SHSU
Update For Week Of Jan. 16
Art, Photography Profs Exhibit Work In Gaddis Geeslin
An exhibit of work by the current faculty members from
the SHSU art and photography departments will be on display
in
the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery from Jan. 18 through Feb. 16.
The 45th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition will include paintings,
sculptures, ceramics, printmaking and photography from such
professors as Martin Amorous, Jimmy Barker, Jack Barnosky,
Kate Borcherding, Cory Cryer, Chuck Drumm, Laura Fisher,
Frank Golden, Michael Henderson, Emmette Jackon, Pat Lawler,
Jim
Paster, Tedd Pettibon, Tom Seifert, Petrina Sowa, Tony Shipp
and Tracy Viser.
The exhibit allows the professors to put their own creativity
and talents on display, as well as show their interests aside
from what they teach, according to art department slide librarian
Debbie Davenport.
“
It’s a good time to see the artworks that the professors
are doing outside of the classroom,” Davenport said. “For
example, Petrina Sowa teaches art history and drawing, and
her piece is an oil painting, and some of the graphic professors
are doing paintings or sculpture. Their interests are very
across-the-board.”
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery is located in Art Building F of
the Art Complex at Sam Houston State University. The gallery
is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.
A reception will be held Jan. 27, from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
For more information, call the art
department at 936. 294.1315.
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Music
Tunes Up With Two Concerts
The School of Music will warm up
for the semester with brass instrument and faculty recitals
beginning Tuesday (Jan. 18),
when tuba professor Bob Daniel
and euphonium
professor Henry Howey conduct the Texas Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference
Preview Recital.
The concert, performed by the SHSU tuba-euphonium ensemble, will be held in
the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
It will include a mixture of musical genres, including “Hippo in the Cabbage
Patch,” “The Walrus Ordered Waffles” and “Fibulee Fibula” duets,
as well as Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” and Claude Debussy’s “Sryrinx.”
On Thursday (Jan. 20), School of Music faculty members Peggy DeMers and Jay
Whatley will perform at the “Peggy DeMers Faculty Recital with Jay Whatley
and Friends.”
The concert, which includes DeMers playing the horn and Whatley playing the
piano, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
It will include such songs as “Jazz Suite,” “Sonata #3,” and “Larghetto
for Solo Horn and Orchestra.”
Both concerts are free and open to public. For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Alumni Association To Have Margarita’s Gathering
The SHSU Alumni Association will kick off a year of gatherings
for Bearkat graduates with SamWorks, on Feb. 15 from 5:30-7:30
p.m. at Margarita's.
“
SamWorks provides a unique networking opportunity for local Sam Houston State
University graduates,” said Emily deMilliano, assistant director for Alumni
Relations. “The association encourages area alumni to attend and help
build the Bearkat Network.”
Margarita’s, formerly known as Casa Tomas, is located at 3315 Interstate
Highway 45.
For more information, call the Alumni
Association office at 936.294.1841.
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SHSU
To Hold Two Classes For Peace Officers
Sam Houston State University’s
drug evaluation and classification program will hold recertification and
instructor update classes this month
for Drug
Recognition Experts.
The recertification class will be held on Jan. 19, from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
in the Texas Room of the George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center, and
the instructor
update class will be held on Jan. 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the LEMIT
Amphitheater, also located in the Criminal Justice Center.
Both classes are free but are open only to peace officers; 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 classes draw 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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SHSU Hosts SPIT
Conference
Nearly 40 social scientists from universities across the
state visited the SHSU campus on Jan. 7-8 to discuss their
latest research for the
annual Social
Psychologists
in Texas conference.
The day-and-a-half conference was hosted by department of psychology
and philosophy chair Donna Desforges, College of Criminal Justice
associate dean of curriculum
Randy Garner and psychology professor Rowland Miller, with the support
of SHSU’s
colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education and Criminal
Justice.
“
The conference was an unqualified success,” Desforges said.
