SHSU
Update For Week Of Nov. 12
Campus To Open For
Potential Students Nov. 18
Prospective students and parents will have the opportunity
to visit the Sam Houston State University campus to see what
the university has to offer on Saturday (Nov. 18).
Saturday @ Sam, sponsored by the Visitor Center, will begin
with check-in and parent coffee from 8-9 a.m. in the Bernard
G. Johnson Coliseum, followed by an opening session from 9-11
a.m.
Throughout the day, students and their parents can meet with
academic advisers at the university’s Student Advising
and Mentoring Center, have academic sessions with two different
colleges of potential majors, tour residence halls and the
campus, attend an organizations fair, and get information
from various departments on campus.
Breakfast and lunch items will be available for purchase
throughout the day at the Johnson Coliseum concession stands.
Lunch will also be available from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in
Café Belvin for $5.40 and the Paw Print.
The next Saturday @ Sam will be held on March 24, 2007.
Registration
forms, online
registration, directions
to the university and more information is available online
at http://www.shsu.edu/~visitor/saturday.html.
More information may also be obtained by calling 936.294.1844
or e-mailng visitsam@shsu.edu.
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Office To Prepare
Students For ‘Destination Graduation’
The Registrar's Office will give upcoming graduates a one-stop
'destination' where all their questions can be answered on
Wednesday (Nov. 15).The sixth "Destination Graduation"
will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lowman Student
Center Ballroom.
Departments from across campus will be on hand to answer such
questions as "Where do I go for the ceremony," "Is
there anything else I need to do," or "What do I
do after graduating?"
"We just want to offer students a way to find out what
is going on so that there are no surprises at the end of graduation,"
said Maria Busby, assistant registrar.The event is open to
all students who have applied for December 2006 graduation,
including all bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.
There will be a Destination Graduation T-Shirt giveaway, while
supplies lasts, and freebies from the Registrar’s Office
and many of the other departments.
For more information, contact Jennifer Guilliams at 936.294.1035,
JCG015@shsu.edu,
or visit http://www.shsu.edu/~reg_www/destination.
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Carolina Prof To
Give Economics Seminar
Stephen C. Miller, assistant professor of economics at Western
Carolina University, will discuss his research on "Economic
Beliefs, Intelligence, and Ability Bias: Evidence from the
General Social Survey" on Thursday (Nov 16).
The lecture, part of the economics and international business
department’s Fall 2006 Seminar Series, will be held
at 2:30 p.m. in Smith-Hutson Building Room 139.
Miller, whose research interests include the education, public,
Austrian and public choice economics, joined the WCU faculty
in 2006.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Towson University
and his master’s degree and doctorate from George Mason
University.
The event is open for all SHSU students, faculty and staff.
His paper can be downloaded at http://www.shsu.edu/~eco_www/resources/seminar_fall2006.htm.
For more information, call 936.294.1265.
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Organization, Guests To Discuss
Internationalization
The International Student Organization will share different
points of view on internationalization during a lecture on
Thursday (Nov. 16).
Part of International Education Week, the event will be held
at 5 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Theater.
“Often times, people have somewhat separated image about
international students. Whenever people hear the word international,
many will take that as (meaning) cultural stuff,” said
ISO president Yonghwa Kim.
“I want everybody, both internationals and American
students, to realize that introducing cultures is just the
one way of promoting internationalization,” he said.
“The real benefit of internationalization is exceptionally
high but, with our current situation in SHSU, it is difficult
to identify because of the low awareness.”
The conference will include Nobuaki Takayama, from Interesse
International, Inc., sharing his perspective of the topic
from the international corporate community member’s
view, and a faculty member’s perspective through a presentation
by Amir Fazlagic, a Fullbright scholarship recipient from
the general business and finance department.
In addition, student opinions, taken from a survey, will be
discussed, and Kim will discuss how the organization can support
and be a bridge for these viewpoints.
“In the movement of globalization today, the goal of
this organization is to support the University and shape new
values within communities and students,” Kim said. “We
are currently trying to move the university along with the
movement of globalization.”
The ISO is a newly-established organization at SHSU that works
closely with the Office of International Programs. The group
is seeking prospective members from both the student body
and faculty, according to Kim.
The event is open to the public.
For more information, call the International Student Organization
at 936.294.3892.
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Speaker To Discuss Club, Volunteer
Opportunities
Michelle McKinsey, from the Boys and Girls Club of Walker
County, will discuss after-school programs that are offered
to children in the Huntsville area and Walker County, through
the Boy's and Girl's Club during the Non-Traditional Student
Organization meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 14).
The meeting will be held from 1:45-3 p.m. in Lowman Student
Center Room 319.
“We have a large majority of members who are parents,
and single parents, who wish to be more informed about what
the community has to offer in regard to child care assistance,
especially due to the closing of Bearkitten Academy,”
said Andrea L. Woodlief, NTSO business manager.
McKinsey will also discuss volunteer opportunities and ways
for the non-traditional students to become more involved in
the SHSU and Huntsville communities.
The Boys and Girls Club offers after-school programs to the
children of Huntsville and Walker County, as well as volunteer
opportunities for students who wish to become more involved,
according to Woodlief.
The club offers enrichment for children and methods of learning,
and gives the children a safe place to socialize and interact
with other children after normal school hours, she said.
Anyone who would like to become a member of the NTSO may do
so by visiting the group’s Web site, at www.shsu.edu/~org_ntso.
For more information on the Boys and Girls Club, contact McKinsey
at 936.291.6054, and for more information on the NTSO,
contact Andrea Woodlief at andreawoodlief@shsu.edu.
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Photography Students
To Show ‘Personal Narratives’
The works of students in Rebecca Finley’s Photography
363 class will be on display in the Lowman Student Center
Gallery through Nov. 22.
