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Safe Halloween 2008
McCormick Hall, on the campus of Missouri Southern, will open its doors once again for Safe Halloween. Bring the family and experience a safe trick-or-treating experience indoors!
The fun starts on Friday, Oct. 31 and lasts from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. All area youth (6th grade and under) are invited to come and join in the fun!
For questions, contact McCormick Hall Office at 659-4190.
Safe Halloween is sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, Student Activities, Sodexho Food Management and the MSSU Student Senate.
Gockel Symposium Slated for Tuesday, Oct. 28
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The Institute of International Studies at Missouri Southern State University will present the 12th Annual Harry and Berniece Gockel International Symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The Symposium’s theme is “Germany and the U.S.: In a Globalized World."
• The morning address, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Taylor Performing Arts Center, is “The Importance of a Transatlantic Relationship in a Globalized World.” The speaker will be Wolfgang Drautz, German Consul General in Chicago since September 2005, a lawyer and former judge and German Foreign Service veteran since 1976. Drautz served as Deputy Consul General in Atlanta and as Germany’s permanent representative to NATO in Brussels.
In the globalized world, the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe in general and the United States and Germany in particular assumes a role of even greater importance, but also greater complexity, than any time since 1949. What is the nature of the ties between Germany and the United States and how has that relationship developed in the years since the end of the Second World War, through the Cold War, Germany’s unification and with the rise of the European Union? What political challenges to the German-American relationship have arisen in light of the changing character of NATO, the European Union, and the Germany’s special relationship with its neighbors to the east? What are the economic implications of Germany’s position as the third-largest economy in the world light of the historic rise of the euro against the U.S. dollar and in a world ever more in need of energy and food.
Throughout his career, Wolfgang Drautz has served on a variety of key federal foreign office desks in Bonn and Berlin, including head of the Department for Consular Assistance before arriving in his present Chicago post as Consul General.
The jurisdiction of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago covers 13 Midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The Consulate fosters economic, trade, and business cooperation between Germany and the U.S., develops an exchange of students and scholars, provides information about German cultural activities and programs, and fosters bilateral contacts between non-governmental and civic organizations.
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• The evening address, beginning at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall is “Gulliver’s Travail: Crafting a Transatlantic Foreign Policy After the Cold War.” The speaker for the session will be Dr. James Sperling, professor of political science at the University of Akron (Ohio) and an internationally-recognized expert on German foreign policy.
• Following the first address, Wolfgang Drautz will make a presentation in Corley Auditorium titled "Germany and the EU: Past, Present and Future."
Dr. Sperling’s address considers the paradox of German power in the post-Cold War period. Despite the increase in territory and population attending unification, Germany has suffered a decline in its salience to American foreign policy calculations even though Europe’s importance to the United States remains relatively unchanged as does Germany’s importance to Europe. Sperling argues that changes in external and internal environments have made Germany a relatively less critical partner for the United States. Those environmental changes are specific to the evolution of transatlantic security and economic relations which have disadvantaged or disempowered Germany; and there is a significant change in the strategic and economic orientation of the United States toward the Pacific (particularly China).
Sperling will chart the sources of Germany’s importance to the United States during the post-war period, 1945-1989. He then assesses Germany’s role in the U.S. foreign policy calculus and value for the United States with respect to five criteria: the strategic, diplomatic, military, economic, and political. The importance of Germany is then categorized according to whether the importance is tangible (economic and military) or intangible (strategic, diplomatic, or domestic political coalitions); and, secondly, whether the importance was something Germany could do for the United States or something that Germany could do to the United States..
Dr. Sperling received his M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Santa Barbara. He also received graduate training at Edinburgh University (Scotland), the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva), and as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar at the University of Kiel (Germany). Dr. Sperling is the coauthor of EU Security Governance (2007) and Recasting the European Order (1997). He has also edited or co-edited over 10 books, including Global Security Governance (2007) and Germany at Fifty-Five: Berlin ist nicht Bonn? (2004).
