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Our Country's Kids Campaign Joplin-area individuals and their children are teaming up with the American Red Cross of Southwest Missouri for "Our Country's Kids Campaign" to provide care packages for area children who have one or both parents fighting in Iraq. Sponsors (businesses or individuals) are being sough to donate items to provide children with activities to help take their mind off of the absence of a parent/parents and help them stay in touch with fathers and mothers. The goal is to produce 200 care packages for area military children. Packages will be distributed on May 3 during the Red Cross-sponsored picnic for area military families. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Goad, Institute of International Studies, at 417-439-7960 or Kobi Watford at 417-624-4411. Items suggested for the packages include the following:
- Gift bags with handles
- Ink pens/pencils
- Tablets or stationery
- Activity books
- Crayons
- Film processing coupons
- Individually packaged candies
- Envelopes and postage stamps
- Phone cards
- Disposable cameras
- Free passes for such activities as bowling, swimming, etc.
- Cassette tapes
"Day of the Trombone" features Paul McKee
The Missouri Southern Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Phillip C. Wise, Music, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 15 in Webster Hall Auditorium on the Missouri Southern campus. The Concert is titled "Day of the Trombone" and features guest trombone soloist, Paul McKee.
Since
1984 Paul McKee has been a member of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd
and continues to tour and record with the band. In addition to making
frequent appearances as a guest artist and clinician, McKee has served
on the jazz faculty of such respected institutions of higher learning
as DePaul University, Northern Illinois University, Youngstown State
University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory.
His compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by
academic and professional jazz ensembles worldwide. His recent
recording, Gallery, features special guests Carl Fontana and
Bobby Shew. Concert selections include Beautiful Love, 88 Basie
Street, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, Spring Can Really Hang You Up
the Most, Polka Dots, Moonbeams and other jazz classics. Wave,
a famous bossa nova by Antonio Carlos Jobim, will feature five
trombones, solo trombone and rhythm section.
"This concert is chock full of great swing music and will be very entertaining," states Dr. Wise. "If you enjoy big band jazz and want to hear one of the finest jazz trombonists in the world, you won't want to miss this concert." The Southern Jazz Orchestra is an 18-member jazz ensemble that is grounded in traditional big band swing. The great music of the Count Basie Band, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Woody Herman Herds and Clark Terry Big Band constitute the basis of the literature. The Southern Jazz Orchestra concert is free and open to the public.
One-Acts slated for April 14-19
Southern Theatre will present one-act performances in the Bud Walton Theatre on the Missouri Southern campus at 7:30 p.m., April 14-19.
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Jimmy Noriega, and The Laundromat by Marsh Norman, directed by Stacy Harter, will be presented Monday, April 14 and Thursday, April 17. Graceland by Ellen Byron, directed by Rachel Mastin, Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by Julie Krummel, and Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes by Bill Bozzone, directed by Sunni Stumpff, will be presented Tuesday, April 15 and Friday, April 18.
The Flying Doctor by Moliere, directed by Brandon Painter and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, directed by Erina Parks, will be presented Wednesday April 16 and Saturday, April 19.
Curtain time for all performances is 7:30 p.m. These productions are rated for mature audiences and are not recommended for children. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. Reservations are requested. For reservations, members of the public should telephone (417) 625-3190. Anyone with a disability requiring accommodation should let the box office know 72 hours in advance.
Tuskegee Airman Wofford to speak April 24
The
Social Science Department will be hosting Col. Kenneth Wofford (Ret.) a
WWII veteran and member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen on Thursday, April
24 at 7:00 p.m. in Webster Hall Auditorium
. On Jul. 19, 1941, the AAF began a program in Alabama to train
black Americans as military pilots. Primary flight training was
conducted by the Division of Aeronautics of Tuskegee Institute, the
famed school of learning founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. Once a
cadet completed primary training at Tuskegee's Moton Field, he was sent
to nearby Tuskegee Army Air Field for completion of flight training and
for transition to combat type aircraft. The first classes of Tuskegee
airmen were trained to be fighter pilots for the famous 99th Fighter
Squadron, slated for combat duty in North Africa.
Additional pilots were assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group which
flew combat along with the 99th Squadron from bases in Italy. In Sep.
1943, a twin-engine training program was begun at Tuskegee to provide
bomber pilots. However, World War II ended before these men were able to
get into combat. By the end of the war, 992 men had graduated from pilot
training at Tuskegee, 450 of whom were sent overseas for combat
assignment. During the same period, approximately 150 lost their lives
while in training or on combat flights.
For more information about Col. Wofford's address, contact Steve
Wagner, History at ext. 9587.
Campus Update covers stories close to home
The April edition of KGCS Campus Update, the student-produced newscast on KGCS, will air a number of times in the next few weeks. The program includes stories about the sinkhole, parking lot barriers, a look at a day in the life of Julio León, Missouri Southern President, and a report on the art students study abroad trip to Italy. The program will air at the following times: Wednesday, April 9 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 6:00 p.m. KGCS programming may be seen on UHF channel 57 and cable channel 7 in the Joplin-Webb City area.
