Honoring secretaries April 26
President Randy Moffett invites all Southeastern secretaries to an
Administrative Professionals Day Coffee in the Alumni Center on Wednesday,
April 26, at 10 a.m.
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Students affected by Katrina can apply now for
financial assistance to re-enroll
Southeastern is offering a one-time award of $100-$250 to help students
affected by Hurricane Katrina return to school.
Eligible students are being notified
now for the special disaster relief program, which has been funded by approximately
$150,000 collected through donations and fund-raising efforts by the university's
Student Government Association, Development Foundation, Alumni Association,
and the Spears Hurricane Relief Foundation.
Students qualify for the assistance
if they resigned from Southeastern in fall 2005 as a result of the hurricane,
are in good academic standing, and were not enrolled in a college or university
during the current (spring 2006) semester. The award is available for either
the summer 2006 or fall 2006 semesters.
"We know this has been a very difficult
time for many of our students and their families," said President Randy
Moffett, "This program is designed to defray some of the non-tuition costs
of re-enrolling, such as rental textbooks, and course, lab and student
I.D. fees."
The award amount is based on the number
of course hours in which a student enrolls: $100 for one-six hours; $150,
seven-11 hours; $200, 12-15 hours; $250, 16 or more hours.
Southeastern is attempting to contact
approximately 700 qualified students by mail, but those who do not
receive a letter and application form can get information about
the disaster relief program by contacting Southeastern's Scholarship
Services Office at 985-549-2245 or by e-mailing Director of Financial
Aid Rosie Toney at rtoney@selu.edu,
said Stephen Soutullo, dean of enrollment management. He said Southeastern
would like to hear from all eligible students whether they plan
to return to the university or not.
"Students gave us contact information
when they resigned, but many of those addresses were temporary," Soutullo
said. "We want to hear from everyone, so we really appreciate students
taking a few moments to tell us about their plans."
Although the special awards initially
target students who resigned last fall and were not able to return in the
Spring, Soutullo said the university hopes to extend the award, on a funds
available basis, to the approximately 600-plus hurricane-affected students
who resigned in the fall, but did return this spring.
"We hope that Southeastern's disaster
relief assistance program will help make it possible for students to return
to Southeastern in the near future," Moffett said
Web redesign: Tell us what you
think!
The Web Redesign Project Team wants to know what you think about Southeastern's
new Web site, as well as any ideas you might have for additional features
that will improve our new Web site.
To tell us what you think, just
click the "Tell Us What You Think" button on Southeastern's
homepage, complete the form and submit it. The Web Redesign
Team will review your submission and will publish the results
on the Web Redesign Project Web site.
In addition, during Phase IV, your ideas
may be incorporated into the new Web site. Once all university units have
completed and published their new pages on Southeastern's Web site, Phase
IV of the Redesign Project will begin. Academic units (Phase II) should
be complete by May 5, and administrative units (Phase III) should be complete
by July 31.
Phase IV will include creating additional
interactive features for Southeastern's Web site, such as a new campus
map, a new virtual tour, and an A-Z index of the site. So go ahead and
tell us what you think - your ideas may be included in Phase IV of Southeastern's
Web Redesign project!
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 Students
pitch in for 'Extreme Spring Break'
Southeastern students joined peers from other ULS institutions who
traded their spring break off-time for overtime as they volunteer to build
homes for Habitat for Humanity. �Extreme Spring Break� included three full
days of working with Habitat in Hammond, Abita Springs and Lake Charles.
Southeastern in Hammond and McNeese State University in Lake Charles served
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As a cameraman from WWL-TV records the tour,
Diane Primus, center, shows Southeastern freshman Amber Jones
of Slidell, one of the "Extreme Breakers," around the Habitat
House where she will live with two of her grandchildren. Jones
volunteered for Extreme Spring Break to "give back" because
of the help that volunteers gave her own family after Hurricane
Katrina flooded her Slidell home.
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St. Tammany alumni, friends invited
to April 26 reception in Mandeville
St. Tammany Parish alumni and friends of Southeastern are invited to
meet and mingle with university administrators at an April 26 reception
in Mandeville.
