The Truman State University Academic Advising Conference, presented by the Vice President for Academic Affairs Office, will take place from noon to 4:15 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Student Union Building .
This program is offered by academic advisers for academic advisers, including faculty, professional advisers and support staff. This year's conference features speaker Jan Hargrave, chief executive officer of Jan Hargrave & Associates, who will discuss "Nonverbal Skills in Advising." This motivational presentation (with lunch hosted by the Residential Colleges and the Vice President for Academic Affairs Office) will kick off an afternoon of concurrent sessions on a variety of advising issues.
Advisers will have a chance to discuss issues and problems with other advisers while learning specific nonverbal skills.
"The speaker is outstanding. She is witty and very astute and conveys information in an entertaining way. She should not be missed," said Debbie Kling, academic planning services counselor.
Lunch and the keynote address will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the SUB Georgian Room. Concurrent sessions will follow. Sessions available to choose from include: honors, multiple majors and minors, international student advising, career research and planning, the MAE, using assessment information in advising, student development in advising and counseling, using the liberal arts and sciences portfolio in advising. Advisers can choose to attend any portion.
Hargrave is a distinguished educator, international consultant and author of Let Me See Your Body Talk. She received her bachelor's, master's and educator specialist degrees all in business education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. She has taught at several universities and high schools and is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston.
All faculty, professional advisors and support staff are invited. For more information, contact Alanna Preussner, associate vice president for academic affairs, 785-4109.
The Accounting Club is sponsoring its annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for students and the Kirksville community.
VITA provides free tax help for anyone in the area needing assistance. Volunteers assist people with basic tax returns, particularly students, those with low and fixed income, individuals with disabilities, non-English speaking and elderly taxpayers.
The program will be offered for four Saturdays, Feb. 22, March 15, March 22 and April 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Barnett Hall 202C.
Each club member working at the sessions has gone through tax training sessions and a supervisor will work with the members to ensure accuracy. Because it is a free session, no appointments are necessary and is a first-come, first-served basis.
Those in need of assistance are asked to bring all forms, W-2s and 1099s, information about other income, deductions/credits and a copy of last year's tax return.
Don't miss the final American tour of the famed Swiss mask-mime troupe. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., Baldwin Auditorium
"For children who think they are adults and for adults who still believe they are children at heart." The New York Times
Students from a five-state region will be competing in the 14th annual Truman Piano Festival '97, Saturday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Baldwin Hall.
Approximately 40 pianists from the area will compete for cash prizes as well as for piano scholarships to Truman. The top 10 high school seniors will be competing for a four-year full-tuition, room and board scholarship to the University. Also to be awarded are a $750 four-year piano scholarship and several accompanying scholarships. Students in grades six through 11 will be competing in three groups for cash awards that total $700.
The featured artist for this year's Piano Festival '97 is Mark Puckett, associate professor of Piano at Hardin-Simmon University in Abilene, Texas. Puckett has performed and given master classes in the United States, Europe and Costa Rica. Puckett has won awards in several international piano competitions, including second prize in the 1990 New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Puckett will perform at 3:30 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium. Following the recital he will conduct a master class that will feature three of the Piano Festival participants.
Karen Halverhout will judge the sixth- through ninth-grade pianists. Halverhout served for 25 years as professor of piano at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. She also supervised the school's combined group and private piano teaching program for children. She is active as a performer, adjudicator and clinician for workshops and master classes throughout the Midwest.
In an effort to bring music to campus all cultures can embrace, the 29th annual Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, scheduled for Feb. 22, will also celebrate Black History Month. The 7 p.m. performance in Baldwin Auditorium is open to the public.
"Jazz has its roots in blues and blues has its root in black spiritual," said Brian Moline, co-chairman of the festival.
The festival will include a competition between high school and junior high jazz bands, a clinic headed by Jon Faddis, director of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and an evening concert featuring Faddis on the trumpet.
Twenty-nine groups from Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri are scheduled to compete in the competition beginning at 8:30 a.m.
A number of musicians will accompany Faddis in the concert, including Truman band director Steve Erickson on the piano. The Truman Jazz Ensemble will also perform during the event and Faddis will join the band to play some of its pieces.
The Multicultrual Affairs Center has asked noted lecturer and ebonics expert Lynda Campbell, from St. Louis University, to speak. Campbell is chairwoman of the SLU communication disorders department.
