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Albertson's hosts Tailgate Kickoff event
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1) Cheerleaders and Lionettes join the Spirit of the Southland Band to celebrate Green and Gold Week Friday at Albertson's.
2) President John L. Crain, left, and Albertson's Manager Kevin Brunelle rev up the crowd during the Tailgate Kickoff event.
Seven students compete for Miss Southeastern 2013 crown
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Crystal Gonzalez |
Averi Harris | Renee' Picou |
Bethany Putnam |
Crystal Schayot |
Erin St. Pierre | Hailee Weber |
Seven Southeastern students will compete on Sept. 15 for the title of Miss Southeastern
2013.
Jennifer Jarreau of Denham Springs, Miss Southeastern 2012, will crown her successor
in the annual pageant scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium
located on campus.
Sponsored by the Campus Activity Board, the pageant has been a part of Southeastern's
history since 1949 and a Miss America preliminary since 1962. Tickets are available
at the CAB office in the Student Union, room 201. Admission is free, but an assigned
ticket from CAB is required for admission. For the fourth consecutive year, those
unable to attend the competition can view it via the Internet at www.southeastern.edu/cab.
The theme of the 2013 Pageant is "Hollywood," said CAB Coordinator Todd McElroy.
Emcees for the event are Veda Abene, retired manager of administration and operations
in the Division of Extended Studies, and Michael Kyles, a Southeastern graduate and
teacher at Hammond High Magnet School.
Contestants for the title are sophomore kinesiology major Crystal Gonzalez of
Hammond, sophomore kinesiology major Averi Harris and senior general studies major
Crystal Schayot, both of Slidell; sophomore biology major Renee' Picou of Livingston;
sophomore vocal performance major Bethany Putnam of Mandeville; junior kinesiology
major Erin St. Pierre of Larose; and freshman communication major Hailee Weber of
Destrehan.
The contestants will compete in five categories: personal interview, on-stage
question, swimsuit, talent and evening wear.
McElroy said the pageant will again feature the "Miracle Maker Award" as a way of
collecting donations for the Miss America national platform, the Children's Miracle
Network.
"The contestant whose container has the most donations will win the Miracle Maker
Award," he said. "The donations will benefit the Children's Miracle Network."
Containers for donations in each 2013 contestant's name will be available in
the War Memorial Student Union Mall until the day of the pageant and in the Pottle
lobby on the night of the pageant.
Miss Southeastern 2013 will advance to the Miss Louisiana Pageant in June in
Monroe.
For additional information, call 985-549-3805.
Cast chosen for Opera Workshop's "The Light in the Piazza"
Southeastern's Opera/Music Theatre Workshop will present the Broadway musical, "The
Light in the Piazza," on Thursday and Friday, September 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond.
Nominated for 11 Tony awards in 2011 and winner of six, including Best Original
Score for composer/lyricist Adam Guettel, "The Light in the Piazza" opened at the
Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center in April 2005. The production ran for over
a year and is one of the most original musicals to open on Broadway in many years,
said Chuck Effler, director of Southeastern's Opera Music/Theatre Workshop.
"The musical score moves away from the tradition in the last decade of using
pop music as inspiration; instead, the score is based on classical, neoromantic harmonies
and melodies, with lush orchestrations; the dialog is crisp and moves the plot forward
at a brisk pace," said Effler. "You'll never sit in the audience and think, 'ah, I
hear a song coming on,' as you might in another musical. The dialog and musical numbers
are seamlessly woven together to tell the unique story of this show."
Set in Florence, Italy, in 1953, the story follows an American woman, Margaret,
and her daughter, Clara, on their vacation. Clara meets an Italian boy, Fabrizio Naccarelli,
and they fall in love; but Clara is more complicated than she initially appears –
a beautiful American girl on her first trip to Italy – and Margaret must embark on
a personal journey that is both painful and poignant.
Fabrizio, along with most of his family, excluding his father, speaks almost no English.
His first song is sung entirely in Italian, and there's a lot of spoken Italian dialog,
or broken Italian, in the case of the Americans.
"The Columbia is a new venue for fall and spring Opera Workshop productions;
the only productions that were there in the past have been summer musicals," Effler
said. "The staff and cast are looking forward to working in the Columbia, which, since
its renovation several years ago, is a wonderful theatre to mount this type of production."
Opera Workshop welcomes back guest stage director Alton Geno for this production.
Geno has directed recent Opera Workshop productions of "The Music Man," "The Wizard
of Oz," and "South Pacific."
Cast members include Karista Filopoulos of Abita Springs as Margaret; Bridget
Lyons Zeringue of Ponchatoula as Clara; Joshua Williams of Mandeville as Fabrizio;
Jarred Frey of New Orleans as Giuseppe; Anastasiia Ped of Ukraine, Kherson, as Franca;
Colby McCurdy of Slidell as Signor; Sarah Bertrand of Covington as Signora; BriAnna
Dewar of Slidell as Tour Guide; and Chase Ledet of Schriever as Priest.
