SHSU
Update For Week Of Feb. 1
Kolkorst To Visit
SHSU Campus
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst will be the featured speaker at a meeting
of the SHSU chapter of the Texas Association of College Teachers
on Tuesday (Feb. 3).
The meeting, open to all members of the SHSU community, will
be held at 3:30 p.m. in Austin Hall.
“Since Rep. Kolkhorst is serving on the Joint Interim
Committee on Higher Education that has been meeting in Austin
to prepare for the next legislative session, we expect that
she will have a number of things that she wishes to discuss
with us,” said Frank Fair, TACT state vice president
for financial affairs and SHSU philosophy professor.
During her visit to the campus, Kolkhorst will also meet with
university president James Gaertner and staff members in several
campus programs, including the Lifespan Literacy Center, Psychological
Services Center and Student Advising and Mentoring Center,
to discuss different aspects of each program.
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President To Speak At Information
Forum
University president James Gaertner will discuss several
issues related to the future of SHSU at the first Student
Information Forum on Wednesday (Feb. 4) at 6 p.m. in the LSC
Theatre.
The interactive forum will include a PowerPoint presentation
with a question and answer session at the end, according to
dean of students Frank Parker, who added that a few other
administrators will be on hand to field questions as well.
Topics Gaertner is expected to discuss include construction,
what the university expects from the State Legislature, the
appropriation of university fees, as well as new fees that
will be installed soon, and the direction the university is
heading, Parker said.
“Students will be informed of what’s going on,”
he said. “It’s information that I think is good
for students to have.”
The event is sponsored by the division of Student Services.
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Program Council To Honor
Black History
In honor of Black History month, the Program Council will
host a ‘Black History SAMsonian” beginning on
Monday (Feb. 2) in the LSC Art Gallery.
Organizations across campus will set up displays each day
reflecting black influence on different aspects of society.
The displays will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. through Thursday.
Topics to be displayed include: Monday: women—by Krimson
Kourt Sorority, Inc., and Women United; Tuesday: religion/gospel—by
Soul Lifter’s Gospel Choir, and literature—by
Sigma Tau Delta Fraternity; Wednesday: education—by
The Talented Tenth, and performing arts/music—by Black
Student Alliance; and Thusday: black inventors/inventions—by
Millennium Models, business and entrepreneurship—by
the National Association of Black Accountants, and civil rights—by
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Leadership Challenge
To Be Held This Weekend
Student Activities will host the Leadership Challenge ’04
workshop on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 6-7).
The workshop focuses on helping students acquire a basic knowledge
of skills like creativity, problem solving, trust and an understanding
of leadership.
The free workshop is open to all students and will include
free dinner on Friday night, lunch on Saturday, giveaways
and other prizes.
Students can sign up in the Student Activities Office, in
Lowman Student Center Suite 328. The sign up deadline is Feb.
2.
For more information, call 936.294.3861.
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Music Festival Changes Tuesday
Night Venue
The Tuesday (Feb. 3) night concert for the School of Music’s
42nd Annual Contemporary Music Festival has been moved from
the Recital Hall to Killinger Auditorium.
The 7:30 p.m. performance will now include the SHSU Symphony
Orchestra, with faculty soloists Randal Adams and Trent Hanna,
along with guest artists John Holt and Charlotte Tull.
The Wednesday night concert with the SHSU Wind Ensemble and
Chamber Music will still be in Killinger Auditorium. The festival
also includes a 2:30 p.m. performance on both Tuesday and
Wednesday in the Recital Hall
All of the concerts, as well as the lecture, are free and
open to the public.
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Counseling Center To Host Body
Image Workshop
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
In order to increase student awareness of those issues and
help students discern tools and resources that can help, the
Counseling Center will offer a “Body Image and Eating
Issues” workshop on Tuesday (Feb. 3) from 1-3 p.m.
The workshop will be held in the Counseling Center, across
from the Lee Drain Building and next to the Farrington Building.
“Body image and eating disorders are certainly an issue
near and dear to our students at Sam,” Charrier 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.”
Eating disorders do not only affect the female population.
“Though traditionally eating disorders have been considered
a problem mostly for women, an increasing number of men are
experiencing eating disorders every year,” Charrier
said.
The workshop is 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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Outdoor Recreation
Plans Canoe, Kayak Trip
The Outdoor Recreation division of Recreations Sports will
give participants the opportunity to ‘howl at the moon’
with a nighttime canoe and kayak trip on Wednesday (Feb. 4).
The event will be held at the Huntsville State Park, and participants
should meet at the Health and Kinesiology Center, where transportation
will be provided, at 6 p.m. The return to campus is scheduled
for no later than 9:30 p.m.
All equipment, as well as drinks, will be provided, but all
participants are encouraged to bring inexpensive flashlights
or headlamps.
Those interested must sign up by 5 p.m. on Feb. 3 in HKC Room
104. Participants also must complete a waiver and brief health
questionnaire, and an information sheet will be available
that includes tips on what to wear and bring.
Participation is limited to 12, and the minimum number of
sign-ups required to hold the event is four.
The cost is $5 for students, $7 for faculty and staff, and
$10 for guests. For more information, call the Outdoor
Recreation division at 936. 294.3656.
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Ceramics Workshop To
Be Held This Weekend
The Texas Archaeological Society and the Sam Houston Memorial
Museum will present a seminar on ceramics in archaeology this
weekend (Feb. 7-8) at the Walker Education Center. The workshop
will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Workshop participants will learn how cultural traditions and
styles are reflected in pottery and how archeologists use
data to better understand people and their cultures, according
to Sandy Rogers, museum registrar.
“Ceramics found at archaeological sites provide information
about the past regarding trade, food storage, cooking and
the status of buried leaders,” she said.
Saturday will be devoted in prehistoric ceramics, with Harry
Shafer, emeritus archeology professor Texas A & M, as
the main presenter, and on Sunday participants will here about
historic ceramics from TAS ceramics expert Sandra Pollan.
In addition, local potters Grady Mangum and Norma Elvin will
demonstrate techniques.
The workshop is open to the public. Registration is $60 for
TAS members and $90 for nonmembers, which includes a notebook
and lunch for both days.
For more information, or to register call Sandy Rogers at
936.291.1059.
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Museum Brings Russia To
Huntsville
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is giving Huntsville a “glimpse
of Russia” during the month of February with a photography
display taken by SHSU photography alumna Connie Moberley.
The display will be set up in the Exhibit Gallery of the Walker
Education Center.
“Glimpses of Russia” includes pictures of the
people and places of Moscow and St. Petersburg, made using
early digital technology.
The 30-year career of Connie Moberley, owner of Texas-based
Images That Work, includes all aspects of photography: industrial,
annual report, commercial, advertising, promotional, fine
art and business portraiture.
“Her sense of composition and eye for detail produce
visually powerful images that regularly — and purposefully
— transcend 'camera technique' to become fine art,”
the museum Web site said.
“This dynamic blending of talent and technology has
produced a unique vision that results in photographs with
such potent perspectives as to totally engage the viewer time
after time,” it said.
For more information, call the museum
at 936.294.1832.
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Wake Forest Prof Visits Psychology
Department
Wake Forest University psychology professor Mark Leary spoke
with faculty and students in the SHSU psychology and philosophy
department on Tuesday (Jan. 27) about his research on interpersonal
motivation and emotion.
Leary, a renowned scholar in the field of social and personality
psychology, publishes on such topics as self-presentation,
self-esteem and identity.
He is the author of the well-respected book entitled "Self-Presentation:
Impression Management and Interpersonal Behavior."
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Jennifer Gauntt
Feb. 1, 2004
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