SHSU
Update For Week Of March 6
Rec Sports To Ante Up Poker Walk, Help Survive Break
All bets are on as SHSU students, faculty and staff walk
across campus and stop by five department booths for the
annual Poker
Walk on Wednesday (March 9), hosted by the Department of
Recreational Sports.
Participants will be ‘dealt’ in from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Mall Area. After stops
at the Counseling Center, Dean of Students’ Office,
Sam Houston Press, Student Advising and Mentoring Center
and Student
Activities tables, participants will return to the beginning,
where their hands will be revealed.
Prizes will be awarded for the top three hands of the day,
as well as for the high roller challenge, where departments
compete for the title of “most spirited” by showing
energy, enthusiasm and even dressing up. The deadline for
departments to register for the challenge has been extended
to Tuesday
(March 8), according to Amy Swingle, assistant director for
club sports and special events.
At the same time, also on Wednesday, the department will
help students ‘survive’ Spring Break by giving
away sunscreen, Chap Stick and water.
“
We bring students out and have a great time while re-emphasizing
the importance of having a safe Spring Break,” said Tina
DeAses, assistant director for wellness programs. “We
have a fun ‘natural high’ day, with a climbing
wall, relay races, prizes and inflatables.”
For more information, call Swingle at 936.294.1967 or DeAses
at 936.294.3658.
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Alamo ‘Sleuth’ To Discuss Book
On March 9
James E. Crisp, author of "Sleuthing the Alamo:
Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas
Revolution," will
present a slide lecture on March 9 at 7:45 p.m. in the Sam
Houston Museum's Walker Education Center auditorium. A reception
and book-signing will also be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Walker
Center atrium.
A native Texan, Crisp has spent the last dozen years trying
to squeeze a few reliable truths out of the myths of early
Texas. "Sleuthing the Alamo" is the culmination of
this research, which has been called "a brilliant and
original investigation into the birth and myths of the Texas
Republic [by] a master historian and detective."
In his Walker Center presentation, Crisp will relate how
he stumbled onto the true identity of the author of a viciously
anti-Mexican speech that for years had been falsely attributed
to Sam Houston.
" This discovery opened the door to many others," Crisp said, "and
by the middle of the 1990s I found myself in the middle of the biggest Texan
historical controversy of them all--the circumstances relating to the death
of Davy Crockett at the Alamo."
Crisp will explain how he uncovered a rare document in the Yale University archives
that unlocked the mystery of a tattered Mexican manuscript held by the University
of Texas at San Antonio. The manuscript, which described Crockett's gruesome
death by execution, made its way into Guinness World Records by the year 2000.
Admission is free, and all interested in Texas history are invited.
The Walker Center is located at 1402 19th Street. For more information, call
936.294.1832 or visit the museum Web site at http://www.SamHouston.Memorial.Museum.
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Oriental
Paintings, Calligraphy In Education Center
Traditional Oriental paintings
and calligraphy will be on display at the Katy and E. Don
Walker, Sr., Education Center through March 27.
"
Observing the Bamboos upon Hearing the Waterfall" is a collection
of 26 works by artist Sheng Chi Lee.
A World War II veteran, Lee was born in 1923 in China, but moved to Taiwan
in 1949.
He studied the traditional Chinese painting under the guidance of the greater
masters, such as DeWen Chang, Juan Fu Fu and Chi Chao Dai. He also learned
Chinese calligraphy from Dr Reilten Chen.
A painter for 30 years, Lee uses a Chinese paintbrush and ink stick for
his Oriental painting and calligraphy.
"
When I paint I join with the spirits to express my thoughts and give depth to
and enrich my life," Lee said. "Each painting has it's own unique
inspiration such as the bamboo represents people who are open-minded ,
noble and virtuous
and the waterfall represents lifes long history of water flowing forever."
Lee’s works have been exhibited in Zhong Zheng Memorial Hall, State
Father (Yexian Sun) Commemoration Hall and the Taiwan National Gallery
of Art and
Education.
" This is a rare opportunity for the people of Huntsville and Walker County
to view an outstanding collection of original traditional Oriental painting," said
Dave Wight, Sam Houston Memorial Museum curator of exhibits.
The Walker Education Center is located at 1402 19th St.
