Current Issue: Volume 19 - Number 26 - March 4, 2005
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New campus calendar keeps you "in the know"
With this edition of Accents! comes the announcement of an new Web-based events calendar for Missouri Southern State University. Any department or division wishing to add events or activities must contact the Public Information Office to obtain access to the master calendar of events. Contact Rod Surber at ext. 9399 or 9365. For the first time, departments at Missouri Southern will have the chance to make entries and updates on an events calendar that will be available to the entire campus community and the public from the MSSU homepage and other MSSU sites. This means anyone wanting information on a lecture, play, movie or other campus event can simply log on to find out the details. From the MSSU home page the calendar link will appear under "News" on the left menu bar. From Accents! simply go to the "Calendar" on the upper left side of this page to get to the events calendar. "Alumni, patrons, students and various divisions on campus have been expressing a need for such a calendar for some time. We're happy to be able to now provide this communication vehicle so people can learn what's happening on campus in one location," said Rod Surber, Public Information.Return concert to feature Jie Chen
Jie
Chen, the Grand Prize winner of the 2004 Missouri Southern International
Piano Competition, will play a "Return from Carnegie" concert
Friday, March 11.
Ms. Chen played a debut recital in Carnegie Recital Hall in New
York City on Oct. 4, 2004. Ms. Chen will play at 7:30 p.m., Friday,
March 11 in Webster Recital Hall on the Missouri Southern State
University campus.
Jeff Skibbe of KXMS radio will assist with program remarks.
The concert will be broadcast live internationally at
www.kxms.org and locally on FM 88.7
KXMS. Tickets for the event are $10 general admission, $5 for students
and seniors. Reservations and ticket information are available by
calling 625-9755.
At the age of 19, pianist Jie Chen has already established
herself as a mature musician. During the 2004-2005 season her
performances include recital debuts at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully
Hall in New York, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago, IL; the
Schubert Club, and solo recital tours throughout the country. Upcoming
concerto engagements include the Minnesota Orchestra, the Richmond
Symphony Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, among others.
She will also make her recording debuts with "One Thousand
Lakes" label and Yamaha "Piano Soft". Jie Chen was born
in 1985 in Guang Dong, China. She started playing the piano at age four
and attended the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory before moving to the
United States in 1998.
Admitted to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music in 1998 at
the age of twelve, she continues her studies there with Claude Frank.
She made her major orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and
has performed with the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota
Orchestra. International appearances have included performances with
Sanremo Sifonica orchestra in Italy; Hochschule fur Musik und Theater
and The Mendelssohn House, both in Leipzig.
She recently returned from concert engagements in China. Her
performances have been broadcast by the Italian National Television
Network "RAIUNO", The German Radio "MDR", the
Minnesota Public radio, and on "Performance Today" of National
Public Radio.
She has also been featured in many major newspapers including
the Philadelphia Inquirer, Star Tribune, World
Journal, as well as many major musical websites.
In addition to the Grand Prize in the 10th MSIPC, Ms.Chen has
won numerous awards including first prizes in "Piano Arts"
National Competition, "Five Town" Young Artist Competition in
New York, 3rd Prize in the 8th Sanremo Classico International Piano
Competition in Italy, and Grand Prize in the 2nd Piano-e-Competition in
Minneapolis.
Alongside her solo achievements, she is also an avid chamber
music player.
In addition to the "Return" concert, Miss Chen will
give music programs for area school children and civic clubs. Financial
assistance for the "Return" concert is provided by the US
Bancorp Foundation and the General Mills Foundation. The school programs
are sponsored by the US Bancorp Foundation.
Celebración to feature Spanish/Latin American culture
The Spanish Club announces the first annual “Celebración: An evening of Spanish and Latin American Art, Theatre, Music, Dance and Literature”. The event will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, March 14 in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
"We cordially invite you and your students to attend this cultural event which will benefit the MSSU Spanish Club," says Jimmy Noriega, Spanish Club president. "We have been working hard to gather quality representations of Spanish and Latin American expression which will enrich the lives of your students."
The program will last a little over an hour. Noriega says the Spanish Club will take care of sign-up sheets for faculty wanting to give students extra credit for attending. "Just let us know in advance and we'll take care of the rest," he comments.
