SHSU
Update For Week Of Sept. 30
Health Center
To Give Free Flu Shots
As flu season approaches, the SHSU Student Health Center will
offer students free vaccines against the illness Tuesday through
Thursday (Oct. 2-4).
Vaccinations will be administered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Lowman Student Center Atrium.
All students must present their
student identification card (Bearkat OneCard) and fill out
a consent form in order to receive a vaccination.
Also
on Tuesday, the Student Health Center, Counseling Center and
Recreational Sports Department will distribute information on
how to achieve peak physical and mental health during the Fall
Campus Wellness Fair.
During the fair, students can have health assessments performed
in the LSC Atrium and earn free prizes.
Peak
flu season varies each year, but usually occurs between late
December and March, according to Michelle Lovering, SHC health
programming coordinator.
"Obtaining the vaccine in early October allows ample opportunity
for a person to be immunized before the peak season begins," she
said. "In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, October and November are the best months to be
vaccinated."
Students who have chronic illness or conditions like asthma
and diabetes should especially obtain the vaccine as having chronic
illness increases the likelihood of complications from the flu,
Lovering said.
"Contrary to popular belief, the influenza vaccine cannot cause
the flu," Lovering said. "In most cases, the only side effect
from vaccination is soreness at the site of injection."
For more information about the influenza vaccine or the vaccination
process, call the Student Health Center at 936.294.1805 or
visit www.shsu.edu/healthcenter.
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Homecoming Parade To Roll Out 'Orange Carpet'
SHSU is preparing for its "Night on the Orange Carpet" by accepting
applications for the 2007 homecoming parade until 5 p.m. on Oct.
15.
Applications are available online at www.shsu.edu/homecoming/parade and
should be returned to the Student Activities office, located
in the Lowman Student Center Suite 328.
Organizations from the Huntsville community, as well as SHSU
groups, may participate in the parade, which will be held on
Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Student organizations' floats will be judged, with first place
receiving $1000, second place receiving $500 and third place
receiving $250.
Applications can also be mailed to: Student Activities; Lowman
Student Center Suite 328; P.O. Box 2507; Huntsville, Texas, 77341;
or faxed to 936.294.3652.
For more information, call the Student
Activities Department at 936.294.3861.
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Regent To Give Grassroots Lecture
Dora Alcalá, member of the Texas State University System
Board of Regents, will discuss her life, as well as field questions,
on Friday (Oct. 5).
The discussion, part of the Grassroots Speaker Series, will
be held from 4-5 p.m. in Academic Building IV's Olson Auditorium.
Alcalá was appointed to the TSUS Board of Regents by
Gov. Rick Perry in July 2004.
During
her career, she has served as mayor of Del Rio, chairwoman of
the Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition Transportation Committee
and spent 37 years working in various capacities for the United
States Air Force.
She also served abroad in Madrid, Spain, and in the continental
United States at the Pentagon, in Albuquerque, San Antonio, and
Montgomery, Ala.
The recipient of numerous distinguished awards, Alcalá is
a graduate of Sul Ross State University and Webster University
in St. Louis, from which she received a master's degree. She
is also a graduate of the Air University's Academic Instructor's
School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.
After the lecture, a meet-and-greet with refreshments will be
held in the Student Advising and Mentoring Center, located in
Academic Building IV Room 210.
The event is sponsored by the academic support programs of the
Student Advising and Mentoring Center; the Bearkat Learning Community;
the Elliott T. Bowers Honors Program; Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, Inc.; and the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Program.
For more information, contact Bernice Strauss, director of academic
support programs for the SAM
Center , at 936.294.4455.
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ADAI To Give Another Interpretation Of DWI
Peer educators from Respecting Ourselves and Others Through
Education (ROOTED) will show students the effects of a different
kind of DWI--dating while intoxicated--in a comical play on Tuesday
(Oct. 2).
