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Southeastern launches semester with Winter Welcome
New and returning Southeastern students will be welcomed back in style this spring
semester with a multitude of activities and events offered through “Winter Welcome.”
Winter Welcome is intended to help students make Southeastern their home away
from home and to settle into campus life as classes begin, said Angela James, interim
director of the Office of Student Engagement and Student Accessibility Services.
“The spring semester is no less important than the fall, so we thought it was
appropriate to welcome our students back with a week of engaged programming similar
to what we offer in the fall,” James said. “Our hope is that participation in Winter
Welcome will lessen students’ anxieties and prepare them for a successful semester.”
For a complete schedule click here.
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Visual Art + Design unveils new exhibit
The Department of Visual Art + Design at Southeastern is hosting a faculty exhibition
from Jan. 23 – Feb. 9 at the university’s Contemporary Art Gallery, located at 100
East Stadium.
The gallery will host an opening reception on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The gallery is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the gallery at 549-5080.
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Southeastern collecting discarded Christmas trees to enhance wetlands
 Southeastern is asking area citizens to give the environment a gift after Christmas
this year. Discarded Christmas trees can be dropped off and used for a student conservancy
project rather than throwing them out with the trash.
“We can put the old Christmas trees to work in our area marshland while also
reducing the waste stream going into landfills,” said Rob Moreau, manager of Southeastern’s
Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station located on Pass Manchac between lakes Pontchartrain
and Maurepas.
Although grant funding from the state ended years ago, local partners have stepped
up with donations to fund the collection of trees and make the project possible. This
marks the 23rd straight year Southeastern has conducted its recycled tree program.
Moreau depends on volunteers and students to deploy the trees in the Manchac wetlands.
More than 36,000 trees have been deployed through the Southeastern program since that
time.
Southeastern scientists at Turtle Cove use the discarded trees to help build
up marshland in areas that have been impacted by erosion and other factors, said Moreau.
Moreau said the trees will be used to continue a project to determine whether
the recycled trees can help fill in logging ditches, formed when the area’s cypress
forests were cut down over a hundred-plus-year span. A second project started last
year involves the creation of Christmas Tree “mounds” to create habitats for small
mammals, reptiles and birds. The success of that study will be expanded over the next
several years as well.
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Identify the Smell
If you ever smell gas, call the Physical Plant promptly. Natural gas is odorless in
its natural state. We add this disagreeable smell to let you know if any gas is escaping.
Gas leakage may occur from faulty appliances, loose connections, service lines
inside or outside your home or from gas mains. Leaks can be dangerous and should be
dealt with promptly by experts.
If you ever smell gas – even if you do not use it in your building on Campus
– take these precautions promptly:
1. Call the Physical Plant at 549-3333.
2. If the odor is very strong and you are indoors, go outside.
3. Do not turn any electrical switches on or off.
4. Do not light matches, smoke or create any other source of combustion.
However slim the chances of danger, it doesn’t pay to take needless risks. At
the first sniff of gas, play it safe. Call Physical Plant.
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Students collect Toys from the Heart
The National Pan-Hellenic Council and organizations under Multicultural and International
Student Affairs collected over 400 toys donated by Southeastern students and the local
Hammond community for the annual Toys from the Heart toy drive. They made Christmas
a little brighter for students in first through fourth grades in five Head Start centers
within Tangipahoa Parish.
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Southeastern to open Enrollment Services Express office on main campus
To provide greater convenience for current students, Southeastern is opening an additional
location on its main campus to assist students with their admissions, financial aid,
Office of the Registrar needs. Enrollment Services Express, the new multi-faceted
office, is located in the Student Union, room 1301 and will officially open on Jan.
24 at 11:30 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the campus and community.
The new space will be occupied by staff representatives from Southeastern’s offices
of Admissions, Financial Aid, and Office of the Registrar, all of which currently
reside exclusively on North Campus. According to Assistant Vice President for Enrollment
Management Kay Maurin, the centrally-located Enrollment Services Express will allow
current students to stop in for basic registration and enrollment assistance, as well
as financial aid, without having to travel to North Campus.
