SHSU
Update For Week Of Sept. 5
Alumni Golf Tournament To Benefit
Scholarships
The SHSU Alumni Association will host an Alumni Classic
Scholarship fundraiser on Sept. 18 at the Raven Nest Golf
Club.
Registration will be held from 6:30-7:45 a.m. for the four-player
scramble, with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
Entry fees are $100, which includes green fee, cart, premium
tee packages, refreshments, prizes, lunch following the tournament,
and one ticket to the SHSU vs. Montana football game that
evening.
Team prizes will be awarded for first through fourth places,
and there will be tournament contests for the closest to the
pin and the longest drive.
Sponsorships will also be available at the following levels:
Bearkat, for $500, which includes four complimentary players
in the tournament, lunch, and one tee sign with name and logo;
Orange, for $300, which includes two complimentary players
in the tournament, lunch, and one tee sign with name and logo;
White, for $175, which includes one complimentary player in
the tournament, lunch, and one tee sign with name and logo;
and Hole Sponsor, for $100, which includes a tee sign with
name and logo.
All proceeds benefit the Alumni Legacy Scholarship.
The sign-up deadline is Sept. 15, and entries can be mailed
to the SHSU Alumni Office, Box 2022, Huntsville, Texas, 77341-2022.
For more information, call George Miles at 936.294.8012, Leroy
Wilkinson at 936.291.6400 or Scott Stuckey at 936.294.1841.
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FYE To Give Secrets Of Success
The First Year Experience will host “The Ultimate
Road Trip: Campus 2 Career,” a free success presentation
for first-year college students on Tuesday (Sept. 7), at 4
p.m. and again at 7 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Theatre.
The program, which emphasizes the importance of academics,
time management setting goals and maximizing opportunities
both in college and in future careers, will be delivered to
more than 350,000 students nation wide this year.
“Currently only 70 percent of college freshmen progress
to their sophomore year,” said JR Cifani, vice president
of Making It Count. “Couple that with the fact that
only 50 percent of students entering college will graduate
within five years and the importance of the program becomes
very clear. We are providing students with a map to realize
their goals and ambitions.”
During the presentation, backed by Monster.com, students participate
through interactive exercises and by following along in a
workbook.
The event is also sponsored by the Dean of Students’
Office, Career Services and Student Activities.
For more information, call Keri Rogers, associate dean and
director of the First Year Experience program, at 936.294.3422.
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Scavenger Hunt Results
Announced
The Lowman Student Center Office took students on a successful
“Pirates of the Caribbean”-themed scavenger hunt
on Thursday (Sept. 1).
This semester’s student winners are as follows: portable
DVD player – Amanda Champrasert; catered dinner for
eight – Leslie Cunningham; free use of textbooks for
a semester – Alexias Bell; 1000 Bearkat OneCard reward
points – Andonnta Maibien; free use of Kat Klub for
one hour – Lakisha McDowell; 35MM camera — Keith
Edmond; free tuition for one semester — Richard Taylor;
Chick-fil-A gift cards — Julianne Barney; and college
survival kits – Maribel Galvan, Brian VanDelist, Mercy
Fabian and David Branch.
Faculty and staff winners include: coffee for 10 – Sue
Knight; portable DVD player — Paul Culp; and digital
camera — Jennifer Gauntt.
Winners can claim their prizes, which should be picked up
as soon as possible, but not later than Sept. 17, in LSC Room
311. Those claiming a prize should also bring their Bearkat
OneCard, or another photo ID.
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SAM Center To Host Study Skills
Series
The Student Advising and Mentoring Center will host its
“Study Skills Workshop Series” beginning Sept.
13-17.
The workshop series is comprised of six one-hour sessions,
covering topics such as studying smart; procrastination; time
management; reading textbooks and note taking; test-taking
strategies; and stress management.
Sessions will be held at the SAM Center, in Academic Building
4 Room 210, beginning the week of Sept. 13. Participants will
attend sessions for each topic once a week through the week
of Oct. 18-22.
In order to accommodate participants’ schedules, students
will have the option of attending the workshops on Mondays,
at either 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. or 3 p.m.; Tuesdays, at either
9:30 a.m. or 4 p.m.; Wednesdays, at either 10 a.m., 11 a.m.,
noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m., or 5 p.m.; Thursdays at 4 p.m.; or Fridays
at noon.
Though it is not required to participate in all six sessions,
it is recommended, according to SAM Center student assistant
Kim Ocker, who added that trained student assistants will
teach each session.
“We feel it’s more effective (to have students
teach) because we can relate more to studying and the other
topics,” Ocker said.
For those who cannot attend the first workshop series, a second
series discussing the same topics will begin Oct. 25-29.
Students are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible. For
more information, or to register for the series, call the
SAM
Center at 936.294.4444.
