SHSU
Update For Week Of April 16
Volunteers Sought For Upcoming
Folk Festival
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| Students dress in Civil War-era attire
as volunteers during a previous General Sam Houston Folk
Festival. Volunteers are currently being sought to help
with this year's festivities. |
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum and the SHSU history department
are seeking students and community members to participate
in the 19th
annual General Sam Houston Folk Festival in various
capacities April 21-23.
Volunteers are being sought for such duties as helping with
the children’s tent, ticket sales and taking, rotunda
and grounds security, courtesy van driving, working in the
hospitality tent and helping to sell CDs for performing artists.
Volunteer coordinator Caroline Castillo-Crimm is also seeking
people to dress in period costumes as historical “Ask
me who I am” figures.
During the festival’s “Children’s Day”
on Friday, students will be able to get the historical figure’s
“autograph” in a book they will be given for the
day by inquiring who the person is dressed as, Castillo-Crimm
said.
“We have costumes for anybody who is interested,”
she said. “If any mothers and daughters want to do costumed
characters, we have some mother-daughter outfits that are
just precious.
“It’s a really, really fun thing,” Castillo-Crimm
said. “It’s something that’s exciting and
entertaining and interesting.”
There will also be a Dutch oven cooking competition for six
teams of four in which each team will create a meal consisting
of a meat, a bread, a side dish and a desert using the cookware.
“Dutch ovens are big, round heavy cast-iron pots that
have lids. What you do is put coals underneath them and coals
on top of them so it makes an oven,” Castillo-Crimm
said. “The students who participate are the ones who
get to eat. They actually learn how to do Dutch oven cooking.”
Finally, participants are sought to help with the Civil War
reenactment with the 11th Texas Cavalry on all three days.
Those interested must attend a training seminar on Monday
(April 17) to learn how to shoot black powder rifles. Two
different sessions will be held, at 9 a.m. and noon, at the
museum.
Volunteers will work in three-hour shifts on Friday, Saturday
or Sunday. Shifts are from 9 a.m. to noon, noon to 3 p.m.
and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on all three days.
Those who want to participate can sign up in the history
department, in Academic Building IV Room 441,
by e-mailing crimm@shsu.edu
or by calling 936.294.1475.
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Education Collecting Items For
Local CPS
The College of Education and James Mathis, a retired faculty
member in the college, are sponsoring a drive for baby clothes
and supplies through April 21.
The items for the drive, which will benefit Huntsville’s
Child Protective Services, can be dropped off in boxes outside
Teacher Education Center Room 238 and Health and Kinesiology
Center Room 208.
The area CPS serves children zero months through 18 years
of age.
New clothing and items that will fit a child are requested,
and the most needed items include shoes, baby clothes, plus-sized
clothing, jeans and diapers, of all sizes.
Toiletries, such as baby wipes, toothbrushes and toothpaste,
shampoo and conditioner, ethnic hair-care products, deodorant,
feminine hygiene products and lice shampoo and bedding spread,
are also among the products requested.
For more information, contact David Henderson at 936.294.1130
or edu_dlh@shsu.edu.
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A&M Professor
To Discuss ‘Roots’
Texas A&M University health and kinesiology associate
professor B. Lee Green will share his roots on Wednesday (April
26) as part of a speaker series sponsored by the Student Advising
and Mentoring Center.
The “Grassroots: A Series of Conversations on Leadership
in a Diverse Community” discussion will be held at 5
p.m. in Academic Building IV’s Olson Auditorium.
Green, who is also the director of Texas A&M’s Center
for the Study of Health Disparities, has been teaching at
the university since 2002.
He is a graduate of Valdosta State University, in Valdosta,
Ga., with his bachelor’s and master’s degrees,
and the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with his
doctoral degree.
The discussion will include a question-and-answer format,
though the speaker will be at liberty to add to or digress
from the question, according to Bernice Strauss, director
of the SAM Center’s academic support programs.
A reception, during which attendees can meet and chat with
Green, will immediately follow in the SAM Center, in AB IV
Suite 210.