Ensemble members include Fiona Allen of Jackson, Jonathan Dupre of Luling, Allison
Joiner of Ponchatoula, Lawrence Joiner of Loranger, Jeremy Lloyd of Baton Rouge, Amanda
Lucas of Albany, Mary Marlbrough of Covington, Justin Mihalik of Geismar, and Kristina
Temple of Amite.
Effler will serve as musical director and conductor, Department of Fine and Performing
Arts faculty and staff members Steve Schepker and Ellen Sovkoplas will design the
sets and lighting, and Amanda Klipsch of Mandeville will serve as stage manager.
Advance tickets are available at the Columbia Theatre box office Monday through
Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will also be available beginning one hour prior
to each performance. Ticket prices are $21 for adults; $16 for seniors, Southeastern
faculty/staff and non-Southeastern students; and $8 for children twelve and younger.
Southeastern students are admitted free of charge with their ID.
The script for "The Light in the Piazza" was written by Craig Lucas; music and
lyrics are by Adam Guettel. Opera Workshop's production is produced by arrangement
with Turner Entertainment Co., owner of the original motion picture "Light in the
Piazza," which was based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer.
For more information about the Opera/Music Theatre Workshop contact Effler at
ceffler@southeastern.edu.
Organization to host prisoners' rights conference at Southeastern
The Southeastern Sociological Association will host a prisoners' rights conference
Friday, Sept. 14, at Southeastern.
Scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the War Memorial Student Union, the conference
is open to the public. Speakers will examine issues related to prisoners' rights in
Louisiana. The program is expected to draw academic professionals, as well as lawyers,
students, advocates, activists and former prisoners.
Registration is $25 for professionals, $12 for students and low income individuals
and free for former prisoners. Registration can be paid at the door and includes lunch.
More information can be obtained from Conference Coordinator Rebecca Hensley at 985-549-5731,
or 985-201-4393 or by e-mail at Rebecca.hensley@southeastern.edu.
"One out of every 86 adults in Louisiana is behind bars," said Hensley, an instructor
in sociology at Southeastern.
According to Hensley, the State of Louisiana has more people incarcerated per
capita than any other societal group in the history of the human race.
The keynote address entitled "The Business of Incarceration in Louisiana: Do
Prisoners Have Human Rights?" will be delivered by Bill Quigley (right), professor
and director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University
in New Orleans. Quigley is also associate legal director at the Center for Constitutional
Rights in New York.
The program will include other speakers, breakout sessions, planning workgroups
and time to network. Sessions will cover a variety of topics, including long-term
solitary confinement, capital punishment, natural life sentencing, minority over-representation,
community re-entry issues and burdens on prisoners' families.
Conference sponsors include the Community Futures Collective, the Campaign to
Free the Angola 3, and the New Orleans office of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Southeastern students, alumni invited to professional presence and etiquette seminars
Southeastern students and alumni are invited to participate in professional presence
and etiquette seminars in anticipation of Career Fair 2012, the Office of Career Services'
annual university wide career event on Sept. 20.
Held as a benefit exclusively for Southeastern students and alumni, the seminars
are scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. in Garrett Hall, room 14 and Monday,
Sept. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union, room 223.
"Participants will learn how to more effectively interact with employers, dress
in acceptable attire, and better prepare one's time before, during and after Career
Fair 2012," said Ken Ridgedell, director of Career Services.
Over 125 employers will participate in Career Fair 2012, which is scheduled Thursday,
Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Pennington Student Activity Center on the
corner of University Avenue and General Pershing.
To get the most out of the fair, Ridgedell said students and alumni should bring
copies of their resumes; be prepared to briefly discuss career interests, goals, knowledge
and skills; and collect brochures and business cards.
Resume FAQs and samples are also available at www.southeastern.edu/career. For additional information on Career Fair 2012 or pre-fair seminars, visit www.southeastern.edu/careerfairinfo or contact Career Services at (985) 549-2121 or careerservices@southeastern.edu.
This Week in Fine and Performing Arts
Monday, September 10
William Jackson, Junior Percussion Recital6 pm, Pottle Auditorium
August 30 - September 21Southern Graphics National Printmaking Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery
August 30 - September 21Kevin Jones Installation in New Media Gallery
Contemporary Art Gallery
For more information on upcoming events in Southeastern's Department of Fine and Performing Arts, please call 549-2184 or 549-2193. Also visit our website at www.southeastern.edu/fpa.
Instant Piano for Busy People (Wednesday, Sept. 19, 5:30 to 9 p.m.)
