ByLion -- March 10
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PeopleSoft Oracle 9.0 upgrade The Student and HR sections of the Peoplesoft/Oracle will be upgraded starting March 19. This upgrade will require the system to be shut down for two business days on Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 20. These are the two days immediately preceding spring break. Please plan your work accordingly. Besides an entirely different look and feel, version 9.0 of PeopleSoft's Student Administration module provides some of the enhanced functionality for which we have been waiting. With this implementation of HR/Payroll modules, employees will be able to view their basic human resources and payroll related information online through employee self-service. This includes viewing personal data, job data, leave balances, retirement enrollment information, direct deposit accounts, voluntary deductions, paycheck stubs, and other benefits and payroll related data. For a sneak peak at the new Campus Solutions version 9, access a test database by entering https://psweb2.selu.edu:8202/psp/sasr/?cmd=login and then entering your log on and password. The data in this test version is as of February 2008. The move to PeopleSoft for Purchasing, Budgeting, and Accounting, which includes online requisitions and other automation of our financial systems, is scheduled for May 1. There will be numerous opportunities for training of the new financial processes in April. All budget unit heads will be required to attend the training as well as any who currently requisition for budget units. More information and a preview will be available soon. To fully utilize the new financial system, each department will need scanning capability. A memo from the Office of Technology will be sent to each department head asking them to reply as to whether or not their department has a scanner. Scanners will be provided for departments who need them. Table of Content PeopleSoft Oracle 9.0 training Training for academic departments on PeopleSoft Oracle 9.0 Student Administration will be held March 17. Members of academic departments who were not available for the training in February are encouraged to attend. This training is also open to anyone who needs a review of PeopleSoft Oracle 9.0 Student Administration. Academic departments will be contacted by the Office of Records and Registration during the week of March10 regarding sign up. For more information contact Pat King at 549-5568 or e-mail Pat.King@selu.edu. Table of Content Tickets on sale for April 6 Chefs Evening Tickets are now on sale for Chefs Evening 2008, Southeastern's annual "dinner party for a good cause." With a theme of "Shake, Rattle and Roar," Chefs Evening 2008 is scheduled for April 6 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the University Center. The annual event will feature culinary offerings and libations from area restaurants, bars, grills, and wholesalers, along with a silent auction including items in all price ranges, said the Southeastern Development Foundation's Lynn Harris Horgan, coordinator of Chefs Evening. Horgan said La Capitol Federal Credit Union is joining the Development Foundation as a major corporate sponsor for this year's event. "The theme 'Shake Rattle and Roar' will take guests back to the fabulous fifties," Horgan said. "We are going to take you back in time to the days of poodle skirts, soda fountains, and rock and roll. All of our Southeastern friends and supporters from the campus and community are invited to join the fun." Chefs Evening tickets are $40 each or $425 for a reserved table for eight. "Various patron levels are also available and include an invitation to the exclusive Champagne Toast to be held at the university President's Residence immediately preceding Chefs Evening," Horgan said. Patron levels are $75, individual; $150, pair; and $575, reserved eight-person table. Tickets are available from Southeastern Development Foundation, ((985) 549-2239. Proceeds from Chefs Evening support the academic programs at Southeastern. Table of Content KSLU hosting annual fundraiser March 12-14 Southeastern's award winning public radio station, 90.9 KSLU, is hosting its annual On-Air Spring Fund Drive March 12-14. Licensed to Southeastern, KSLU is the north nhore's only public radio station and one of only eight public radio stations statewide. KSLU provides the most diverse music available on the north shore today, from adult rock and roll and blues to soothing dinner jazz. KSLU features unique programs such as Bag Of Blues, weekdays, 6-7 p.m.; The Bluegrass Hour, Sundays, 5-6 p.m.; Caffe' Italia, Sundays, 8-8:30 p.m.; Dinner Jazz with Zia the Cat, Sundays, 6-7 p.m.; Flashback Friday (80s retro music show), Fridays, 8-9.p.m.; Local Static (local music show), Tuesdays. 