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left, Jennifer Soileau, Heather Williams, Blair Abene, and Kristen
Hilliard posed together at a pageant fundraiser, a phone-a-thon
for the Children's Miracle Network.
Southeastern foursome shine at Miss Louisiana pageant
Miss Southeastern Kristen Hilliard and three of her classmates --
all former Miss Southeasterns -- shined at the Miss Louisiana Pageant
in Monroe Saturday night.
Hilliard, a piano performance major
from Covington, received the pageant's Newcomer Award and was among
the Miss America preliminary's 10 finalists. As her talent, she performed
the Rachmaninoff "Piano Prelude, Op. 32 No. 8, Vivo."
"We are very proud of Kristen and
all our past Miss Southeasterns," said Jason Leader, coordinator
of the Campus Activities Board, sponsor of the Miss Southeastern pageant.
"Kristen represented Southeastern extremely well and earned a
spot in the top 10 on her first trip to Miss Louisiana -- an accomplishment
that is not a standard at the Miss Louisiana Pageant! She was also
recognized for being the second highest fund raiser for CMN in the
state."
Competing as Miss Crescent City New
Orleans, senior education major Jennifer Soileau of Hammond was the
pageant's first runner up. Soileau, who wore the Miss Southeastern
crown in 2003, won the Miss Louisiana Scholarship Foundation Physical
Fitness Award during the Thursday night pageant preliminary round.
She also received awards from the Miss America system and Children's
Miracle Network for raising the most funds for the charity.
Senior Blair Abene of Hammond, Miss
Sportsman's Paradise and Miss Southeastern 2006, was second runner-up.
Also competing as Miss Slidell was Heather Williams, a senior mass
communication major and Miss Southeastern 2005.
The young women won a combined total
of more than $11,000 in scholarships. Congratulations to them all!
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More 'Academic Adventure' camp fun and learning coming in July
A second month's worth of Southeastern's "Academic Adventures"
summer camps will get underway in July, giving students of all ages
the opportunity to learn and have fun with languages, science, art,
music, writing and technology.
On Southeastern's main campus or at
the Livingston Literacy and Technology Center in Walker, students
from ages seven through high school - even, in some cases, adults
- can learn about faraway cultures, launch rockets, build robots,
solve an Eqyptian mystery, explore nature with numbers, create online
movies and games, learn new software programs, and express themselves
through art and music.
Information about Academic Adventures
camps and online and printable registration forms are available
online at www.selu.edu/summercamps.
For specific information, contact Linda Munchausen, coordinator
of the Academic Adventures camps, at 985-549-3935 or lmunchausen@selu.edu.
Camps for younger children include
before and after care from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for an additional
$15. Early registration is encouraged since camp enrollment is limited
and registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis.
July camps at the Livingston Literacy
and Technology Center are "Space and Rockets '07!", July
9-13, and "Spanish," July 23-27. Both are open to children
in grades 1-7. Special scholarships are being offered by the center
for Livingston Parish students. Call Joan Gunter at (225) 665-3303
for additional information.
Camps on the main campus in Hammond
are "International Languages," July 9-13; "Exploring
Nature with Numbers," July 9-13; "Microsoft Publisher
2003 - Basic" (for High School Juniors and Seniors and Adults),
July 9-13; "Children's Art Workshop," July 9-19 (Monday-Thursday);
"Microsoft FrontPage 2003 - Basic," July 16-20; "Microsoft
Publisher 2003 - Basic" (for ages 9-14), July 16-20; "Gizmos,
Gadgets, and Goop," July 16-20; "Programming with ALICE,"
July 23-27; "Mystery of the Pharaoh's Treasure," July
30- Aug 3; "Practical Robotics,: July 30-Aug. 3.
"Microsoft Word, Excel &
PowerPoint 2003 - Basic" for high school juniors, seniors and
adults is also being offered June 25-29.
Academic Adventures camps also include
morning and afternoon sessions of the Children’s Art Workshop,
July 9-19; the Community Music School’s Southeastern Music
Festival, July 9-20; and the Young Writers Camp, July 23-27. The
camps will be held at locations on Southeastern's main campus.
For camps sponsored by Continuing
Education, visit www.selu.edu/continuinged.
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Campus Compact to implement 'Ready Campus'
emergency response program
A program designed to unite college campuses with their neighboring
communities in emergency situations will soon be implemented statewide
by Louisiana Campus Compact (LCC), a coalition of 33 Louisiana public
and private colleges and universities focused on fulfilling the
civic mission of higher education.