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George Mason Prof To Speak
At Education Workshop
The department of educational leadership and counseling's
project TRIAD
is holding its first workshop this year on Friday (Sept. 10),
from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Ballroom.
The featured speaker is Virginia Collier, a distinguished
researcher on school effectiveness for linguistically and
culturally diverse students.
Collier, a professor of bilingual/multicultural/ESL education
at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., has given 142
keynote speeches and 268 invited presentations to international,
national, state and local conferences over the past 24 years.
Her work with senior researcher Wayne Thomas, has been spotlighted
by the national and international media, and their award-winning
national research studies have had a substantial impact on
school policies in the United States and abroad.
She and Thomas have also conducted educational leadership
training for superintendents, principals and education policy
makers in 28 U.S. states and 15 countries.
In addition, Collier has over 60 other publications in the
field of language minority education.
Proficient in Spanish and English, having lived in Central
America during her childhood, she has served the field of
language minority education for over three decades as parent,
teacher, researcher, teacher educator and doctoral mentor.
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Scholarship Nominees’
Works In Gaddis Geeslin Gallery
The works of three students nominated for the Art Endowment
Scholarship will be on exhibit at the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery
through Oct. 16.
Last spring, the art faculty chose Richard Abril, Melissa
Ackley-Kyle and Will Witte as outstanding art students for
the Art Endowment Scholarship Award, an award selected annually.
This year, the Endowment Scholarship Award was given to Will
Witte. He exhibits large oil paintings on canvas that are
both abstract and figurative.
Abril’s oil paintings are self portraits, still life
and allegorical narratives, and Ackley-Kyle’s ceramic
sculptures reflect her interest in both the intuitive community
of women and the whimsy of ancient talisman objects, according
to slide librarian Debbie Davenport.
There will be a gallery reception, which will be open to the
public, on Thursday (Sept. 9), from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments
will be served.
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery hours are Monday through Friday,
from noon to 5 p.m.
For more information contact Davenport at 936.294.1317.
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Hillel To Help Jewish
Students Celebrate Holy Days
Jewish students who wish to attend religious services for
the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur,
are encouraged to contact Hillel representative Jason Plotkin
at stdjmp39@shsu.edu
as soon as possible.
Rosh Hashana is the Jewish new year that falls on Sept. 16
this year and ends at sunset on the Sept. 17. The year 5755
will be ending, with the year 5756 beginning.
Yom Kippur begins at sunset on Sept. 24 and runs through sunset
on the Sept. 25.
The name "Yom Kippur" means "Day of Atonement."
It is a day set aside to "afflict the soul," to
atone for the sins of the past year. Jews will customarily
fast from sunset to sunset, and ends with a breaking of the
fast meal with the family, according to Plotkin.
These High Holy Day services will be held mostly at the Greater
Houston Hillel, an affiliate of the Sam Houston Hillel, and
are free.
“The services will give SHSU Jewish students a chance
to meet other Jewish college students and young professionals,”
Plotkin said.
For more information on Hillel,
opportunities for Jewish students or the High Holy Day services,
contact Plotkin at the e-mail listed above.
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Alumni Association To Hold
Annual Patio Party
The Alumni Association will host its 4th annual Party on
the Patio, for faculty and staff, on Thursday (Sept. 9), from
4-6 p.m.
The event will be held on the Alumni Office Patio, in Academic
Building II, on the corner of 17th Street and Sam Houston
Avenue.
“It’s a time for faculty and staff to meet the
new employees at Sam Houston and socialize with other faculty
and staff,” said Angie Burns, Alumni Association administrative
assistant.
Snack foods will be served, as well as beer and margaritas,
and Sammy the Bearkat will be on hand.
Faculty and staff will also be able to join the Alumni Association
at a special rate of $25.
For more information, contact the
Alumni Relations Office at 936.294.1841 or alumni@shsu.edu.
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PC To Host Array Of Events For
Sept. 8-10
The Program Council continues to provide a wide variety
of activities for students to take part in with the early
September lineup.
First up is Administrators and Organizations Fair on Sept.
8.
This event, co-sponsored by Student Activities, will allow
campus organizations to come out and provide promotional material
for their respective groups while also allowing for students
to meet university administrators. A free lunch will be provided
to students with a meal plan.
Also on Sept. 8 will be the PC Recruitment Party, at 12:30
p.m. in the Kat Klub. The annual event is held for Program
Council to find new members to serve on its various committees.
The Pan People Steel Drum Band will be performing on Sept.
9 in the LSC Mall Area by the fountain, as part of PC’s
Caribbean Celebration. Refreshments will be provided.
Finally, on Sept. 10, the PC will present a free screening
of the epic summer movie Troy starring Brad Pitt. The movie
will begin at 7 p.m. in the LSC Theatre. Free popcorn and
drinks will be provided.
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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
Sept. 5, 2004
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