SHSU
Update For Week Of March 25
Fair To Give Wellness
Tips
Students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to learn
about important health resources, facilities and organizations
that are available, both on and off campus during the 2007
SHSU Wellness Fair on Tuesday (March 27).
The fair, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
Lowman Student Center Mall Area, will include a free chair
massage, stress relief with biofeedback, hypertension and
blood glucose screenings, nutrition advice and more.
"The fair offers a unique opportunity for students, faculty
and staff to learn about the numerous wellness resources on
campus and in the community," said Michelle Lovering,
SHC health programming coordinator.
Students will also have the opportunity to pick up giveaways
and enter their names into a drawing for grand prizes, including
T-shirts, water bottles, backpacks, Barnes and Nobles gift
certificates, portfolios and a pack-and-go picnic cooler,
among others.
This event is a collaborative effort between the Counseling
Center, the Department of Recreational Sports, and the Student
Health Center.
In the event of cold or rainy weather, the event will take
place in the LSC Room 320.
For more information, visit the Health
Center Web site or contact Lovering
at 936.294.4347.
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Speaker, Day To Raise Colorectal
Cancer Awareness
In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month
in March, the SHSU Wellness Committee and the Huntsville Chapter
of “Voices” will teach people that “No one
should die of embarrassment” and will sponsor a denim
day on Wednesday (March 28).
Vicki Barrilleaux, colorectal cancer survivor and coordinator
for the Huntsville “Voices” chapter, will discuss
her personal story and her fight against colon cancer during
the presentation, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Lowman Student
Center Room 304.
For denim day, participants who donate $5 to the Colon Cancer
Alliance will have the opportunity to wear blue jeans, with
supervisor permission, to commemorate this important cause.
Colorectal Cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the
United States, killing roughly 30,000 men and women in 2003
alone.
However, 50 to 60 percent of CRC deaths could be prevented
if men and women over the age of 50 were screened routinely,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The Colon Cancer Alliance uses the phrase ‘preventable,
treatable, beatable’ for this cancer,” said Michelle
Lovering, SHC health programming coordinator. “Every
person, regardless of age, should learn about what can be
done to reduce the risk of developing and dying from CRC.”
Studies also suggest that by increasing physical activity,
eating fruits and vegetables, avoiding tobacco and limiting
alcohol, many people can reduce their risk of developing CRC.
All donations should be given to Barrilleaux in the Undergraduate
Admissions Office, through Campus Mail Box 2418, or can be
made at the colorectal cancer information table to the SHSU
2007 Wellness Fair on Tuesday (March 27) from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
For more information, contact Barrilleaux
at 936.294.1584.
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Teacher Job Fair Attracts More
Than 138 Schools
Approximately 138 schools and school districts will be talking
to potential employees during the Spring Teacher Job Fair
on Wednesday (March 28).
The fair will be held from 12:30-3 p.m. in the Bernard G.
Johnson Coliseum.
Representatives from districts from Texas’ metropolitan
areas, as well as smaller school districts and a few private
schools, will visit with any student or alumnus who may be
interested in a position.
In addition, agencies such as Harris County Dept. of Education,
Texas Teachers - Alternative Certification, Windham School
District and Education Service Center Regions 3, 4, 6, 7,
10 and 20 will be available to discuss other employment possibilities.
Students are encouraged to bring copies of resumes and dress
professionally.
For more information, or for a complete list of attending
agencies, call 936.294.1713 or visit http://www.shsu.edu/~ccp_www/teacher_job_fairlist.html.
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James Madison Prof To Discuss
Sudoku
Laura Taalman, associate professor of mathematics at James
Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., will present "Sudoku:
Questions, Variations, and Research" on Wednesday (March
28).
The discussion, part of the department of mathematics and
statistics' Piney Woods Lecture Series, will be held from
2-3 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Theater.
A reception for Taalman will follow in the Lee Drain Building’s
fourth floor atrium.