As co-founder and chief counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Morris Dees uses the law like a sword in his battle against prejudice and hatred. He focuses his attention on the KKK and anti-government militia. In his speech "Teaching Tolerance," he explains the dangers these groups represent.
The Women's Resource Center works to provide the campus with information about sexually transmitted diseases and ways to prevent them. From Feb. 10 to14, the Center will host its annual Sexual Awareness Week on campus.
A table will be set up in the Student Union just outside Mainstreet Market for the week offering pamphlets and information on topics ranging from abstinence to HIV. The information provided at the table will be supplemented with nightly programs, Monday through Thursday, for more in-depth information.
Information will be available Feb. 12 at the table about the AIDs Quilt, a project coming to Kirksville in March. Condoms will also be available Feb. 12 and 14. The condoms are not free this year, instead the Resource Center is asking for any type of donations for AIDs Awareness in Adair County.
Feb. 10ÐSexual Abuse and Pressures Day 8 p.m.Ð "Sex Talk," a presentation by the University Counseling Center. Students learn to communicate their needs more effectively.
Feb. 11ÐAbstinence Day 6:30 p.m.Ð "Choices, STDs and HIV," LAP will present the latest information on STDs, HIV and abstinence, Ryle Hall main lounge.
Feb. 12ÐSexually Transmitted Diseases/ AIDS Awareness Day 8:30 p.m.Ð "Ice Cream for Sex Education," birth control methods will be discussed. After the program, banana splits will be served.
Feb. 13ÐAlternative Sexualities Day 8 p.m.Ð "Up Close and Personal with PRISM," an open discussion with members of PRISM, SUB Down Under
Feb. 14ÐContraceptive Day "Name that Contraceptive" (display at the table) are which and win a prize for the correct answers.
The Sense of a Woman: 1997 Women's Wellness Symposium, Feb. 15 on the SUB third floor, is an annual focus on women's health issues. This year's symposium features Dr. Bill Hettler, from the University of WisconsinÐStevens Point, to discuss "Well Being, Being Well: Women's Wellness Across the Lifespan." The Symposium is free and open to the entire community.
Sessions available to choose from include: breast cancer, depression, dermatology, gynecology, internet and online services available for wellness information, menopause, osteoporosis, self-defense, self-esteem, sexually transmitted diseases, spirituality. Feel free to come for one session or spend the day.
Free Valentine's Day babysitting for faculty and staff will be available from Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. For more information, contact either Amy at 627-4465 or Kristi at 627-1862.
Cardinal Key national honor sorority rush applications will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 11-13 in the Student Union just outside of Mainstreet Market.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is hosting Tuesday Treats, a fund-raising bake sale, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 11, 18, 25 in McClain Hall.
There are still a few spots left for the summer study abroad tour of Germany and the Czech Republic for six hours of Truman credit, July 1-26. For more information, contact Steven Reschly at 785-4648.
Washington University Law School in St. Louis has invited Truman students to its open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 15 at the law school. Students of any major or grade level who might be interested in law school are welcome. For more information, or a map to the new law building, contact Paul Parker, associate professor of political science, McClain Hall 231.
The 1997 Truman State University Undergraduate Research Symposium is scheduled for March 14. Copies of the Symposium Booklet containing instructions, abstract requirements, submission forms and other information will be available from division offices and the Undergraduate Research Committee. Abstracts are due on Feb. 10. Contact David Lesczynski at 785-4411 for more information.
Full- and part-time summer positions are available through the Truman Upward Bound Office. Open positions include instructors in mathematics, composition/ literature, foreign language and journalism/yearbook; tutors for college freshmen; residential tutors/advisors; and photographer. Application materials are available in Kirk Building 220 and are due Feb. 14.
A free Valentine's Day Dance will be from 8 to 11 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Newman Center.
Psi Chi is hosting its Second Annual Psychology Conference from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Ophelia Parrish 300. The conference will feature interdisciplinary student research presentations related to psychology, a keynote speaker who is an educational psychologist, along with a faculty and graduate panel discussion.
A scholarship for women majoring in education is being offered by the Kirksville Monday Club. Applicants must be of junior status planning to enter the teaching profession, have a 3.0 GPA and show financial need. A written recommendation from a department head is required. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office, McClain Hall 103. The deadline is Feb. 28.