The informal event hosted by the Southeastern
Alumni Association is scheduled from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the home of Gina
and Brett Stoltz, 48 Chinchuba Court, in Mandeville.
Southeastern guests will include President
Randy Moffett; his wife Barbara, head of the university's School of Nursing,
Interim Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Dennis Roland, faculty
members and Alumni Office staff.
To RSVP or for more information, call
the Alumni Association at 1-800-SLU-ALUM or 985-549-2150.
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 Members
of the MBA Society look over items donated by businesses for the society's
April 24-28 online auction. From left, are Joanna Kennedy of Walker, vice
president of communication; Anna Lisa Carmichael of Hammond, president;
Candice Sanders of Slidell, and advisors David Bowes and Dawn Wallace,
Southeastern general business faculty members.
MBA Society hosts online auction April 24-28
The MBA Society is hosting an online auction April 24-28 as a fundraiser
to help business administration graduate students get an edge in the job
market.
Proceeds from the auction, which will
be conducted at www.vektorweb.com/mba,
will be used to create a resume portfolio of Master of Business Administration
graduates, said MBA Society advisors Dawn Wallace and David Bowes, members
of the university's general business faculty.
"Since Hurricane Katrina, the job market
in our area has become uncertain," said Wallace. "This is especially true
for professional employment. With auction funds, we hope to create a resume
portfolio of MBA graduates to send to businesses. We want to help our MBA
students make connections with businesses."
She said the MBA Society also hopes
to sponsor an event that will bring together business leaders and students.
Wallace said MBA Society members solicited
auction items by sending letters to Fortune 500 companies, requesting
donations such as gift certificates, merchandise, and promotional
items. In return for donations, businesses' company logos will be
placed next to their auction item and linked to their web site.
Online auction items range from a golf
bag and IPOD Shuffle to a big bag of gum, apparel, bookbags, and a year's
supply of chicken.
Members are still accepting donations,
which can be brought to room 84 of Garrett Hall, located on Western Ave.,
or mailed to Southeastern MBA Society, care of Dr. Dawn Wallace, SLU 10735,
Hammond, LA 70402.
For additional information, contact
Wallace at (985) 549-2146.
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Leggworks presents "Broadway
Bound" April 27
The dancers of Leggworks are "Broadway Bound" in their April 27 spring
concert.
The dance company, sponsored by the
Department of Music and Dramatic Arts and directed by dance instructor
Dana Brewer-Plazinic, will present the program of original jazz, hip hop
and lyrical pieces, at 7:30 p.m. at Vonnie Borden Theatre in D Vickers
Hall.
The choreography was created by April
Bardwell of Ponchatoula, Jennifer Buck of Harvey, Jarrod Cashe of Hammond,
Shaylyn Ducoing of Lafitte, LaDasha Moll of Gonzales and Micah Richerand
of Folsom.
Brewer-Plazinic said some of the pieces
contain mature language and material not suitable for younger audiences.
Tickets for "Broadway Bound" are $4,
general admission; $2, senior citizens and non-Southeastern students. Admission
is free for Southeastern students.
For additional information about the
concert, contact Brewer-Plazinic at 985-549-5254 or dbrewer@selu.edu.
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 LPO
brings Broadway to the Columbia April 28
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will bring the sounds of the Great
White Way to the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts when "Broadway
Comes to Hammond" April 28.
The third of the New Orleans based orchestra's
annual trio of concerts at Southeastern Louisiana University's downtown
theater will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32, Orchestra 1 and Loge;
$28, Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20, Orchestra 3; and $19, Balcony 2. Tickets
are on sale at the theater lobby box office from noon-5 p.m., weekdays,
(985) 543-4371.
Under the baton of guest conductor Stuart
Chafetz, the LPO will perform selections from popular Broadway musicals
including favorites by Gershwin, Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rodgers
and Hammerstein, and Marvin Hamlisch.
The program includes Bernstein's "Candide
Overture," Webber's "Symphonic Reflections," and selections from "Porgy
and Bess," "South Pacific," "West Side Story," "Man of La Mancha" and "A
Chorus Line."