Spend one enjoyable evening learning the secrets of piano playing and discover how
playing the piano can add music and enjoyment to life. Students will learn all the
chords needed to play any song, any style, and in any key. This workshop is for beginners,
focusing on chord piano techniques, not note memorization. A $25 book will be provided
by the instructor, along with a 68 minute practice CD. The cost is $55.
ACT Preperation Course (Mondays, Sept. 24 – Oct. 22, 5 to 7 p.m.)
This course is designed to help high school students develop the skills to improve
ACT scores, emphasizing Mathematics and English. The cost is $250.
Mandeville
Excel Learning Series: Intermediate Excel (Monday, Sept. 24 & Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6 to 9 p.m.)
This workshop is designed for individuals who already have basic Microsoft Excel skills.
Through this workshop, students will learn how to use advanced formulas and functions,
create and edit charts and graphs, use absolute cell references, create and sort tables,
protect workbooks, and create Pivot Tables to summarize data. The cost is $120, including
the book.
Walker
ACT Preperation Course (Thursdays, September 20 – October 25, 5 to 7 pm)
This course is designed to help high school students develop the skills to improve
ACT scores, emphasizing Mathematics and English. The cost is $250.
To register, or for further details on these or other courses that are available please
visit:
Hammond- www.southeastern.edu/es Mandeville- www.southeastern.edu/stc Walker- www.southeastern.edu/livingston
Institutional Research & Assessment news
Faculty who are interested in keeping the SOT Scannable forms from the Summer 2010,
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters should pick them up in the Institutional Research
Office. Please note that these are the original bubble forms as completed by students,
not the SOT rating summaries or reports.
As stated in the Student Opinion of Teaching Policy Manual, SOT scan forms will
be made available after one year to each faculty member for whom data was collected.
However, faculty may obtain only those data forms for which he or she is the instructor
of record.
Faculty who are interested in receiving these data forms should contact Glenda
in the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment at ext. 2077 or e-mail her at
gwhite@southeastern.edu. These forms must be picked up no later than September 30, 2011. Forms that have
not been picked up by the faculty members will be shredded.
Fall 2012 SOT Calendar
According to the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment, all faculty, department
heads, and deans should note the following schedule for the administration of the
Student Opinion of Teaching (SOT) instruments for the Fall 2012 semester:
Term 1 (Aug. 17 – Oct. 3)Packets delivered to Departments on Wed., Sept. 26Administration of SOT is Thurs.-Wed., Sept. 27–Oct. 3Deadline to be returned to IR&A is Wed., Oct. 3
Full Term (Aug. 17 – Nov. 30)Packets delivered to Departments on Fri., Nov. 1Administration of SOT is Mon.-Fri., Nov. 5 – 16Deadline to be returned to IR&A is Fri., Nov. 16
Term 2 (Oct. 10 – Nov. 30)Packets delivered to Departments on Tues., Nov. 20Administration of SOT is Mon.-Fri., Nov. 26 – 30Deadline to be returned to IR&A is Fri., Nov. 30
Annual Security and Fire Report available on-line
According to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics Act (Clery Act), institutions which participate in Federal student financial
aid programs are required to provide information to the public regarding campus safety
and security policies and procedures. Statistics regarding crimes and fires related
to their campuses must also be reported. The definition set used for this format is
according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)/National Incident-Based Reporting
System (NIBRS) and updates are made no later than October 1 every year for statistics
from the previous year.
Southeastern is dedicated to providing a safe,secure and crime-free environment
for students, faculty, staff and visitors to our Hammond Campus, Baton Rouge Nursing
Center, Livingston Parish Literacy and Technology Center, and St. Tammany Center.
Many individuals and departments are involved in campus safety and security. This
information can help keep you and others safe at Southeastern.
At Southeastern, we endeavor to consistently provide accurate information to
our community regarding the safety of our campus. In furtherance of these efforts,
we make our Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports available electronically at: http://www.selu.edu/admin/police/cleryinfo/index.html.
This page links directly to each of the Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports
for our various campuses for the calendar year 2010. The files are in .pdf format
for easy viewing and printing.
Food Preparation and Safety Course
The Food Policy and Procedure for Student Organizations and Departmental Units has
a requirement which must be met if an organization or departmental unit wishes to
purchase raw and/or perishable food products for preparation and handling for any
reason on campus. The policy for approval of this action is: that at least one individual
from the student organization or departmental unit must have attended and completed
the Food Preparation and Safety Course sponsored by Student Development. At least
one certified individual must be present during the entire event.
These certification classes will be held each semester and certification will
be good for two calendar years. Our next classes are scheduled for Sept. 10 and Sept.
11, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in Student Union 223, please attend one of the courses. Without
this certification, no group will be approved for cooking and/or handling raw food
and their requests will be denied.
There is no cost for the course, but we do need to know the number of attendees
in advance. If you or someone in your group will be attending please call the Assistant
Vice President for Student Affairs office at 3792 to register.