Contemporary series presents Atanarjuat
The Contemporary Foreign Film Series will present Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (Canada, 2001; 172 min.) at 7 p.m., Friday, April 11 in the ground floor lounge of the Student Life Center. This film, the first feature-length Inuit film, was made with a largely Inuit cast and crew and is set in mythic space and time in Northern Canada. The story follows a feud between tribal families provoked by a romantic rivalry and explores the working out of evil in their community. Because of the film’s length, this film only will be shown in the comfortable TV lounge of the Student Life Center. Park in one of the dormitory parking lots in back of the Student Life Center and enter the center from the doors on the ground floor, facing the corner of Newman and Duquesne roads.Omicron Delta Kappa donation drive
April is the "Month of Caring" and donations are being solicited for the Omicron Delta Kappa Easter Basket Drive. The drive will collect items for Children's Haven in Joplin, an organization that provides temporary relief to children from families in crisis. Faculty, staff, students, clubs, and campus organizations are asked to contribute socks, books, brushes, underwear/shirts, games, pajamas, clothing, toothbrushes/paste, school and art supplies, Easter Basket materials and candy. Financial contributions will also be accepted. Bring gifts to drop-off points at CAB office in BSC or the Admissions Office in Hearnes Hall. Those with questions should contact Greg Dillard at gregdillard88@hotmail.com or (417) 782-1270.RHA to sponsor three-person scramble
A three-person scramble golf tournament open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni will be held at Loma Linda South on Friday, April 25. Teams can consist of all men, all women or a combination of both. The tournament is being sponsored by the Residence Hall Administration (RHA). First prizes of DVD Players, second prizes of Missouri Southern memorabilia and third prizes of a dozen golf balls will be awarded. Ten teams must be entered to have the tournament. If ten teams are not found, money will be refunded.
The cost is $60 which includes green fee and cart. Payment must be received prior to the tournament. For more information, Contact Student Services at ext. 9392, Blaine Hall at ext. 4107, McCormick Hall at 4190 or East Hall at ext. 4378.
Violin Academy to perform this Sunday
Missouri Southern Suzuki Violin Academy students of Jon Gaymon, Kexi Liu, Elizabeth Meisinger and Roberta Sluder, Music, will perform a special concert in observance of National Music Week. The concert starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Webster Hall Auditorium. This concert will be recorded and broadcast by Missouri Southern State College's Fine Arts Radio International 88.7 FM at 5 p.m., Friday, May 9. The piano accompanist is Becky Higginson. Piano students of the Keynote Club of Carthage will also participate in the performance. The concert is open to public and admission is free. For more information, please contact Kexi Liu, Suzuki Violin Academy, at ext. 9681.
Sale on shades!
50%
off original price!
All sunglasses
MSSC-Store, Billingsly Student Center
Music faculty recital next Friday, April 18
The joint faculty recital by Jeff Macomber and Cynthia Hukill, Music, cancelled earlier in the year due to inclement weather, will be held Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Webster Auditorium. The program will feature sonatas (and more) for piano and trombone. The performance is free and open to the public.FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) personnel, Terri Bennett, Dennis Fitzgerald, and Bernie (Max) Franks, were given the Champion of Veterans Enterprise award from the Center for Veterans Enterprise, Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Washington, D.C., at the annual national PTAC conference in Savannah, Georgia, on April 2. Bernie and Dennis have achieved the certification of Associate Contracting Assistance Specialist. The certification represents various levels of education, continuous training, and experience.
Beverly Block, Business, presented a paper at the Association for Business Communication Spring Conference in Toronto on Friday, April 4. The title of the paper was "Workplace Appearance: Business Casual Results in Casual Confusion."
Grace Ayton and Barbara Box, Nursing, attended the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.(NLNAC) Self Study Forum in Chicago, March 27-28. They were among over 250 attendees. The Forum presented key information about the Accreditation Process and writing the Self Study Report. The Department of Nursing is seeking continuous NLNAC accreditation with a visit scheduled for Spring 2004.
Al Cade, School of Education, was a presenter at 2003 Education and Research Symposia co-hosted by the Missouri Association for Blacks in Higher Education (MABHE) & Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-MoAMP). His topic was "Closing the Achievement Gap - African American Students." The University of Missouri-St. Louis was the site for this year's event.
Melissa Locher, Learning Center, Kyle Vann, IS/PC Support, and Rod Surber, Public Information, attended the 2003 Power Up Conference & Expo April 7-8 in Columbia. Sponsored by the Missouri Assistive Technology Council and the Statewide Independent Living Council, the Expo is designed to disseminate information about comprehensive assistive technology service delivery systems. The trio from Missouri Southern gathered information about requirements, regulations, procedures, and practices involved with assistive technology and Web accessibility issues.Art Saltzman, English, has an essay entitled "On Not Being Nice: Sentimentality and the Creative Writing Class" in the current issue of Midwest Quarterly.
Paul Teverow, History, says Joella Elbert, who graduated several years ago with a B.A in History, is pursuing graduate studies in History at Pittsburg State University. At the department's recent Graduate Student Banquet, she received the annual award for Excellence in Research.
For Rent: Duplex at 1110 Connecticut. Two bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1 car garage. $480 monthly. For information, call (417) 437-8487.
For Sale: 1979 Fender Stratocaster guitar. Three peg. Excellent condition with original case, burnt orange color, virtually unmarked, $1,000. Also have 1972 Fender Vibrosonic Reverb amplifier, 300 watts with "Black Widow" 15-inch speaker volume/master volume for $750. Contact ext. 9506.
For Sale: Deluxe aluminum truck shell with locking windows. Fits full-size longbed. $125 or best offer. Call ext. 9794.
For Sale: 1979 Plymouth 15-passenger van, $1200 or best offer. Call 625-9315 from 8-5 or 417 842-3087 evenings and weekends.
For Sale: Nice puppy. Australian shepherd mix, 3 months old, female, very cute, $30. Call 625-9366 or 781-8246.
