SHSU
Update For Week Of Feb. 15
COAS, French Club To Sponsor
Cajun Festival Thursday
The College of Arts and Sciences and the French club will
sponsor the Cajun Mardi-Gras Festival on Thursday (Feb. 19)
in the Lowman Student Center Ballroom.
Cajun performers The Jambalaya Cajun Band and the legendary
D.L. Menard will perform at the event, which will be held
from 9 p.m. to midnight, and alcohol and snacks will be available.
In addition, there will be a Cajun music and culture seminar
with members of the Jambalaya Cajun Band at 7 p.m. in Evans
Building Room 105 and free Cajun dance lessons by native Cajun
dance instructor Joe
Paris, from 8-9 p.m. in the Ballroom.
Admission is $2 for students, $5 for faculty and staff, and
$10 for non-SHSU participants.
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Reverend, Civil Rights
Activist To Address SHSU, City
The Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., will meet with different sectors
of the university and community to address the importance
of peaceful, organized political activism on Friday and Saturday
(Feb. 20-21).
The Civil Rights activist will give a speech to the student
body and the Huntsville community on “The Power of Activism:
Then and Now,” from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the
LSC Theatre on Friday. He will also hold a student leadership
workshop for SHSU student leaders and Huntsville Independent
School District from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Lee Drain Building
Room 213.
On Saturday, Lawson will address university faculty and administrators,
community leaders and Huntsville High School officials. His
speech, “Strengthening Our Community: A Call to Activism,”
will be delivered from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Austin
Hall.
From 6-9 p.m., he will discuss “Commemorating the Brown
Decision and Rediscovering Lessons for Today” in the
Killinger Auditorium, which will be open to all members of
the community and university.
One of the principal architects of the Civil Rights Movement
and an associate of the late Martin Luther King, Jr., Lawson
is pastor of the Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles.
The event is sponsored by the Elliott T. Bowers Honor Program.
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Prouty To Be Honored At
Retirement Celebration
A retirement party will be held in honor of Joan Prouty,
professor of curriculum and instruction, on Wednesday (Feb.
18).
The event will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Austin Hall.
Congratulatory letters and donations may be sent to: David
Henderson, 1908 Bobby K. Marks Blvd., Box 2119, Huntsville,
77341.
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Sprinkles To Serve
As Speaker Series Lecturer
Award-winning author and speaker Jonathan Sprinkles will
share his message of “DiversiMe University” with
the SHSU community via satellite as part of the Society of
Success and Leadership speaker series on Tuesday (Feb. 17).
The speech will be held at 6 p.m. in Academic Building 1 Room
213.
Sprinkles has devoted his life to pursuing his passion of
“teaching beautiful people to act like it” through
stories of his own struggles with self-limiting beliefs and
self-sabotaging habits.
Author of “Why Settle? Be the Best YOU That YOU Can
Be!” and “Student Success Stories,” Sprinkles
has been recognized as a three-time honoree of the Top 10
Most Upstanding Men award by the African American Culture
Committee, Dean’s Dozen and the Barbara Jordan Leadership
Award winners.
The Society of Success and Leadership series is sponsored
by the Office
of Student Activities. For more information, call 936.294.3861.
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OneCard Office To Provide
Info For Other Universities
The Bearkat OneCard Services Office and Higher One will
share “some of the leading work it’s done in developing
and deploying card-based solutions” of the OneCard to
five universities on Wednesday (Feb. 18), according to Troy
Voelker, office director.
The OneEvent will focus on OneCard implementation at SHSU,
the benefits of a OneCard program, the lessons learned through
implementation, and directions for future program growth.
Representatives from universities which are currently in the
early searching or “request for proposal” stages
of selecting a OneCard program will be in attendance. These
include the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas State University-San
Marcos, George Washington University, Southern University
in Baton Rouge and New Mexico State University.
“The launch of the OneCard program has been quite successful
and other universities are looking at our example,”
Voelker said.
The office has recently completed a re-carding of the entire
campus, adding card access functionality to non-traditional
venues like parking and, soon, residence halls.
