Baldwin Lecturer, Sally Roesch Wagner, will present two workshops to faculty, staff, and K-12 teachers. The workshops are Feb. 6, 1:30-3:30 p.m., and Feb. 7, 9:30-11:30 a.m.The "Using Performance in the Classroom" workshops will build upon Wagner's Baldwin Lecture, explaining how research-based performance may be used as an educational tool.
In the Baldwin Lecture, Feb. 6, Wagner will present 19th century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton in costume and character. She has presented "Elizabeth Cady Stanton" and associated workshops to colleges and universities, K-12 schools, state legislatures and summer Chautauquas across the United States. Participants from all disciplines are welcome to attend the workshops.
The deadline for registration is Feb. 4. Workshops are free, but participants must register to assure enough materials and refreshments. Call the Office of Faculty Development at 785.4391 to register.
Monday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., Sub Alumni Room "Lloyd Gaines: We Have Not Had Such Luck," a presentation on the case that set the stage for the historic decision outlawing segregation in education
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m., Ophelia Parrish 211 "Quiz Bowl," co-sponsored by Sigma Gamma Rho
Friday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Multicultural Affairs "Film Festival" featuring Oscar Micheaux
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., Sub Alumni Room "Vibe-n-Verse" Poetry Night
Monday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m., SUB Alumni Room "Virtual Harlem" Bryan Carter, doctoral candidate in African American literature, will make the Harlem Renaissance come to life through Virtual Reality.
Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., location T.B.A. "Day of Dialogue, What is in the Name?" co-sponsored by Association of Black Collegians
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Ophelia Parrish 300 Janice Dawson-Threat, assistant professor of Higher Education from the Univer-sity of Missouri will speak on African-American women and education during the 19th century
Thursday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m., Baldwin Auditorium "An Evening of Dance," featuring the Lincoln Dance Troop
Friday, Feb. 27, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Baldwin Auditorium Jazz Festival, co-sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha; also Feb. 28
The 1998 Truman State University Undergraduate Research Symposium is scheduled for March 20. Copies of the Symposium Booklet containing instructions, abstract requirements, submission forms and other information are available from division offices and the Undergradu-ate Research Committee. Abstracts are due to the committee by Feb. 13. Contact David Lesczynski at 785.4411 for more information.The University Career Center is hosting the Spring Career Expo Monday Feb. 9 from 1-6 p.m. in the SUB. Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity will hold RUSH informational meetings Feb. 2 in the SUB Activities Room and Feb. 3 in the SUB Alumni Room at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are open to all students with 12 hours of credit and a 3.0 GPA.
The Truman Men's and Women's track teams are looking for faculty, staff, and students interested in being involved as track officials for home meets this spring. No previous experience is required. Home meets are March 28 and May 2-3. Anyone interested in officiating or obtaining more information can call Ed Schneider (785.4342) or John Cochrane (785.4341).
Student Hall of Fame Applications are available. Nominate a senior who has made an impact on the quality of Truman. Applications may be picked up in the CAOC, Student Affairs Office, or division offices and are due Feb. 13.
Homecoming Committee applications are available in the CAOC and are due Feb. 4. Help make 1999 Homecoming a great success.
Ryle North Residential College is sponsoring the fifth annual faculty and staff favorite book series. Participants should share their favorite book or a "great read" and explain the rationale for their choice. Submissions will be shared with the campus community via announcements in the Index, fliers placed on cafeteria tables and the spring display of the series' offerings in Pickler Memorial Library. Send entries to Chris Gregory, Ryle college director, Ryle Hall 225.
Attention all seniors planning to graduate May 9: If you have not applied for graduation, it must be done immediately; diplomas will be ordered soon. Applications for graduation can be picked up in the Registrar's Office, McClain Hall 104.
Deadline for accountancy and English GTRA applications and MAE spring admission applications is Feb. 16 in the Graduate Office. Applications are free.
The Scholastic Enhancement Experience (SEE) is seeking four students to serve as student program coordinators for the residential scholar program for students of color June 22-July 24. Job descriptions and applications are available in Multicultural Affairs, Adair Building. Deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 27.
Anyone interested in school counseling as a career direction is invited to interact with the students in the Counselor Preparation Program, who are currently doing their internships in schools, and their supervisor, at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in Ophelia Parrish 113A.
Windfall, the campus literary magazine, is accepting prose, poetry, artwork and photography. Submissions should be dropped off in the Windfall mailbox in the CAOC by Feb. 25.