For additional information about "Broadway
Comes to Hammond" and other Columbia Theatre programming, visit www.columbiatheatre.org
or call (985) 543-4371 or (985) 543-4366.
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 Writer
and producer Samuel C. Hyde Jr., far right, director Charles Elliott,
center, and Producer L. E. Wallace, second from right, confer during
a break in the filming of the center's documentary, "The Manchac Swamp:
Manmade Disaster in Search of Resolution." At left, historical consultant
Keith Finley helps actress Dana McKinney touch up make-up.
Film on Manchac Swamp premieres Thursday
The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies has produced "The Manchac
Swamp: Manmade Disaster in Search of Resolution," a documentary film highlighting
the past, present and future of the fragile, threatened wetlands.
The film will debut on Thursday, April
27, at 6 p.m. at the Hammond Regional Arts Center (the Levy Building),
217 E. Thomas Street in downtown Hammond. The event is in conjunction with
the Southeast Louisiana Historical Association spring meeting, said the
center's director, Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Ford Chair in Regional Studies.
Hyde, who wrote and produced the film,
said it is the product of more than two years of research conducted by
the center staff through a $63,000 grant from the university's Lake Pontchartrain
Basin Research Program and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Center Assistant Director Keith M. Finley
helped research the film, which was directed by Southeastern history faculty
member Charles N. Elliott. Butch and Kirk Lee of Vivid Video coordinated
camera work and post-production with assistance from L. E. Wallace Productions.
Shot on location in the swamp, the film
incorporates rare Depression era video that Hyde said "reveals the historical
progression of the Manchac Swamp from a majestic forest sustained by a
robust ecosystem to the denuded environmentally fragile condition that
characterizes the region today."
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Strawberry Jubilee
Former Miss Southeastern Kim Dottolo serves up red beans and
rice while one of her successors, Miss Southeastern 2006 Blair
Abene, takes on the traditional duty of cutting the giant cake
at the Campus Activities Board's annual Strawberry Jubilee.
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Guitar Fest
concludes with concerts, masterclasses
The 2006 Southeastern Guitar Festival concludes April 25-27 with a
recital and masterclass by guest artist Robert Wetzel and a concert by
the Southeastern Guitar Ensemble.
Recording artist Robert Wetzel will
give a "back by popular demand" recital of traditional music for the classical
guitar at Pottle Music Building Auditorium on Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30
p.m.
"Mr. Wetzel gave us a good 'one-two
punch' last year with an exceptional recital and one of the best masterclasses
for students that I've seen," said Patrick Kerber, Guitar Festival
director and coordinator of guitar activities in the Department of
Music and Dramatic Arts. "His soft spoken style belies a wealth of
knowledge and a true gift of communication on stage and in the classroom.
The requests from students and audience members from last year's recital
made it very easy to invite this talented artist for an encore."
Kerber said Wetzel will perform music
from his "Guitar Fantasy in Spain and Italy" CD series, which includes
music by Milan, Guerau, Marcello, and the hauntingly beautiful, "Serenata
Espanola" by the Spanish romantic Joaquin Malats.
Wetzel will also conduct a masterclass
for Southeastern guitar students on Wednesday, April 26, at noon. The public
is invited to attend this event in which students will receive instruction
in an informal performance setting.
On Thursday, April 27, the Southeastern
Guitar Ensemble's spring concert will be the Guitar Festival's grand finale.
Kerber said the program will feature music for various combinations of
guitars from the Renaissance to the 20th century and will also feature
two guest artists.
Flutist Elizabeth Rollins will perform two pieces for guitar and flute
by Southeastern alumnus Don Dupuis, and soprano Jessica Davis will perform
the Brazilian cantilena/vocalise, "Bachianas Brasilieras #5" by Villa-Lobos.
"The Guitar Ensemble continues to increase
in popularity," said Kerber, the ensemble's director. "This will be a typically
varied program, featuring the guest artists, lute music, a transcribed
Handel organ concerto, and an exciting set of pieces from Falla's, 'El
Amor Brujo.' Anyone who attended the festival's opening concert by Trio
Sonacion will remember some of this music played on two guitars.
The arrangement of this music performed on 17 guitars is a unique musical
experience."