The event is sponsored by the academic support programs of
the SAM Center, the Elliott T. Bowers Honors Program, the
International Hispanic Association, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, Inc., Ronald E. McNair Post baccalaureate Achievement
Program, the NAACP and Women United.
The Grassroots series was established in April 2003.
For more information, call the SAM
Center at 936.294.4444.
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SHSU, Brazosport
Sign Joint-Admission Agreement
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| SHSU provost and vice president for
Academic Affairs David Payne and Brazosport College president
Millicent Valek sign the agreement that will allow BC
students to transfer to SHSU more easily. |
David Payne, Sam Houston State University provost and vice
president for Academic Affairs, and Millicent Valek, president
of Brazosport College, recently signed an articulation agreement
that will help with the transfer of community college students
to Sam Houston State.
Agreements such as those signed by SHSU and a number of area
community colleges allow joint admission for students of both
schools, and a number of additional advantages, such as the
reverse transfer of hours earned at SHSU to apply toward a
community college degree.
“If a student leaves the community college before they
earn their associate’s degree, which is the most frequent
thing, we're making it possible for them to transfer work
from Sam Houston back and count it towards the degree, so
that they can still get their associate's degree in addition
to the bachelor's degree,” said David Burris, SHSU's
articulation agreement coordinator.
Students who fulfill the admission requirements of both schools
and are admitted jointly can utilize facilities and programs
offered by both. Students can attend both schools simultaneously,
get an SHSU picture ID, have student access to SHSU sporting
events and access to SHSU computers, including an SHSU e-mail
account.
State legislators including Lois Kolkhorst, Glenda Dawson
and Gonzalo Barrientos have hailed the agreements as significant
steps in the state's Closing the Gaps initiative to make higher
education available to more Texans.
In addition to Brazosport College, SHSU now has agreements
with Alvin Community College, Angelina College, Austin Community
College, Blinn College, Hill College, Houston Community College,
Lee College, Navarro College, North Harris Montgomery Community
College and San Jacinto College.
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Centers To Give Students ‘Jump-Start’
On Job Search
The SHSU Counseling Center and SHSU Career Services will
help students "Jump-Start Your Career Search" with
a program designed to help the decision-making process on
Wednesday (April 19).
Through this interactive and informative program, students
will be able to assess and process the role that their values,
interests, personality, and skills play in the career decision-making
process, according to Career Services director Pam Laughlin.
The program will be held for four consecutive weeks on Wednesdays,
and each event will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Career
Services building.
Among the areas the workshop will address are choosing a major
or career path, feedback for previous career testing, and
support and feedback with the decision-making process.
“It is our hope to particularly serve students who may
have a need to re-examine their career path as the semester
draws to a close,” Laughlin said.
Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, call 936.294.1713 or 936.294.1720.
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Science Fest To Include
Presentations, Faculty Lecture
The SHSU
Society of Physics Students will host "Science
Fest" on Wednesday (April 19), from 5-8 p.m., in the
Lee Drain Building Atrium and the adjacent lecture hall.
The event will include poster presentations from undergraduate
and graduate students highlighting the results of their recent
research projects and mini-lectures from several faculty members
on their current research endeavors. The mini-lectures will
be held from 6-7 p.m.
At 7 p.m., C. Renee James, assistant professor of physics,
will also give a public lecture on "Extreme Stars: The
biggest, hottest, and weirdest stars in the Cosmos."
For more information, contact James at phy_crj@shsu.edu
or 936.294.4888 or Derek Koger at dkoger@sbcglobal.net.
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Mentors Sought For Fall
SAMentors, a mentoring program that caters to the incoming
freshman, is accepting applications for the fall through April
21.
The program pairs “seasoned” SHSU students with
a freshman to help the new student get acquainted with the
campus, as well as the Huntsville community.
Applications can be picked up in the Student Activities Office,
in Lowman Student Center Suite 328, or online at http://www.shsu.edu/diveristy.
Interviews will be held April 24 through May 3, from 1-4:30
p.m. daily. Those interested in being a mentor can sign up
for an interview time when applications are returned to the
office.
For more information, contact the Office
of Multicultural and International Student Services
at 936.294.DVST (3878) or at diversity@shsu.edu.
