Vol. 43 No. 30 April 28, 2014 the UpdateA weekly newsletter published by the Offi ce of Marketing and Public Information Department of Theatre… This Week’s Events Student-Produced One-Act Play Festival 7:30 p.m. Fain Fine Monday April 28 Arts Center Offi ce of Undergraduate Research… EURECA Faculty and Student Application Deadline for Fall 2014 Saturday May 3 Athletics… Counseling Center… Softball at LSC Tournament TBA Creative Expressions Group 1 p.m. Counseling Center Athletics… German Club… Women’s Track at LSC Championships Kingsville, Texas Film Screening 5:30 p.m. CSC Shawnee Theater Athletics… MSU Tennis at NCAA II Regional TBA Counseling Center… Workshop: Career and Department of Theatre… Educational Development 7 p.m. Sundance Student-Produced Meeting Room One-Act Play Festival 7:30 p.m. Fain Fine Arts Center Tuesday April 29 Department of Athletic Training & Exercise Physiology Sunday May 4 Thesis Defense: Shane Cronin 1 p.m. Ligon 216 Athletics… Women’s Track at LSC Championships Kingsville, Texas Counseling Center… Relaxation & Stress Relief Group 3 p.m. Counseling Center Athletics… MSU Tennis at NCAA II Regional TBA Wednesday April 30 Counseling Center… Social Development & Support Group 3 p.m. Counseling Center Around Campus Thursday May 1 Thesis Defense Admissions… Application Deadline for Summer I Shane Cronin will present his thesis defense, “The Com- parison of Preseason Testing Protocols: Can We Predict TACT… Retiree Luncheon 12 p.m. Wichita Falls Injury for Subsequent Exposure in Sport?” from 1-2 p.m. Country Club Tuesday, April 29, in Ligon 216. TLRC… Celebration of Teaching Excellence 4:30 p.m. Sikes Lake Center Celebration of Teaching Excellence Philosophy Club/Freethought Alliance The MSU TLRC committee invites faculty and teaching Lecture: Dr. Peter Boghossian 7 p.m. Dillard 101 assistants to the Celebration of Teaching Excellence, previously known as Burgers and Beer, beginning at Friday May 2 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Sikes Lake Center. Last Day of Classes The menu includes the Kiowa Kooks’ famous burgers Athletics… and fries, veggie burgers, salad, tea, lemonade, and Softball at LSC Tournament TBA chocolate cake. RSVP by 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, to Kathy McGowan at [email protected] or ext. Athletics… Women’s Track at LSC Championships Kingsville, Texas 4002. Harvey School of Visual Arts… Opening Reception: Dr. Peter Boghossian: Jesus, the Easter Juried Student Exhibition Bunny, and Other Delusion: Just Say No! & Senior Art Exhibition 6 p.m. Juanita Harvey Art Gallery The MSU Philosophy Club and the MSU Freethought Alliance are sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Peter Boghossian (Portland State University) titled “Jesus, the Easter Bunny, Top Graduate Student Podium Presentation and Other Delusions: Just Say No!” at 7 p.m. Thursday, “Comparative Histology among Permian Vertebrates, Ar- May 1, in Dillard 101. Boghossian is a national speaker royo Formation, North Texas” by Kimberly Beck, gradu- for the Center of Inquiry and the Secular Student Alliance, ate student in biology program an international speaker for the Richard Dawkins Founda- tion for Reason and Science, and the author of A Manual Graduate Student Podium Presentation Honorable for Creating Atheists. For more information, contact Dr. Mention Nathan Jun at ext. 4128 or [email protected]. “Two Themes for Percussion Ensemble” by Adam Lyns- key, graduate student in special education program Early Closing NASW Student of the Year The MSU Bookstore will close at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 29. For more information, call ext. 4384. Laura Holliday has been chosen the 2014 student of the year by the National Association of Social Workers. Mark Your Calendar Phi Alpha Theta History Society News Retirement Reception Members of the MSU Chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society recently presented papers at the The Gunn College of Health Sciences & Human Servic- organization’s Northeast Texas Regional Student Confer- es will honor Carol Collins, Assistant Professor of Nurs- ence held at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Tex- ing, and Dr. Kirk Harlow, Assistant Professor of Health as. Zach Barber’s paper “Justice, Southern Style: The and Public Administration, with a retirement reception Kidnap and Murder of Mack Charles Parker,” won fourth from 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, in Dillard 189. place honors in the category Best Graduate Student Paper. Undergraduate history major Joseph Hadwal and Live at the Lake graduate students Jeff Dickey, Rachael Maxon, Brad Morris, and Sierra Trenhaile also presented papers at The Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU will kick off the conference. History faculty members and Phi Alpha its 2014 Live at the Lake Summer Concert Series at 6 Theta sponsors Whitney Snow and Everett Kindig ac- p.m. Thursday, May 8. Mike O’Neil will open this year’s companied the students to the conference and served as series. The event is free to the public. For more informa- session chairs. Trenhaile, Barber, Hadwal, Maxon, and tion, call