All of festival events are free and
open to the public. For more information, contact Patrick Kerber at (985)
549-2886 pkerber@selu.edu.
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Concert Choir to perform at Hammond, Baton Rouge
churches
Southeastern's premier vocal ensemble, the Concert Choir, will present
a program of sacred music, including settings of "Magnificat" by both J.S.
Bach and Arvo Pärt, at churches in Hammond and Baton Rouge.
The free concerts are scheduled for
April 25 at 7 p.m. at Baton Rouge's First United Methodist Church and April
30 at 3:30 p.m. at Hammond's Holy Ghost Church, said Conductor Alissa Mercurio
Rowe of the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts.
The programs also will include "Sanctus"
from "Messe en Sol Majeur" by Francis Poulenc; versions of "Alleluia" by
both Randall Thompson and Sven Lekberg, and "Song for Athene" by John Tavener.
Soloists for the Bach "Magnificat" include
mezzo-sopranos Betty Turner of Hammond, Cassandra Arnold of Ponchatoula
and Angela Miller of Slidell; sopranos Jacquie Brecheen of Ponchatoula,
Emily Stokes of Covington and Amber Whitfield of Walker; bass Christopher
Griffin of Baton Rouge; and tenors Brian Martinez of Montz and Brandon
Wear of Slidell.
Rowe said the choir will be accompanied
by full orchestra during the Hammond concert and by organist Dan Talbot
in Baton Rouge.
For additional information, contact
the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, (985) 549-2184.
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Gospel Music Ensemble to perform May 2
The Gospel Music Ensemble will present a free concert of traditional
spirituals and contemporary gospel pieces on Tuesday, May 2.
Conducted by Kenya Lawrence Jackson,
the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts ensemble will perform at 7 p.m.
at Greenfield Baptist Church, 110 J. W. Davis Dr. in Hammond.
Jackson said selections will include
Anthony Williams' "Make Me Over"; "Behold the Lamb of God" arranged by
the Gospel Music Ensemble's composer-in-residence and accompanist, Jan
Youngblood, and the powerful Gospel hit "Suddenly," conducted by ensemble
member Travis Bush of Reserve.
Soloists will include Pamela Williams,
Bogalusa; Marshaun Robertson, Clinton; Leslie Palmer, Hammond; Travis Bush,
Reserve; Melissa McKey, Denham Springs; Daniel Florida, Baton Rouge; Christopher
Graham of Hammond, and Abdul Burl, Reserve.
For additional information, contact
the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, (985) 549-2184.
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Jazz concerts in May
The One O'Clock Big Band's May 5 concert will include "the most swinging
jazz music to hit Hammond," says the band's director, Richard A. Schwartz,
director of jazz studies for the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Titled "Sing, Sing, Sing!," the free
concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
Schwartz, who has performed with musical
legends Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Linda Ronstadt, and jazz recording
artists Diana Krall, Dave Grusin, Roy Hargrove, and Bob Mintzer, will lead
the ensemble through a captivating jazz repertoire.
"Bring the whole family," said Schwartz.
"We're going to perform tunes made famous by Count Basie, Duke Ellington,
Buddy Rich, Bennie Moten, Alf Clausen (of "The Simpsons" fame,) Miles Davis,
Benny Carter, and Benny Goodman."
Other free Southeastern jazz events
in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium include the Southeastern Two O'
Clock Big Band on Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. and the Southeastern Jazz
Combos on Tuesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, visit music.selu.edu/jazz
or contact Schwartz at richard.schwartz@selu.edu
or the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts at (985)-549-2184.
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Ethical behavior in the workplace
The Comprehensive Public Training Program, a section of the Louisiana
Division of Administration, is sponsoring a workshop on campus entitled
"Ethical Behavior in the Workplace." The day and a half program will be
held on Tuesday, May 16 from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will be completed
on Wednesday, May 17 from 8:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. It will be held in Room
139 of the University Center.
This course is designed to help participants
learn how to evaluate work situations to identify potential ethical problems
and conflicts of interest. Participants will learn how to develop a plan
to comply with rules and/or laws governing potential areas of conflict,
and promote awareness of ethical behavior in work groups. A certificate
of participation, indicating contact hours, will be issued to attendees.
