SHSU
Update For Week Of Feb. 12
Enrollment Continues
To Break Records
Sam Houston State University’s 2006 spring enrollment
is 14,411, a new spring semester record and an increase of
766 students, or 5.6 percent, over the 2005 spring enrollment.
The spring increases were similar to those reported last fall,
when a record fall enrollment of 15,364 was reached. University
enrollments are typically smaller for spring semesters than
fall semesters.
Spring figures show increases in almost all categories of
students: 15.5 percent in beginning freshmen, 5.4 percent
in returning/transfer freshmen, 14.9 percent in sophomores,
5.9 percent in juniors, 4.2 percent in seniors, almost 6 percent
in graduates, and 11.4 percent in doctoral. Post graduate/unclassified
declined by almost 200 students, or 40 percent.
This spring there are 67 beginning freshmen, 2,425 returning/transfer
freshmen, 3,038 sophomores, 3,147 juniors, 3,640 seniors,
1,563 graduates, 296 post graduate/unclassified, and 235 doctoral
students.
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Ring Order Days To Begin Feb.
14
Students with over 75 credit hours completed will have the
opportunity to order their official class ring with Ring Order
Days, Tuesday through Thursday in the Lowman Student Center
Atrium.
Orders can be placed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, and those
students who order rings during the month of February will
be eligible to participate in the Ring Ceremony in April.
The popularity of SHSU class rings has increased since the
inception of the official ring and ring ceremony, according
to assistant director for Alumni Relations Emily deMilliano,
adding that almost 600 participated in the second annual ceremony
last spring.
“To ensure your order is included in the April 6 Ring
Ceremony, I encourage any interested students with more than
75 hours to go by and visit with the representative,”
deMilliano said.
For more information on purchasing a class ring, or the ring
itself, visit the SHSU Official Ring Web site at http://balfour.com/ORP/default.aspx?id=TX110067
or call 1.866.BALFOUR.
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Art Major Exhibits 'Robots
And Slow Motion'
The works of junior art major Daniel McFarlane will be on
display in the Student Organization of Fine Arts Gallery through
Feb. 24.
A public reception will also be held for "Robots and
Slow Motion," a collection of McFarlane's paintings,
at 7 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 16).
The SOFA Gallery is located in Art Building A.
For more information, contact McFarlane at 281.433.1128.
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Reading Center Moves
To Farrington
The Reading Center's new home is "like heaven,"
according to Wally Barnes, director of the center.
The move from the old Wilson dormitories to the Farrington
Building began last Monday (Feb. 6), and the center is expected
to be complete by Monday (Feb. 13).
"The new building is marvelous," Barnes said.
Students who want to use the Reading
Center during the transition period can call
936.294.3114 to confirm that the services they want are available.
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Leadership Conference
Deadline Nears
Derek Greenfield, a national diversity speaker, will discuss
“Confronting Ourselves: Making Cultural Competence a
Reality” as one of the many programs and activities
slated at the 2nd annual Diversity Leadership Conference on
Feb. 24-25.
The conference, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural and
International Student Services, is geared toward making people
more aware of diversity, according to MISS program coordinator
Jennifer T. Roberts.
“Last year’s conference was a success and this
year it is going to be even better.” said DLC chair
LaQuita Hancock.
Highlighted speakers will include Mack Hines, assistant professor
in the educational leadership and counseling department; Given
Kachepa, a student at Stephen F. Austin State who was selected
by Teen People Magazine as one of the “20 Teens Who
Will Change the World”; and Rita Watkins, executive
director of SHSU’s Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Institute
of Texas, as well as Greenfield as the keynote speaker.
In addition, the event will include over 25 interactive workshop
sessions on such topics as white privilege, disability etiquette
and leadership.
Regular registration is open for all SHSU students, faculty
and staff, and until Wednesday (Feb. 15) for $20. Registration
for members of the surrounding community is $45.
Registration fees include four meals, entertainment, prizes,
workshops, T-shirt and much more.
For more information, call 936.294.DVST or e-mail diversity@shsu.edu.
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Kolkhorst To Speak
At Teachers’ Conference
Chair of the Texas House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee
on Education and State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst will be a guest
speaker at the East Region of the Texas Association of College
Teachers’ spring conference on Saturday (Feb. 18).
The conference, open to all faculty members, will be held
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Teacher Education Center Room
153.
Discussions will also involve legislative issues that should
be part of TACT's agenda in 2007.
In addition, Don Freeman, associate professor of economics,
will discuss the consequences of the costs of higher education,
and Keri Rogers, director of the First Year Experience Office,
will address successful communications strategies with the
current generation of college students.