It is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to
4:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 936.294.1832 or visit the
Web site
www.SamHouston.Memorial.Museum.
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Alumni Association Seeks Distinguished Alumni
The Sam Houston State University Alumni Association is
now accepting nominations for the 2005 Distinguished Alumni
awards.
This honor is for graduates or former students who have
distinguished themselves through personal and professional
achievements and who have made significant
contributions to SHSU or society, and thus have brought honor and distinction
to our university, according to assistant director Emily deMilliano.
Nomination forms are available online at www.alumni.shsu.edu, and the deadline
to nominate is March 25.
For more information, call 936.294.1841.
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Sam Houston ‘Walking
Stick’ To Be Featured In
Exhibit
A cane owned by Gen. Sam Houston is one of many currently
being displayed at the Heritage Society Museum in Sam Houston
Park in Houston.
The collection of walking canes, “Walking Sticks: Fashion and Function,” has
never before been assembled and is offered to the public and will be on
display through May 29. The museum and historic structures are open for
tours Tuesday
through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Museum admission
is free.
The canes, on loan for this exhibition, range from those with significant
local and national provenance to highly stylized canes made from exotic
materials.
Canes owned by Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and William Henry Harrison,
as well as a cane presented by President Andrew Jackson to Mr. John Breathitt,
governor
of Kentucky, will also be highlighted.
Some canes will include tools of a trade hidden inside, such as a physician’s
syringe or a mortician’s measure, while some double as weapons such
as swords or guns, while other canes include devices to support the habit
of smoking.
The Heritage Society Museum is located at 1100 Bagby in Sam Houston Park.
Founded in 1954, The Heritage Society is a non-profit organization which
strives to
preserve the complete history of the community and region through preservation
and restoration
of historic structures, exhibition of historic artifacts, and presentation
of educational programs focusing on Houston and Harris County's past and
its relationship
to the present and future.
For more information about The Heritage Society call 713.655.1912.
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Foreign
Language Professor To Visit Spain For Program
Spanish professor Frieda Koeninger will spend her spring
break in Spain participating in the 2005 Trade Mission Program
for U.S. Educational
Institutions.
Koeninger was invited to participate in the program by the trade
commissioner at the Spanish Embassy from March 12-20, she said.
“
We will visit a number of Spanish educational companies and institutions in Madrid,
as well as in the area of Castilla-Leon,” she said.
The group will also travel through Avila, Salamanca, León, Burgos,
and Aranda de Duero.
Koeninger said she is excited about the all-expenses paid program
because of the opportunities it could bring for the university.
“
I am hoping to find out about opportunities for our students to study abroad
in Spain and to obtain internships in Spanish businesses,” she said. “Also,
I'm hoping to make personal contacts at each of these places in order to enhance
Sam Houston's relationship with European institutions.”
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Health,
Kinesiology Profs To Present At April Convention
The SHSU health and kinesiology department will be well
represented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation
and
Dance Convention,
which
will be held April 12-15 in Chicago.
Professor Gary Oden will present “The Answer Man,” a
program developed for corporate worksite health promotion where
employees can
e-mail any health
or fitness questions and an answer will be posted for all workers
to read.
Oden and health education program coordinator Bill Hyman will
discuss how “Little
Things Add Up.” This presentation will address the integration
and reinforcement of content from other disciplines, such as
math, reading
or science, into a
health or kinesiology curriculum.
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PC To Bring Irish Charm To
SHSU Early
The Program Council will host “Kiss Me,
I’m Irish” on
Thursday (March 10), at noon in the Lowman Student Center
Mall Area.
“
We usually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, but we will be on Spring
Break so we will have to celebrate it on March 10,” said
Jeff Oribhabor, PC vice president of public relations.
The event will include a potato bar, where students can build
their own baked potato with trimmings, and the McTeggart
Irish Dances
of South
Texas will
perform traditional Irish dances to the sounds of Gaelic
melodies.
Phi Delta Theta fraternity will co-sponsor the event by serving
the potatoes and hosting a “guess how many charms” contest,
where the student who comes closest to guessing how many
charms are in a jar will win a prize.
For more information, call Oribhabor at 936.294.1763.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
March 6, 2005
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