The conference is held each year at a host institution for collaboration,
networking, and paper presentations that promote close ties among
colleagues in the discipline.
In addition, Mark Lepper, Ph.D., an eminent social psychologist from
Stanford University, gave a keynote address on "Intrinsic Motivation,
Choice, and the Process of Learning."
“
We were very honored to have Dr. Lepper,” Desforges said. “In addition
to his distinguished record of scholarly contributions to the field of social
psychology, in October 2004, Dr. Lepper was inducted as a Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects
as fellows ‘the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation.’”
Research discussed by the other social psychologists in attendance
included topics such as social facilitation; schadenfreude, the feeling
happiness
about another's
bad fortune; gratitude, attitudes and emotions; the stereotyping
processes; personality development; promoting healthy eating habits
in children;
self-monitoring and
the presidential election; persuasion; and mate attraction.
Also on the conference agenda was nominating a host institution for
the following year’s meeting.
“
When the call went out for who would do it next year, many of our
participants nominated SHSU again because they had enjoyed the conference
here so much,” Desforges
said. “We appreciated the show of appreciation, but in the
spirit of cooperation, we nominated Texas State University-San Marcos.”
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Christian
Faculty, Staff To Meet, Discuss ‘Civility’
The Christian
Faculty and Staff Association will meet every Friday at noon
during the spring semester in Lowman Student Center Room
327.
Throughout the semester, the group will discuss Stephen Carter’s book “Civility.”
The Christian Faculty and Staff Association was founded on
the SHSU campus in 2000.
For more information, call John
Holcombe at 936.294.1467 or
Betsy Torrez at 936.294.1560.
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Three Receive NETnet Certification
Three Sam Houston State
University employees recently earned NETnet Campus Certification
Representative designations from
the Northeast
Texas Consortium
Center For Educational
Technologies.
Designations were awarded to: James Van Roekel, director
of Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning;
Craig
Schlicher,
programmer/analyst II;
and Jacob Spradlin, computer systems coordinator I.
Earning this designation indicates that each recipient
is qualified to train campus faculty and staff members
to operate
the NETnet
interactive videoconferencing
system.
These state-of-the-art videoconferencing systems are present
on the 15 college and university NETnet member campuses
across East
Texas.
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Health, Kinesiology Profs Present At Convention
Three professors
from the department of health and kinesiology made presentations
at the Texas Association of Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
convention, held Dec. 1-4, at the Arlington Convention Center.
Brenda Lichtman, professor of kinesiology, discussed “The New NCATE Review
Process – Tips from a Reviewer”; “Explosive Strength Training
Through Plyometrics: What, Why and How;” and “Curriculum in a Funk?
Relieve the Doldrums with Innovative Games.”
Rosanne Keathley, assistant professor of health education, presented on four
different topics: “A Health Educator’s Guide to Teaching Personal
Responsibility;” “Reading, and Write-Offs Tax Tips for Teachers;” “Organizing
an American Democracy Project in Your School;” and “Steps for Success
in Supervising Professional Student Organizations.”
Mark Gaus, assistant professor of kinesiology, discussed “The Relationship
of High School Exercise Identity and Mile Run Times.”
A Texas-based association with over 4,500 members, TAHPERD is a not-for-profit
professional organization of people in the fields of health education, physical
education, recreation and dance.
TAHPERD was founded in 1923 and is the only association in Texas serving education
in all four of our disciplines—health, physical education, recreation
and dance.
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James Bradley is Faculty Distinguished Lecturer
James Bradley, author of the New York Times No. 1 bestseller "Flags
of Our Fathers" and the New York Times No. 2 bestseller "Flyboys," is
the spring Faculty Distinguished Lecturer.
Bradley will appear
at 11 a.m. Feb. 15 in the Lowman Student Center Auditorium.
Distinguished Lecturer Committee members asked that faculty
members encourage students to consider attending the presentation.
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Jennifer Gauntt
Jan. 16, 2005
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