“We've additionally outsourced refund processing which
allows direct deposit to students while reducing costs for
the university,” Voelker said.
The OneEvent will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Lowman
Student Center Room 304.
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Career Services To Host Internship,
Summer Camp Fair
Career Services will host a summer camp and job fair on
Wednesday (Feb. 18), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowman
Student Center Ballroom.
The event will allow students to look for a summer job and/or
internship from many of today’s top summer camps and
companies.
Various representatives presenting summer camp opportunities,
such as YMCA’s Camp Cullen and Boy Scouts of America
Sam Houston Area, will be in attendance to offer several job
opportunities to SHSU students.
Students should bring many copies of their resumes, as well
as copies of their unofficial transcripts to the event.
Dress for the summer camp and job fair is casual, and students
who need to copy their resumes and transcripts can do so in
the Career Library, which has free copy machines and computers
for students.
For a complete list of representatives at the career fair
or more information, call Career Services at 936.294.1713
or visit the Web
site.
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SHSU Brings Romeo And Juliet
To Mainstage Theatre
The SHSU theatre department will tell the timeless tale
of William Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in its
production of “Romeo and Juliet.” The play will
run from Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 18-21) at 8 p.m.
nightly, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee, on the University
Theatre Center’s Mainstage Theatre.
Penelope Hasekoester, associate professor of theatre, will
direct the production of one of Shakespeare’s most well-known
tragedies, which focuses on the battle the two young lovers
have with their feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets.
SHSU senior David Kenner and sophomore Cadien Dumas play the
fated Romeo and Juliet. Also on cast are Matt Tompkins, Sarah
Ripper, Josh Amyx, Paul Copenhaver, Kevin Crouch, Jennifer
Dyer, Haley Dyes, Wesley Fruge, Kandice Harris, Spencer Plachy,
Matt Radcliff and Christopher Wingler.
The set and costumes were designed by SHSU theatre faculty
members Don Childs and Kristina Hansen, respectively; senior
theatre major Crystal Lee designed the lights and freshman
musical theatre major David Deveau created the sound design.
Senior Tara Mininger is the stage manager and Dyes is the
assistant director.
There is adult content within the play. Tickets are $10 for
general admission and $8 for SHSU students and senior citizens.
For more information, or to reserve tickets, call the Theatre
Box Office at 936.294.1339.
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Clay Club To Host Workshop,
Slide Show
The SHSU Clay Club will present a workshop and slide lecture
by nationally-known ceramic artist Wesley Anderegg on Monday
(Feb. 16).
Workshop sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
from 1-4 p.m., with a pot-luck lunch at 12 p.m. Both will
be held in the Ceramics Studio, in Room 102 of Art Building
A.
Anderegg’s slide lecture will begin at 5 p.m. in the
Art Department Auditorium in Art Building E.
Anderegg, who lives in Lompoc, Calif., has been a studio artist
for over 20 years and a people watcher all of his life. Often
incorporating materials in addition to clay, his work has
been extensively exhibited nationwide and is represented in
public and private collections, as well as numerous publications.
The workshop and lecture are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Lynn Duryea, visiting assistant
professor of art, at 936.294.1322 or at lynnduryea@shsu.edu.
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PC To Give Students Different View
Of Themselves
The Program Council will give the SHSU community an opportunity
to see themselves in a whole new light with the Human Race
Machine all this week (Feb. 16-20).
The Human Race Machine allows participants to see themselves
with the facial characteristics of six different races mapped
into their own visage by distorting a picture each participant
takes in the machine.
The machine will be set up in the Lowman Student Center Art
Gallery from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
The purpose of the program is to introduce various viewpoints,
diverse ideas and activities, stimulate discussions and encourage
interaction among students.
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SAM Center To Answer Grad School
Questions
The SAM Center will host a graduate school information night
on Feb. 24 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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Williams Profiled In
Athletics Directors’ Newsletter
SHSU athletic director Bobby Williams was recently profiled
in “Red Zone,” a quarterly newsletter of the Division
I-AA Athletics Directors Association.
