SHSU
Update For Week Of May 9
Track Complex Rededicated
In Name Of Alumnus, Wife
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| Miriam York, on the left of the monument,
and her family members from across the nation gathered
in front of the recently rededicated "Meredith and
Miriam York Track Complex" on May 1 . A football
and track letterman, the late Meredith York graduated
from SHSU in 1935, and he and Miriam became longtime benefactors
of the track and field program. York was awarded a plaque
in honor of their contributions, which also includes two
track and field scholarships established in Meredith's
honor, at a ceremony and luncheon when the complex was
officially rededicated. The monument is located at the
main entrance of the Bower’s Stadium. |
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Staff Council Seeks To Fill
11 Positions
The Staff Council Elections Committee will accept nominations
for the SHSU Staff Council until 5 p.m. on May 14.
Two positions will be open in the administrative classification,
three in tech/para-professional, one in skilled craft, three
in clerical, and two in service/maintenance.
Elections will be held May 26-28.
Eligible nominees must be employed with SHSU for 12 months
and be all benefits-eligible, non-faculty university employees
who have been employed for at least one year.
Two-year terms begin Aug. 1, ending on the last day of July.
In the first year of Staff Council representation, at least
one representative from each classification will only be allowed
to serve a one-year term.
In addition, no member may serve more than two consecutive
terms but may be re-elected after a one-year interval.
Information about classifications and nomination forms may
be found at the
www.shsu.edu/~staffcouncil/ or by calling the Human Resources
Department at 936.294.4409.
Anyone may nominate more than one person, and forms should
be sent to: SHSU, Box 2059, Attn: Cathi Gillette, Staff Council
Nominations.
For more information about the election, contact election
committee members: Gillette at 936.294.1721 or gillette@shsu.edu,
Jacob Spradlin at 936.294.3929 or spradlin@shsu.edu,
Janis Lawrence at 936.294.1974 or
gra_jal@shsu.edu, Gustie Callaway at 936.294.1341 or arc001@shsu.edu,
or Bernice Strauss at 936.294.4455 or sam_bss@shsu.edu.
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Moore To Be Honored At Retirement
Reception
A reception will be held for Doug Moore on Friday (May 14)
as he says goodbye to SHSU after teaching in the College of
Criminal Justice for 32 years.
The retirement reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the
Bluebonnet Room in the University Hotel.
To RSVP, call Cutty Gilbert at 936.294.3755.
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LSC Offers ‘Orange
Light Specials’ For Finals
The Lowman Student Center, with the Counseling Center, will
offer “orange light specials” during finals week,
May 10-14.
The Counseling Services will also host a relaxation station
in the LSC Lobby Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon
and from 1-4:30 p.m., and the Barnes and Noble University
Bookstore will give away free soda and popcorn from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. all four days.
The LSC will be open until midnight for studying, with LSC
study Rooms 306, 309 and 320 available from 8 a.m. to midnight
Monday through Wednesday.
Other specials for Monday and Tuesday include: Cyber Confections
will give a 10 percent discount on coffee beverages from 4
p.m. to midnight; the Paw Print will have 99-cent Burger King
Whoppers from 4 p.m. to close; and the Kat Klub will offer
the first hour of billiards or table tennis for half price
from 6-9:30 p.m.
Also, on Wednesday the Paw Print will have 99-cent Burger
King Whoppers from 4 p.m. to close, and the Kat Klub will
offer the first hour of billiards or table tennis for half
price from 6-9:30 p.m.
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Twilight Breakfast
Serves 250
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| Faculty members Vic and Judy Sower help
serve hungry students studying for finals at the Twilight
Breakfast Thursday. |
Aramark and the Department of Residence Life hosted the 33rd
consecutive Twilight Breakfast on Thursday (May 6) at Café
Belvin.
The event is designed to kick off finals with campus administrators
serving SHSU students breakfast.
Servers included Richard Eglsaer, Terry Thibodeaux, Vic Sower,
Brenda Lichtman, Laverne Warner, Roseanne Keathley, John Yarabeck,
Brenda Boeske, Donna Rogers, Christine Homeyer, Karimah Coger,
Judy Sower, Pamela Laughlin, Lt. Col. Alan Mooneyham, Maj.
Chris Wooten, and several ROTC staff.
The volunteers served approximately 250 students.
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French Honor Society Inducts
Four
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| 2004 Pi Delta Phi inductees for the
Eta Iota chapter include (from left to right): Jason Carter,
Deisy Verdinez, Mayra Sanchez and Thomas Couvillon. |
The Eta Iota chapter of Pi Delta Phi recently initiated four
new members into the university’s national French honor
society.
French minors Jason Carter, a senior Spanish major; Mayra
Sanchez, a junior criminal justice major; Deisy Verdinez,
a senior journalism-public relations major; and Tomas M. Couvillon,
an SHSU visiting assistant professor of music, were welcomed
into the society at a ceremony on April 16. Couvillon was
initiated as an honorary member.
The ceremony was held in the Evans Complex Foreign Language
Seminar Room and was followed by dinner at Romani’s.
Also attending the ceremony were Mary Gutermuth, moderator
and executive director of the organization; Leslie Mayen,
junior French major and Pi Delta Phi president; Rafael Saumell,
coordinator of the foreign languages department; Bill Bridges,
English department chair; and David Gerling and Frieda Koeninger,
both associate professors of Spanish.
Members of the organization must have a 3.0 grade point average
and must have completed at least one advanced course in French.
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Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
May 9, 2004
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