"Ready Campus" is a program
designed to strengthen preparation for emergencies and plans for
quick response, explained Stuart Stewart, executive director of
Louisiana Campus Compact. The program was developed at College Misericordia
and other institutions in Pennsylvania.
Staff from the Louisiana Board of
Regents, the state's higher education governing board, requested
that LCC develop a Louisiana version of the Ready Campus program
and have it in place to coordinate future disasters or emergencies.
LCC conducted training programs last year for student leaders from
colleges and universities throughout the state.
"The Ready Campus model takes
into account that campuses must provide safe and secure learning
environments and must also do all that is possible to shield students,
faculty and staff from the effects of natural and man-made disasters
and emergencies," said Stephen T. Hulbert, president of Nicholls
State University in Thibodaux and chair of the LCC Executive Committee.
"Catastrophic events, from hurricanes
like Katrina and Rita to campus shootings such as those at Virginia
Tech, from bomb threats to even inclement weather demonstrate the
need for a well-prepared campus community," he added. "This
is the goal of the Ready Campus initiative."
LCC has applied to the Louisiana Serve
Commission to use 15 AmeriCorps members for the implementation of
Ready Campus. Under the proposal submitted to the commission, LCC
plans to develop a statewide DisasterCorps program. "The application
that we have under review to host AmeriCorps members provides a
unique opportunity to integrate service with disaster and emergency
preparation," said Stewart. "Through Ready Campus, it
is our goal to create a 'culture of preparedness' on campuses where
students, faculty and staff are equipped with the skills to respond
in times of emergencies or disasters.
Under the plan, each of the 70 postsecondary
educational institutions under the Board of Regents, as well as
private institutions that wish to participate, will identify a Ready
Campus leadership team. Teams will include campus police or security
officers, student affairs professionals, faculty members, a senior-level
administrator, student representatives and others. Members of the
leadership teams will be asked to complete training programs sponsored
by LCC and for disseminating information to the campus community.
In 2007-2008, campus teams will participate in Community Emergency
Responder Team (CERT), CPR, AED, and Incident Command System training.
In addition to the training, faculty
will be allowed to apply for Ready Campus course integration grants.
These grants will be used to integrate disaster and emergency preparation
into college courses. Competition for the grants begins in the fall
and will be open to faculty at LCC member institutions.
More information about the Ready Campus
program can be obtained by contacting Louisiana Campus Compact headquarters
at Southeastern Louisiana University, 985-549-2496.
LCC member institutions include Baton
Rouge Community College, Bossier Parish Community College, Centenary
College of Louisiana, Delgado Community College, Dillard University,
Grambling State University, Louisiana Delta Community College, Louisiana
State University (LSU), LSU- Alexandria, LSU - Eunice, LSU Health
Sciences Center in New Orleans, LSU-Shreveport, Louisiana Tech University,
Louisiana Technical College, Loyola University of New Orleans, McNeese
State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State
University, Nunez Community College, Our Lady of Holy Cross College,
Our Lady of the Lake College, River Parishes Community College,
South Louisiana Community College, Southeastern Louisiana University,
Southern University, Southern University at New Orleans, Southern
University at Shreveport, Sowela Technical and Community College,
Tulane University, University of Louisiana-Layette, University of
Louisiana-Monroe, University of New Orleans, and Xavier University.
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 Bob
Basford, right, executive director of the Tangipahoa Economic Development
Foundation, explains the location of the Zachary Taylor Industrial
Megasite to from left, Steve Molnar of GNO, Inc.; Margaret Grissom
of Peake Consulting, the firm that conducted the certification study;
and President Randy Moffett.
Industrial Megasite receives official certification
The Zachary Taylor Megasite, a 2,900-acre industrial parcel located
mostly in Tangipahoa Parish, has been officially certified, a designation
reserved for those sites that are considered ready for business, economic
development officials announced Tuesday.
Announcement of the site certification
by Peake Consulting Strategic Solutions of Kentucky was made at a
press conference held at Southeastern's Southeast Louisiana Business
Center in Hammond.
Bob Basford, executive director of the Tangipahoa Economic Development
Foundation (TEDF), said certification tells national and international
business and industry that the site is "job ready" for any
major industry or manufacturer that needs a large, unencumbered site,
a strong transportation infrastructure and a solid labor supply.