The program is open to all university
employees with their supervisor's approval. Pre-registration is required
by the state, and early registration is recommended. Please contact Jan
Ortego at extension 5771 or at Jan.Ortego@selu.edu
for registration information.
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KSLU, bookstore aid March of
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| Lisa Hernandez, left, senior community
director for the March of Dimes, thanks Bonnie Gilhaus of Southeastern's
Follett Bookstore for helping with the recent March of Dimes
campaign. The bookstore placed Walk America collection jars
at both checkout counters and presented March of Dimes with
donations April 19. |
Hernandez, at left, is pictured with KSLU staff members Mary Heleniak,
business manager; Rosa Dunn, Point of View host/producer; and Liz Black,
underwriting/development representative) who held a bake sale in the lobby
of D Vickers Hall on April 10. Proceeds totaling $300 were presented to
Hernandez when she visited KSLU's studio for her interview regarding the
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 Student
receives Phi Kappa Phi travel scholarships
Southeastern junior Brandi Hock of New Orleans is one of 38 students
nationally who have been awarded a $1,000 study abroad grant by the honor
society Phi Kappa Phi.
Hock, an English education major who
has a minor in Spanish, will use the grant to help fund her participation
in Southeastern's summer study program in Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 2-25.
This is the second consecutive year
that a member of Southeastern's Phi Kappa Phi chapter has received the
national study abroad grant.
In the Mexico program, students will
earn six hours credit while living with local families, visiting cultural
sites, and spending a weekend in Acapulco.
"I love Spanish countries and I have
always wanted to study abroad," Hock said. "I didn't want to graduate without
having the experience." Hock also received a study abroad scholarship from
Southeastern's Student Government Association, which issued more than $75,000
in awards to 90 students this year.
"Foreign languages are a great way to
bring culture into the classroom," said Hock, who hopes to eventually teach
in another country and is also seeking English as a Second Language certification.
"One of my missions in life is to show my future students the global aspects
of the world."
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 SIFE
second runner up in Memphis regional
Southeastern's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) presentation team
won second runner up in Southeastern's league at the Cintas Regional Competition
in Memphis, including a trophy and $800 for the University's Development
Foundation. During the past year more than 200 Southeastern students were
involved in 14 projects in Louisiana and Mississippi to teach a variety
of topics to university and community audiences. The projects addressed
the competition's six judging criteria: understanding of market economics,
competitive skills for the global economy, entrepreneurship, personal financial
management skills, ethics, and student-organization sustainability. The
league championship was won by the University of Tulsa. SIFE Inc., headquartered
in Springfield, Mo., has grown to be the world's largest student organization,
with many chapters now in former Communist countries. Southeastern's chapter,
begun by General Business professor R. David Ramsey in 1987, is the oldest
in Louisiana.
Presenting Southeastern's projects to
the judges, who are corporate executives, were, from left, accounting major
Dominique Douglas of Harvey; marketing major Jessica J. Bergeron of St.
Bernard Parish; Southeastern SIFE President Brooke Marie Boudreaux, an
accounting major from Marrero; Ramsey; marketing major Kaitlin Watkins
of Mandeville; and general business major Brent Ray Rasberry of Denham
Springs.
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This
week in athletics
The Southland Conference champion men's and women's tennis teams will
compete in the Southland Conference Tournament during this week in Southeastern
Athletics.
Both the men's and women's tournaments
will be held in Arlington, Texas, Friday through Sunday. Both the Lions
(17-3, 5-1 SLC) and the Lady Lions (20-3, 10-0 SLC) will receive first-round
byes and open tournament play on Saturday.
The Lady Lions, who rolled through league
play undefeated to earn their first-ever SLC regular season title, are
the top seed and the defending SLC Tournament champions. On Saturday at
9 a.m., Southeastern will face the winner of the Sam Houston State-Texas-Arlington
first-round match. The final match of the tournament will be held on Sunday
at noon.
