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Southeastern’s Chefs Evening to feature wide variety of cuisine, beverages
Louisiana is known for its flair for creating and experiencing good food, and the
Northshore region is a perfect example of inventive and traditional restaurants, unique
niche food and grocery stores, distillers, brewers, bakeries and so much more.
Southeastern’s Chefs Evening is a reflection of the incredible offerings from
around the area, providing a true “taste of the Northshore.”
Regional restaurants are lining up for Chefs Evening scheduled March 13 at the
Southeastern Student Union Ballroom from 5:30-8 p.m. The event promises to deliver
popular cuisines, trendy beverages, and wine tastings.
Restaurants and beverage companies participating include: Aquistapace’s Covington
Supermarket, Aramark Classic Fare Catering, Benedicts Catering, Buddies Bar and Grill,
Cate Street Seafood Station, Champagne Beverage, Cocoa Bean Bakery and Café, Crescent
Bar, Don’s Seafood, Eddie’s Frozen Custard, Gnarly Barley, Hammond High Magnet ProStart,
Iron Horse Sports Grille & Spirits, Jacmel Inn, Jim Carey Distribution, PJ’s Coffee
– University Avenue and W. Thomas St., Rotolos Pizzeria, The Boston Restaurant, Tope
La, Trey Yuen and others as well.
Tickets can be purchased to Chefs Evening or to both Chefs Evening and the President’s
Toast, hosted by President John Crain at the University Residence. To order individual
tickets, patron tables or for more information, call 549-2239, email chefsevening@southesastern.edu or visit the website www.southeastern.edu/chefsevening.
FINE CUISINE AT CHEFS EVENING – Chefs from Aramark Classic Fare Catering prepare samplings for patrons at last
year’s Chefs Evening. Chefs Evening 2016 is scheduled March 13 at Southeastern’s Student
Union Ballroom from 5:30-8 p.m. For more information, call 549-2239, email chefsevening@southesastern.edu or visit the website at www.southeastern.edu/chefsevening.
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Latino American Programs Feature Film and Dance
The next two programs in the “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” will be held
at Sims Memorial Library and at the Tangipahoa Parish Library Ponchatoula Branch this
week. On Wednesday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. in room 240 at the Library, Dr. Marianna
Kunow, instructor in foreign languages and project scholar for the series, will show
the video “Prejudice and Price (1965 - 1980)” followed by a discussion. Light snacks
will be served.
The following Saturday, March 5, Mr. Javier Juarez, owner and director of Javier’s
Dance Studio in Slidell, will present “!Baile! A Latino American Dance Celebration”
at the Ponchatoula Library, 380 North Fifth Street, at 1 p.m. The program will feature
a variety of Latino American dances performed by Juarez and his troupe.
Both programs are free and open to the public, as are all of the programs in
the series. A complete schedule of the entire series along with other information
can be found at http://selu.libguides.com/LatinoAmericans.
“Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” is part of an NEH initiative, The Common
Good: The Humanities in the Public Square, and the programs are funded by a grant
from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, contact Sims Library Director Eric Johnson at 549-3962
or at Eric.Johnson@southeastern.edu.
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Former bank CEO to speak at Southeastern’s Livingston Ethics in Business Lecture
The retired chairman and chief executive officer of Bank One of Louisiana, now Chase
Bank, will deliver Southeastern’s James and Evelyn Livingston Business Ethics Lecture
on Tuesday, March 8.
G. Lee Griffin, who most recently served as the LSU Foundation president, will
speak on “Put It in Writing – Planning Is Not an Option” at 7 p.m. in SLU Student
Union Ballroom A. The lecture is presented by the College of Business and is free
and open to the public.
A graduate of LSU, where he earned a master’s degree in economics and finance,
he also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
He has been named to the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction and the E.J. Ourso
College of Business Hall of Distinction.
Griffin has been a member of numerous organizations, including the Louisiana
Bankers Association and the boards of American Bankers Association, Baton Rouge Area
Foundation, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Capital Area United Way, Council for a
Better Louisiana and the Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. His involvement
in health includes serving with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Our Lady of the
Lake Regional Medical Center, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation.
“We are pleased to present another professional with strong business ethics as
this year’s Livingston lecturer,” said College of Business Interim Dean Antoinette
Phillips. “Mr. Griffin is an example of a successful individual who generously gives
back in service to his community. This is a great opportunity for our students to
hear from someone who guides a major corporation.”
The lecture series was founded in 1984 by Hammond businessman John O. Batson
in memory of his longtime friend and associate James Livingston. The lecture also
honors Livingston’s late wife Evelyn, who was an active community volunteer for many
years.
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Southeastern students receive awards for student yearbook
The work of six Southeastern students on the university’s 2015 yearbook, Le Souvenir, has been honored with Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
in New York.