Registration is $20, including lunch, and can be paid at the
door; however, reservations are required through Debra Price
at 936.294.1135 or edu_dpp@shsu.edu.
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Businesses, Camps Seek
Summer Interns, Counselors
Over 35 companies, including the Target Corporation, Cingular
Wireless, CAMP TV Media, Inc., and a slew of camps will all
be visiting the SHSU campus on Wednesday (Feb. 15), for the
Summer Camp and Job Fair, sponsored by Career Services.
The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowman
Student Center Ballroom.
Camps, such as Camp Olympia, Camp Tejas, Deer Creek Adventure
Camp, Sea World Adventure Camp, Victory Camp, YMCA Camp Cullen
and Camp Arrowhead, among others, will be looking for temporary
help through the summer, according to employment specialist
Vinessa Mundorff.
In addition, other companies will be looking for internships,
with the hopes that students will work for them after graduation,
she said.
Students are encouraged to bring numerous copies of resumes,
dress professionally and wear a smile.
For more information, contact Lena Munn at 936.294.1713.
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‘Tartuffe’ To Tell
Story Of Hypocrisy, Greed
SHSU’s department of theatre and dance will bring
a 17th century play into modern times with its rendition of
“Tartuffe,” beginning Wednesday through Saturday
(Feb. 15-18).
Show times are 8 p.m. each day, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee,
in the University Theatre Center’s Mainstage Theatre.
“Tartuffe,” directed by department chair Penelope
Hasekoester, confronts deception, hypocrisy and greed, as
the imposter Tartuffe, posing as a prominent religious figure,
becomes more than merely a guest in Orgon and Elmire’s
household, and soon outstays his welcome.
The cast includes SHSU theatre and musical theatre majors
Jeff Barba, Veronica Polo, Mike Sims, Cadien Dumas, Michelle
Vanegas, Cody Hinson, Garrett Graham, Christie DeBacker, T.J.
Chasteen, Rick Olvera, Scotty McCarrey, Amber Sortino, A.J.
Salazar, Molly Ball, Glen Philip and Rocky Bobbitt.
The assistant director is theatre major Karen Roberts and
the stage manager is theatre major Lindsey Luker.
Designers are theatre majors Richard Chamblin, lights; James
Arrington, costumes; and theatre faculty member Gregg Buck,
set.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for senior citizens
and SHSU students with a valid ID. Group rates are also available.
The show contains adult content; therefore, no children under
the age of three will be admitted.
For more information, or for reservations, call the UTC Box
Office at 936.294.1339.
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Music To Showcase Faculty
Talent
The School of Music will showcase five of its faculty members
and give the community a preview of materials to be performed
at an upcoming convention with its Faculty Brass Quintet performance
on Monday (Feb. 13).
SHSU musicians Randy Adams and Steve Warkentin, playing trumpet,
cornet and flugelhorn; Peggy Demers, playing French horn;
Henri Howey, playing trombone and euphonium; and Robert Daniel,
playing tuba will all be featured at 6 p.m. in Music Building
Room 202.
“This concert will consist of material we will be presenting
at the Texas Music Educators Association convention on Feb.
17,” Adams said. “The program will feature contest
pieces for various levels of student brass players from middle
school through advanced high school students.”
Pieces they will perform will include original brass quintet
music and transcriptions by Bach, Adson, Pezel, Greig, Calvert,
Jones, Ewald, Bernstein, Dahl and SHSU’s own Fisher
Tull, as well as an arrangement by Howey “of the lively
and extremely technical Goedicke Concert Etude,” according
to Adams.
“There's something for everyone in this recital,”
he said.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information,
call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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SAM Center To Give Grad School
Info
The Student Advising and Mentoring Center will give students
considering graduate school all of the information they need
with an information night on Monday (Feb. 13).
The presentation, which will include a question-and-answer
session, will be held from 5-6 p.m. in the SAM Center, located
in Academic Building 4 Room 210.
“The Graduate School Information Program is designed
so that students may ask questions regarding graduate school,”
said Gerri Johnson, SAM Center graduate assistant. “Items
such as financial aid, an application timeline and letters
of recommendation will be covered.”
To sign up for the program or for more information, e-mail
gerri@shsu.edu
or call the SAM
Center at 936.294.4444.
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OIP To Host V-Day Coffee, Billiards
The Office of International Programs, along with the Office
of Multicultural and International Student Services, will
host a Valentine’s Day International Coffee Hour on
Tuesday (Feb. 14).
The event, which allows students to play billiards for free
for an hour, will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the Kat Klub, located
on the first floor of the Lowman Student Center.
“It’s just a wind-down time for them (international
students) to visit with friends they already have and meet
some other international students they haven’t met before,”
said Donna Rogers, OIP coordinator of operations.