"The Interpreters," an Alcohol and Drug Abuse Initiative program,
will be held at 3 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Theater.
"This play depicts a common scenario, where students use alcohol
to make the art of conversation easier," said Michelle Lovering,
ADAI proactive prevention chair.
"The characters begin without the ability to converse with a
potential partner because of anxiety and a lack of communication
skills, and they end the play still unable to speak to each other
because of severe intoxication," she said. "In the end, the characters
make some sexual decisions they might not have made sober."
Throughout the play, ROOTED members, the "interpreters," provide
suggestions about what they should say to the potential partner.
The play introduces some very real sexual consequences of alcohol
consumption, according to Lovering.
The 2004 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Survey
reported that approximately 5 percent of respondents have had
sexual intercourse when he/she was too intoxicated to consent.
"Many more have surely had sex while under the influence, or 'tipsy,'
even though they may not have indicated this on the survey," Lovering
said.
Texas law states that a person cannot legally consent to sex
while under the influence of alcohol; therefore, sex under the
influence is rape.
"Furthermore, having sex while intoxicated may decrease the
likelihood that a person would choose to use a condom for STI
and pregnancy prevention, and it would certainly decrease the
likelihood that a person would be able to use a condom correctly
even if they choose to use one," Lovering said. "Simply put,
sober sex is safer."
In addition, the program will include a discussion of the program,
and all attendees will receive a special condom compact designed
to "protect their protection."
For more information, contact Lovering at
936.294.4347 or org_aai@shsu.edu .
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Association
To Go 'Away' On Chartered Buses
Students,
faculty, staff or any Bearkat football fan who would like to
hit the road with the team for the upcoming away games in Nacogdoches
or San Marcos can travel with the Sam Houston State University
Alumni Association, which is offering charter bus transportation
to both games.
The SFA game will be held on Oct. 27, and Texas State University--San
Marcos will be held on Nov. 15.
The alumni bus for the SFA game will depart Bowers Stadium parking
lot at 10 a.m. for the Saturday game.
The cost for the SFA package is $35 per person, which includes
bus transportation, a game ticket and pre-game tailgating.
The TSUSM bus will depart Bowers Stadium parking lot at 2 p.m.
for the Thursday night game and will cost $45 per person, which
includes bus transportation, game ticket, and pre-game tailgating.
A minimum of 35 passengers are required to secure the TSUSM
charter bus.
Buses
will return immediately following both games.
The reservation deadlines are Oct. 20 for SFA and Nov. 1 for
Texas State.
To reserve a seat and game ticket, call the Office of Alumni
Relations at 936.294.1841 or visit the alumni Web site at
http://alumni.shsu.edu.
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Career Services To Give Job Fair Basics
Career
Services will prepare students for the upcoming Fall Teacher
Job Fair, on Oct. 10, with a number of workshops that will help
them perfect their résumés and sharpen their interviewing
skills.
On
Tuesday (Oct. 2), the "Effective Résumé Writing
Workshop" will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Students can learn the benefits of attending job fairs, general
professional etiquette, how to best prepare for the event, and
what to do after it's over on Wednesday (Oct. 3) during the "How
To 'Work' The Career Expo" workshop, which will be held from
3-4 p.m
Finally, on Thursday (Oct. 4), Career Services will give students "Successful
Interviewing Skills" from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
The workshop will cover general professional etiquette and appropriate
dress; describe various types of interviews; and discuss important
interviewing strategies, how to best prepare for interviews,
and how to answer difficult questions.
While there is no need to register beforehand for any of the
three workshops, which will all be held in the Career Services
Library, space is limited to less than 50 people.
For more information on any of the workshops, call Career
Services at 936.294.1713.
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SAM Center To Prepare Students For Grad School Tests
The
Student Advising and Mentoring Center will help graduate-school
bound students with their Graduate Record Exam or Graduate Management
Admission Test with a mini-prep session on Saturday (Oct. 6).