Taalman received her doctoral and master’s degrees from
Duke University in 2000 and 1996, respectively. She also earned
her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Univeristy
of Chicago in 1994.
She joined the JMU faculty in 2000.
While serving as a graduate instructor of mathematics at Duke
University, she spent four years developing, teaching, and
writing materials for a combined calculus and precalculus
course, according to her vita.
In 2004, her textbook, which combined calculus, pre-calculus,
and algebra, was published by Houghton Mifflin.
For more information, contact Jacqueline
Jensen 936.294.3517.
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Community Activist To Speak
For ‘Grassroots’
Huntsville High School nurse and community activist Dalia
Harrelson will field questions from SHSU students about her
work and life on Wednesday (March 28).
The “Grassroots: A Series of Conversations on Leadership
in a Diverse Community” lecture will be held at 5 p.m.
in Academic Building IV’s Olson Auditorium.
A reception will immediately follow in the Student Advising
and Mentoring Center, located in AB IV Suite 210.
The event is sponsored by the SAM Center’s academic
support programs; the Elliott T. Bowers Honors Program; the
International Hispanic Association; Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, Inc.; the NAACP; the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate
Achievement Program; Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc.; and
Women United.
For more information, call the SAM
Center at 936.294.4444.
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TCU Prof To Discuss Economics
Issues
Kiril Tochkov, assistant professor of economics at Texas
Christian University, will present his paper "A Drive
Up the Capital Coast: Contributions to Post-Reform Growth
across Chinese Provinces" on Thursday (March 29).
The lecture, part of the SHSU economics and international
business department’s Spring Seminar Series, will be
held at 2:30 p.m. in Smith-Hutson Business Building Room 133.
Tochkov has been an assistant professor with TCU’s department
of economics since 2005.
He received his doctoral and master’s degrees from the
State University of New York at Binghamton, as well as a master’s
degree in economics and Chinese studies from the University
of Heidelberg in Germany.
His research interests include macroeconomics, public finance,
development economics and economics of transition in China,
Russia and Eastern Europe.
For more information, or to download a copy of Tochkov’s
paper, visit
http://www.shsu.edu/~eco_www/resources/seminar_spring2007.htm.
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Orange Keys Applications
Being Accepted
Applications for membership into the Orange Keys, one of
Sam Houston State University's oldest organizations, are being
accepted by the Dean of Students’ Office until April
6.
In order to be eligible for the Orange Keys, a student must
be a sophomore or higher in class standing, possess a minimum
3.0 grade point average and be in good standing with the university.
The 15 students selected as Orange Keys represent the top
strata of the student body, according to Jeanine Bias, assistant
dean of students.
“Selection to this service-leadership group is one of
the highest honors a student can receive at SHSU,” she
said.
Orange Key members receive a $500 scholarship per semester.
Originally founded in 1959, members of Orange Keys have served
as university ambassadors for over 45 years.
For more information, visit the Dean
of Students' Office, located in Lowman Student
Center Room 215, call 936.294.1785, or visit
www.shsu.edu/~slo_www/organizations/documents/OrangeKeys.pdf.
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Festival To ‘Jazz’
Up SHSU
The School of Music will bring a weekend of jazz to the
SHSU campus during the 47th Annual Jazz Festival March 29-31.
This year’s festival, the oldest jazz festival in the
state, will feature guest artist and trombonist Ron Wilkins,
a San Antonio native and Broadway veteran who has performed
with notable jazz and popular musicians such as Jerry Lewis,
Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Dizzy Gillespie and The Temptations.
The three-day event will open on Thursday, with a class on
jazz style and improvisation taught by Wilkins, at 11 a.m.
in Music Building Room 216.
At 2 p.m., the SHSU Jazz Ensemble will have an open rehearsal
in Music Building Room 205 as they work with Wilkins in preparation
for their concert on Saturday, followed by a SHSU Faculty
Jazz Combo concert with Wilkins at 5 p.m., also in Music Building
Room 205.
