SHSU
Update For Week Of Jan. 15
University To Observe MLK Day
Sam Houston State University will be closed and classes
will be dismissed, on Monday (Jan. 16) in observance of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day.
The university will re-open, and classes will resume as scheduled,
on Tuesday.
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Students Get Last Shot For Influenza
Vaccine
It is not too late to receive a free flu vaccine. The Student
Health Center still has over 200 vaccines available while
supplies last.
The American College Health Association recommends annual
vaccinations for “college students at risk of complications
from the flu such as diabetics, asthmatics or patients under
certain immunodeficiencies, and any student who wants to minimize
disruption of routine activities during epidemics.”
“A vaccination received in January will reduce the risk
of developing influenza throughout the remainder of the flu
season, which typically continues through March,” said
SHC physician Dr. Tom Hill.
Students can receive the vaccine at the SHC between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Calling ahead to check for availability is recommended.
Students must read and complete the flu vaccine consent
form prior to receiving the injection.
“Getting the flu at the beginning of a semester could
take a toll on your courses,” said Michelle Lovering,
health programming coordinator. “I encourage students
to come in and get a free vaccine so that their semester can
begin with a healthy start.”
For more information, call the center at 936.294.1805 or visit
the Web site at www.shsu.edu/healthcenter.
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Rec Sports To Hold
Intramural Sign-ups, Officials’ Clinics
The Department of Recreational Sports will open registration
for several spring intramural sports beginning Tuesday (Jan.
17).
Registration will be held for men’s, women’s and
co-rec seven-on-seven soccer through Feb. 13; men’s
and women’s racquetball doubles through Feb. 15; men’s
and women’s basketball skills competition through Feb.
15; and men’s and women’s tennis doubles through
March 1. The sign-up deadline is 5 p.m. for all sports.
Captain’s meetings for all events will be held on the
last day of registration, at 6 p.m. in Health and Kinesiology
Center Room 241.
Registration will end for men’s, women’s and co-rec
five-on-five basketball on Jan. 23 at 5 p.m., with a captain’s
meeting at 6 p.m., and for men’s, women’s and
co-rec four-on-four flag football on Jan. 30 at 5 p.m., with
the captain’s meeting at 6 p.m.
In addition, Rec Sports will host official’s clinics
for those who want to officiate intramural sports.
The basketball clinic will be held Jan. 23, from 7-9 p.m.;
Jan. 24, from 6-8 p.m.; Jan. 25, from 5-9 p.m. and Jan. 26,
from 5-9 p.m.
The four-on-four flag football officiating clinic will be
held Jan. 30, from 7-9 p.m.; Jan. 31, from 6-8 p.m.; Feb.
1, from 5-9 p.m.; and Feb. 2, from 5-9 p.m.
The seven-on-seven soccer clinic will be held Feb. 13, from
7-9 pm., and Feb. 15-16, from 5-9 p.m. both days.
Finally, a softball clinic will be held March 6, from 7-9
p.m. and March 7-8, from 5-9 p.m. on both days.
Those interested in officiating must attend all clinics, which
will be held in HKC Room 241, for that specified sport.
For more information on any intramural sport or officiating
clinic, call 936.294.1985.
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International Students,
Friends To Gather For Coffee
The Office of International Programs will welcome students
back to campus, and possibly the country, with an International
Student Coffee Hour and Billiards event on Wednesday (Jan.
18).
International students, office volunteers and anyone who would
like to meet SHSU’s students from abroad are welcome
at the event, which will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the Kat
Klub.
“It is an opportunity for relaxation and refreshments
and meeting new friends,” said Donna Rogers, OIP coordinator
of operations.
International Coffee Hour is held several times each semester,
and the turn-out is generally “great,” with approximately
40 people attending each event last semester, Rogers said.
The Kat Klub is located on the first floor of the Lowman Student
Center.
For more information, call 936.294.4737.
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Library To Give Profs Lesson
On Plagiarism Tool
The Newton Gresham Library will teach professors the basics
of Turnitin, a major plagiarism deterrent system, with two
workshops in January.
“Turnitin.com is a database which compares submitted
papers to millions of pages of Internet content and tens of
thousands of previously submitted papers and materials on
proprietary databases and reveals improperly duplicated material,”
said Ann Holder, NGL director of library services. “Turnitin.com
is the foremost anti-plagiarism tool available to educators."
The session will be held on Wednesday (Jan. 18) at 2 p.m.
and again on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.
Both workshops will be held in NGL Room 157.
For more information contact Jess Nevins at 936.294.3587,
936.294.1599 or at lib_jjn@shsu.edu.
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Kat Klub Kicks Off Spring
Tourneys With Hold’em
The Kat Klub will deal the first of many game tournaments
beginning Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 18-19) with a Texas
Hold’em tournament.
The tournament, the winner of which will go on to compete
in the tournament of champions April 19-20, will be held from
5-9:45 p.m. in the Kat Klub, on the first floor of the Lowman
Student Center.
Also in January, the Klub will host a 9-ball billiards tournament,
at 5 p.m. on Jan. 26. There is a $1 entry fee for the 9-ball
tournament.
All tournaments are open to students, faculty and staff.
Other tournaments scheduled for the semester include blackjack,
8-ball billiards and table tennis, and a schedule for the
spring can be found at http://www.shsu.edu/~lsc_www/services/katklub.html.
Klub hours for the spring semester are Monday through Thursday,
from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.; Saturday, from 1-5 p.m.; and Sunday, from 3:30-7:30
p.m.
For more information, or to sign up, contact Gary Roark at
936.294.1722.
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of Public Relations at SHSU. For electronic access to SHSU
news see the public relations Web page Today@Sam.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
Jan. 15, 2006
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