SHSU
Update For Week Of Aug. 28
Smith-Hutson Addition To Be Dedicated Sept. 16
The College of Business Administration will celebrate the
completion of construction on the Smith-Hutson Building addition
with
a dedication on Sept. 16.
The celebration will begin in the building’s foyer
at 9 a.m. with coffee and building tours until 11 a.m., followed
by the dedication and ribbon cutting
ceremony at 11 a.m. and a reception at noon.
For more information, call COBA at 936.294.1254.
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Alumni To Charter Bus For UH
Game
The SHSU Alumni Association will round up Bearkat football
fans to travel to several of SHSU’s away games via charter,
beginning with the Sept. 10 game against the University of
Houston.
The charter bus will leave Bowers Stadium for John O'Quinn
Field at 2 p.m. to arrive at the field by 4 p.m. to tailgate.
The football game will begin
at 6
p.m.
Bus tickets are $12 each, with game tickets costing $20, and both can be
purchased on the Alumni Association Web site, at http://ww2.shsu.edu/alum02wp/.
Catered food and alcoholic drinks for the tailgate party can also be purchased
on the site.
Packages are also available on the Web site, ranging from $35 for a ticket
and food to $60 for a game ticket, the bus ride, food and beverages.
Space is limited, and reservations can be made at the Web site above, by
calling 936.294.1841 or e-mailing alumni@shsu.edu.
Busses will also be chartered for the SHSU versus Texas Tech game in Lubbock,
which will be an overnight trip on Sept. 17, as well as the Texas State—San
Marcos game on Nov. 19.
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Neuropsychologist To Present On Louisiana Law
Clinical neuropsychologist
Glen Ally will discuss a very controversial law recently
passed in Louisiana regarding
the prescription of medications
on
Sept. 6, at
7 p.m. in the Criminal Justice Center Courtroom.
The law allows psychologists with specialized training to gain the authority
to prescribe certain medications. Louisiana is the second of our neighboring
states to pass such a law.
Ally was directly involved with the Louisiana initiative both for prescription
privileges and mental health parity.
Politically active both regionally and nationally, he is past president
of the Louisiana Psychological Association and currently serves as a Council
Delegate to the American Psychological Association.
“ Regardless of one’s position on this type of authority, it is likely
to come before the Texas legislature in future years,” said Mary Alice
Conroy, professor of psychology. “Anyone working in the mental health
field or receiving mental health services will need to be cognizant of
the issues.”
The free presentation is open to the public, and light refreshments will
follow.
The event is co-sponsored by SHSU and the Sam Houston Area Psychological
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CJ Author To Discuss China, His Research Sept. 13
Author
Peter May will discuss the research experiences in China
that led to his book “The Firemaker” on
Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. in the Criminal Justice Center Courtroom.
May gained unprecedented access behind the scenes with
Chinese homicide detectives to research his books and the
monthly column in the Chinese
Police Magazine “Detective
World,” which was translated into “The Firemaker.”
“
He has been to places that few outsiders ever see, getting to know pathologists
and scientists at the police mortuary and forensic science departments in Shanghai
and Beijing,” a press release for May’s book tour said.
Called “stunningly original, highly topical and extremely well-written,” his
book “The Firemaker” is a fast-paced mystery that takes readers
on an adventure through the backstreets of Beijing with local homicide
detective Li Yan and Margaret Campbell, a forensic pathologist from Chicago.
Among May’s advisers for the book was College of Criminal Justice
dean Richard Ward.
After his discussion, May will be available to sign copies of his book.
For more information, call 936.294.1635.
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Required Meeting To Be Held For
Organization Advisers
The Office of Student Activities will host a required
meeting for all student organization advisers on Sept. 8,
at 5 p.m. in the Lowman Student
Center
Theater.
The Advisor RSOM, required student organizations meeting, will be a
great opportunity to network with other advisers, learn about adviser
responsibilities
and hear
from the internal auditor, according to program coordinator Tiffany
Flenoy.
Student Activities staff members will also be available to answer questions
and discuss the roles of the advisers in organizational disciplinary
issues.
For more information, contact Flenoy at tjflenoy@shsu.edu or 936.294.3467.
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Hotel
Adds Amenities Make Stay More Enjoyable
The University Hotel
has implemented several changes and upgrades to make guests
more comfortable and bring the hotel up to par with
national
chain
hotels,
according to general manager Richard Serrill.
Among those, are individual-cup coffee makers, irons and ironing
boards, all of which were added last year, as well as an exercise
room that
includes two
treadmills, two stationary bicycles and a multipurpose gym set.