“One of the main goals is to integrate them (international
students) into the regular campus community so that they will
have an opportunity to meet other students as they come in,”
she said.
Refreshments will be served, and the event is open to all
students, faculty, staff and “anybody who would like
to come and get better acquainted with some of our international
students,” she said.
“The International Coffee Hour and other events sponsored
by OIP
and MISS
are part of our effort to internationalize our campus,”
Rogers said.
For more information, call 936.294.3892.
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Art Department To Reveal
‘A Mysterious Clarity’
“A Mysterious Clarity,” an exhibition of paintings
by three landscape artists with very different artistic backgrounds,
will be on display in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery through March
9.
Ray Burggraf, Mark Messersmith and Lilian Garcia-Roig, who
all teach painting at Florida State University, all see Florida
in different ways, yet have a shared response to the fragility
of nature, as well as a common respect for its mystery, beauty,
and power, according to slide librarian Debbie Davenport.
Burggraf, who moved to Florida in 1970, creates colorful designs
that appear to be free-flowing abstractions that were created
spontaneously in a burst of inspiration, Davenport said.
Meticulously crafted by hand and painted in acrylic on shaped
wood with aluminum supports, his works are primarily about
the ever-changing light and atmosphere of the ocean in the
southern latitudes as well as the abstract colors and shapes
of the tropics.
Messersmith, who moved to Florida in 1985, creates “eccentric
large-scale canvases (that) are filled with intense action
that spills over into attached boxes and carvings,”
Davenport said.
Painted realistically with deft brushwork in lush oil, his
works describe a landscape still dominated by animals and
plants trying to survive.
“In Messersmith’s mythological world, human activity
seems to be just another animal joining the fray,” Davenport
said.
Garcia-Roig, who moved back to Florida in 2001, usually paints
on-site and works all day in dense forest spaces.
“In her work, the viewer feels surrounded by foliage
even when viewing the paintings from a distance. Up close,
the abstract qualities of her painting style are apparent
through her use of texture,” Davenport said. “She
often squeezes paint straight from the tube for an extreme
effect.
“Her technique reveals a drive to maintain an intimate
connection with both the act of painting and how it feels
to submerge oneself in nature,” she said.
A reception will be held on Thursday (Feb. 16), from 5-7 p.m.,
in the gallery. Burggraf will attend the reception and give
an informal gallery talk.
Hours for the gallery, located in Art Building F, are Monday
through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m. and will be open until
7 p.m. on the night of the reception.
For more information, contact the art
department at 936.294.1315.
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MISS To Address Interracial
Dating
The Office of Multicultural and International Student Services
will look at love from a different perspective with its Interracial
Dating Program II, on Wednesday (Feb. 15).
The event will be held at 2 p.m. in Lowman Student Center
Room 320.
The event allows students, faculty and staff to voice their
opinions on this timely topic through "agree,”
“disagree,” and “neutral" cards.
A guest speaker will also lead a discussion at the event,
which has previously been held twice on campus, with a successful
turnout, according to MISS program coordinator Jennifer T.
Roberts.
“The interracial dating program is one of the most anticipated
events for the Office of MISS,” she said. “I encourage
everyone to come early, because the seats get filled quickly.”
For more information, call 936.294.3878.
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LEMIT Series Draws Chronicle
Attention
The Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas recently
held its second Texas Police Chief Leadership Series Crisis
Intervention Techniques conference, addressing the issue of
how officers should handle people with mental illness.
The topic, discussed Jan. 23-27, is a new subject recently
mandated by the Texas Legislature and received special attention
during the session, according to Jana Richie, who is in charge
of development and publications for LEMIT.
CIT advocates Patsy Gillham, her sister Stennie Meadours,
and their brother Stann Sterling, all driving forces in the
passing of the Bob Meadours Act, attended the CIT training
block, Richie said.
“We continue to meet such memorable folks along this
pathway of healing,” Gillham said.
The event also attracted the Houston Chronicle, which had
a writer and photographer sit in on the class, Richie said.
LEMIT hosted the TPCLS pilot program, offering the first state-mandated
CIT training to Texas police chiefs in September 2005.
Entitled “The Bob Meadours Act, S.B. No. 1473,”
the class was taught by Houston police officer Frank Webb.
The CIT program consists of 16 hours of de-escalation and
crisis intervention techniques to facilitate interaction with
persons with mental impairments. This training is being delivered
during the current TPCLS two-year training cycle that began
Sept. 1, 2005, and ends Aug. 31, 2007.
For more information on the TPCLS curriculum, training dates
and training sites, visit the LEMIT Web site at www.lemitonline.org.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Feb. 12, 2006
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