Appearing in a section called, “High Profile,”
Williams answered questions, in a fill-in-the-blank format,
about both his career and home life.
In the profile, Williams said he considers his greatest accomplishments
at SHSU the three football championships as assistant coach
and one football and two men’s basketball championships
as the AD.
One thing about Williams people would be surprised to know
is that both he and his father played football and graduated
from Rice University, he said.
Also, when asked which four guests at a fantasy dinner, either
living or deceased and excluding family members, he would
choose, he said, “King Solomon (wisdom), John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson (vision), General Sam Houston (leadership),
Gene Kranz (implementation)…sorry, but I had to have
five. I will pay for the extra.”
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ComicView To Feature
Theobald On Tuesday
Comedian Marc Theobald will provide students with a bit
of comic relief at PC ComicView on Tuesday (Feb. 17). The
event will be held in the LSC Theatre at 8 p.m.
The Brooklyn native who has appeared on Comedy Central’s
Premium Blend uses a cast of characters including Peace Man,
a black militant poet who talks about everything except peace,
and W. Whitman, a talk show host who cares nothing about his
guest, in his set.
A recent hit at the famed Caroline's Comedy Club in Manhattan,
the versatile Theobald has also performed at a number of hoppin'
spots, including New York Comedy Club, Catch A Rising Star,
Stand-Up New York, and Uptown Comedy Club.
Theobald, who calls Chris Rock and Richard Pryor his inspirations,
has been described as a creative, approachable and a likable
comic with a strong point of view.
In addition to ComicView, the Program Council will sponsor
“The Prize is Right,” an event celebrating Hispanic
Heritage, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the LSC Theatre at 7 p.m.
and will present the movie “Gothika,” starring
Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, for PC Movie
Night on Friday (Feb. 20) at 7 p.m. in the LSC Theatre.
For more information on any of these events, call the Program
Council at 936.294.1763.
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Workshop To Counsel On
Anxiety, Stress Management
The SHSU Counseling Center will host an anxiety and stress
management workshop on Wednesday (Feb. 18) at 1 p.m.
The workshop will give students the opportunity to learn stress
management tips and how to cope with the anxieties of having
stress in their lives, according to Pamela McManus, interim
director of the Counseling Center.
McManus said she is very optimistic about the event because
everyone can relate to having stress in their lives.
“Stress is a big problem in life for everyone,”
she said. “Students should learn to cope with stress
now because it is a lifelong problem for most people.”
There is no sign-up deadline for the workshop, but McManus
encourages everyone to signup as soon as possible.
“Signing up is preferred because of the limited space
we have in the center,” she said. “Acting now
will ensure they have a space and someone to work with when
they show up.”
The free workshop will be held at the Counseling Center, across
from the Lee Drain Building and next to the Farrington Building.
For more information, or to sign-up, call 936.294.1720 or
visit the Counseling
Center Web site.
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Outdoor Recreation Plans Mountain
Biking Trip
The Outdoor Recreation division of the Department of Recreational
Sports will give the SHSU community the opportunity the push
their pedal power with a mountain bike trip at the Huntsville
State Park.
Departure time for the trip will be at 3 p.m. on Feb. 23,
and participants are expected to return by 6 p.m.
Outdoor Recreation will provide transportation and guidance
throughout the trip.
“This is a very popular trail for local and Houston-area
mountain bikers,” said Marvin Seale, associate director
of outdoor recreation. “We'll spend a couple hours enjoying
a somewhat technical and fairly strenuous ride. While previous
mountain bike experience isn't necessary, a moderate degree
of fitness is.”
The cost is $15 for students, $17 for faculty and staff and
$20 for guests, which covers bike rentals, and if a participant
brings his/her own bike, there is a $10 discount.
While there are only four bikes available to rent, anyone
who brings his/her own bike can participate.
The sign-up deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 20). For more
information, call the Outdoor
Recreation division at 936.294.3656.
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news see the public relations Web page Today@Sam.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Feb. 15, 2004
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