Wolfgang Drautz’ evening presentation, “Germany and the EU: Past, Present and Future,” looks at the path taken by Germany and its European partners from the destruction of the Second World War to today’s prosperity. How was Europe transformed from the world’s most violent continent to a place of peace and prosperity?
Drautz will outline the role of Germany in the forging of the new European identity and in Europe’s path from war to peace and prosperity, the significance for Europe and the United States of the new, enlarged European Union, and how the EU can serve as a model for economic and political cooperation for other, often troubled, regions of the world. He will focus on how institutions of higher education in the United States can be a part of America’s responses to changing situations and the Germany-United States dynamic.
KOZJ Wine Feast slated
The KOZJ (Ozarks Public Television) Wine Feast 2008 will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2 at Hammons Convention Center in Joplin. Advance purchase Wine Feast tickets are $25 ($35 at the door).
This event will be held from 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Over 60 different wines can be sampled along with food from some of Joplin's finest restaurants.
The "Spotlight on Reserve Wine" tickets are $60. This includes a sit down presentation with reserved wine served along with foods prepared by the Holiday Inn's executive chef Scott Teal. This event starts at 12:15 p.m. and includes early entrance to the Wine Feast. Jeremy Hollingshead, co-author of A Tour of Missouri Wines will be the special guest. Spotlight tickets must be purchased in advance.
Anyone interested in purchasing tickets can contact Brad Kleindl, Robert W. Plaster School of Business, at 625-3120 or e-mail kleindl-b@mssu.edu.
AAUW Holiday Auction scheduled
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) invites the community to its Holiday Auction, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15 at the First Community Church, 15th & Murphy Blvd. in Joplin. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. with the auction beginning at 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the group's scholarship fund for MSSU.
Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments also will be available.
A wide variety of items will be sold including food items, themed baskets, Christmas items including ornaments dolls and Bearington and Boyd bears, as well as a rattan rocking chair, crystal candle sticks, Martin trombone and case, Life Style Heart Exercise Machine and other miscellaneous items. A complete Dickens Village already has a $500 bid but higher bids will be accepted.
Mary Parker, Student Support Center, says new members are always welcome. . For information, call Mary at ext. 9363.
Class to present historic clothing exhibit
Members of a Service Learning Costume History class taught by Anne Jaros, Theatre, are working with the Joplin Museum Complex to date, catalog, photograph and preserve the textile collection that is stored at the Dorothea B. Hoover Museum.
The students are researching 19th and 20th Century costume history, reporting their findings to the class, then going to the museum to study, hands-on, these historic garments.
Students determine the date and occasion for which the costume would have been worn based on their research. A condition report is filled out and then the garment is packed in acid-free tissue and boxes. The museum has been in desperate need of someone to perform this service for some time. Without this assistance the collection risks donation to another museum.
Each student, as a final project, will exhibit an ensemble from the collection. This exhibit will be open to the public from Nov. 18 - 23 at the Hoover Museum.
German Film Festival feature rescheduled
The German Film Festival will present the film East of War (Jenseits des Krieges) at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall. Admission is free.
The film, originally scheduled for last Thursday in another location on campus, had to be rescheduled to equipment problems.
The 1966 film was directed by Ruth Beckermann. During an exhibition about World War II atrocities, former soldiers talk about their experiences with an immediacy and power to move rarely found in historical documents or portrayals.
Even when Germans and Austrians acknowledged the responsibility of their government for atrocities during the Second World War, it was the Nazi party and its SS units that were seen as the primary perpetrators. The Reichswehr - the German army - was traditionally seen having refrained from participating in any wartime crimes against Jews and other European people. An exhibit that first opened in Hamburg in the late 1990s used photographs, documents and motion picture film, as well as memoirs and letters to show that the army had committed atrocities on an ongoing basis.
Ruth Beckermann's East of War is a documentary recording of the varied reactions of visitors to the exhibit. The film was the winner of the Cinema du Reel Special Jury and Library Prize.
Chocolate Festival planned for mid-November
The P.E.O. Chapter GQ, of which Doris Walters and Charline Lewis, English, are members, will have its second annual Chocolate Festival this year at First Presbyterian Church, 6th & Byers in Joplin, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. Doris and Charline have tickets for sale. Tickets are $5 each; children under 12 get in free.