“While not all issues can be addressed in this space, many can. The additional
location eliminates the need for students to travel to various North Campus locations,”
she said. “The goal is to make it easy and convenient for our current students.”
New students will also be important clients in the satellite location, Maurin
added. All campus tours will originate in the space, and staff will be able to provide
assistance with admissions applications and answer questions related to financial
aid.
The office will also serve as the hub for the university’s orientation program,
where orientation leaders and staff will train.
“We are thrilled to bring these services to the Student Union and continue with
our mission of providing outstanding service to our new and current students,” Maurin
said.
Southeastern President John L. Crain, Student Government Association Chief Justice
Ali LeBlanc, Roomie the Lion and the 2018 Orientation Leader Team will all be in attendance
at the ribbon cutting ceremony, which will include refreshments, Maurin added.
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Campus Dining announces Faculty and Staff Meal Plans
 Meal Plan Offerings
Easy and convenient, our meal plans offer fantastic value for any staff or faculty
member who enjoys the restaurant-style dining. Use your all you care to eat meals
at the Mane Dish and beat the pricing others would pay at the door.
• 40 Meals = $220 ($5.50 per meal)
• 30 Meals = $168 ($5.60 per meal)
• 20 Meals = $116 ($5.80 per meal)
• 10 Meals = $60 ($6.00 per meal)
Door rates are $6.75 for breakfast; $7.75 for lunch; and $8.75 for dinner.
Cub Cash Addition
Get free Cub Cash to spend at any dining location on campus when you add cub cash.
• Add $50, get $5 free
• Add $100, get $15 free
• Add $150, get $25 free
Visit us on line at www.southeastern.edu/dining, give us a call at 549- 2286, or stop by the Student Union, room 1521, to sign up
today.
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Southeastern Channel named best in the nation
For the third time the Southeastern Channel has won first place in the nation- this
time twice in the same year.
The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s cable television
station, won two national first-place awards for “Best Video News Reporting” and “Best
Video Sportscast” as selected by College Broadcasters, Inc. at its 2017 National Student
Production Awards presented at the National Student Electronic Media Convention in
San Antonio recently.
The news story “Amite River Flooding,” produced by reporter Amanda Kitch of Mandeville
for the student newscast, “Northshore News,” won best in the nation for “Best Video
News Reporting.”
The channel’s live weekly student sportscast “The Big Game” also won first in
the nation for “Best Video Sportscast” for its Oct. 20, 2016 episode. It was produced
by Freddie Rosario of Luling and John Sartori of Mandeville.
“Our training at the Southeastern Channel is immersive,” Kitch said. “We are
taught the importance of the basics and then put them into action. This applies to
all parts of television production, not just news reporting. Our opportunities at
the channel to learn, ask questions, and practice are immense. I couldn’t imagine
winning first in the nation without my experiences there.”
“The instruction given at the Southeastern Channel is the very best a student
my age can receive,” Sartori said. “We have Emmy Award winners teaching us everything
we need to know about this industry. I would put that instruction up against any other
institution in the country.”
“The expectations set for us are the same as those set for individuals who work
professionally in this field, and that’s why we put out such a great product,” Sartori
added. “This, in turn, has prepared me and my colleagues extremely well for life
after graduation.”
This year there were 856 entries in the national awards competition from universities
across the country. The Southeastern Channel has now been honored as best in the country
four times by College Broadcasters, Inc.
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BEST IN THE NATION- For the third time, the Southeastern Channel has been named first in the nation
by College Broadcasters, Inc. at the 2017 National Student Production Awards in San
Antonio. Pictured from left are Rick Settoon, Southeastern Channel general manager;
Jordan Rheams of Baton Rouge; Amanda Kitch of Mandeville; Dylan Domangue of Houma;
Freddie Rosario of Luling, Richie Solares of New Orleans; and John Sartori of Mandeville.
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