He said the Zachary Taylor site is located
near Fluker at the intersection of I-55 and Louisiana Highway 10,
also known as the Zachary Taylor Parkway. The 4.5 square mile site
is flat land that includes mostly undeveloped wooded property that
has been used for pine tree harvesting and hunting and is considered
ideal for automobile manufacturing or similar large industrial projects.
The site also falls within the Congressionally-designated Gulf Opportunity
(GO) Zone, the most aggressive set of business incentives in U.S.
history.
"In the world of industrial development,
location is important; but for a megasite to be at the top of a strategic
list, it has to be one that can be developed quickly," Basford
said. "With this certification, we have already completed much
of the due diligence that companies need in order to make an informed
decision on a site. These studies can take six months to a year to
complete, so it's a real competitive advantage to have this ready
to give to a company looking to invest in the area."
Certification of megasites by independent
consultants is a relatively new process initiated in 2002 by the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA). Most large corporations use site selection
consultants to help narrow the field, and certification is an important
factor these consultants examine.
Margaret P. Grissom of Peake Consulting
said the study included assessments of the site's environment, wetlands,
soils, labor and utility supplies, and proximity to a transportation
infrastructure. Southeastern's Business Research Center provided much
of the labor information, profiles of the job market, area trends
and projections, and other data. The study was funded by the TEDF,
Louisiana Economic Development, Greater New Orleans, Inc., Entergy
Economic Development and Pike County (Mississippi) Economic Development
District.
Grissom provided an overview of the
megasite certification process, which included field research, review
of background materials and data, and a study of tax and other incentives
commonly used for megasite projects.
"Southeast Louisiana and Tangipahoa
Parish are experiencing an unprecedented period of growth in both
business investment and population," said Southeastern President
Randy Moffett, who serves on the board of directors of the Hammond
Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Parishes Economic Development
Association. "All of our partners have worked hard in recent
years to develop a very business-friendly environment."
He said the university's Business Center,
which opened three years ago to serve as a one-stop shop for businesses
looking to expand or relocate into the Florida Parishes region, has
never been busier in providing consulting and supportive services.
"We've made a special push to develop
friendly partnerships among the various economic development agencies
and organizations in the area under the belief that projects benefit
our region as a whole and not just one locale," Moffett said.
"Our role is to help coordinate
and facilitate economic development and provide some of the outside
expertise in business and industrial development that companies need
to be successful," he added.
Moffett said Southeastern has faculty and staff expertise that can
assist any number of businesses, and the university graduates abut
2,000 well-prepared potential employees every year. In addition, the
area has technical colleges in Greensburg (St. Helena Parish), Hammond,
and Bogalusa that can develop special workforce initiatives.
The study has been posted on the Business
Center home page, www.selu.eu/admin/slbc.
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Teaching American History grant offers stipends,
graduate credit, CLUs
Area social studies teachers can earn up to $1,200, six hours
of graduate credit in history, and 90 continuing learning units (CLUs)
through two summer institutes at Southeastern.
The institutes are offered through the
Teaching American History grant program, said William Robison, head
of Southeastern's Department of History and Political Science and
academic coordinator for the TAH program. Southeastern history faculty
Charles Elliott and Ronald Traylor will be the lead instructors for
the institutes, which will feature top scholars the Department of
History and Political Science and distinguished guest lecturers from
other universities.
The two-week institutes will meet on
weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Fayard Hall 225.
The first Institute, "Louisiana
from the Longs to the Present" (History 698-01), is scheduled
June 18-29, and will include fieldtrips to the Lake Pontchartrain
Basin Maritime Museum, Louisiana State Library, and Tangipahoa African-American
Heritage Museum.
The second institute, "America
from World War I to the Present" (History 698-02), will be held
July 9-20. Participants will visit the National World War II Museum
in New Orleans (formerly named the D-Day Museum).
The institutes are open to teachers
in the grant's Region II, which includes 14 school districts: East
Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee,
St. Helena, St. Tammany, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana,
and Tangipahoa parishes, and the cities of Bogalusa, Baker, and Zachary.
Robison said participants will examine
important primary and secondary sources for teaching modern American
and Louisiana history, will learn how to incorporate photographs and
video into PowerPoint presentations, and will acquire information
and techniques that they immediately can apply in their own classrooms.
"For each institute, participants
will earn a $600 stipend, three hours of graduate credit that can
applied to a master's degree in history, and 45 CLUs essential for
maintaining 'highly qualified' status," Robison said. "Previous
participants," he added, "also report having a great deal
of fun."