Delta Zeta's Big Man On Campus (BMOC) competition is Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kirk Gym. Tickets are $2 in advance, $3 at the door, and will be on sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 5-6 and 11-12 in the SUB and Feb. 9-10 in McClain Hall.
Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring Valentine's Day child care Feb. 14 from 6-10:30 p.m. for children of Truman faculty and staff. Call Claire to R.S.V.P. or additional information.
Funds Allotment Council will have informational meetings in the SUB Alumni Room Feb. 11 at 9 p.m. and Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Funding is available for all chartered campus organizations sponsoring a campus-wide event for the fall 1998 semester. Applications will be distributed at the meetings.
2 Monday6 p.m.-Women's Basketball vs. Washburn, Pershing Arena
7 p.m.-Juried Student Exhibition opening reception, University Art Gallery
7:30 p.m.-Phi Sigma Pi Rush meeting, SUB Activities Room; also Feb. 3 in the SUB Alumni Room
7:30 p.m.-Lloyd Gaines: We Have Not Had Such Luck sponsored by Multicultural Affairs, SUB Alumni Room
8 p.m.-Men's Basketball vs. Washburn, Pershing Arena
3 Tuesday
11 a.m.-4 p.m.-Cardinal Key/Blue Key blood drive, SUB Activities Room; also Feb. 4-5
4 Wednesday Homecoming Committee applications due in CAOC
2-5 p.m.-Retirement reception for Cliff Presley, parking services coordinator, Public Safety Office
4:30 p.m.-School counselor informational meeting, Ophelia Parrish 113
7:30 p.m.-Kohlenberg Lyceum Series presents Summit Brass, Baldwin Auditorium
6 Friday 1:30-3:30 p.m.-Baldwin Lecturer workshop, SUB Alumni Room; also Feb. 7 9:30-11:30 a.m.
6:30 p.m.-Baldwin Dinner and Lecture, SUB Georgian Room
8 p.m.-Guest artist violin/piano recital, Ben Sayevich and Rita Sloane, SUB Activities Room
7 Saturday 8:30 a.m.-Board of Governors meeting, SUB Conference Room
7 p.m.-Retirement dinner for Gene Schneider, Shrine Club
C. Michael Porter, a senior vocal music major, has been selected to conduct a session for student conductors at the regional Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Corpus Christi, Texas. Porter is one of a select few chosen from the seven-state region.LTC Bill Souser, professor of military science, was one of six ROTC professors of military science selected nationwide to review and refine the standard Army ROTC curriculum. The results of this review will be implemented in the 1998-99 academic year.
Lawrence Stomberg, assistant professor of music, performed a guest cellist solo recital in Whitmore Recital Hall at the University of Missouri-Columbia on Jan. 16, with the assistance of pianist, Nancy Hueber, and flutist, Julianna Moore, associate professor of music. The program consisted of works by Bartok, Bach, Villa-Lobos and Schubert. Stomberg also presented a master class for the string department at MU Jan. 15.
Joseph Turner, a graduate music composition/ conducting major, has been declared the West Central Division winner in the collegiate level of the Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition. Turner's original musical composition, After Angels Rage, for string quartet, will now advance to the national level. The West Central Division includes Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Turner studies with Warren Gooch, associate professor of music.
Truman students Maria Augusta Carrasco, James Bang and Polina Vlasenko will present papers to the Missouri Valley Economics Association Feb. 26. Carrasco will present "Government Spending and Crowding Out." "Drug Enforcement" will be presented by Bang." Vlasenko will present "Investment Demand: What Happened in 1980?" David Gillette, associate professor of economics, will serve as a discussant for these and other papers on the panel.
Jackson Appointed CSW Texas President Truman Board of Govern-ors member Alphonso Jackson has been appointed Central and South West Corporation Texas president. He will oversee management, community and public affairs for CSW subsidiaries Central Power and Light Co. and West Texas Utilities Co.CSW is an electric utility holding company based in Dallas.
The Division of Fine Arts will present violinist Ben Sayevich and pianist Rita Sloan in concert Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. in the SUB Activities Room.Sayevich is concertmaster of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and associate professor of violin at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. A recipient of the prestigious Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, he has concertized extensively throughout North America, Europe and the Far East, including frequent appearances as soloist with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. Recent solo engagements have included the Brahms Double Concerto with cellist Colin Carr and the Longmont Symphony, Colorado, and the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Kansas City Camerata.
