THE UPDATE September 3, 2018 THIS WEEK AROUND CAMPUS amongst yourselves” about scholarly SEPTEMBER 3-9 and creative endeavors. Engagement Week MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 A calendar of future Coffee Talks and University offices closed The Office of Student Leadership and other events can be found on the in observance of Labor Day Involvement will present Engagement Workshops and Networking page of Welcome Back BBQ Week September 3-8. Learn more at 6 p.m. CSC North Side the OSPR website. Mustangs Link. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Interfaith Fair Moffett Movie Madness: 11:30 a.m. CSC Atrium Welcome Back BBQ The Office of Equity, Inclusion Back to School Leadership MSU Texas Information Session & Multicultural Affairs will host a Moffett Library will present a screening 2 p.m. CSC Wichita I & II welcome back BBQ from 6-8 p.m. of Back to School (1986), starring OSPR Faculty Research Coffee Talk: Monday, September 3, on the north Rodney Dangerfield at 7 p.m. Intramural Grants 101 side of the Clark Student Center. For Tuesday, September 4, in the Leisure 3 p.m. Moffett Library Reading Area more information, call ext. 4140. Reading Area. Christopher P. D’Amico, Moffett Movie Madness: a lecturer in Mass Communication, Back to School 7 p.m. Moffett Library Reading Area Interfaith Fair will introduce the film. Free popcorn will be provided. For more information, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 The Office of Student Leadership & contact Emily Billings at ext. 4696. Part-time Networking Job Fair Involvement will present an Interfaith 11:30 a.m. CSC Fair from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer at Central Oklahoma Tuesday, September 4, in the Clark Leadership MSU Texas 7 p.m. Edmond, Okla. Student Center Atrium. Participants Information Session THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 can browse the variety of religious Consent Day: The Leadership MSU Texas groups in Wichita Falls. For more #notonmycampusMSUTexas Information Session will introduce 9 a.m.-4 p.m. MSU Campus information, call ext. 3033. students the leadership training Men’s Soccer vs. Fort Hays State opportunities available through the 5 p.m. Shawnee, Okla. OSPR Coffee Talk: Office of Student Involvement. The Artist-Lecture Series: Becky Hammon Intramural Grants 101 session will from 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Akin Auditorium September 4, in CSC Wichita I & II. The Office of Sponsored Programs Reel to Real Series: Higher Learning For more information, call ext. 3033. 7 p.m. Legacy Hall and Research (OSPR) invites FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 faculty to enjoy coffee and cookies Volleyball vs. Eastern New Mexico while learning all about MSU’s Part-time Networking Job Fair 6 p.m. Ligon Coliseum intramural grants. Please join us to The Career Management Center Food Truck Friday ask questions, discuss scholarly and will present a Part-time Networking 7 p.m. Mustangs Walk creative project ideas, and learn how Job Fair from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Women’s Soccer to craft a competitive intramural grant Wednesday, September 5, in CSC at Colorado State-Pueblo proposal. RSVP to Brittany Norman at 7 p.m. Pueblo, Colo. Comanche Suites. Local employers [email protected] or call and nonprofit organizations will SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 ext. 4714. Sikes Lake Cleanup be looking to fill their part-time 9 a.m. Sikes Lake employment and volunteer needs. About Coffee Talks: Any MSU faculty 2018 Empower Me! Summit Employers will be able to speak 11:45 a.m. CSC Comanche Suites member with an interest in exploring with students and alumni seeking grant funding for scholarly and Volleyball vs. West Texas A&M internships, part-time and full-time 2 p.m. Ligon Coliseum creative activities is invited to attend employment; interview candidates in the Coffee Talk series hosted OSPR Men’s Soccer at Oklahoma Baptist a relaxed environment; market your 7 p.m. Shawnee, Okla. on the first Tuesday of the month. organizational opportunities; and Each Coffee Talk will begin with a brief Football vs. West Florida recruit your next great employee. 7 p.m. Memorial Stadium presentation on a research- or grant- Contact the Office of Student related topic and will end with plenty Involvement for more information at of time to ask questions and “talk ext. 3033. A weekly newsletter published by the Office of Marketing and Public Information Consent Day: #notonmycampusMSUTexas Food Truck Friday Consent Day at MSU is a chance for all students to Local food trucks will be available at the Jesse Rogers stand up and say #notonmycampus. Throughout the Promenade from 7-9 p.m. Friday, September 7. For more day on Thursday, September 6, students will participate information, call ext. 3033. in programming, social media campaigns, and activities to show their support for the prevention of sexual Sikes Lake Cleanup assault, domestic violence, stalking, and gender-based discrimination on campus. Join the Sikes Lake Cleanup Saturday, September 8. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. on the east side of Sikes Lake. A free lunch for volunteers will be available after Artist-Lecture Series: Becky Hammon the cleanup. Event sponsors are Rolling Plains Chapter The Artist-Lecture Series will present Becky Hammon, of Texas Master Naturalist, MSU Texas, American assistant coach of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team National Bank & Trust, and Texas Parks & Wildlife. For at 7 p.m. Thursday, September, 6, in Akin Auditorium. more information, email [email protected]. Hammon played for the San Antonio Stars and the New York Liberty teams in the Women’s National Basketball MARK YOUR CALENDAR Association and joined the Spurs as an assistant coach in 2014. She ranks ninth in WNBA history in points, third Mustangs Monday in 3-point field goals, fifth in assists and 10th in games Join the excitement of Mustangs Monday, an after-hours played. She is the first full-time assistant female coach in event featuring opportunities to interact with coaches, any of the four major men’s sports leagues. Admission is administrators and special guests from MSU Texas. The free to MSU students, faculty, and staff with ID. Tickets next event is from 5:15-6:45 p.m. Monday, September are available at the Clark Student Center Information 10, at the Courtyard by Marriott. For more information, Desk. For tickets or more information, contact the Office call ext. 4779. of Student Affairs at ext. 7500. Reel to Real Series: Higher Learning Faculty Forum Series The Fall 2018 Faculty Forum Series will kick off with The Office of Equity, Inclusion & Multicultural Affairs will Martin Camacho, Dean of the Fain College of Fine present the film Higher Learning as part of its Reel to Arts; Associate Professor of Art Ann Marie Leimer; and Real Film Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 6, in Associate Professor of Spanish Claudia Montoya in a Legacy Multipurpose Room. The 1995 film stars Jennifer discussion of “Art, Culture, and the Women’s Legacy of Connelly, Ice Cube, Omar Epps, Michael Rapaport, the Mexican Revolution” at 7 p.m. Monday, September Kristy Swanson and Laurence Fishburne and expresses 10, at Burns Chapel. For more information, contact the challenges of life in higher education. Jonathan Price at [email protected]. The Reel to Real Series introduces and engages MSU students in a variety of topics focused on Student Success Series: culturally relevant themes. For more information, email Edutainer – Robert Hackenson Jr. [email protected] or call ext. 4140. Robert Hackenson Jr. will open this year’s Student Success Series with his presentation of “Sober Empower Me! Summit Thoughts,” a discussion of substance awareness and The Office of Equity, Inclusion & Multicultural Affairs positive choices, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 11, will host the Empower Me! Summit from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in CSC Comanche Suites. Discussion will center on Saturday, September 8, in CSC Comanche Suites. common college misperceptions and how they cause The 2018 Empower Me! Summit is a half-day, engaging some students to make poor choices because it’s personalized student welcome geared toward incoming what they think they are “supposed to do in college.” first-year students, especially students who are the Hackenson takes the audience through a roller coaster first in their family to attend/complete college. New of emotions with stories and humor while also infusing students will learn about relevant and effective strategies magic and hypnosis skits in a way that helps to reinforce to achieve success during their first year at MSU, as well the educational lessons. as important academic and extracurricular opportunities and resources to enhance the MSU experience. Professional college speaker and “edutainer” Hackenson Lunch is provided, and RSVP for Empower Me! Summit is is internationally recognized for his highly interactive required. For more information, email college “edutainment” presentations. For more than 10 [email protected] or call ext. 4140. years he has been delivering dynamic presentations that Page 2 infuse educational lecture with magic and hypnosis that QPR Training for Faculty and Staff engages and educates. This presentation is a Student Success Series presentation, a series of speakers The Counseling Center will present QPR training for and workshops selected from today’s pertinent topics faculty and staff at noon Friday, September 14, in Dillard for college students. For more information, contact 189. QPR stands for question, persuade, and refer. Student Transition Services at ext. 4500. These are three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands Phi Alpha Speaker Series: Sarah Janda of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to The Phi Alpha Speaker Series will present Dr.