7-8.p.m.; Point Of View with Rosa Dunn, Thursdays and Fridays, 11-11:30 a.m.; Rock School, Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. and Sundays, 4-5 p.m.; and also Public Radio Sunday featuring shows such as This American Life and Loose Change. KSLU also serves as the voice of Southeastern basketball and baseball and is the flagship station of the Lion Sports Radio Network. Lions and Lady Lions games can be heard live on 90.9 FM or on the web at www.kslu.org. With KSLU's recent digital upgrade, listeners can now tune in to 90.9 KSLU HD-1, which carries KSLU's current programming, and also 90.9 KSLU HD-2, which is a 24-hour blues-only digital radio station. KSLU partners with various community organizations and assists with public awareness and fundraising campaigns for Child Advocacy Services, March Of Dimes, Options, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control and many others. In addition, KSLU funds the KSLU Scholarship which is awarded each fall and spring semester to a current or previous KSLU student employee. The annual fund drive helps fund the scholarship through the "Add a dollar for a scholar" feature as a donation option. Suggested pledge levels include: Day Patrons ($35), Green ($50), Gold ($100), Friend ($150), and Benefactor ($250) donors. Payment may be made by cash, check or credit card (Mastercard and Visa). To pledge, please call 985-549-2330. Or you may also pledge anytime online at www.selu.edu/kslu/support. All donations are tax deductible. For more information, please contact Chad Pierce at 985-549-2330 or cpierce@selu.edu. Southeastern students nab awards at regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Fest Six Southeastern theater students were honored with awards at the Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, Feb. 26 - March 1. The students were among 600 competing at the festival from colleges and universities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. "Our students participated in more aspects of the regional festival than ever before and made Southeastern an important part of the festival," said theater instructor Jim Winter. Regional festival winners advance to the national Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C. Southeastern students who were first runners up in festival categories -- Kathryn Steele and Gabrielle Renee LeBlanc of Baton Rouge -- could make the trip to the national competition as alternates to the top winners. Steele, who received an Excellence in Lighting Design Award, also received the Excellence in Playwriting Support-Directing Award for the ten-minute play competition. "Kathryn's work was entered at the regional level after her success with Southeastern Theatre's production of 'Dead Flowers' in the fall," said Winter. "She is the first Southeastern student to finish first runner up in this facet of the competition, and she should be very proud." Wade Kerr of French Settlement, Tara Bennett of Covington, and LeBlanc were awarded certificates of excellence from the National Critics Institute for their participation in the theater criticism competition. LeBlanc finished first runner up in this competition round, which required participants to write reviews of all festival plays. "For Gabrielle to finish first runner up is impressive considering that this is the first time Southeastern had any students participate in this aspect of the festival," Winter said. Shawn Curry of Luling and his acting partner Rachael Johnson of Mandeville also brought home honors. Curry and Johnson finished 18th out of 156 student teams competing for prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. Curry advanced to the semi-final round of the competition and was selected as second alternate for the final round, the strongest competition showing ever for a Southeastern student. The scholarships were endowed by the late Irene Ryan, best remembered for her portrayal of Granny Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies." Southeastern hosted the state American College Theatre Festival last November, and the Southeastern contingent's administrative support at the regional festival received accolades, particularly the efforts of Jenna Smith of LaPlace, who served as administrative assistant for the Irene Ryan competition. "I'm extremely proud of our students. They worked really hard all week long," Winter said. "To receive all these awards in competition against some really big schools like Texas State University, University of Arkansas, University of Oklahoma, and University of New Mexico -- schools with long established theater programs -- is pretty impressive. Table of Content  "Mickey
and Loretta Black," also known as Nicky Muscarello Sr. and Roxanne
Stoehr, give a preview of what is to come at Columbia Theatre's Tony n'
Tina's Wedding in Southeastern's Twelve Oaks March 13-15.
