December 12, 2005
Holiday reception Wednesday at new university residence
President and Mrs. Randy Moffett invite the faculty and staff to a holiday reception at the University Residence on Wednesday, December 14, from 3-4:30 p.m.
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Southeastern's accreditation reaffirmed by SACS
Southeastern’s application for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) was approved at the SACS annual meeting in Atlanta last week, university officials announced.
Southeastern President Randy Moffett said the SACS Commission on Colleges voted to reaffirm the university’s accreditation for another 10 years with no stipulations.
“This is the capstone accreditation for the university,” Moffett said, “and I am proud of the strong efforts of our faculty and staff who worked so hard to ensure a successful outcome.” Southeastern has been accredited by SACS since 1946.
Moffett said Southeastern has been preparing its application for the last several years. The application demonstrates how Southeastern meets SACS standards that cover every aspect of the university, including its mission and governance, financial and physical resources, institutional effectiveness, student services, faculty qualifications, athletics, quality of educational programs and library resources.
During a three-day visit in March, a SACS review team evaluated various documents, conducted inspections and interviewed faculty, staff and students.
“The university is held responsible for clearly demonstrating and documenting that we meet all standards and have the highest commitment to institutional integrity, accountability and quality improvement,” Moffett added.
The SACS review process has changed significantly since Southeastern was last visited by a review team in 1994. The process then required development of a single massive self-study document. The new process mandates completion of a compliance audit that addresses 73 standards with significant documentation that each standard is being met.
The new review process also requires the development of a quality enhancement plan (QEP) that addresses an area designed to enhance student learning at the university. Southeastern selected student advising and academic mentoring for its QEP. A university team worked for more than a year doing an intensive study and research in advance of preparing Southeastern’s academic advising plan, which includes the development of a centralized advising center and strong faculty mentoring.
“Our efforts over the last several years have been focused on increasing academic admission standards,” Moffett said. “The academic advising model we have developed represents an exciting opportunity to enhance student learning while also helping us increase the university’s retention and graduation rates, key factors in how universities are now being evaluated.”
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 Clausen
to address Southeastern graduates
University of Louisiana System President Sally Clausen will return “home” to Southeastern to deliver the keynote address at the university’s winter commencement on Saturday, Dec. 17. Southeastern will confer associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees on approximately 1,100 students at the 10 a.m. ceremony in the University Center. The commencement ceremony will feature the introduction of this year’s class of “Golden Graduates,” members of the Class of 1955 and previous years, who will lead the new graduates into the University Center dressed in golden academic regalia. The Golden Graduate tradition was initiated in the December 1998 commencement ceremony. Clausen, who served as the 12th president of Southeastern from 1995 to her appointment in 2001 as head of the UL System, leads the state’s largest higher education system with eight universities, more than 85,000 students and operating budgets totaling nearly $600 million. Recognized nationally as a dynamic and effective leader in education, she previously served as Louisiana’s Commissioner of Higher Education and Secretary of Education of the Office of the Governor. She holds a doctorate in school administration and management from Louisiana State University and last year was inducted into the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction. Clausen is active on the national level, serving as vice chair of the National Association of University System Heads (NASH), a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the Southern Regional Education Board and the Commission for Graduation Rate Outcomes, a joint venture involving AASCU, NASH, and The Education Trust. She was described recently by Inside Higher Ed magazine as “one of the most entrepreneurial college presidents in the nation.” Table of content |
Counseling program reaccredited
Southeastern’s graduate program in counseling has been reaccredited for two years by the Commission on Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
CACREP is the leading national accrediting body for counseling in the nation, said Diane Allen, dean of the College of Education and Human Development. Accreditation followed an extensive self-study of the program and a site visit by a trained CACREP review team.
“The accreditation process evaluates how well an institution’s program meets a specific set of nationally determined standards,” Allen said. “It is a sign that the program has been extensively reviewed by an independent group of peers and that it has met a rigorous set of criteria. Accreditation is a reflection of the serious work that our faculty has devoted to ensure that we meet these quality standards.”
“With this achievement, all of the academic programs in the Department of Counseling and Human Development are nationally accredited,” said Brian Canfield, head of the department.
Southeastern’s counseling program offers tracks in community counseling, school counseling and marriage and family therapy. Graduates of the program meet the academic requirements for state licensure as licensed professional counselors in the state of Louisiana as well as many other states.
