SHSU
Update For Week Of Jan. 25
COBA To Break New Ground
The College of Business Administration at Sam Houston State
University has come a long way since the days of Sam Houston
Normal Institute, when business offerings were called "commercial
courses."
COBA, as it is now known, has made great strides in curriculum,
faculty and respect among peer institutions, culminating in
its accreditation in 1996 by the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business. Less than a third of business education
programs have received that accreditation.
On Tuesday at 9 a.m. COBA will take another great step, with
groundbreaking for an expansion to the Smith-Hutson Business
Building.
The $8.3 million 47,475 square feet structure will add an
auditorium, 15 classrooms, 39 faculty offices and two departmental
suites to current space.
R. Dean Lewis, dean of the College of Business Administration,
said the new space scheduled for completion in May 2005 "will
match our strong academic program, improve the quality of
the educational experience for our students, and deliver growth
capabilities we currently do not have."
Participants in the groundbreaking in addition to Lewis will
include Bobby K. Marks, SHSU president emeritus and former
COBA dean, President James Gaertner, SHSU regents and university
officials, architects, contractors and building committee
members.
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Art Opens Semester With Two Exhibits
An exhibit of work by the current faculty of the art department
will be on display in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery through Feb.12.
The 44th Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition features
work in a variety of media, including sculpture, ceramics,
painting, drawing, animation, printmaking and graphic design.
The SHSU faculty includes artists who have exhibited work
in museums and galleries throughout the United States and
who have been featured in national and international publications.
“It’s one of the best shows of the year, I think,”
said Debbie Davenport, art slide librarian.
In addition, works from students in the “painting one”
class during the fall semester will also be on display in
the Sofa Gallery, in Art Building A.
Receptions for both shows will be held on Thursday (Jan. 29)
from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the receptions.
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, in Art Building F, is open Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, contact Davenport at 936.294.1317.
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Sammy, Dance, Cheer
Place At Nationals
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| The Orange Pride dance team wins second
place at the College Cheerleading and Dance Team National
Championship last week. |
Sammy the Bearkat placed in the top 15 at the
College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship
last weekend.
Sammy placed 12th over University of Kentucky’s Wildcat,
Penn State University’s Nittany Lion, Texas Tech’s
Red Raider and University of Iowa’s Herky the Hawk,
among others.
The Orange Pride dance team advanced from the semi-finals
in its division to place second overall, topping such universities
as University of Delaware, Southwest Missouri State, Northern
Arizona and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
In addition, the SHSU cheer squad claimed ninth place in their
division. Texas State University, the only other competitor
in the Southland Conference, placed fifth.
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Theatre Prepares For
Regional Competition
The SHSU theatre department will present its production
of Tennessee William’s “Not About Nightingales”
as part of the Region VI competition of the Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival Feb. 24-28.
SHSU will compete against seven other universities in the
competition, hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville,
Ark., for a chance to perform at the national festival in
Washington D.C.
Four to six of the best and most diverse college productions
from the eight regions will be chosen to participate in the
national festival, which will be held April 12-18 at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
In addition to the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center,
individual students have the chance to be recognized with
scholarships and awards in design, acting, directing, criticism
and playwriting during the festival.
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Edens Named Associate Editor
For Psychology Journal
John Edens, associate professor of psychology, has been
appointed associate editor for the psychology journal Assessment.
As one of the associate editors, Edens will be responsible
for having manuscripts reviewed by editorial board members
and ad hoc reviewers, and then making the ultimate recommendation
as to whether these papers warrant publication.
Assessment is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles
derived from psychometric research, clinical comparisons,
or theoretical formulations and literature reviews in the
domain of clinical and applied assessment.
Assessment was recently ranked by the Journal Citation Reports
as the second highest psychological assessment journal in
the field of clinical psychology.
In the preceding year, Edens was also appointed as an editorial
board member for several other psychology journals, including
the Journal of Personality Assessment, Behavioral Sciences
& the Law, and Law & Human Behavior.
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‘Of Birds And Texas’
On Display At Library
The Newton Gresham Library has launched an ongoing display
of one of its most important holdings this month.
“Of Birds and Texas,” a two-year project for the
entire Holman family of printers, is the largest book ever
produced in Texas.
The plates can be seen, one per week accompanied by the artists’
commentaries, in a display located on the second floor of
the library, in the main lobby area.
With only 525 copies produced and owing to its cost, large
libraries and major collectors around the world comprise most
of the purchasers, according to Paul M. Culp, Jr., special
collections librarian.
This huge imperial folio is not bound, but boxed, in order
to facilitate the display of its superb color plates, Culp
said.
“Of Birds and Texas” was a landmark in Texas Publishing,
as was Audubon’s “Birds of America” at its
first appearance in 1837, he said.
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Rice Professor To
Speak At Physics Colloquium
Michael Deem, professor in the bioengineering and physics
departments at Rice University will be the guest speaker at
the Physics Colloquium on Thursday (Jan. 29).
Deem will discuss the “Natural Evolution, Disease and
Localization in the Immune System” from 2-3 p.m. in
Farrington Building Room 207.
The colloquium is open to the public. For more information,
contact Barry Friedman at 936.294.1604.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Jan. 25, 2003
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