Southeastern in the news
Action 17 NewsHammond Chamber celebrates green and gold week
http://www.actionnews17.com/Business/tabid/85/ArticleID/3016/ArtMID/556/Hammond-Chamber-celebrates-Green-and-Gold-Week.aspx
BR AdvocateProject Heal: Day of dance classes to raise awareness of eating disorders
http://theadvocate.com/features/people/3812006-123/project-heal
New Orleans CityBusinessUNO plans to recruit in Southeastern's backyard
http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2012/09/07/uno-plans-to-recruit-in-southeasterns-backyard/
WAFB-TVSoutheastern sponsoring 'Let the good times roar' contest
http://tangipahoa.wafb.com/news/arts-culture/54727-southeastern-sponsoring-let-good-times-roar-contest
This Week in Athletics
The Southeastern football team faces a short week, while the volleyball team opens
Southland Conference play during this week in Southeastern Athletics.
The Lion football team (0-2) will head to Martin, Tenn. on Thursday in search
of the first win of the Ron Roberts Era. The 6 p.m. contest versus host Tennessee-Martin
will be broadcast live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the Internet at
www.LionSports.net.
Fresh off a second place finish at its 2012 Lion Classic, the volleyball team
(4-4) will host a pair of matches to open league play. The Lady Lions welcome McNeese
State for a 7 p.m. contest on Thursday before Lamar visits the University Center on
Saturday for a 2 p.m. match.
Currently on a three-match winning streak, the women's soccer team (4-2) continues
its season-long six-match home stand this week. On Friday, Mississippi Valley State
comes to the Southeastern Soccer Complex for a 4:30 p.m. match. In-state foe Louisiana
Tech visits on Sunday for a 1 p.m. match.
The men's and women's cross country teams will compete in their second meet of
the fall this week. On Saturday, the Lions and Lady Lions will compete in the Azalea
City Classic in Mobile, Ala.
The men's golf team, which has represented Southeastern in the NCAA Regionals
for three straight seasons, will open the fall this week. The Lions will be in Hattiesburg,
Miss. to compete at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday, September 10Men's Golf, at Sam Hall Intercollegiate, Hattiesburg, Miss., All Day
Tuesday, September 11Men's Golf, at Sam Hall Intercollegiate, Hattiesburg, Miss., All Day
Thursday, September 13Football, at Tennessee-Martin, Martin, Tenn., 6 p.m. (KSLU)Volleyball, vs. McNeese State, University Center, 7 p.m.*
Friday, September 14Women's Soccer, vs. Mississippi Valley State, Southeastern Soccer Complex, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 15Volleyball, vs. Lamar, University Center, 2 p.m.*Men's and Women's Cross Country, at Azalea City Classic, Mobile, Ala., All Day
Sunday, September 16Women's Soccer, vs. Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Soccer Complex, 1 p.m.
Southeastern home events in bold
* - Southland Conference contest
Professional activities
Dennis Sipiorski (Fine and Performing Arts) is exhibiting at the Caffery Gallery in Baton Rouge through
September. His one-person exhibition has ceramics, painting and sculpture. The exhibition
was featured on MPR with an interview about the new work. Sipiorski is also working
on a book of images related to the exhibition which is due out in January of 2013.
Southeastern School of Nursing faculty recently presented their scholarly work
at a research conference, Transforming Research into Practice, hosted by Our Lady
of the Lake Health System in Baton Rouge. The 2012 annual conference, aimed at generating
interest in and commitment to nursing scholarship, evidence-based practice and quality
patient outcomes, featured Dr. Bernadette Melnyk, a widely recognized expert in evidence-based
practice and intervention research. Dr. Eileen Creel and Dr. Kenneth Tillman presented their research findings entitled, "Stigmatization of Overweight Patients
by Nurses." Dr. Luanne Billingsley presented "Lessons Learned as an Avatar Researcher: Using Technology to Facilitate
Research and Develop Education and Practice Partnerships."
Samuel Hyde (History/Center for Southeast La. Studies - Archives) concluded a contract with Louisiana
State University Press for a new volume on Southern History tentatively titled "The
Enigmatic South." He also appeared in multiple episodes of the History Channel program
"Cajun Pawn Stars" and will be featured in a forthcoming episode of the Discovery
Channel program "Fatal Encounters." He provided testimony as an expert witness in
the capital appeal case Wearry vs. Cain, taped two radio interviews with the South
Arkansas Radio Network, and completed nine presentations with regional historical
and civic organizations.
Thomas A. DeVaney and Nan B. Adams (Educational Leadership and Technology), Mitzi P. Trahan (University of Louisiana
Lafayette), and Flo Hill-Winstead (formerly of Southeastern) had a paper accepted
for publication in an upcoming issue of Research in theSchools. The article is entitled "The Revised School Culture Elements Questionnaire: Gender
and Grade Level Invariant?"
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