Current Issue: Volume 17 - Number 25 - March 28, 2003
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A Week of Peace
Faculty,
staff and students to are invited to participate in A Week of Peace.
Those taking part will sit around the Flag of Freedom Memorial plaza,
in front of Billingsly Student Center from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. starting
today (Friday) and continuing next Monday - Friday. A student, who saw
a similar event at home over spring break, suggested the idea. Gwen
Murdock, Psychology, says an informal group of students and
faculty want to affirm peace and encourage others to think about what
it means to make that affirmation now. No other activity is planned at
the flagpole. People will simply join in silent testimony for peace.
Bring umbrellas, sun hats, campstools or cushions (or even a book to
read) to make yourself as comfortable as possible for the time you
have to give.
Wine Tasting benefits 88.7KXMS
If you are a fan of classical or folk music you'll want to make plans to attend the Tenth-Annual KXMS Wine Tasting, slated for 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at the Joplin Chamber of Commerce, 320 E. 4th in Joplin. The annual event benefits 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International. The Klassix Society, May's Drug Warehouse, Missouri Beverage Co., Mt. Pleasant Winery of Augusta, Mo., Red Lobster, Red Onion Café, Richardson's Candy House and Village Pastry Shoppe sponsor the event. A $20 donation will be accepted at the door.
Those unable to attend but still wanting to assist may also make donations by visiting that site, or by writing a check to KXMS at Missouri Southern State College, 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801-1595. A cultural service of Missouri Southern State College, 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International provides 24 hours of classical and folk music, and literature. The station's Internet homepage is www.kxms.org. For more information, contact 88.7KXMS at (417) 659-4434.
Education Job Fair next week
Career Services will host the annual Education Job Fair from 1-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 2 in the Billingsly Student Center. Pat Hurley, Career Services, says representatives from approximately 50 school districts are expected to participate in the event that will take place on the third floor of Billingsly Student Center. All entry-level candidates and experienced education personnel are invited to attend. There is no advanced registration necessary and no registration fee. Those attending are encouraged to bring several copies of their resumes. Professional dress is recommended.Commercial Art Expo '03 at Spiva Gallery
The Southern Concepts Ad Club, a Missouri Southern Campus organization, is sponsoring the Commercial Art Expo, '03. The event will be held from 1-5 p.m., Monday, March 31 in the Spiva Gallery on the Missouri Southern campus. The Art Expo is designed for graphic students to listen to design professionals speak within their field of expertise. The professional speakers include Matt Noblett, Web Design Director for Sam's Club, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Worldwide Web; Carol Ascher, Art Director for Leggett & Platt Corporation in Carthage; and Robert Sitek, Director of the Graphic Design Studio for HOK Sports. HOK is one of the major designers of sports stadiums in the United States and abroad. Following the Expo, there will be refreshments and an informal portfolio review to kick off the Round Table discussion. The portfolio review will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Afterward, the formal Round Table discussion will be from 7-9 p.m. This event allows graphic art majors a chance to have their portfolios examined by design and advertising professionals. A panel discussion of approximately six design and advertising executives will be assessing the students' work using professional standards. The evaluations will provide students with an idea of professional expectations and aid them in obtaining jobs in the graphic arts profession.Free enrollment verifications
Missouri Southern has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to provide free enrollment verifications. Sandra Gieson, Registrar, says currently enrolled students can obtain an official Enrollment Verification Certificate by logging on to LION LINK. Click "Clearinghouse" on the menu and follow the instructions. This Enrollment Verification Certificate can be presented to health insurance agencies, housing authorities, consumer product companies, banks, etc. when asked to provide official evidence of enrollment at MSSC. Students may also request an enrollment verification from the Registrar's Office during regular business hours.
Young scientists compete at MSRSF
Successful young scientists were introduced at the awards ceremony of the 2003 Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair held March 27 in the Mills Anderson Auditorium. The two top winners are now preparing to compete against approximately 1,200 other high school students from around the world at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). The two students who will advance to the Intel ISEF in Cleveland, Ohio in May are Marian Cox, Seneca High School, and Lindsey Herbert, Seneca High School. Both students are sponsored by Shannon Sample, a science teacher at Seneca.
Nathan Skelley of Joplin High School was selected as an alternate. In addition to the winners, senior high students in eleven categories were awarded one-year, full-tuition scholarships to Missouri Southern. Michael Garoutte, Physical Sciences, fair director, says, "I am glad to be involved with a project in which hundreds of people are exposed to positive aspects of science, and which encourages local students to take interest in science."
Missouri Southern also sponsors a Junior Fair for grades 6-8. Alexia Walker of Riverton Middle School and Arthur Daus of Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School were the Grand Prize winners out of more then 110 projects submitted from southwest Missouri junior high and middle schools. Grand Prizewinners each receive a cash award of $100.