The guest room entry system has also been upgraded from the old
fiber-optic key system to a new mag-stripe key system, with several
new security
features for
the hotel as well as guests, Serrill said.
“
The changes made last year were in response to comments made from our guests,” Serrill
said. “The additions of the coffee maker and ironing equipment
and the installation of an exercise room has brought the University
Hotel closer
to
the standards of modern hotel chains while giving our guest the
added convenience of being right on campus.”
In addition, the hotel has focused some attention on the restaurant,
CJ's Cafe, located on the second floor between the hotel and Criminal
Justice
Center,
adding a new hot lunch buffet and a salad bar.
Buffet prices are $5.50 for breakfast and $6.50 for lunch. Both
prices include a beverage. Soup or a side salad can also be added
for $1.50 more, and both are one-time-through options with the
hot buffet rotating menus, Serrill said.
“
The amount of traffic in the complex along with requests from our guests has
led to the addition of the hot buffet and salad bar open weekdays for lunch,” Serrill
said. “The atmosphere is warm and inviting as the dining
area is surrounded by windows on the north and south sides overlooking
soft
greenery
and neighboring
buildings.”
Serrill is hoping for an increase in visitors with the opening
of the baseball/softball complex and with increasing interest in
other
sports.
“
We are now located within walking distance from all major SHSU sporting venues--an
added bonus when parking is limited,” he said.
Both the hotel and CJ's Cafe are open to faculty, staff, students,
and the general public. For more information, call 936.294.1703.
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CJ
To Recertify
Drug
Recognition
Experts
Sam Houston State University’s drug evaluation
and classification program will hold a Drug Recognition Experts
recertification
class on Tuesday (Aug.
30).
The class will be held from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the Texas
Room of the George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center.
The class is free but is open only to peace officers that
are DRE certified. However, anyone may audit the classes
with permission
from program
director Cecelia Marquart, according to DEC staff associate
Patsy Collins.
Recertification is necessary every two years, and the class
draws officers from across the state, Collins said.
The DEC program is a transportation safety program focusing
on the detection and apprehension of drug-impaired drivers.
Developed in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, Calif., by the
Los Angeles Police Department, the program became so successful
in
identifying
drug-impaired drivers that it soon became an international
program.
The DEC program trains police officers and other public safety
officials as drug recognition experts or drug recognition
evaluators through
a three-phase training
curriculum.
Registration is required, but those interested may sign up
on the day of each class. For more information, call 936.294.3079.
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Library
To Host
Workshops
For
Research, Gives Tours
The Newton Gresham Library is offering
a variety of workshops this fall to familiarize students,
as well as faculty, with
the facility
and different
electronic programs.
Those unfamiliar with the library can find out what it has
to offer every Tuesday and Thursday, at 10:30 a.m. and 2
p.m. respectively.
Potential
tour-takers can sign up by contacting Marsha Dickens at lib_mld@shsu.edu or 936.294.3195.
Tours
will begin at the reference desk, on the second floor of
the NGL.
The library also conducts laptop clinics to help students
learn how to configure their laptops, or borrowed library
laptops,
to access
information
through
the campus network, as well as receive help from the library’s
support team to do so. To schedule an appointment, contact
Kirk Burns at lib_kab@shsu.edu or call 936.294.4892.
NGL faculty member Jess Nevins will introduce other faculty
members to Turnitin, a plagiarism detection tool, on Wednesday
(Aug.
31) and again
on Sept. 8,
at 3 p.m. on both days. To sign up, contact Nevins at lib_jjn@shsu.edu or 936.294.3587.
Various people from the NGL will also lead sessions on researching
using the library’s electronic indexes and fulltext
sources in different fields.
Sessions for researching in business will be held Sept. 26,
at 10 a.m., and Sept. 27, at 1 p.m. Those interested in signing
up should
contact
Linda Meyer
at lib_lsm@shsu.edu or 936.294.3551.
Workshops for researching in history will be held on Sept.
15 and Sept 19, at 11:15 a.m. and noon respectively. Those
interested
in signing
up should
contact
Jay Koenig at jrk001@shsu.edu or 936.294.1629.
Finally, those who need help researching databases in the
humanities can get help on Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. by signing
up with Nevins,
and help with
research in the sciences will be available on Sept. 20 at
11:15 a.m. or Sept. 28 at
1:30 p.m. by signing up with Lynn McMain at lib_lmm@shsu.edu or 936.294.3734.
All workshops are held in NGL Room 157.
Other sessions on various topics will also be held later
in the semester.
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Jennifer Gauntt
Aug. 28, 2005
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