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Profile 2004
cited by research organization
Profile 2004, Southeastern Louisiana University’s fact book,
has been cited as the best university mini fact book by the Southern Association
for Institutional Research (SAIR).
This is the fifth time the publication
has been honored with this top award by SAIR. The publication is produced
annually by Southeastern’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
under the direction of Michelle Hall, director.
The 84-page book incorporates
facts and figures regarding the university, student demographics, faculty
and staff, and university resources. Short features focus on other achievements
such as the university’s economic development efforts, new student housing,
service learning, and wireless computer access on the campus.
SAIR is a professional organization
supporting institutional research programs at colleges and universities
in the South. The award was made at the organization’s conference in Charleston,
S.C., with representatives attending from more than 250 institutions from
28 states.
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Shane, left, student producer, and Rick Settoon, Southeastern Channel general
manager, pose with the Emmy Award won by the Southeastern Channel in the
2005 Suncoast Region Emmy Awards gala at Miami Beach.
Southeastern Channel wins Emmy The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s three-year-old educational cable access channel, has won a coveted Emmy Award. The channel won for its documentary short “For the Love of the Game,” which told the story of former Southeastern baseball coach John Stephenson and aired as a segment of the Southeastern Channel student sports show, “The Big Game.” “For the Love of the Game” was produced, videotaped and edited by communications major Jason Shane of Dallas and reported by communication graduate Jon Vitrano of Meraux. It won in the “Student Program” category, which encompasses projects that have been produced for a grade in a university class. “For the Love of the Game” was produced in the Southeastern Communication Department’s special topics course “Producing and Reporting for the Sports Television Show” taught by channel General Manager Rick Settoon. “The fact that the Southeastern Channel is already an Emmy Award-winning channel in only its third year shows the outstanding level of training and instruction provided by the channel staff and communication department,” said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs John Crain. “It’s evidence that we’re successfully training students on a large scale to become top television industry professionals.” Shane and Settoon were among hundreds of professionals and students who attended the Emmy ceremony. “I never thought I’d be able to win an Emmy as early as age 19,” said Shane. “It’s really meaningful because you’re up against the Emmy standard, and not every category wins an Emmy every year. You must meet a standard of excellence. To see the quality of the many professionals on hand along with their successful work made it even more impressive.” The Southeastern Channel was the only university channel honored with an Emmy within the Suncoast Region, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. The award marks the first time a Louisiana university has won an Emmy in the Suncoast Region. Of the winners in 36 categories at this year’s event, the only Louisiana television channels winning were the Southeastern Channel and WWL-TV of New Orleans. “Our students deserve credit for their dedication and efforts to produce a program now recognized as the very best in college television,” Settoon said. “In particular, Jason did a fantastic job. He handled almost every aspect of the production process himself and really drove the project to completion. His talent and commitment to a high standard of excellence brought home the Emmy. He has a great career ahead of him in sports television.” Settoon said the special topics course in sports television will be offered in spring 2006. “The class is for those serious about a career in sports television, whether in front of or behind the camera,” Settoon said. “The fact that we’ve just won an Emmy against programs like the University of Miami, which has produced graduates like ESPN’s Suzy Kolber and Roy Firestone, gives the course great credibility.” The Southeastern Channel has won over 30 national and international awards in the past year-and-a-half. The channel can be seen on Charter Cable Channel 18 in Tangipahoa, St. Tammany and Livingston parishes, on Channel 17 in Washington Parish, and online at www.selu.edu/tv. Table of content |
 Students
unveil museum exhibits
Jan Pine, left, and Jo Baham, right, discuss their exhibit, "Madisonville Pioneers," with Madisonville Mayor Peter Gitz at a reception Sunday at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum. The students, along with classmate Edward Brown, created the exhibit for the museum in "Introduction to Museum Practice," a Southeastern public history course taught by David Benac. It is one of two exhibits researched, designed and installed by Southeastern students through the university's partnership with the LPBMM. A second team of students -- Elaine Kraemer, Robin Rodrigue, Justin Barrilleaux, and John Avery -- created “From Natchez to New Orleans: Steamships of the Lower Mississippi River.” Table of content |
Register now for CMS spring session
Registration is underway for the spring 2006 session of Southeastern’s Community Music School.
The session will begin Jan. 23, said CMS Director Ken Boulton of the Southeastern Department of Music and Dramatic Arts.