Today's Brown Bag
Today's free Brown Bag lunch for faculty and staff will feature Michael Kennedy, Crystal Lemmons, and Vickie Roettger, Biology. They will present CSI-Joplin: Cellular Science Investigations. Faculty and staff are invited to come to the Brown Bag in BSC Room 310 at 12 noon, obtain their meal from the buffet table and prepare to enjoy a stimulating presentation. Lunch is a service of Academic Affairs and AmeriServe.
Contemporary series features French film
The Contemporary Foreign Film series schedule resumes tonight, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Webster Hall 105. This week’s film is The Piano Teacher (France, 2001; 130 min.). According to Facets, in this highly acclaimed and very controversial film, Isabelle Huppert “portrays a single, middle-aged piano teacher whose lonely, unhappy existence includes voyeuristic activities and self-mutilation. Pursued by a talented musician, she enters into a disturbing relationship of violent, masochistic sexuality.” The film won Best Actress, Best Actor and Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Just a reminder to those visitors that are not familiar with the latest changes in traffic patterns on the MSSC campus: Please plan your approach to our usual parking lot from the corner of Newman Road and Duquesne because barriers have been installed to prevent entry at two locations. One only can enter the lot from the southbound lane of Duquesne. Drivers heading north from 7th Street can no longer turn left into the lot. For information, contact Bill Kumbier, English at ext. 9369 or Nick Kyle, Art, at ext. 3045.Program to focus on grandparent caregivers
Statistics from the 2000 Census showed nearly 44,000 grandparents raising grandchildren in southwest Missouri. An upcoming edition of the KGCS program Newsmakers will focus on a seminar planned for Joplin to discuss the role of grandparents as caregivers. Guests Beverly Scroggins and Brandy Wooden of the Area Agency on Aging will discuss the increasing number of grandparents and other family members who find themselves raising children. Scroggins and Wooden will also share information about the daylong seminar on the subject planned for April 8 in Joplin. Topics to be covered at the seminar include the challenges facing grandparents, legal issues, dealing with discipline and social challenges, and the availability of resources. Judy Stiles, KGCS-TV General Manager, hosts. The program can be seen at 7 p.m., Monday March 31 and at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2 on KGCS-TV. It will be shown again at 7 p.m., Friday, April 4 on KOZJ Public Television.MOSTARS financial aid deadline near
Cheryl Dobson, Financial Aid, reminds faculty advisers and students that the deadline for the majority of aid available through MOSTARS programs (Missouri state aid) is quickly approaching. In order to be considered for most of these programs, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be received by the U.S. Department of Education no later than April 1st. For more information about the programs MOSTARS offers, you may call their toll free number, 1-800-473-6757 or visit their web site www.mostars.com. Remember to use the FREE web site available through the U.S. Dept. of Education, to file your FAFSA. The site is www.fafsa.ed.gov."The Romantic Hours" Sundays at 5 p.m.
Jeff Skibbe, 88.7KXMS General Manager, says the program The Romantic Hours, which airs Sunday at 5 p.m., features Mona Golabek reading poetry set to music. He says new elements have been added to the series which has been on 88.7KXMS for the last few years. Some of the programs coming to The Romantic Hours in the near future include:
- Theodore Bikel: An hour of Russian, German and Yiddish poetry read wonderfully by the actor, singer, and author who, incidentally, translated all of the poetry himself.
- The Brahms Notebooks: This is an adaptation of The Treasure Chest of the Young Kreisler, translated brilliantly into English for the first time ever by Agnes Eisenberger. She completed it just before her death in January and Pendragon Press will publish it this spring.
- Tavis Smiley: He will read from the works of his favorite African-American poets.
- Michael York: The actor will read excerpts from his recently released CD of "Enoch Arden," the Tennyson poem set to music by Strauss.
- Mark O'Connor and John Lane: The virtuoso violinist and his good friend, a nationally known poet based in South Carolina, team up with Mona for a unique collaboration.
Also, Nicolas Cage and Bonnie Hunt have agreed to guest on The Romantic Hours in the coming months.
25th Business Contest to include up to 700 students
Approximately 700 high school students will be on the campus of Missouri Southern State College Wednesday, April 2 for the 25th Business Contest. The students will represent 27 schools from the region. During the morning, the students will test in 11 different categories: accounting, business communication, business math, business law, economics, free enterprise, general business, management, computer concepts, keyboarding and office procedures. An awards ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. in Taylor Performing Arts Center. Beverly Block, Business, coordinates the contest.
The first-place winner will receive a $250 scholarship to Missouri Southern State College. The top three finishers in each category receive certificates. Trophies will be given to the school with the most points in each category and three sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the three schools with the most points overall. A Dean's Performance Award also will be presented. This year, a special award will be given in honor of the late Jim Shaver, a longtime member of the Missouri Southern Business faculty.
Participating schools include: Afton, Baxter Springs, Carl Junction, Cassville, Clever, College Heights, Dadeville, East Newton, Everton, Golden City, Gravette, Jasper, Joplin, Kickapoo, Liberal, Marionville, McDonald County, Monett, Neosho, Nixa, Pierce City, Purdy, Sarcoxie, Springfield Catholic, Verona, and Webb City.