Area residents add to fun of 'Tony 'n Tina's Wedding' Area residents have been cast as family members and guests in Tony n' Tina's Wedding, the interactive Off-Broadway hit spoofing a madcap Italian-American wedding, scheduled for March 13-15 at Twelve Oaks. Local cast members will have the opportunity to work with professional actors from New York who have the four lead roles. The Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts production includes a pre-show cash bar, a ceremony and reception full of mishaps and laughs, and a buffet dinner with wedding cake, music and dancing. "Audiences can expect to feel like actual guests at a real wedding of a very eccentric Italian family," said Columbia Director Donna Gay Anderson. "We all have family members that we prefer to pretend don't exist. They will all be at this wedding eating, drinking, dancing and embarrassing the other members of the family. It will make our own families seem like Ozzie and Harriet." Former Hammond city councilman Nicky Muscarello was among the 23 area residents selected during auditions in January. He has always wanted to participate in community theater, but never had the time until now. "Donna Gay told me about the auditions, said I would be perfect for the production, and the time just happened to be right for me," he said. "In fact, I bought tickets to see the show before I even auditioned." Muscarello is looking forward to his role in the show and says theater goers can expect a great time. "Everyone is a character in this play and a part of the show. That's one of the things I'm looking forward to the most - being able to see how local people are going to interact with the cast," he said. "I'm just so excited. I'm on pins and needles." Although Muscarello has never seen the production, he has heard nothing but great things from those who have seen it. "My niece was in New York a couple of years ago and said 'Tony n' Tina' was the highlight of her trip," Muscarello said. "I hope the people of Hammond will find the production is the highlight of this year's events at Southeastern." Cast members from Hammond selected for the production include Larry Dawson as Uncle Lui; Larry Gray as Sal Antonucci; Pat Lanier as Anthony Nunzio, Sr.; Michael Leto as Michael Just; Mary Loving as Pat Black; Muscarello as Mickey Black; William Rushing as Dominic; and Roxanne Stoehr as Loretta Black. Additional cast members from Tangipahoa Parish include Cary Berthelot, Tickfaw, as Aunt Rose DiMenico; Virginia Fisher, Independence, as Josephine Vitale; Jude Pisciotta, Loranger, as Johnny Nunzio; Emily Varnado, Roseland, as Donna Marsala; and Ponchatoula natives Pamela Canal as Grandma Nunzio, Eddie Guedon as Barry Wheeler, and Jim Reeve as Father Mark. Rounding out the cast are Erin Callaway, Folsom, as Connie Macogni; Emily Fayard, Metairie, as Nikki Black; Elizabeth Haik, Greenwell Springs, as Marina Gualina; Toni Lukes, Luling, as Gina-Marie Black; Joshua Peterson, New Orleans, as Rick DeMarco; Tiffany Rogers, Prairieville, as Sister Terry; Tanya Stilley, Albany, as Madeline Monroe; and Johnathon Whalen, Metairie, as Joey Vitale. Tickets for "Tony n' Tina's Wedding," $75 and $65, are available at the Columbia's box office, located in the theater lobby at 220 East Thomas St., 985-543-4371. Box office hours are noon-5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and noon-3:30 on Tuesday and Thursday. Table of Content   Students
tackle 'rewarding challenges' in The Marriage of FigaroTheir roles as the lead characters in The Marriage of Figaro are the most difficult that they have tackled in their young musical careers - but in the challenges lie the rewards. That is the shared sentiment of Blair Abene, Colby McCurdy, Cassie Arnold, Christina Babin and Tyrone Hayes, who respectively play Susannah, Figaro, and the Countess and Count Almaviva in the Southeastern Louisiana University Opera/Music Theatre Workshop's upcoming production of Mozart's beloved classic opera. The Marriage of Figaro will be staged March 13-15 at Southeastern's Pottle Music Building Auditorium. Curtain time is 7 p.m. and tickets, available at the door beginning one hour prior to each performance, are $14, adults, and $10, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff, alumni and non-Southeastern students. Southeastern students will be admitted free with their university I.D. Asked about the challenges and rewards of starring in Figaro, the five voice students agreed that the difficulty of the music is the challenge, but that meeting the challenge is the reward.   "Technically,
the music is really difficult," said Arnold, a senior from Bedico who
is double-cast with Babin as the Countess. Arnold's Southeastern musical
career has included performance in eight show, including The Sound of