Tickets cost $3 for MSSU students with I.D. at the door. It is open to the community. Those with questions should contact Pedro Talavera-Ibarra at ext. 3108 or Linda Perkins, Foreign Languages, at ext. 9580.
Madrigal coming to a castle near you
The long awaited night of royalty, gaiety and merriment is coming soon to a castle near you! What Ho! The Madrigal Dinner, written and produced by Bud Clark, Director of Choral Studies, (pictured at right), will once again appear in the Bud Walton Theatre on our campus or, as the Music department likes to call it, The Clarkshire Castle. The feast will begin at 7 p.m., March 9-12. Tickets are on sale in the ticket office in Billingsly Student Center during the first week of February. The ticket reservation deadline is Feb. 28. For ticket information, call the Box Office at ext. 9366. The $20 ticket price includes a four-course meal along with singing, dancing, all overseen by King Budward, and his Queen, Suzanna, (Susan Smith, Music).Greeks to attend statewide alcohol conference
Each of Missouri Southern's Greek organizations will send a representative to the Missouri Alcohol Summit, slated for March 4-5 at Camp Windemere in Roach, Missouri. Eleven other colleges and universities in the state will take part as partners in prevention.
Julie Blackford, Student Activities, will take part in the session as a facilitator.
The alcohol summit program is a campus leadership institute which provides fraternity and sorority communities the opportunity to establish an agenda for their future and achieving success. It is designed to foster improved relationships among campus leaders through an intensive, interactive and educational program.
The curriculum emphasizes community building, leadership development, values-based decision making and creating positive changes for the common good. Participants leave the program with new skills, increased motivation, and a plan of action to create change within their community.
The program has been successfully implement on over 25 campuses across the nation including Iowa State University, University of Kansas, Bucknell University and the Show-Me State's Central Missouri State University and Northwest Missouri State University.
The program is sponsored by the North-American Interfraternity Conference and Missouri Partners in Prevention.
Contemporary Series film tonight
The
third feature film for the season will begin at 7 p.m. tonight, Friday
March 4, at Cornell Auditorium in Matthews Hall. Tonight's feature, in
DVD format, is Love Me If You Dare (Belgium, 2004). Two
outcast children invent a game of “Dare” that becomes more
and more compelling—and more dangerous—as they grow older
and their relationship deepens.
Facets has called the film a “dark and quirky romantic comedy;” which is, according to the New York Times, a “grown-up fairy tale.” The film was directed and written by Yann Samuel. Previews are available at www.paramountclassics.com/loveme/index2.html. For further information about this film series, please contact Bill Kumbier, English, at kumbier-w@mssu.edu or Nick Kyle, Art, at kyle-n@mssu.edu.
Focus on eating disorders
National Eating Disorders Week for 2005 is Feb. 28-March 6. Students and faculty/staff are encouraged to take a private on-line screening if they are concerned that they may have developed an eating disorder or have a concern for a friend or loved one.
The on-line screening site is www.mentalhealthscreening.org/screening/. The password for MSSU is helpinghand. Click on the link for the eating disorders screening and follow the questions. At the end of the screening tool, feedback and referral sources will be provided, if indicated. Information also may be picked up in the Lion's Den from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, March 7-9.
Dalenette Voigt-Catlin, Student Support Center, says a video titled Beyond the Image will be shown in Room 313 of the Billingsley Student Center from 12 noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, March 9. It explores media influences on body image, eating disorders, and body acceptance concepts. The video is free and open to all. Those who have questions or have concerns related to eating disorders, may also contact the Student Support Center.
Coalition fingerprint/I.D. drive successful
The Missouri Southern Coalition Against Child Abuse conducted a recent Amber Alert Fingerprint and Identification drive at the 20th and Rangeline Wal-Mart in Joplin. JJ Spurlin, Criminal Justice, would like to thank Wal-Mart on behalf of the Child Abuse Coalition's drive to further extend its efforts into the community.
A special thank you goes to Wayne Thomason, Criminal Justice, for providing two members of the Police Academy help with fingerprinting. A total of 171 children were documented, making it the most successful effort the group has conducted. JJ invites faculty/staff and students to contact him at any time regarding the Child Abuse Coalition and upcoming events.