The Lions, who shared the SLC regular
season title with UTA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, will look to advance
past the tournament semifinals for the first time. Second-seeded Southeastern
will face either UTA or Lamar on Saturday at 12 p.m. The finals are scheduled
for Sunday at 3 p.m. The winners of the men's and women's SLC Tennis Tournaments
receive automatics berth into the NCAA Tournament.
The Southeastern baseball team (16-24,
7-11 SLC) will host four games this week at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni
Field. The Lions will face non-conference foe South Alabama on Wednesday
at 6:30 p.m. Southeastern will host Texas-Arlington for a three-game series,
beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday's 3 p.m. game will be sponsored
by First Guaranty Bank. Fans will be eligible to win First Guaranty Bank
prizes with the purchase of a Gameday Program. The series finale in on
Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. All four Southeastern baseball
games will be broadcast live in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on
the internet at www.LionSports.net.
The Southeastern softball team (10-32,
6-18 SLC) will close out the 2006 season this week. The Lady Lions will
face Southern on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Baton Rouge. Southeastern will then
head to Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, opening a three-game series with
a 1 p.m. doubleheader in Nacogdoches, Texas. On Sunday, the Lady Lions
and Stephen F. Austin will face off in a 12 p.m. contest.
The Southeastern track and field teams
will be back in action this week. The Lions and Lady Lions will head to
Beaumont, Texas on Thursday to compete in the Lamar Invite.
Tuesday, April 25
Softball, at Southern, Baton Rouge,
4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26
Baseball, vs. South Alabama, Pat Kenelly
Diamond at Alumni Field, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Thursday, April 27
Track and Field, at Lamar Invite, Beaumont,
Texas, all day
Friday, April 28
Baseball, vs. Texas-Arlington, Pat Kenelly
Diamond at Alumni Field, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Saturday, April 29
Baseball, vs. Texas-Arlington, Pat Kenelly
Diamond at Alumni Field, 3 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Softball, at Stephen F. Austin (DH),
Nacogdoches, Texas, 1 p.m.
Men's Tennis, Southland Conference Tournament
Semifinals, Arlington, Texas, 4:30 p.m.
Women's Tennis, Southland Conference
Tournament Semifinals, Arlington, Texas, 9 a.m.
Sunday, April 30
Baseball, vs. Texas-Arlington, Pat Kenelly
Diamond at Alumni Field, 1 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)*
Softball, at Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches,
Texas, 12 p.m.
Men's Tennis, Southland Conference Tournament
Finals, Arlington, Texas, 3 p.m.
Women's Tennis, Southland Conference
Tournament Finals, Arlington, Texas, 12 p.m.
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Southeastern participates in Tennessee Williams
Festival
Southeastern was well represented at the 20th annual Tennessee Williams/
New Orleans Literary Conference, March 30-April 2, in the French Quarter.
English Department faculty introducing master classes at the Historic New
Orleans Collection were department head Dr. Jeanne Dubino, Dr. Joel Fredell,
Dr. Sarah Spence, Sue Nichols, Michelle Bellavia, Andree Cosby, and Melinda
Shelton. Dr. Denelle Cowart (English) was Southeastern's onsite coordinator
for this aspect of the festival.
Bev Marshall (Writer in Residence),
together with author Silas House, presented a master class about book tours:
"Two for the Market Double the Fun and Double the Dollars Touring Together."
She also was moderator for the panel "It's All in the Family: Southern
Secrets in the Raw," and read from her fiction on a panel titled "Writers
Read."
Dr. Tim Gautreaux (Writer in Residence)
was a panelist on a session discussing "The Cajun in Fact and Fiction:
Toward a Truer 'Evangelineage.'"
Dr. Randy Sanders (History) interviewed
Richard Zacks, author of several books on pirates, and also was a panelist
on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Southeastern faculty who attended
the many literary events included Dr. Eric Johnson (director, Sims
Library), Steve Bellas (Communication), and from the English Department
Dr. Richard Louth, Dr. Ruth Caillouet, Mary Mocsary, and Paul Crawford.
A number of students from English Department classes, both graduate
and undergraduate, attended the master classes as well as the literary
panels.