Friday will feature a lecture by Wilkins at 11 a.m. in Music
Building Room 205, an open rehearsal of the SHSU Jazz Lab
Band lead by Wilkins at 2 p.m. in Music Building Room 205,
and an open dress rehearsal for Saturday’s concerts
at 5 p.m. in the Criminal Justice Center’s Killinger
Auditorium.
The festival culminates on Saturday with competition performances
of about a dozen of Texas’ best school jazz bands from
10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a performance of the SHSU Jazz Lab
Band at 3 p.m., and a performance of SHSU Student Jazz Combo
at 5:30 p.m.
The awards gala concert, with the SHSU Jazz Ensemble, Wilkins
and other featured artists, will be held at 6 p.m. All of
Saturday’s activities will be held in the Killinger
Auditorium.
Tickets to the Thursday and Saturday evening concert and festival
performances, including the awards gala concert can be purchased
at the door for $10. A combined ticket for the Thursday and
Saturday events can be purchased for $15. All other events
are free and open to the public.
All concerts are free for SHSU student, faculty and staff
with an SHSU ID.
For more information, contact the festival director Trent
Hanna, coordinator of jazz studies at trenthanna@hotmail.com;
Daniel Pfannstiel, graduate assistant in theory/composition,
at dmpfannstiel@yahoo.com;
or Pablo Tani, graduate assistant in jazz studies, at venezuelan13@hotmail.com.
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Music To Host Brass,
Symphony Concerts
The School of Music will highlight its tuba and euphonium
ensemble, as well as its symphony orchestra with two concerts
this week.
On Tuesday (March 27), the SHSU Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble will
give audiences a preview of the performance the group and
student soloists will give for the South Central Regional
Tuba Euphonium Conference on March 30-31 at the University
of Texas at Austin.
The preview performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital
Hall.
The ensemble will perform arrangements of music originally
written for another genre, including Edward Elgar’s
“Nimrod” movement from “Enigma Variations,”
Jacob Arcadelt’s “Ave Maria,” and Arthur
Pryor’s “Blue Bells of Scotland,” according
to Robert Daniel, adjunct professor of tuba.
“This arrangement works extremely well for the tuba-euphonium
ensemble,” he said.
Ensemble members James (Casey) Tucker, tuba, and Irving Ray,
euphonium, will be featured as soloists on one of the student
recitals at the conference, while Spencer Little has been
selected as a finalist in the solo tuba competition.
“If Spencer wins this competition, he will be a featured
soloist on the final concert of the conference,” Daniel
said.
Under the direction of Daniel and low brass professor Henry
Howey, the ensemble is comprised of euphonium players Ray,
Joseph Walter, Adam Chitta, Steve Buescher and Paul Levine,
as well as tuba players Tucker, Layne Gilley, Little, Alex
Badour, Chris Lawrence and David Simon.
On Thursday (March 29), the SHSU Symphony Orchestra will bring
“Mars” and “Jupiter” to Earth during
a performance at 7:30 p.m. at the University Heights Baptist
Church.
The event will feature graduate assistant in orchestral studies
Ryan Gilchrist guest conducting two movements of Gustav Holst’s
“The Planets, Opus 32: Suite for Large Orchestra”
set to a PowerPoint presentation of NASA photography from
the Hubble Telescope, according to conductor Carol Smith.
“It’s a huge production,” Smith said. “We’re
bringing in two harps and a few other instruments we normally
do not use as part of the orchestra.”
The concert will also interject performances by undergraduate
student soloists in addition to the full orchestra, performing
such pieces as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Concerto
for Clarinet and Orchestra” and Antonio Lucio Vivaldi’s
“Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major, RV 537.”