To register, contact Project Director
Ann Trappey at Cynthia.Trappey@tangischools.org or 985-748-2433. For
more information about the Summer Institutes, contact Robison at wrobison@selu.edu
or 985-549-2109.
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 The
leads in the Opera/Music Theatre Workshop production of "The
Wizard of Oz" rehearse a scene from the musical. From left, are
Skyler Stroup, Scott McDonough, Simon Pfeil, and Meghan Wagner .
Dorothy and company enjoying fantasy of The Wizard of Oz
Whether you have fond memories of ruby slippers and dancing munchkins,
not so fond memories of flying monkeys and melting witches -- or even
no memories at all of the film classic "The Wizard of Oz,"
you'll still love seeing the adventures of tornado-tossed Dorothy
come alive on stage.
That's the consensus of Meghan Wagner,
Simon Pfeil, Skyler Stroup and Scott McDonough, the four young actors
who portray Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion
in the Opera/Music Theatre Workshop's summer musical, scheduled for
June 22-23 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.
"What's not to like?" said
Stroup. "'Over the Rainbow,' clicking heels, 'I'm melting!' 'Lions
and tigers and bears' … It's got it all and it will be a lot
of fun to see."
The musical is a lot of fun, but a lot
of work for the four leads, who are rarely off stage during the two
hour performance. They are a seasoned group, however, having all had
musical theater experience. They are taking the long hours of singing,
dancing and acting rehearsals in stride.
Three performances of "The Wizard
of Oz" are scheduled for June 22, 7:30 p.m., and June 23, 2 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m., at the Columbia Theatre. Tickets are available at the
theater box office, 220 E. Thomas St., (985) 543-4371, from noon-5
p.m. on weekdays.
Ticket prices for adults are $24, Orchestra
1/Loge; $21, Orchestra 2; $18, Orchestra 3/Balcony 1; $15, Balcony
2. Ticket prices for senior citizens, 60 and older, and children,
12 and younger, are $21.50, Orchestra 1/Loge; $19, Orchestra 2; $16,
Orchestra 3/Balcony 1; $13.50, Balcony 2. A one-dollar service charge
is added to each ticket. Southeastern students will be admitted free
to Balcony 2 seating with their university I.D. Read
more ...
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Course offered non-supervisors on "Professionalism
and Productivity"
The Comprehensive Public Training Program (CPTP), a part of the
Louisiana Division of Administration, is offering a free course for
non-supervisory employees. The program, "Professionalism &
Productivity for Non-Supervisors," will be held June 26 and 27
in the University Center, room 139.
The two-day class, scheduled from 8:15
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will provide participants with the tools and strategies
to enhance their professionalism. Elements of professionalism covered
include professional behavior, communicating as a professional, managing
conflict as a team professional, personal organization and productivity,
and personal goal setting.
Pre-registration and supervisory approval
is necessary. This and other CPTP programs can be used toward a variety
of state certifications. For more information and registration assistance,
contact Jan Ortego in the Training Section of the Human Resources
Office, ext. 5771.
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Hammond added as location for LCAI
Southeastern's Small Business Development Center will host a
series of classes this summer with the Louisiana Contractors Accreditation
Institute.
Funded through Louisiana Economic
Development, the institute assists small and emerging construction
businesses. LCAI is now accepting applications for courses, which
will be taught by industry leaders and will provide instruction
on construction management and preparing for the General Contractors
State Licensing Exam.
LCAI sessions will be transmitted
by compressed satellite video to Hammond and other locations around
the state. They will cover topics such as bid processes, contract
management, estimating, equipment and business management, scheduling,
occupational safety, risk management, financial management, bonding
and access to capital, certifications, entrepreneurship training,
and Louisiana Contractor Licensing Exam Review.
Classes will be held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from July 10-Aug.16, 6-8 p.m. Space is available on a
first-come, first-served basis. Cost is $100, payable by money order
or cashier's check.
Applications are available at www.louisianaforward.com/uploads/docs/LCAI_Application.doc.
Applications should be submitted to
Ruth Bolstridge by e-mail, rbolstridge@la.gov, or fax, 225-342-6820,
by July 5.
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Davis appointed publications/technology
coordinator for NACAS-South
Connie Davis, associate director of Auxiliary Services, has
been appointed publications/technology coordinator for National
Association of College Auxiliary Services-South (NACAS-South). Her
appointment to the organization's leadership came during its 2007
conference held recently in Florida.
Davis joins representatives from Tulane
University, Elon University, Florida State University, Georgia Tech,
Auburn University, Georgia Perimeter College, Morehead State University,
the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Northern Kentucky University,
in NACAS-South's leadership positions.