With your ticket, you receive a very delicious salad lunch and admittance to the Festival. Several different chocolate items will be for sale: pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, fudge and more. These are all made by members of the P.E.O. There will be things for the children to create (made of chocolate, of course!) and a cake walk. They also will have a chocolate pie contest and Bruce Speck, MSSU President, has graciously accepted being one of the judges.
P.E.O. is a philanthropic educational organization and the members are passionate about their mission: promoting educational opportunities for women.
The monies from the Chocolate Festival will go toward college scholarships for women who otherwise might not be able to afford to go. Donations are accepted if one wishes to donate and cannot come to the festival. To place an order, call Charline at ext. 9377.
International Student Educators Conference features Trudeau
William Trudeau, International English Program, will co-present a paper on the status of Mid-Western intensive English programs in higher education. Val Heming, Director of the English Language Center at the University of Central Missouri also will take part.
Intensive English programs are “optional” in higher education; some institutions have them while others choose not to. Naturally, those universities with high numbers of international students find IEPs valuable as recruitment tools for international students as well as providing needed services in support of second language learners.
However, sizes, locations and operations of IEPs differ considerably from institution to institution. Some are academic programs; others are continuing education courses. Some are accredited; others ancillary. Some are self-supporting while others are integrated into the academic fiscal network. Recruitment is at times handled directly by the IEP; in other cases, by the institution on behalf of the IEP.
The research undertaken by Heming and Trudeau looks at the status of IEPs. It is designed to open conversation about the best and most effective models. The paper will be presented at the NAFSA Region IV Conference of International Educators in Fargo, N.D. next week. Since about half the institutions studied are in Region II (Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado), a follow up report is likely to made to next year’s conference there.
Scholastic Book Fair
MSSU's chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, will sponsor a Scholastic Book Fair from November 3 through Nov. 7. Elizabeth Betebenner, Teacher Education, says the book fair features a wide selection of quality authors and titles for children of all ages, and Scholastic has available many of the Newberry and Caldecott award-winning titles.
The sale will be set up at the north end of the first floor of Taylor Hall.
This book sale is a great opportunity to begin to fill in your Christmas lists for your children, and/or your grand children! For the first time, the Book Fair will feature a private sale for all faculty and staff from 3 - 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7. Show your MSSU faculty/staff ID and receive a 10% discount on all purchases that day. You just can't beat an offer like this!
Ghost hunter to speak at Missouri Southern
Calling all ghost hunters (and ghosts!) --- if you dare . . . .
Christopher Moon, ghost hunter and paranormal investigator, will speak at 7 p.m., Oct. 30 in Cornell Auditorium on Plaster Hall on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.
There is no charge to attend. The public is invited. The appearance is sponsored by the MSSU Campus Activities Board.
Christopher Moon is the creator of Haunted Times Magazine. As owner of Thomas Edison’s “Telephone to the Dead”, Chris will give a live demonstration. Although there is no satisfactory explanation for the strange calls from the dead, there have been several theories put forth. Moon is also the creator of the movie Chasing the Shadows.
Following the lecture, Moon will lead a ghost hunt on campus for MSSU students only. For information, contact the Student Services office at (417) 625-9346.
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Gardasil Clinic Slated for Nov. 17-18
A free Gardasil Clinic will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 17-18 at the MSSU Student Health Center in Kuhn Hall on the Missouri Southern campus.
No appointment is necessary. Kuhn Hall is located on the west end of campus between Newman Road and University Parkway.
Held in cooperation with the Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Missouri, the Student Health Center will conduct the free Gardasil Clinic. Gardasil protects young women from 70 percent of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains that cause cervical cancer and 90 percent of the strains of HPV that cause genital warts.
The Gardasil Clinic is open to all local females between the ages of 18 and 26. All young women who attend the Gardasil Clinic at MSSU and begin their 3-shot series in 2008 are guaranteed to get the two remaining vaccinations for free in 2009.
Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. By age 50, 80 percent of women currently get the virus that causes cervical cancer and other infections.
The National theme for Gardasil is "One Less." Gardasil can help each woman be "one less" cancer statistic.
For more information, contact the Missouri Southern Student Health Center at (417) 625-9323.
Rotary award to Werberger
Jim Werberger, Custodial Services, received the 2008 Vocational Service Award from Joplin Daybreak Rotary in a formal presentation this morning at the Joplin Holiday Inn. The Vocational Service Award is presented by Rotary Clubs each year to persons who represent the highest standards of their profession.
Werberger received the award for his helpfulness to academic programs in the buildings he serves. His work has included finding used equipment and furnishings appropriate to the classroom, assisting in developing a casual lounge area near the classroom and making sure the area is ready for student use. According to the nominator, “When carpet shampooing was done, Jim came in just before class to be sure everything was OK and noted frayed carpet strands . . . . Later that day he was on hands and knees, carefully clipping the strands so that the danger was removed but the carpet also didn't look “patched.” His only comment was: “Students should have a nice room to work in.”
Bill Trudeau, International English Program says Jim also manifests real concern for students in the building. He is supportive of students and expends extra energy to help with their moving, cleaning and other tasks as they arise.
Contemporary Foreign Film Series feature slated
The fourth feature film for the fall 2008 season will be shown at 7 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 24 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall. The film is God Grew Tired of Us (United States, 2007; 90 minutes).
This American independent film, narrated by actress Nicole Kidman, is a critically acclaimed documentary about the experiences of three “Lost Boys” of the Sudan who survive the civil war in their country and resettle in the United States. The film won the Grand Jury and other prizes at the Sundance Film Festival.
This film will be shown as part of a Continuing Education class. The cost of the class is $10 per person per semester and those interested may register before the film Friday evening. Subsequent films will be shown this semester on November 21, and December 5. A brief discussion will follow the screening of each film. For more information on the films and the class, please contact Bill Kumbier, English, by e-mailing kumbier-w@mssu.edu.
Banner or LioNet refresher available
With registration for Spring just around the corner, some of you may be wanting a refresher on the process in Banner or LioNet. Sandi Gieson, Banner User Services, says written tutorials are available for those who may not have been able to attend the recent training. These are posted on the Banner Resources Site.
The following handbooks containing registration materials are posted:
* LioNet Student Information Menu for Faculty and Advisors
* LioNet Faculty Menu
* INB for Faculty and Advisors
There is also a document entitled "Student Self-Registration Through LioNet" that will be helpful to you when advising students about the process. This document will also be posted on the home page of Lionet.
There are many other helpful documents on this site. Sandi encourages everyone to go to the site and see what is there and help spread the word about this valuable site to your colleagues who may also have questions. Documents are regularly updated and the most recent version will always be available on this site. Just check the "Last Updated" date on any you may print or download with the date on the site.
The Banner Resources web site can be accessed from the link on the MSSU home page or enter this link in the address bar of your browser: http://204.185.19.124.
As always, feel free to contact Sandi with Banner / LioNet related questions by calling (417) 625-9815.
National Friends of Libraries Week
Oct. 19-25 is National Friends of the Library week. That makes it a good time to thank the Friends of George A. Spiva Library who contribute so much of their time and expertise to significantly enhance the MSSU library's resources and services.
"I know that Spiva Library and the friends group are sources of pride in our community," says Amber Carr, Library. "I hope this week everyone will call the library to find out how they can join and support this outstanding group," she adds.
Newsmakers to focus on financial markets, education
An upcoming edition of the KGCS-TV program Newsmakers will focus on America's financial markets and education. Host Judy Stiles will interview Brian Nichols, Robert W. Plaster School of Business, and Josh LeMasters, senior Marketing and Management major from Carthage.
This program focuses on the current financial headlines and crisis, from the perspective of how it is impacting faculty and students at Missouri Southern. Brian will tell how he is able to incorporate the real world happenings into the classroom. Josh will discuss the lessons being learned in the Business program.