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Museum Wins Brochure Design
Awards
Sam Houston State University's Sam Houston Memorial Museum
recently won three awards for brochures in the Texas Association
of Museums Mitchell A. Wilder Publication Design Awards competition.
The awards included a “Silver Certificate” for
their new “Program and Activities Guide,” a “Silver
Certificate” for their new “Rack Card,”
and a “Merit Citation” for their new “Guide
to the Museum Grounds.”
All three were designed by Wayne Ford, an SHSU alum who owns
Wayne Ford Design in Houston.
This year's Wilder design competition had 217 entries from
museums of all sizes, regions and disciplines throughout the
state. Submitted materials included posters, brochures, newsletters
and invitations to Web sites and videos.
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum complex is adjacent to the
academic campus of Sam Houston State University. It includes
four historic buildings including General Houston's Woodland
Home, a gift shop, an exhibits hall, the Memorial Museum,
and an Education Center, as well as an 18-acre park.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and Sunday noon to 4:30 p.m. The museum recently dedicated
a renovated exhibits area that took six years to complete
at a cost of $1.2 million.
A highlight of museum activities each year is the General
Sam Houston Folk Festival, which is upcoming
April 21-23.
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Music To Host A Trio Of Performances
A performance by the SHSU Wind Ensemble will kick off a
week of concerts for the SHSU School of Music on Tuesday (April
18).
The ensemble will play its last concert of the semester at
7:30 p.m. in the University Theater Center.
The program will include Ron Nelson’s “Rocky Point
Holiday,” conducted by SOM chair Rodney Cannon; Martin
Ellerby’s “Paris Sketches,” conducted by
associate director of bands David Clemmer; and Percy Grainger’s
“Colonial Song,” conducted by graduate conducting
student Brian Eisemann.
“Mr. Clemmer will return to conduct the final piece
of the evening, ‘Blue Shades’ by Frank Ticheli,”
said SOM assitant chair Patricia Card. “‘Blue
Shades’ is an exciting work full of jazz influences
and features several student soloists.”
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and children over
12 and free for children under 11 years of age, as well as
SHSU students and faculty members with an ID.
On Thursday (April 20), faculty pianist Yung-Euun Choe will
present a recital featuring several well-known works by Schumann,
Beethoven and Rachmaninov at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
A recent composition, “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues”
by Frederic Rzewski will also be performed, according to Card.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Finally, voice instructor Robin Cobb and piano instructor
Heather Wardrup will showcase their talents with a concert
on Sunday (April 23), at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
The two will perform several works for soprano and piano,
including pieces by Rachmaninov, Poulenc and Kurt Weill, and
guest flutist Jason Blank will be featured on the second half
of the program, Card said.
The recital is also free and open to the public.
For more information on any of these events, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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French Honor Society Inducts
Seven
The Eta Iota Chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the National French
Honor Society, initiated seven new members during a ceremony
on March 28.
Those inducted include Regina Bouley, a senior French major
with a 3.9 grade point average in French and a 3.8 overall
GPA; Tatiana Gonzalez, a criminal justice major and French
minor with a 4.0 overall GPA; Yuiko Kato, a junior journalism
major and French minor with a 3.5 GPA in French and a 3.36
overall GPA; Sylvia Mostaccero, a senior Spanish major with
a 4.0 GPA in French and a 3.3 overall; Miho Sahashi, a senior
French major and general business analysis minor with a 3.2
GPA in French and GBA; and Sophie Suzylo, a graduate student
in education and a French native with a 4.0 GPA in French.
The group also inducted Shirin Edwin as an honorary member.
Edwin is a 2005 graduate from Vanderbilt University in French
and is currently serving as an assistant professor of French
at SHSU.
Welcoming the new members to the society were Mary Gutermuth,
moderator and emerita executive director of Pi Delta Phi;
president Leslie Mayen; vice president Frieda Koeninger and
secretary Yasser Djzaerly.
The ceremony was held in the Evans Complex Foreign Language
Seminar Room and was followed by dinner at Rincon Mexican
Restaurant.
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Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
April 16, 2006
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