Music, A little Night Music, and The Face on the Barroom Floor."This is the biggest role I've ever had," she said. "The music is very tonal, but very technically hard. But it is rewarding that I've gotten a lot better in my technique." Babin, who earned her bachelor's degree from Southeastern last December, and anticipates beginning graduate studies later this year, said learning to master recitative - the speech-like singing that classic opera uses for dialogue and narrative - has been her "rewarding challenge." "With any show that you're in you improve, no matter what the music calls for," said Babin, whose Southeastern credits include Dido and Aeneas, The Tender Land, She Loves Me, and last spring's uproarious Too Many Sopranos."This one," said the Prairieville resident, "is especially difficult because a lot of us are not used to singing so much 'recit.' But the reward is that now we do know how to do it." Abene, who is from Hammond and has appeared in The Sound of Music, La Divina, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Too Many Sopranos, said combining acting and singing was her rewarding challenge. Read more ... Table of Content PKP general membership meeting March 18 All members of the Southeastern chapter of the national honor society of Phi Kappa Phi are invited to the general membership meeting Tuesday, March 18, 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Magnolia Room. The chapter will vote on new members and officers, and will be take nominations for faculty, staff, and alumni members, and discuss the upcoming spring banquet, scheduled for May 1. Table of Content Retirees to be honored March 19 Please make plans to join us on Wednesday, March 19, at 2 p.m. in the Alumni Center as we honor the following 2007-2008 retirees: Harold Blackwell, Charles Briggs, Diane Camelo Thomas Carmichael, Judith Coxe, Wanda Crawford, Willie Mae Davis, Rebecca Day, Phyllis Dykes, Josie Mercante, Joseph Miller, Janet Perise, Janet Quarles, Carmen Robertson, Edith Slaton, Bob G. Smith, Larry Smith, Jack Stilley, Thomas Sullenberger, Semih Tahaoglu, Rachel Washington, Roosevelt Watson, and Zaylon Whittington. Table of Content News from the Center for Faculty Excellence  Workshops:
All workshops are held in Tinsley Hall, room 103 unless otherwise noted.
Registration is required 24 hours in advance of all workshops. Walk-ins
are welcome, if space is available; please call the center to verify. For
information or to make a reservation, contact the center at ext. 5791 or
center@selu.edu.Monday, March 10, 8:45-10:15 a.m. or 12:45-2:15 p.m. -- Powerpoint 2003 Introductory workshop: The workshop will introduce the functionality of PowerPoint. During this hands-on workshop, you will learn to develop presentations for use as course lessons or as presentations. Thursday, March 13, 12:30-2 p.m. -- Cooking on All Four Burners: Advising Four Diverse Generations: Presenters will include Krystal Hardison, Lorett Swank, Sharon Fife, and Ellen Bush. Understanding what drives other generations is the first step toward bridging the generational divide in the advising process. The session will lead participants through four diverse generations and how these generational characteristics play out in advising. We will be providing Subway sandwiches and drinks for attendees. Reservations are required. Mark your calendar:Tuesday, March 18, 12:30-1:30 p.m. -- Disability Services Brown Bag Workshop: The Office of Disability Services will be giving a presentation about their office and the services they provide to the Southeastern community. The Office of Disability Services provides academic accommodations to students who are registered with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Director Kay Maurin and Coordinator Angela James will be presenting this informative discussion and invite you to bring along any questions you may have around this subject. Bring your lunch and a friend. Drinks and dessert will be provided. Thursday, March 20, 12:30-1:30 p.m. -- Science and Religion Brown Bag Discussion: Bring your lunch and a friend. Drinks and cookies will be provided. Call for ProposalsFaculty Development Grant Program: Proposals are now being solicited for scholarly projects requiring financial support during the 2008-09 academic year. Each grant award is for a maximum of $2,000. All full-time faculty members holding academic rank, excluding those currently holding administrative appointments above the level of department head, are eligible to apply. The guidelines can be found at http://www.selu.edu/admin/cfe/funding_opp/index.html#Research or e-mail center@selu.edu. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 4. Proposals are to be hand-delivered to the Center for Faculty Excellence, Tinsley Annex, room 6. Absolutely no proposals will be accepted after 4:30 p.m. CITI (Center's Innovative Teaching Initiative): Proposals are now being solicited for support during the 2008-09 academic year. Have an idea for enhancing your teaching of a new or existing course? Funds are available for faculty members to pursue projects that will have a direct impact upon classroom instruction. Projects may promote service-learning, link community engagement and civic responsibility to the classroom, enhance courses with technology, encourage faculty-student or student-student research and interaction, or create K-12 and business partnerships for learning. The guidelines can be found at http://www.selu.edu/admin/cfe/funding_opp/index.html. Deadline for proposals is April 9. Original proposal and three copies must be delivered to the Center for Faculty Excellence, Tinsley Annex, room 6 by 4:30 p.m. Please contact the center at ext. 5791 or e-mail center@selu.edu for additional assistance. Faculty Conference: The Center for Faculty Excellence invites you to submit a proposal for Southeastern's seventh annual Faculty Conference on Teaching, Research, and Creativity. The conference provides a forum for sharing the successful practices, projects, creative endeavors, and research of our faculty. Many of you have received support from the Center through Teaching Enhancement grants, CITI grants, Faculty Development Grants, Travel grants, etc. Here's your opportunity to give back! Conference sessions will be held April 10. The online proposal form can be found at http://www3.selu.edu/center/FacultyConference/fac_conf08.asp. Proposal deadline is Wednesday, March 19. If you have questions, please contact the center at ext. 5791 or center@selu.edu. Speakers will be asked to submit a digital photo for use in the conference program. The photos can be sent to psteib@selu.edu. Table of Content Seminar for women in business March 19 The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern, along with the Hammond Chamber of Commerce and Alexis Ducorbier of State Farm Insurance, is hosting "WomenSpeak®: Communication Skills for Women in Business." The seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, 9 a.m.-noon at the Southeast Louisiana Business Center, 1514 Martens Drive, near the Southeastern campus. "WomenSpeak® is designed specifically to help women become successful in whatever they do," said SBDC Assistant Director Sandy Summers. "In this workshop, women will learn step-by-step how to be seen as a highly affective communicator who commands attention and gets things done. Topics will include using communication to your advantage, deciding when to talk and when to listen, and communicating with authority and credibility." Preregistration is preferred. Cost is $30, $20 for Hammond Chamber members. For more information or to register, contact the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at (985)549-3831 or sbdc@selu.edu. Table of Content Red Stick Alumni hosting fans at Lions-LSU baseball The Red Stick Alumni Chapter of Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association is cooking up a Lion "feast" Tuesday, March 11, for Southeastern baseball fans. Free jambalaya, soft drinks and deserts will be served at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge behind Southeastern's dugout immediately following the baseball game between the Lions and the LSU Tigers. "Southeastern fans, alumni and friends should come out for a great game between Southeastern and LSU and stay to eat some delicious food with the Lions," said Alumni Director Kathy Pittman. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Fans can get tickets to the game at the LSU box office 1-800-960-8587 or at tickets@lsu.edu. For more information, call the Alumni Association at 985-549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM. Table of Content  After
helping Southeastern to two wins last week that helped secure the No. 4
seed in the Southland Conference Tournament, Kevyn Green has been named
the league’s Men’s Basketball Player of the Week in a release
by the conference on Sunday. It is the first career-honor for Green,
a senior from Portland, Ore., who becomes the first Lion to win the honor
since Daryl Cohen was selected on Feb. 5, 2007.
This week in athletics The men's basketball team will head to Katy, Texas to compete in the Southland Conference Tournament to highlight this week in Southeastern Athletics. The Lions (17-12, 9-7 SLC) will be the fourth seed in the tournament and will face fifth-seeded Northwestern State in the first round on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Merrell Center. Should the Lions win on Thursday, they will face the winner of Thursday's first round game between top-seed Stephen F. Austin and No. 8 seed UTSA in the semifinals on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The semifinal winners will meet on Sunday at 12 p.m., in a contest that will air live on ESPN2. All of Southeastern's tournament games will be broadcast live in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the Internet at www.LionSports.net. Tickets for Southeastern's tournament contests can be purchased at the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office, open 7:45 a.m. 4:30 p.m. daily and located in the Dugas Center. A Southeastern Athletics representative will also be on hand to sell tickets at the Merrill Center. Tickets purchased from Southeastern at the tournament site will be