Editor-in-Chief Fernanda Chagas, a senior graphic design and printmaking major
of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, led the team of student designers who were recognized for
their work on the yearbook.
“I want to congratulate and thank the staff of Le Souvenir for helping me put the 2015 yearbook together,” said Chagas. “It was a great journey
and it is nice to be recognized for our hard word and efforts.”
A first place certificate was awarded for pages featuring spring 2015 commencement
ceremony in the “people spread with mug photos.” Megan Ferrando, a senior English
education major of Mandeville, and Chagas were recognized for their work.
The team also received another first place certificate for the pages featuring
headshots of the graduating students in their caps and gowns in the category “people
spread with mug photos multi-page presentation.”
A second place certificate was given in the “sports pages” category that featured
the football team. Chagas, along with Tamara Alexander, a junior kinesiology major
from Baton Rouge; Heather Jewell, a sophomore communication major from Ventress; and
Jay Love, a senior communications major from Denham Springs, were all recognized for
their efforts.
Along with the Gold Circle Awards, a gold medalist certificate was received for
a critique conducted by the CSPA. The judged praised the publication for “beauty in
its simplicity and clean lines” and for a “unique layout design…using creative and
powerful images.”
The 33rd annual Gold Circle Awards attracted more than 4,200 yearbook and digital
entries from college, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States.
Judges cited a total of 506 winners as either First, Second or Third Place or for
Certificates of Merit for those deemed worthy of honorable mention in a category.
“Each edition of the Le Souvenir is unique and different,” said Lee E. Lind, director of Student Publications. “What
is constant from year-to-year is the dedication and hard work of our student editors
and staff. This recognition from the CSPA serves to reaffirm the pride we have in
the accomplishments of our students.”
The CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, uniting
student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges though educational
conference, idea exchanges and awards programs.
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Southeastern Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents Douglas Lindsey
Southeastern Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents Dr. Douglas Lindsey
in a recital on trumpet. The recital will take place Monday, March 7, at 5 p.m. in
the Pottle Music Building Annex. The event is free and open to the public.
Lindsey has performed solo recitals all over the Southeast region as a founding
member of Duo Trompiano with pianist Judy Cole. Along with solos, he performs chamber
music with the Premiere Bass, Atlanta Trumpet League, and Isthmus Brass.
“Dr. Lindsey’s duties as music history lecturer at Kennesaw State University (KSU),
as well as his many experiences on the cornetto and baroque trumpet, reflect his keen
interest in the fields of early music and musicology,” said Dr. Logan Place, instructor
of trumpet and undergraduate coordinator for Southeastern.
Lindsey earned a Master of Music from Yale University with the distinction of
winning the John Swallow excellence in brass prize. He has played concerts with the
Yale Faculty Brass Trio, Atticus Brass Quintet, and Wisconsin Brass Quintet. Lindsey
began working as a music history lecturer and artist-in-residence at KSU in the fall
of 2012.
The works he will perform include pieces by composers Meg Bowles, Stanley Freidman,
John Stevens, Kevin McKee, Richard Lane, and Jules Levy.
For more information, contact Place at 549-2184.
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Southeastern graduating students will sport new look
When approximately 1,200 students cross the stage to collect their Southeastern diplomas
this May, they will be exhibiting a new look.
For the first time ever, undergraduates will be wearing specially designed green
gowns as opposed to the traditional black.
The custom-designed regalia, besides being a different color, will also bear
the university’s official gold “S” logo embroidered on both sides of the upper portion
of the gown.
Students receiving either a master’s or doctoral degrees will continue to wear
traditional black gowns so the colors on their hoods don’t conflict; however, those
too will also be customized with the logo on the upper portion.
“I love the new green gown,” said Lauren Davis, a biology major from Slidell
who will graduate in May. “It shows our pride in Southeastern.”
The new regalia must be purchased through the Bookstore and will be available
to graduating students at Southeastern’s annual Grad Fair on March 9-10 at the Alumni
Center.
SOUTHEASTERN INTRODUCES NEW GRAD GOWNS – Southeastern student Samantha Mcnally models the new specially designed gown that
university undergraduates will begin wearing at future commencement ceremonies.
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Southeastern scholarships offered to high school seniors
More than 170 area high school seniors and their guests attended two Southeastern
Scholars Showcase events last week (Feb. 16 and 18), where students were offered special
academic and housing scholarships.
In all, more than 825 Louisiana students with ACT scores ranging from 23 to 34
were offered guaranteed scholarships. The scholarships are four-year awards that are
renewed each year depending upon student academic performance.
At the two events, held in the university’s Student Union Grand Ballroom, the
high school students and parents visited with faculty representing the university’s
colleges and academic offerings.