The
session will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the University
Center in The Woodlands.
The prep course will address test-taking techniques, so students
need to get a study book from any bookstore for the subject review,
according to Margaret Ferguson, SAM Center staff associate.
"We have excellent professors present, one from the math department
and one from the English department," she said. "The morning
session is math techniques and the afternoon is English techniques.
"Whether you are taking the GRE or the GMAT, the test-taking
techniques will apply," she said.
For more information or to register, call the SAM
Center at 936.294.4444.
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Symphony To 'Open' With Concert
The SHSU School of Music will present an "Opening Night at the
Symphony" on Wednesday (Oct. 5).
Under the direction of Carol
Smith, the symphony orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at
the University Heights Baptist Church, on Sycamore Avenue.
Featuring
classical and more modern works, the concert will include Aaron
Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" from Symphony No. 3, Ludwig
van Beethoven's "Overture to Prometheus Opus 4" and George
Gershwin's "Concerto
in F Major for Piano and Orchestra," among others.
The
concert will also feature music student and pianist Yanira Soria;
faculty members and guest conductors Matthew McInturf and Allen
Hightower; and the SHSU Symphonic Choir.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students and free for SHSU
faculty and staff members and music majors.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Continuing Ed Cancels Fall EMT Course
The Introduction to the Level of Emergency Medical Technician
program scheduled to begin Monday (Oct. 1) has been canceled.
"The EMT program was canceled because the contractor had a procedural
issue with the State of Texas," said Patsy Collins, Continuing
Education staff associate. "Once this is resolved, we'll review
and possibly offer the program again."
Refunds will be processed and disturbed by mail within two weeks.
For more information, call the Office
of Continuing Education at 936.294.3869.
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McNair Scholars Present Research
Three SHSU McNair Scholars recently presented their research
at a symposium at the University of The Incarnate Word in San
Antonio.
Scholars from several universities from across the state, including
SHSU's Elizabeth Jackson, Nicole Lozano and Jason Randall, were
invited to participate in the event, held on Sept. 7.
"SHSU McNair Scholars delivered excellent presentations of the
research that they have been conducting for the past nine months," said
Lydia Fox, McNair Scholars program director.
Jackson presented her paper "Tracing the Skinheads: A Historical
Evaluation of Skinhead Migration and Motives," Lozano presented
on "Assessing the mental health needs of former foster youth
who have exited the foster care system;" and Randall discussed "An
Investigation of the Developmental Differences in False Memories
between Adults and Children."
Other universities that participated in the symposium included
St Mary's University, Our Lady of the Lake University, St. Edward's
University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program is
designed to provide talented low-income, first-generation and
ethnic minority undergraduate students with effective preparation
for doctoral study.
The SHSU McNair program encourages graduate studies by providing
opportunities for undergraduates to define their goals, engage
in research, and develop the skills and faculty mentor relationships
that are critical to success at the doctoral level.
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Professors' Presentation 'Makes Things Brighter'
Six
professors in the family and consumer sciences department recently
gave tips to low-income families on how they can save money on
their electric bills.
The
presentation, "Low-cost, No-cost Energy Management," was part
of a workshop hosted by Entergy on Sept. 13 at the Katy and E.
Don Walker, Sr., Education Center.
Assistant
professors Laura Burleson, Zaheer Kirmani, Claudia Sealey-Potts,
Paula Tripp and Janis White, as well as adjunct faculty member
Jeannine Grantham, discussed ways to cut energy costs by doing
simple things in the interior of their homes.
"I discussed how your apparel choice can impact the amount of
energy you use to keep cool or stay warm," White said. "Dr. Sealy-Potts
talked about the use of cooking methods.
"They're already at the poverty line, so they don't have money
to spend to make improvements," she said.
The "Making
Things Brighter" workshop also included presentations by representatives
from U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady and Texas Sen. Robert Nichols' offices.
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Sept. 30, 2007
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