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children and non-SHSU students,
and free for SHSU students and faculty with their university
ID.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Art Students’ Works
To Be Judged For Scholarships
The SHSU art department will open its studio doors to the
public as art students compete for scholarships and awards
through their works during the art department’s 8th
Annual Juried Student Show beginning Monday (March 26).
The exhibit will be held in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, located
in Art Building F, through April 26.
For the juried show, students submit their artworks to be
judged to determine which pieces will be included in the show,
according to art department slide librarian Debbie Davenport.
The guest judge for the event will be Ian McDonald, an artist
living and working in San Francisco who has shown all over
the US and Europe.
A reception and "open studios" will be held on April
19, from 5-7 p.m. and the awards ceremony will be held at
6 p.m.
“Viewers can walk through the rooms where the classes
are taught and art is created,” Davenport said. “Included
in this ‘open house’ is the painting and drawing
studios, sculpture and ceramic studios, and the printmaking
and design studios.”
In addition, the Student Organization of Fine Art will host
a “Refusal Show” April 16-20 in the SOFA Gallery
for the works not picked for the juried show. The reception
for that show will be held at the same time and date as the
juried show.
“There will also be samples of artwork throughout the
Art Complex studios in various stages of completion,”
Davenport said. “This is an excellent opportunity to
get an up close and personal look at the student work and
the studios of the art department.”
The reception, as well as both exhibits, is open to the public,
and light refreshments will be served.
For more information, call the art
department at 936.294.1315.
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OneCard Program Wins
National Marketing Award
The Bearkat OneCard Office was recently selected to receive
the 2007 "Best Marketing" award from the National
Association of Campus Card Users at its 15th annual national
conference.
Kristy Vienne, director of Bearkat OneCard Services, submitted
the winning entry, which included materials from all of the
different ways the university utilizes the identification
card program.
In addition to the basic identification purposes of SHSU’s
Bearkat OneCard, the card is marketed through its use for
payroll and financial disbursements, activation of the card,
on campus sponsorship and marketing, Web site information,
logos, and prizes such as card pouches, mouse pads and T-shirts,
she said.
Bearkat OneCard cardholders also use their ID card to access
Student Services and Athletic events, their designated Residence
Hall, the Health and Kinesiology Center, the Newton Gresham
Library, meal plans and Bearkat Bucks account, as well as
other university sponsored programs and services.
"Our job is to provide a multi-functioning ID card that
students can use on and off campus for programs and services,”
Vienne said. “We strive to develop marketing pieces
that will educate students on the services we provide as well
as educate them on responsible financial money management.”
In addition to the glass trophy awarded at the awards luncheon,
SHSU will also receive a free registration to the 2008 NACCU
conference in Las Vegas Nevada, valued at $395.
NACCU is the national professional organization for university
and institutional ID card programs. In addition to producing
a monthly newsletter, hosting the national list serve, and
maintaining a Web site with information on campus card issues,
NACCU offers card industry employees a variety of networking
and educational opportunities including hosting national and
regional conferences.
The NACCU annual conference was held March 3-7 in Atlanta,
Ga.
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PC To Have Fear-Filled ‘Fling’
The Program Council will test students’ “Fear
Factor” during its 2007 Spring Fling beginning on Tuesday
(March 27).
That day, magician Brian Brushwood will show off his “Bizarre
Magic,” at 6 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Ballroom.
On Wednesday, students can participate in “Fear Factor
Fun,” with bumper cars, a Velcro wall and human bowling
at noon in the LSC Mall Area.
Texas Snakes of Houston will help students face their fears
of the reptiles on Thursday, when students can have their
pictures taken holding live snakes, at 11 a.m. in the LSC
Mall Area.
The “fling” will conclude on Friday and Saturday
with the Sam Houston Challenge II, a weekend of mental and
physical events during which teams can compete for a $600
prize. Teams can sign up in the PC office, located in LSC
Room 324.
All PC and Spring Fling events are free.
For more information, call the PC
at 936.294.1763.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
March 23, 2007
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