McCaleb proposals due by March 11
Proposals for the 2005 McCaleb Initiative for Peace program are due by March 11 in the Institute of International Studies office. The $5,000 grant competition is open to two-person teams who will undertake a project to examine causes of war, consequences of war, peacekeeping efforts, and/or the desires of people for peace. Chad Stebbins, International Studies, says each team must consist of one full-time faculty member from any MSSU department and one full-time MSSU student who will be returning to MSSU next fall. The project must result in a series of 8-12 articles for publication in The Chart during the fall of 2005. The topic must be in the general area of "The Search for Peace" and may choose any approach the team agrees upon. Photographs and other illustrations will be required for publication. The submission must outline the proposed articles and photographs or illustrations. Additional information is available at www.mssu.edu/international/mccaleb/grant.htm.MSSU among ADDY winners
More than 100 advertising, marketing and public relations professionals gathered to celebrate creative achievements for the Joplin Area Advertising Federation's annual ADDY Awards Banquet, Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Butcher Block Banquet Center in Joplin.
Cliff Carpenter, organization president, said in addition to recognizing outstanding creativity in the field of advertising, the organization has awarded nearly $24,000 in educational scholarships to students at Missouri Southern State University and Pittsburg State University, and assisted in important community and national projects.
A Judges' Award and a Gold ADDY went to the Lee and Wyrsch Marketing Group for the Missouri Southern State University TV campaign. Gold ADDYs also went to MSSU for the 2004 Viewbook and to MSSU students for the 2004 Winged Lion.
Silver ADDYs went to Missouri Southern for the Gockel Symposium Program, the Theme Semester Event Booklet and the 2004 Search Piece. KGCS-TV won a Silver ADDY for MSSU Preparing for the Future.
MSSU student Desara Short won student entry ADDYs for the Fifty Plus magazine and a Cover Spectrum Graphics Incorporated magazine advertisement
Discussion of interest in Pineville
The Sugar Creeks Betterment Association is hosting a Town Hall Meeting from 2-4 p.m., Saturday, March 19 in Pineville, Missouri with the guest speaker being SMSU research professor Jack Ray. Ray will present his talk and slide show on cultural findings of the dig at the Henson Cave and Henson Shelter in McDonald County. There will be a visiting time and refreshments following the presentation.
The American Legion Hall is on Jesse James Road about 1 block east of the traffic signal at Hwy 71 and Jesse James Rd. (also known as Hwy W). It is next to Farmer's Lumber. For information, contact Marilyn Carnell-Williams at marilyn@olemac.net or (417) 223-4455 or Tony Robyn at retired@olemac.net or (417) 223-7257.
Carla Huntington, Marketing/Management, says a new Meditation Group will meet from 7 - 7:45 a.m. in BSC 311 for the duration of the spring semester (except for the Tuesday of Spring Break). This fall the group will meet from 8 - 8:45 a.m. at a location TBA. For information, call ext. 9744 or 9647.
Dr. Brad Kleindl, Dean of the School of Business Administration, and Mark Comstock, Accounting, and Alex Vernon, Finance/Economics/International Business, have had a paper accepted for presentation at the American Accounting Association’s Northeast Regional Meeting to be held April 14-16 in Tarrytown, N.Y. The paper, "Incorporating a Balanced Scorecard into Assessment of an Accounting and Business Program," describes the innovative approach to outcomes assessment being used to document faculty activities in the business school.
Jeremy Kushner, Music, presented a lecture on "The Percussion Music of Lukas Foss" at the College Music Society Southern Chapter Conference at the University of Florida.
For Rent: 2-bedroom, 1-bath house between Carthage and Webb City. Country setting. New paint,Carthage school system, low utilities. $450/400 deposit. Call (417) 358-0600.
For Sale: Large 6-cycle Heavy Duty Super Capacity Washer, 4 years old, $100 Call Betty at (417) 649-7693 or (417) 850-7824.
For Sale: Clarinet-Artley 17 S, 2 years old, in great condition! $300. Call Betty at (417) 649-7693 or (417) 850-7824.
Tennis Lessons at the Cave, Carthage, $25 an hour and racket stringing, $20. Call (417) 358-0600.
Looking For: A working reel-to-reel tape player/recorder with slow speed (3 1/4 ips). Contact ext. 9506.
For Sale: Two ATVs: A 2002 Honda 250, Recon with electric shift and a 2003 Suzuki 400 4 x 4, 350 miles, good condition. Call Jan at ext. 9558 or Stan (620) 679-9824.
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