Both guests will talk about the changes being seen and the impact of the global economy. They also talk about how people can learn more about finances and be better prepared for the financially unsettled times.
The show will air on KGCS at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28. It will be shown again at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3 and at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
The same telecast will air at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 25 on KOAM-TV and again at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23 on KOZJ Public Television.
Dorothy C. Bay, Biology, along with several students attended the 55th Annual Systematics Symposium at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis on Oct. 18. The symposium topic was "Climate Change and Biodiversity in Africa and Madagascar." The next day they visited Shaw Nature Reserve at Gray Summit where they walked through the Whitmire Wildflower Garden and the Pinetum.
Beverly Block and Terry Marion, Business; and Jim Krudwig, Lisa Robinson, and Karen Bradshaw, Small Business Development Center; presented at the Small Business University program held on Oct. 8 in conjunction with the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council and Community Bank and Trust. Beverly spoke about “Networking Your Way to Better Time Management.” Terry was a member of a panel discussion on “Retaining Key Employees.” Jim spoke about “Deciphering Financial Statements.” Lisa moderated the “Bankers, Lawyers and Accountants, and Why You Must Have Them” panel discussion and the “Deciphering Financial Statements” session. Karen Bradshaw was a member of the panel discussion on “Resource Development for Small Business Owners.” Small Business University offered sessions in freshman, sophomore, and junior tracks and is a seminar series tailored to varying levels of business experience, to enhance the knowledge of proper practices and new trends in business management.
Erica Little and Kim Rogers, Dental Hygiene, have been elected to State positions within the Missouri Dental Hygienists' Association. Erica was elected President and Kim Vice President of the Association at their October meeting, according to Tia Strait, Dean of the School of Technology.
Seven MSSU English majors and faculty attended the 25th Jack and Ruth Gribben English Lecture Series workshop at Labette Community College, Parsons, Kan., on Friday, Oct.17. The workshop presenter was Joseph Harris, Director, Duke University Writing Program, whose theme was "Teaching Writing from Student-Written Texts." This workshop, funded by the Jack and Ruth Gribben endowment fund, brings in the top-ranking theorists and practitioners in the field of teaching writing. All events are free for participants, making it an excellent annual opportunity for MSSU faculty involved in teaching writing-intensive courses. Attending were students Andy Armstrong, Naomi Austin, Laticha Brown, and Kayla Fultz. Faculty attending were Ron Cansler, Dale Simpson, and Doris Walters, English.
Frank A. Pishkur, Art, exhibited ceramic artwork in Joplin's Discover Downtown, 3rd Thursday Art Walk on Oct. 17. The Art walk is presented by the Main Street Joplin Organization to support and promote the revitalization of the downtown community. More information about this not-for-profit organization can be found at: http:www.mainstreetjoplin.org.
A selection of Pishkur's reduction-fired, stoneware, celadon glazed vases were showcased at the Show Me Gallery, 611 Main Street along with those of other artists who promote the art of clay within the local and regional community. Pishkur has been a member of this organization since 2005.
Pishkur also exhibited a different body of work the next night with Jed Schelegal, MSSU Continuing Education Pottery instructor, at Cow Creek Studio as part of the Fall Art Walk on Broadway in Pittsburg, Kan. Additional information about the Pittsburg Artwalk is located at: http://www.myspace.com/pittsburgartwalk.
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For Sale: Dining Room Furniture, including: hutch, table, 6 chairs (including Captain's chair), $200. Call 623-5531 after 5 p.m.
Help Wanted: Individual, 16 - 66+ to do basic yard work, raking and using a leaf-blower, periodically for the next 30 days. Call ext. 9646 on campus or 781-5637.
For Sale: 2004 Toyota Tacoma SR5 Pickup, white, 81,500 miles. Efficient, roomy small truck with 4 doors. Excellent Toyota shape! Looks like new. $13,600. Automatic, 6 cylinder, 2 wheel drive, full bed liner. Must see to appreciate. Call 659-5425 or (417) 540-3423 cell.
For Sale: Walnut coffee table, $50. Excellent condition. 70" x 18" Call 659-5425 office; 417-540-3423 cell.
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