Established in 1969, NACAS is the
nation's largest nonprofit higher education association serving
auxiliary services and student support services professionals at
approximately 1,100 colleges and universities in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Asia.
The Southern region includes the states
of Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi.
NACAS provides extensive networking
opportunities, professional development programs and timely professional
publications that help foster the continued growth and enhancement
of the auxiliary services and student support services profession
in higher education.
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Professional activities
Dr. Karen Fontenot (Communication) presented a paper at the
international conference of the Association of Business Communication
in Istanbul, Turkey, in May. Her paper, "The Role of Intercultural
Communication in Persuasion and Compliance Gaining: One Size Does
Not Fit All," received mention in Turkey's national newspaper,
Cumhuriyet.
Dr. John G. Boulahanis (Sociology
and Criminal Justice) presented a paper entitled "Mapping the
Fear: The Social Construction of Homicide Pre- and Post-Katrina
in New Orleans" and chaired a session entitled "Back to
the Classics: The Meeting of Sociology with Philosophy" at
the first annual Sociology Conference of the Athens Institute for
Education and Research (ATINER), in Athens, Greece.
Boulahanis and Dr. Marc Riedel
(Sociology and Criminal Justice) published a paper entitled
"Homicides Exceptionally Cleared and Cleared by Arrest: An
Exploratory Study of Police/Prosecutor Outcomes" in Homicide
Studies, Vol. 11(2). Homicide Studies is the official
journal of the Homicide Research Working Group.
Dr. Yanyi K. Djamba (Sociology
and Criminal Justice) has received a Faculty Development Grant to
initiate a research project titled, "Vaginal Douching and the
Sexual Health of Black Women."
Suzanne Campbell and Dr.
C. Denelle Cowart (English) participated in the annual Reading
and scoring of the College Board's AP Examinations June 3-9 in English
Literature in Louisville, Ky. Each year the AP Program, sponsored
by the College Board, gives more than one million capable high school
students an opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses and
examinations and, based on their exam performance, to receive credit
and/or advanced placement when they enter college. More than 8,000
readers from universities and high schools, representing many of
the finest academic institutions in the world, evaluated approximately
2.3 million examinations in 20 disciplines.
Dr. Richard Louth's (English)
short story "Growing Pains" was one of three winners of
Country Roads Magazine's annual short story contest. The
story appears in the June fiction issue.
Dr. Roldán Valverde (Biology)
taught the tropical ecology course in Costa Rica on May 14-24. Southeastern's
International Initiatives Office sponsors the course. Eight students
(two graduate students and six undergraduates), participated in
this total immersion course, which was conducted in the tropical
rain and dry forests of the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa
Rica. Following the course, Dr. Valverde conducted an international
workshop at Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, May 26-27. The aim of the
workshop was to train international participants from Nicaragua
and Panamá on sea turtle biology field research techniques.
The workshop also served to invite participants to join Dr. Valverde's
USFWS-funded research aimed at understanding the nesting biology
of the olive ridley sea turtle in Central America's and Mexico's
Pacific coast. More information about this project can be found
at www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/rvalverde/research.html.
Dr. Kenneth Bolton Jr. (Sociology
and Criminal Justice) recently presented a paper, "A Postmodern
Query into the Effect of Executions: Deterrence, Brutalization or
Chaos," at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings in Chicago.
Dean Randy Settoon and Assistant
Dean Josie Walker (College of Business), Dr. Rick Simpson
(Accounting), and Dr. Rusty Juban (Management) participated
in a conference at AACSB Headquarters in Tampa, Fla., in June. The
conference focused on assessment and maintenance of AACSB accreditation.
Dr. Aristides Baraya (General
Business), Dr. Dawn Wallace (General Business), Dr. Mike
Budden (Marketing), and Dr. Rusty Juban (Management)
had their paper titled "Experience and Strategic Impact of
a Study Abroad Program to Costa Rica" presented at the 2007
Global Conference on Business and Finance in San Jose Costa Rica.
Dr. Wallace presented the paper on May 24.
Dr. Minh Q. Huynh (Management),
Dr. Rudy Hirschheim of Louisiana State University, and Dr. Jae-Nam
Lee of Korea University presented a paper titled "An Integrative
Model of Trust on IT Outsourcing: Examining a Bilateral Perspective"
at the International Conference on Outsourcing of Information Services
in Heidelberg, Germany, in May.
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