“Personal Narratives,” named after the seminar
class for photography majors, will include presentations of
“one photograph from a larger body of work they have
been developing throughout this semester,” according
to Finley, who is an assistant professor of photography.
“A wide variety of subject matter is explored as students
deal with issues ranging from death and mortality to spirituality
and identity,” she said.
Students will also be graded on their presentations.
The artists featured the exhibition include Jamaal Bachelor,
Leanne Bray, Shannon Donohue, Stacey Farrell, Jessica Hatch,
Inga Howard, Samuel Isenhower, Joshua Jones, Willie Keener
Jr., Patrick Kennedy, Leslie Lowe, Amanda Mahler, Kenneth
Morton, Jennie Navarrete, Dustin North, Candace Powers, Jennifer
Tumalad, Debra Voss, Gary Williams and Sarah Willy.
A reception will be held on Thursday (Nov. 16), from 5-7 p.m.
For more information, contact Finley at rlf001@shsu.edu.
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Music To Hosts Quartet
Of Concerts
The SHSU School of Music will present wind, classical, jazz
and horn recitals beginning Wednesday (Nov. 15).
That day, director of wind and percussion studies Matthew
McInturf will lead the Wind Ensemble in a concert featuring
the works of composer Vincent Persichetti at 7:30 p.m. in
the Mance Park Middle School Auditorium.
“More than any other major American composer, Persichetti
poured his talents into the literature for wind band,”
said Patricia Card, SOM assistant chair.
Along with Persichetti’s three more popular works, the
ensemble will also play Giovanni Gabrieli's “Conzona
Per Sonare No. 2” and the lighthearted “Honey
Boys on Parade” by Edward Cupero, she said.
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and children,
free for students, faculty and staff with an ID.
On Friday (Nov. 17), director of jazz studies and SOM associate
chair Scott Plugge, playing the alto saxophone, accompanied
by director of keyboard studies Sergio Ruiz on the piano,
will perform a variety of late-19th and 20th Century pieces.
The classical saxophone concert will be held at 7:30 p.m.
in the Recital Hall.
Among the pieces the duet will play are Robert Muczynski’s
“Sonata Op. 29,” Libby Larsen’s “Holly
Roller” and Maurice Whitney’s “Introduction
and Samba.”
On Nov. 20, the SHSU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Bands will
kick off two pre-Thanksgiving concerts with a concert filled
with swing, Latin and funk music.
The ensemble will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Beto Criminal
Justice Center’s Killinger Auditorium.
Among the songs that will be performed are Arthur Herzog,
Jr., and Billie Holliday’s “God Bless the Child,”
featuring senior music major Brian Best on alto saxophone;
“In Her Family” and “So May It Secretly
Begin,” both by Pat Metheny; and Gordon Goodwin’s
“Sing, Sang, Sung,” with guest faculty performer
John Lane on drums.
SHSU horn students will perform a collage of solos and pieces
for piano and horn on Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Recital Hall.
The horn studio recital will also include one large piece,
entitled “The Grand Canyon Suite,” performed by
the horn choir, according to associate professor of horn Peggy
DeMers.
Admission is free for all three concerts.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Library Faculty Discuss
Survey Analysis At Conference
Newton Gresham Library faculty members, Ann Jerabek and
Lynn McMain, both associate professors, recently presented
a paper at the Brick and Click Symposium annual academic library
conference.
“From Far and Near: Analysis of On-Campus and Distance
Learning Students’ Responses to a Library Assessment,”
analyses responses to a survey administered to over 2200 SHSU
students in 2004, was presented on Nov. 3.
The paper was also co-authored by S. Thomas Kordinak, SHSU
professor of psychology, who provided vital support for the
statistical aspects of the survey, and Joe Hardenbrook, from
the Staley Library at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill.,
according to McMain.
Hardenbrook is a former SHSU Newton Gresham Library faculty
member.
The Brick and Click Library Symposium is sponsored by Northwest
Missouri State University in order to offer academic librarians
a forum for sharing practical information, according to the
organization’s Web site.
The peer-reviewed sessions provide a small, collegial atmosphere
in which to discuss diverse topics, current issues and solutions.
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Speech Profs’ Articles
Get Published
Three papers by two speech communications professors were
recently accepted for publication.
“Communicating Dislike of Close Friends' Romantic Partners,"
written by speech communication assistant professor Shaungyue
Zhang and a professor from Ohio State, appeared in a recent
issue of “Communication Research Reports.”
The paper investigated how college students express dislike
of a friend's romantic partner and how the disclosure may
influence their friendship and the friend's romantic relationship,
according to Richard Bello, associate professor of speech
communication.
Another paper co-authored by Zhang was chosen to appear in
an upcoming issue of “Communication Monographs,”
the most prestigious of all North American journals in the
field of speech communication, Bello said.
The paper, titled "Relational Communication in Computer-Mediated
Interaction Revisited: Three Studies Comparing Participant-Observer
Perspectives," examines people's impression formation
processes in online settings.
It was also accepted for presentation at the Western States
Communication Association's annual conference in Seattle in
February 2007, where it will be given the top paper award
for the association's Interpersonal Communication Interest
Group.
In addition, Bello recently had a paper accepted for publication
in an international communication journal, “The Journal
of Pragmatics,” volume 38, 2006, pages 1430-1441.
“‘Causes and Paralinguistic Correlates of Interpersonal
Equivocation’ is an experimental study and extension
of the most prominent theory of the causes of equivocation
within interpersonal settings,” he said. “It also
established a profile of the kinds of verbal disfluencies
that are most likely to accompany equivocal messages."
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Nov. 12, 2006
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