only be available for cash only. The Southeastern baseball team (6-6) will open Southland Conference play this week. Before the Lions begin league play, they will head to Baton Rouge on Tuesday for a 6:30 p.m. contest at LSU. On Wednesday, Southeastern returns home for a 6:30 p.m. contest versus Jackson State at Alumni Field. Southeastern will open league play on Friday, facing Stephen F. Austin at 3 p.m. in Nacogdoches, Texas. Saturday's game will start at 2 p.m. with the series concluding on Sunday at 1 p.m. All of Southeastern's baseball games this week are scheduled to be broadcast in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the Internet at www.LionSports.net. However, should the Southeastern men's basketball team advance to the SLC Tournament finals on Sunday, Sunday's Southeastern-SFA baseball game will not be broadcast. The Southeastern softball team (16-6, 6-3 SLC) will look to build on Sunday's 3-1 win over SLC leader Texas State this week. On Tuesday, the Lady Lions will face in-state rival Louisiana-Monroe at 5 p.m. in Monroe. Southeastern will then head to San Antonio, Texas for a three-game set with UTSA, beginning with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday. Sunday's series finale is set for 12 p.m. The Southeastern men's golf team, which has finished in the top five in its previous three tournaments this spring, will play a pair of tournaments this week. On Monday and Tuesday, the Lions will be in Lafayette to compete in the Louisiana Classics. Southeastern will then head to Kauai, Hawaii to compete in the Kauai Collegiate Cup on Friday and Saturday. The Southeastern women's tennis team (6-2, 2-0 SLC) will look to remain unbeaten in league play this week. On Tuesday, the Lady Lions will welcome Stephen F. Austin to town for an 11 a.m. match at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. Nicholls State visits on Thursday. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Southeastern men's tennis team (10-4, 2-1 SLC) will take a break from league play this week, heading to Jackson, Miss. for a pair of non-conference matches on Saturday. The Lions will face Jackson State at 10 a.m. and Grambling at 2 p.m. The Southeastern track and field team will open its outdoor season this week. Head coach Sean Brady's Lions and Lady Lions will be in Natchitoches on Saturday to compete in the NSU Relays on Saturday.  Monday,
March 10Men's Golf, at Louisiana Classics, Lafayette, All Day Tuesday,
March 11Baseball, at LSU, Baton Rouge, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Softball, at Louisiana-Monroe, Monroe, 5 p.m. Men's Golf, at Louisiana Classics, Lafayette, All Day Women's Tennis, vs. Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 11 a.m. Wednesday,
March 12Baseball, vs. Jackson State, Alumni Field, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Thursday,
March 13Men's Basketball, vs. Northwestern State (SLC Tournament First Round), Katy, Texas, 8:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Women's Tennis, vs. Nicholls State, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 2 p.m. Friday,
March 14Men's Basketball, at SLC Tournament (Semifinals), Katy, Texas, 8:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Baseball, at Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas, 3 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Men's Golf, at Kauai Collegiate Cup, Kauai, Hawaii, All Day Saturday,
March 15Baseball, at Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM) Softball, at Texas-San Antonio (DH), San Antonio, Texas, 1 p.m. Men's Golf, at Kauai Collegiate Cup, Kauai, Hawaii, All Day Men's Tennis, at Jackson State, Jackson, Miss., 10 a.m. Men's Tennis, vs. Grambling, Jackson, Miss., 2 p.m. Men's and Women's Track and Field, at NSU Relays, Natchitoches, All Day Sunday,
March 16Men's Basketball, at SLC Tournament (Finals), Katy, Texas, 12 p.m. (ESPN2) (KSLU 90.9 FM) Baseball, at Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM -- Game will not be broadcast if Southeastern is in SLC Men's Basketball Tournament Finals) Softball, at Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 12 p.m. Table of Content  Delts
receive national awardSoutheastern's Epsilon Phi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity was honored with the prestigious Court of Honor Award at the Southern Division Leadership Conference recently held Feb. 21-24 in Spartanburg, S.C. Based on overall performance and programming in the areas of academics, finances, recruitment, membership education, operations, campus leadership, service and alumni relations, the award is given annually to the top 20 Delta Tau Delta chapters across the nation. The organization also was acknowledged as a Chapter of Excellence, the highest regional honor that a group can receive. "It took many years of hard work to build the chapter to where we are now," said Chapter President Nick Cavaretta. "All of that work, including that accomplished over the past year, has finally paid off." At the annual