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Professional activities
The Office of Public Information won two awards, including a top
award in graphic design, at last week's district conference of the
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) held in
Oklahoma City. The office was cited with a first place Grand Gold
Award for the cover design of last year's Southeastern Magazine,
which focused on the 20th anniversary of Fanfare, the university's
fall festival of arts and humanities. The cover was designed by
university graphic designer Terry Bahm. The office
also received a second place Silver Award of Excellence in the category
of audiovisual communications-multimedia programs for the DVD Experience
Southeastern, which was produced in cooperation with Southeastern
Auxiliary Services. The DVD, which is used in the university's student
recruitment campaigns, focuses on services offered through Auxiliary
Services, including campus housing, food service, bookstore and
textbook rental service. Experience Southeastern was produced
by Auxiliary Services Marketing Director Robin Parker, and
directed and edited by Southeastern videographer Steve Kleyle.
Dr. David Hanson (English)
presented two papers at the conference of the Nineteenth Century
Studies Association in Salisbury, Md. One paper, "Keeping Company
with Sisters: Macaulay, Goethe, and the Ethics of Autobiography,"
for a commemorative panel honoring the work of the late Wayne C.
Booth, applied Booth's book on the ethics of fiction, The Company
We Keep, to 19th-century autobiography. For a panel on hypertext
projects in 19th-century scholarship, a second paper, "Designing
an Electronic Archive: The Example of a Ruskin Family Journey,"
related his current work in electronic editing to the conference
theme of travel and tourism.
Also at the conference of the Nineteenth
Century Studies Association, Dr. Jeanne Dubino (English)
presented a paper entitled "Going to the Dogs?: British Travel Writers
and the 'Turkish Question.'" Dubino also was notified that her article
"The Source, the Movie, the Remake: Imperial Nostalgia in Isak Dinesen's
Out of Africa, Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa, and
Melinda Atwood's Jambo, Mama" will be published in the February
2007 issue The Traveling and Writing Self. In addition, she
was recently elected vice-president of the International Society
for Travel Writing.
Dr. Mary Sue Ply (English)
presented a paper at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association National Conference in Atlanta, April 12-16, entitled
"Tracy Kidder and Robert Olen Butler: Intelligence Officers Write
the Vietnam War." She serves as chair of the Vietnam Area of the
Popular Culture Association for the seventh year.
At the same conference, Dr. Ruth
Caillouet (English) presented "Mourning the Woman Warrior: Losing
Sydney, Buffy, and Xena," a paper centering on a discussion of the
woman as warrior and the recent loss of several of these characters
and programs on television. Her session analyzed this trend by also
examining the history of the woman warrior in fact and fiction.
Dr. Brian S. Canfield (Counseling
and Human Development) co-authored a paper entitled "Work and Family
Conflict: An Often Overlooked Issue in Couple and Family Therapy"
which was published in the March 2006 edition of Contemporary
Family Therapy: An International Journal.
Dr. Richard Louth (English)
presented "Digging Out: Making Sense of Katrina Through Writing"
at the National Writing Project Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.,
on April 7.
An article by Dr. Linda Synovitz,
Dr. Wynne Gillan and Dr. Ralph Wood (Kinesiology and
Health Studies), "An Exploration of College Students' Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Use: Relationship to Health Locus of Control
and Spirituality Level," has been published in the American Journal
of Health Education.
Drs. Barbara J. Shwalb and David Shwalb (Psychology)
presented two research posters at the convention of the Society
for Adolescent Research (San Francisco, March 23-26). One of the
papers, "The Meaning of Respect and Disrespect in Childhood and
Adolescence," was co-authored by five Southeastern undergraduate
students majoring in psychology (Mary E. Belsom, Brittney N. DePaula,
Elizabeth A. Hodge, Karl D. Lehn, and Chris Viola) and based on
a collaboration with Assistant Superintendent Thomas Bellavia of
the Tangipahoa Parish School System.
JB Hill and Dayne Sherman
(Sims Memorial Library) gave two presentations the Louisiana
Library Association Annual Conference in Lafayette, "Got Text? Reaching
Out to Students Through Cell Phones" and "E-mail/SMS Conversion."
Sherman also gave a talk and literary reading for the Department
of Language and Communication at Northwestern State University in
Natchitoches at Watson Library on March 20.
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