Russian-born pianist Sloan began studies shortly after her Polish family immigrated to Detroit. The winner of numerous local scholarships and prizes, she attended the Julliard School as a pupil of Martin Canin and Rosina Lhevinne. At Julliard, she won the Concerto Competition and was awarded the Pro-Mozart Prize to study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She has also studied with Leon Fleisher, Aube Tzerko and Vladimir Ashkenazy. As a soloist, Rita Sloan has performed in recital and with orchestra throughout the United States and Europe, as well as on radio and television. Also a chamber musician and collaborative artist, she performs internationally with many of today's outstanding instrumentalists. Repeat appearances at chamber music festivals include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Services, New York's Bargemusic, and the Aspen Music Festival, where Sloan is a member of the piano faculty.
In addition to Friday night's concert, Sayevich and Sloan will be joined by Lawrence Stomberg, assistant professor of music at Truman, in a midday concert earlier on Friday. The trio will perform Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in C minor in the SUB Georgian Room at 2:30 p.m. Admission for both concerts is free.
For more information about or applications for the following scholarships contact the Financial Aid Office, McClain Hall 103.The National Federation of the Blind of Missouri will award scholarships which total in excess of $2,500. Students who are blind or visually impaired are eligible for these awards.
Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship is for minority students of public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics or business administration (with a specific focus on government or non-profit management) at the upper-division undergraduate or graduate level.
Public Investor Scholarship Competition is for students who have been admitted on a full- or part-time basis to a graduate program in public administration, finance, business administration or social sciences.
Public Employee Retirement Research and Administration Scholarship Competition is for students who have been admitted on a full- or part-time basis to a graduate program in public administration, finance, business administration, or social sciences.
Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship Competition is for students who are enrolled full-time in a graduate program that prepares students for careers in state and local government finance.
The Cole County Bar Association has established a scholarship for Cole County residents attending law school. The deadline for submission of an application is March 31.
The Journalism Foundation of Metropolitan St. Louis invites eligible students to apply for the 1998-99 journalism scholarships. Students of journalism or related fields who are residents of the St. Louis metropolitan area (City of St. Louis; Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis and Warren counties in Missouri; and Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois) are eligible to receive scholarships. The deadline to apply is March 23.
The Campus Safety Division will award two $1,000 scholarships for students who are enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs leading to degrees in safety, health or environmental affairs. The deadline to apply is March 31.
Liberal Arts students wishing to pursue graduate accounting study can receive financial aid through the AICPA John L. Carey Scholarships Program. Scholarships are available to all liberal arts degree holders of any regionally accredited U.S. institution who wish to pursue a CPA certificate. Scholarships are given based on academic achievement, leadership, and future career interest and are contingent upon acceptance in a graduate accounting program. The deadline for submission of application is April 1.
The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis is providing interest-free and fee-free student loans. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 to apply. To obtain an application contact The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis.
Frank L. Greathouse Accounting Scholarship Competition. This scholarship is for students who are enrolled full-time in a university or college undergraduate accounting program in the United States or Canada. For purposes of this scholarship, a senior is defined as a student in the last full year of study prior to being eligible for a baccalaureate degree, including those planning to graduate in spring 1998.
Ameren is awarding 100 scholarships to students in 1998. As part of a $1 million commitment to education, Ameren will award 100 scholarships a year for the next four years to students living in the AmerenUE and Ameren CIPS service areas. Each scholarship is for $2,500. Applicants must be enrolled full-time and seeking an associates or baccalaureate degree at an accredited Missouri or Illinois college. Call 314.725.7990, e-mail schlrshpfd@stlnet.com or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: The Scholarship Foundation, 8215 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Mo., 63117 for an application. The deadline is April 15.
Students seeking internships and jobs can start looking at the Career Expo Feb. 9 from 1-6 p.m.Sponsored by Truman's Career Center, the Career Expo has opportunities for students in all majors. The Career Center can help students draft resumes to take to the Expo.
"Students can also come to the Career Center to do mock interviews and get tips on how to be successful at the Expo," said Jan Fishback, Career Coordinator.
"This year's Career Expo represents the largest number of companies to ever come to Truman, and they are coming from farther and farther distances to recruit Truman students," Fishback added.
Companies interviewing at the Career Expo are Aerotek Inc., Boys Hope and Girls Hope, ConAgra Frozen Foods, Department of Veterans Affairs, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hannibal Regional Hospital Group, IAC Group, Inroads, Kelly Scientific Resources, Mass Financial Group, Midwest Data Center, Northwestern Mutual Life, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Prudential Preferred Services, Sigma Chemical Company, Six Flags Midwest Division, U.S. Navy, USDA/Office of Inspector General and Walgreens.
For more information on companies that will be at the Career Expo, stop by the Career Center in McKinney Center.