ext. 8900. Ryan McKelvy also presented their research at the Na- tional Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Conference in Albuquer- Mass Communication que, N.M. in January. Snow, Kindig, and Leland Turner Senior Documentary Screenings chaired sessions at the national conference. The Department of Mass Communication will present senior documentary screenings beginning at 3:30 p.m. Director of Human Resources Named Friday, May 9, in Bolin 100. For more information, call Congratulations to Dawn Fisher on her promotion to the ext. 4670. university’s Director of Human Resources. Dawn was se- lected because of her experience and job knowledge. She has been with the university more than 15 years and Campus News earned both her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from Midwestern New Student Regent Named State University. She has been serving as interim Director Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Jesse Brown to serve of Human Resources since September 2013. as the Midwestern State University Student Regent for a one-year term effective June 1, 2014. He is currently Staff Senate Election Results pursuing bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and busi- The new 2014-2016 Staff Senate representatives, who ness administration. will begin their term of offi ce on September 1, 2014, are as follows: Scholarship Colloquium Winners EEO Class 1 The following is a list of winners from last week’s annual Position 1: Mark McClendon Scholarship Colloquium: EEO Class 3 Top Graduate Student Poster Presentation Position 1: Reagan Foster “Soldiers and Horses” by Ginette Di Domenico, gradu- Position 2: Jim Hall ate student in Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Position 3: Linda Knox Practitioner program Page 2 Position 4: Newman Wong Director, Admissions Department: Student Affairs EEO Class 4 and Enrollment Management Position 1: Sheila Barrett Starting Date: August 1, 2014 Position 2: Sue Witherspoon Starting Salary: Commensurate with experience EEO Class 5 Position 1: Chris Strader Administrative Assistant (Open to Current MSU Re- tirement Eligible Employees Only) EEO Class 7 Department: Academic Success Center Position 1: Shane Black Starting Date: May 1, 2014 Position 2: Vinita Bohnenkamp Starting Salary: $2,048 monthly, plus benefi ts To the Faculty Thank You Commencement will be Saturday, May 10, at Kay Yea- Thank you to my MSU family for your expression of sym- ger Coliseum. Please meet at 9:30 a.m. at the MPEC in pathy with prayers, calls, cards, fl owers, and kind words rooms 3 and 4 to line up with your college for the 10 a.m. during the passing of my mom. ceremony. If you need a special seating pass for your Pam Morgan spouse to sit in the reserved section #5, contact Jolene Welch in Hardin 114C before 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 7. Congratulations Tres Segler, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, and wife Welcome Katherine welcomed daughter Arden Holmes on April 14. Arden was 7 lbs, 4 oz, and 19 inches long. Congratula- Camille Shepherd tions to the Seglers! Assessment Specialist, Institutional Research & Assessment Brittney Hernandez In the Spotlight Secretary II, Counseling Center The Department of Computer Science hosted the 18th Annual North Texas Area Student conference on April Lynda Cannedy 5. Approximately 100 students and 20 faculty members Business Analyst, SBDC were in attendance for the 28 student presentations. The keynote speaker was MSU CMPS alumnus Ed Blanken- ship, Visual Studio Project Manager at Microsoft. Others Jobs participating in the conference were TCU, University of North Texas, Texas Tech, and MSU’s McCoy School An EEO/ADAAA Compliance Employer of Engineering. Department members participating in Program Coordinator the Conference were Ranette Halverson (conference Department: Intensive English Language Institute (IELI) Chair), Catherine Stringfellow, Nelson Passos, Tim Starting Date: June 1, 2014 Donovan, Tina Johnson, Terry Griffi n, and Rich- Starting Salary: $3,417 monthly, plus benefi ts ard Simpson. Antoinette Brown was the conference coordinator. Thanks to the departments on campus who Admissions Evaluator provided items for the student attendees. Department: Admissions Starting Date: May 12, 2014 Faculty from the Department of Computer Science at- Starting Salary: $1,776 monthly, plus benefi ts tended the Consortium of Computing Sciences South Central Conference in Austin on April 11-12. Attending Academic Advisor and serving as session moderators were Ranette Hal- Department: B.A.A.S. verson, Catherine Stringfellow, and Tina Johnson. Starting Date: As soon as possible Also attending were professors Richard Simpson and Starting Salary: $1,648 monthly, plus benefi ts Shawn Seals. Secretary II (Open to Current MSU Retirement Eligible Vicki Sanders, Assistant Professor of Radiologic Sci- Employees Only) ences, presented a lecture titled “Emerging Diagnostic/ Department: Counseling Center Therapeutic Techniques and Procedures” at the Cen- Starting Date: May 1, 2014 tral Texas VA Healthcare System in Temple, Texas, on Starting Salary: $1,684 monthly, plus benefi ts March 15.