The guests also heard from young alumni of the university who told of their experiences
at Southeastern and encouraged the students to become involved in campus life as a
way to fully appreciate the university experience.
SOUTHEASTERN SCHOLARS SHOWCASE – Eileen Creel, head of the School of Nursing, talks with Lydia Stuckey of Baton
Rouge at one of Southeastern’s Scholars Showcase events, where area high school students
received scholarship offers from the university. Listening in are her parents Mark
and Jan Stuckey.
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Southeastern students win awards at journalism conference
Southeastern’s Department of Languages and Communication students finished fifth
overall at the Southeast Journalism Conference Championships last weekend at Austin
Peay State University. Competing against 26 universities from across the southeast
region of the U.S., Southeastern students took home several individual awards that
combined for points in the overall competition.
Connor Raborn of McComb finished first in feature writing; Dominique Brogle of
Destrehan and Jordan Reid of Luling finished second in the television news category;
Jaylon Morris of Baton Rouge, Justin Redman of Slidell and Tyler Waggenspack of Baton
Rouge finished second in ethics; and Brooke Robichaux of Destrehan received honorable
mention in the sports photography category.
In the school awards categories, Southastern was ranked No. 1 for the Southeastern
Channel as the best college television station and No. 2 for best college video news
program. KSLU ranked No. 2 for best college radio station.
In addition to the Journalism Championships, Southeastern students also took
honors in the Best of the South competition held prior to the convention. Raborn also
ranked ninth for feature writing, and Brogle ranked sixth in the best television journalist
category. Brittany Robinson of Slidell tied for fourth as the best television news
feature reporter, and Danielle Shearer of Hammond ranked No. 3 for best advertising
staff member. Hailey Lange of Slidell, having won top paper in her senior thesis class
at Southeastern, represented the university in the best research paper competition
and ranked fourth.
“Southeastern journalism students really look forward to this conference every
year, and Austin Peay didn’t disappoint in providing a quality conference,” said Amber
Narro, associate professor of communication and Press Club advisor. “The students
competed well and enjoyed the sessions. I couldn’t be more proud of the way they represented
our university.”
Professor Joe Mirando, a founding member of the Southeast Journalism Conference
and its current secretary/treasurer, also accompanied the students on the trip.
For a complete list of rankings in the Best of the South contest, visit sejc.org/2016rankings.
STUDENT AWARD WINNERS – Southeastern’s Department of Languages and Communication students finished fifth
overall at the Southeast Journalism Conference Championships last weekend at Austin
Peay State University. Competing against 26 universities from across the southeast
region of the U.S., Southeastern students took home several individual awards that
combined for points in the overall competition. Pictured in the front row, from left,
are Ryan Harrison, Meredith Keating, Maria Goddard, Dominique Brogle, Jordan Reid,
Connor Raborn, Jeremy Rhodes (kneeling), Taylor Waggenspack, Natalie Ragusa and Brooke
Robichaux. Back row, from left, are Jaylon Morris, Jordan Rheams, Sarah Hess, Zachary
Whitehead, Heather Rogers, Mason Dauphin, Jonathan Rhodes and Justin Redman.
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Phi Kappa Phi to hold meeting
The Southeastern chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) will hold a
general membership meeting on Monday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m., in the library administration
conference room on the 2nd floor of the library.
We will discuss the quiz bowl, upcoming initiation and banquet, fellowship opportunities,
and other awards and scholarships available. We will also vote on new members. Faculty,
staff, and alumni members are encouraged to nominate other faculty/staff/alumni by
bringing a brief resume of the nominee.
All current PKP members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Change in speakers at Friends Members’ Tea
Eric Johnson and Catherine Tijerino, both Southeastern librarians, will present a
program based on their new book, Hammond, to replace food writer Poppy Tooker, originally scheduled as the featured speaker
at the fifth annual “Tea with Friends.” Johnson and Tijerino will instead discuss
their book, which contains over 200 historical photographs of the city from its beginnings
to 1950.
Selected photographs will be shown as the authors relate the interesting stories
they unearthed while researching the book. Copies will be available for signing after
the event.
The Members’ Tea takes place on Saturday, March 5, at 2 p.m. at Sims Memorial
Library at Southeastern. Guests will enjoy a variety of teas and a selection of delectable
sandwiches and desserts.
The tea is free to members of the Friends of Sims Library. Non-members may reserve
a seat for $25, which includes a one-year individual membership in FOSL. Unlimited
mimosas will also be available for $10.
Reservations must be received by Tuesday, March 1. To reserve a seat, or to
find out more about FOSL, please call Janie Branham at 549-2186 or email FOSL@southeastern.edu.
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