conference, Southeastern's chapter was also recognized for its participation in Adopt-a-School, as well as its excellence in academics. Southeastern's chapter placed first in all chapters for "Campus Involvement" and, for the third year in a row, was rewarded for the division's "Most Outstanding Brotherhood." Justin Poche' of Metairie was named the Most Outstanding Chapter President in the division for 2007. "It was a great year for our chapter" said Poche', "but we must recognize the dedication of the many who have gone before us. We share these awards with the many strong alumni of Epsilon Phi who helped us to get to this point." The regional recognition capped off an impressive year for the Epsilon Phi chapter. In 2007, members' cumulative grade point average increased to an impressive 2.85, the highest among Southeastern fraternities. Fall community service hours totaled nearly 1,500, including volunteerism at the chapter's adopted school Natalbany Elementary, Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life, and numerous other charitable causes. In the area of campus service, several chapter members hold positions in the Student Government Association, including President Chris Barcelona, and four members were selected to serve as university orientation leaders for 2008. In 2007, four Southeastern Delta Tau Delta members graduated from the prestigious Delt Leadership Academy, which selects fewer than 100 members from nearly 6,000 undergraduates from across the nation. Two members will attend the academy this year. The Epsilon Phi Chapter has included 575 members since its founding at Southeastern in 1969. Current members are Shane Firm, Bryan Kron and Andrew Ross, Baton Rouge; David Ruiz, Chalmette; Aaron Gutekunst, Covington; Brady Watts, Denham Springs; Trevor Simpson, Geismar; Marc Vedros, Gretna; Derek Roth, Kenner; Charles Bruns and Joseph Kennedy, Lacombe; Rudy Koppenol, Madisonville; Greg Gaiennie and Fletcher Seymour, Mandeville; Also, Christopher Barcelona, Brandon Frank and Matthew Perrin, Marrero; John Erwin, Metairie; Scott Eiswirth, New Orleans; Stephen Fulton and Greg Vick, Pearl River; Hunter Holden, St. Francisville; Trey Scott, Talisheek; Matthew Taylor, Terrytown; David Cavell, Thibodaux; Nick Cavaretta, Kapolei, Hawaii; Rob Jackson, Gloston, Miss.; Ryan Holmes, Edgerton, Wis.; and Matthew Hjerstedt, Lake Mills, Wis. Table of Content Professional activities Dr. Sarah D. Spence (English) attended the South-Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SCSECS) in New Orleans at the Monteleone Hotel from Feb. 21-23. She presented a paper entitled "The Multi-Faceted Faces of Gothic: The Castle of Otranto, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Monk." Dr. Judith Fai-Podlipnik (History) served as a keynote speaker for the Holocaust Educational Foundation's annual fund raiser on March 8, in Chicago, Ill. The foundation sponsors more than 450 universities throughout the United States and Europe in the research and teaching of the Holocaust. Dr. Robert R. Kraemer (Kinesiology and Health Studies) recently presented an invited lecture at the Texas Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Meeting in Odessa, Texas. The title of his talk was "Exercise Endocrinology: Important Chemical Messages During Physical Activity." Charlotte Humphries and Eddie Hebert (Kinesiology and Health Studies) had an article published in Winter 2007 issues of the journal Education. Titled "Children's Understanding of Health and Health-Related Behavior: The Influence of Age and Information Source," it was co-authored by Kay Daigle of the St. Tammany Parish School System. Dr. Barbara Forrest (History and Political Science) was the keynote speaker at the Feb. 29 meeting of the Texas Science Educators Association (TSELA) in Austin, Texas. On March 3, she was the featured speaker at an event sponsored by the Liberal Studies Student Association and the Department of Women's Studies at California State University-Fullerton. Dr. Joan Faust (English) attended the annual meeting of the South-Central Renaissance Conference, an affiliate of the Renaissance Society of America, on March 6-8 in Kansas City, Mo. She presented a paper entitled, "Andrew Marvell's 'The Garden': Seedbed of Art." During the conference, she was also elected to the board of directors of the Andrew Marvell Society. Dr. Faust also chaired a session at this conference. Dr. David Wyld (Management) delivered a presentation entitled "Governing in a Virtual World: Overview of Web 2.0" to the Next Generation Government Websites Conference in Orlando, Fla., on March 6. Table of Content ByLion is published weekly online (bi-weekly during the summer session) for the faculty and staff of Southeastern Louisiana University. Send submissions to publicinfo@selu.edu, SLU 10880, fax 985-549-2061, or bring to Public Information Office in East Stadium. Submission deadline is noon on Friday. Contact: Christina Chapple, chapple@selu.edu, 985-549-2341/2421. Return to By-Lion directory |