TREK helps kids who need a helping hand
In
only its second year the Teaching Reading to Every Kid (TREK) program
has already doubled its size. This year more than 200 local individuals
volunteer their time and energy. TREK now partners with five Joplin
public schools to directly impact the lives of children who need a
helping hand. Part of the growth of this program can be attributed to
the Missouri Southern Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team. The SIFE
team currently has 12 of its members actively volunteering in the TREK
program. SIFE is an international student organization dedicated to
practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise. SIFE is
currently active on more than 700 college campuses in the United States
and more than 1,200 campuses in 31 countries around the world.
The Missouri Southern SIFE chapter decided to get involved with
the TREK program because it represented an opportunity to profoundly
influence the lives of children in the local community," Brad
Conley, the SIFE president, said. "Our team has discovered so many
positives away from this program. Every week we have a unique
opportunity to see a child learn the essential skills he or she needs to
be successful." Schools taking part in Joplin include Emerson,
Jefferson, Irving, McKinley and West Central. A total of 15 volunteers
working 21 hours a week have volunteered over 500 hours of their time to
the program. For more information on the TREK program, contact Student
in Free Enterprise president, Brad Conley at (417) 625-9601 or e-mail
msscsife@hotmail.com.
Graduation stories wanted
If individual teachers or department heads have upcoming graduates with particularly interesting stories, let the Missouri Southern News Bureau know at least two weeks prior to Commencement. Remember, as faculty members, you may be asked to speak to a television or newspaper reporter regarding your view of the graduate's achievement. Please obtain the permission of the graduate to send details about him/her to the media. Also obtain a telephone number at which the graduate may be reached. Then forward the graduate's name, major, home telephone number and details, along with your on-campus contact telephone number to smith-se@mssu.edu. Your information will then be forwarded to the local media who, at their choosing, will contact you and your student or students.
Lifetime Sports Academy planned
The 8th annual Children's Lifetime Sports Academy is scheduled for 12:30-5 p.m., June 9-12 on campus. Children of all abilities, ages 7-12, are welcome to attend. Several children of Southern faculty/staff have become star campers. Patsy Lipira, Kinesiology, says fishing has been added to the list of activities available in June. Kids will also receive instruction in bowling, golf, racquet sports, frisbee, and a number of other games and activities that can be enjoyed throughout life. Readers interested in receiving a flyer and/or registration form may e-mail Patsy who will then send the information through campus mail. A $10 discount is offered for children of Missouri Southern faculty/staff.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
At the joint Province Council Meeting of Kappa Alpha Order held earlier this March in St. Louis, John Knapp, Geophysics, received the Province Commander Accolade. Chad Wagoner, a 1996 Biology graduate of Missouri Southern and graduate of the M.U.-Columbia medical school, was elected to the Chiles Province Court of Honor. Wagoner, currently an intern in St. Louis, plans to serve as an Air Force physician. Only two Province Commander accolades may be given each year. Knapp's was in recognition of his 11 years of service as faculty advisor to the Delta Pi chapter at Missouri Southern. During this period, the Delta Pi chapter was reestablished on the MSSC campus and has risen to be one of the most constructive chapters in the nation, winning the prestigious Ammen Award in 2001 (less than 10% of all chapters nationwide have received this honor). The Court of Honor recognizes outstanding graduates who remain active in the alumni association and continue to contribute to their undergraduate chapter through mentoring and participation in joint activities that involve both alumni and active members of a chapter. Each chapter may elect one member to the Court of Honor each year.
On Saturday, the Delta Pi chapter of Kappa Alpha will be hosting its annual Convivium celebration at the Loma Linda Country Club. This event reunites many former alumni with current undergraduates to celebrate the life of Robert E. Lee. Lee is remembered by Kappa Alpha because of his influence as president of Washington University where Kappa Alpha was founded where he worked to heal the wounds of the Civil War, teaching his students the virtues of gentlemanly behavior and reconciliation to become good Americans and to overcome racism and resentment. Doug Carnahan, Dean of Students, will be one of the special guests and speakers at this year's Convivium celebration. Other guests and speakers include Darren Kay of Kansas City, the current Province Commander, and Robert (Bob) Kelly, a Missouri Southern graduate, local insurance agent, and Chief Alumnus of Kappa Alpha Order.
Rod Surber, Public Information, will anchor a Round Table discussion during the Commercial Art Expo '03 at tMissouri Southern's Spiva Art Gallery Monday, March 31.
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For Sale: 1998 Silvercreek 28 x 52 manufactured home. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Bargain price. Call ext. 9315 or 417 842-3087.
For Sale: Futon Bunkbed (changeable to a sofa), used very little, like new. $195. (Original price was $390.) Call ext. 9681 or 624-8795.
For Sale: Polaris 2002 ATV 700 Sportsman, 60 miles. Call Jan at ext. 9558 or at (620)679-9824.