Student Hall of Fame nomination forms are available in the CAOC. Students, faculty and staff may nominate seniors graduating by December 1997. The award recognizes those who have had a personal influence on the University or community and have established a standard by which future leaders can measure themselves.
Applications are available for hired tutoring positions at the Multicultural Affairs Center. For further information, call the Center at 785-4142.
Students are invited to bring their resumes to the Career Center for editing. For more information contact Susan Job, 785-4353. More than 90 companies have already registered for Career Expo.
Ekklesia will host a non-denominational Bible study titled "Nobody's Purfect" on Feb. 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. in SUB 5. Students, faculty and staff are welcome.
Ekklesia will host a non-denominational Bible study titled "Nobody's PurfectÓ on Feb. 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. in SUB 5. Students, faculty and staff are welcome.
The Scholastic Enhancement Experience seeks four students to serve as student program coordinators for the residential scholar program for students of color from June 23 to July 25. Job descriptions and applications are available in the
Ryle North Residential College and the Division of Fine Arts present, "The Art Stops Here: Fifteen Works by Truman State University Students. The show will be displayed in the Ryle Hall main lounge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 17 through 21.
Homecoming 1996 sweatshirts and T-shirts are available at the CAOC. Prices are $17 and $7, respectively.
1997 Homecoming Planning Committee applications are available from the CAOC. Positions available are: homecoming chairperson, publicity coordinators, events coordinators and awards coordinator. Applications are due at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 14.
"Benefits and drawbacks of using presentation software in teaching" is the topic of discussion from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 12, SUB Spanish Room. This is a Faculty Development Lunch Series presentation.
Student Ambassador applications are available and can be picked up outside the Admission Office, McClain Hall 205. They need to be submitted by Feb. 28. Interviews for the competitive, volunteer organization will be after midterm break.
Andrea Sokol-Albert, assistant professor of music performance, will perform a faculty piano recital at 8 p.m., Feb. 25 in Baldwin Auditorium.
The Truman Equestrian Team will participate in the IHSA Stock Seat Show at 6:30 p.m. both Feb. 14 and 15 at the Midway Expo Center in Columbia. Admission is free.
University League invites faculty wives, women faculty and staff to its meeting at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 in the SUB Spanish Room. The guest speaker will be Dr. D. Fred Peterson of KCOM. A continental brunch will be served. Reservations can be made by contacting Amy Huston, 627-9624.
Ben Bennani, professor of English and comparative literature and editor of Bestia and Paintbrush, has had his translation of "The Prison Cell," a dramatic monologue by Palestinian dean of poets Mahmud Darwish, appear in the anthology Multicultural Monologues for Young Actors, published by Smith and Kraus Books.
Warren Gooch, associate professor of music, has had three musical compositions accepted for publication. Three Reflections from the Psalms for mixed choirs, The Piper, for male chorus and Teach Me The Way of Thy World for mixed choir will be published by Alliance Publishers, Inc.
Jerry Mayhew, professor of health and exercise science, recently received confirmation of acceptance of his study titled ÒPrediction of marathon performances in Middle-Eastern runnersÓ in the Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science published in India. The study was done in collaboration with researchers from Minya University in Egypt.
Judy Mullins, controller, has been appointed by the Central Association of College and University Business Officers to the Drive-in Workshop Committee. This committee is responsible for developing, promoting and presenting regional drive-in workshops on current issues confronting business officers and their staffs.
Jeffrey Osborn, assistant professor of biology, has been nominated to serve as a biology councilor on the Council on Undergraduate Research. He currently serves on the CUR National Speakers' Bureau and as the CUR institutional liaison for Truman.
Karen Speckman, assistant professor of communication, participated in the first Donald M. Murray Colloquium, "The Future of Writing," Jan. 15-17 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Colloquium focused on critical issues in journalism and Murray's theories and papers.
Philip Wilson, assistant professor of science history, reviewed Susan Lawrence's Charitable Knowledge: Hospital Pupils and Practitioners in Eighteenth-Century London for The [London} Times Higher Education Supplement. Wilson had a chapter, "Exposing the Secret Disease: Recognizing and Treating Syphilis in Eighteenth-century London" published in Linda Meriams' The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-century Britain and France.