will be held in conjunction
with the Program Council’s “Make Your Own Salsa”
event, which will be held at noon in the LSC Mall Area.
The next “Taste of SHSU” event will highlight
Africa and the African nations.
For more information, contact the Office
of Multicultural and International Services at 936.294.3588.
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Counseling Center To Explore
Career, Image Issues
The Counseling Center will host a career exploration workshop
on Wednesday (April 14) from 1-3 p.m.
A “Body Image and Eating Issues” workshop will
also be held on Friday (April 16) from 9-11 a.m.
An estimated 25 percent of college-aged women have an eating
disorder. Even if it does not reach that level, 91 percent
of college-aged women have attempted to control their weight
through dieting, according to SHSU counseling psychologist
Beth Charrier.
“Body image and eating disorders are certainly an issue
near and dear to our students at Sam,” she said. “We
want students who may be worried about this issue or struggling
with what to do to know more about what they can do to improve
their body image and also be aware of treatment options available
to them.”
Both workshops will be held in the Counseling Center, across
from the Lee Drain Building and next to the Farrington Building
and are free for all students. Those who would like to participate
are asked to sign up beforehand so the Counseling Center can
have enough materials for everyone.
For more information or to sign up, call the Counseling
Center at 936.294.1720.
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Writing Center Pens Three
April Workshops
The SHSU Writing Center will host a workshop on “Using
Other People’s Words: How to Quote Effectively,”
with presenters Alice Marcom and Jennifer Rudolph, on Wednesday
(April 14) at 1 p.m.
The workshop will focus on conventions for incorporating quotes
and paraphrasing, as well as using textual evidence appropriately
to create seamless prose and maintain your own voice.
On April 20, presenters Mary Cook and Debi Greene will review
the basics of punctuation in a friendly, non-threatening environment
with “Simple Steps for Perfecting Your Punctuation.”
The workshop will be held at 2 p.m.
A “Basics of APA Documentation” workshop will
also be held on April 29 at 2 p.m., with presenters Jennifer
Sanders and Ryan Hoover.
This workshop will teach the basics of citing sources within
a paper, compiling a reference list and using headings according
to the latest version of the APA manual, which is used in
psychology, criminal justice and other social sciences.
All workshops will be held in the Writing
Center, located in Wilson Building Room 114. For more
information, or to sign up for a workshop, call at 936.294.3680,
or e-mail wctr@shsu.edu.
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Send Update Items Here
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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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
April 11, 2004
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