The Community Music School offers private instruction in voice and on all musical instruments for students of all ages and skill levels. Tuition includes group theory classes, various ensemble performance opportunities, coaching sessions with Southeastern music professors, and a variety of performance programs, Boulton said.
He said CMS instruction at Southeastern’s St. Tammany Center, which has been the home of a popular strings program, has expanded to include flute, guitar, saxophone, piano and voice lessons.
For information, contact the Southeastern Community Music School office at 985-549-5502, or visit the CMS website at www.selu.edu/cms.
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SBDC sponsors loan
fair, patent expert
The Small Business Development Center is sponsoring a free “loan fair”
for small business owners on Thursday, Dec. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the Castine Center in Mandeville’s Pelican Park.
Hosted by Chase Bank, the fair
will give business owners interested in $5,000-$25,000 loans the opportunity
to meet one-on-one with lenders. On the spot credit applications for qualified
individuals will be available.
Loan fair participants include
Chase Bank, Southeastern SBDC, the U.S. Small Business Administration,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumer Credit Counseling Service, and
more.
For details on information necessary
to complete a loan application or for general information, contact the
Southeastern SBDC at 985-549-3831 or sbdc@selu.edu
or visit www.selu.edu/sbdc.
On Jan. 6 the SBDC and the Hammond
Chamber of Commerce will offer confidential one-on-one counseling sessions,
by appointment, with a patent agent.
The event will provide an opportunity
for small business persons, entrepreneurs or private inventors in Hammond
and surrounding areas to discuss their ideas, inventions or technology
needs with Robert Montgomery, a registered patent agent and product development/technology
licensing specialist. Montgomery, author of the Inventors Journal
and The Inventor’s Guide, is also a noted speaker regarding patents,
copyrights and trademarks.
To schedule a free confidential
appointment contact the SBDC at (985)549-3831 or sbdc@selu.edu.
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This week in athletics
The Southeastern men’s and women’s basketball teams will both make
trips to California during this week in Southeastern Athletics.
The Lions (5-1) head into their
four-game road swing on a five-game winning streak. On Wednesday, Southeastern
will be at Auburn for a 8 p.m. contest with the Tigers. In a matchup of
2005 NCAA Tournament participants, Southeastern will face St. Mary’s on
Saturday at 9:30 p.m. in the Shamrock Office Solutions Classic in Moraga,
Calif. The next day, the Lions will take on UC-Davis or future Southland
Conference rival Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m.
The Lady Lions (1-4) will be back
in action on Saturday, heading to California for a 9 p.m. contest with
UC-Irvine. All three men’s games will be broadcast live in the Hammond
area on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the internet at www.LionSports.net. Saturday’s
women’s game will an internet broadcast only on www.LionSports.net.
Wednesday, December 14
Men’s Basketball, at Auburn, Auburn,
Ala., 8 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Saturday, December 17
Men’s Basketball, at St. Mary’s,
Moraga, Calif., 9:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
Women’s Basketball, at California-Irvine,
Irvine, Calif., 9 p.m. (www.LionSports.net)
Sunday, December 18
Men’s Basketball, vs. UC-Davis
or Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Moraga, Calif., 7 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
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KSLU’s
2005 CASA Kids Christmas campaign
Professional activities
Thomas Mark (Mathematics), along with Scott Baldridge of Louisiana State University and Terry Lawson of Tulane University, received a $15,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support their “Conference in Honor of Ronald Fintushel,” originally scheduled for October 2005. Due to Hurricane Katrina, the conference has been postponed until October 2006.
Brian O’Callaghan (Mathematics) recently refereed a paper for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Dr. O’Callaghan also attended the Regional Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Birmingham, Ala., in October.
Ken Li (Mathematics) was invited to serve as an editor of the Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics.
Dr. Michael Doughty (Chemistry and Physics) and colleagues Roland Seifert from University of Regensburg (Germany), Andreas Gille, Jianxin Guo, and Gerald H. Lushington from the University of Kansas, and Tung-Chung Mou from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recently published an article in Biochemical Pharmacology (2005, 71, 89-97) entitled “Differential interactions of G-proteins and adenylyl cyclase with nucleoside 5'-triphosphates, nucleoside 5'-[y-thio]triphosphates and nucleoside 5'-[B,y-imido]triphosphates." The work is an extension of studies on novel inhibitors of signal transduction synthesized in Dr. Doughty's biochemistry laboratory at Southeastern.
On Nov. 30 Dr. Rossana Boyd (Project IMPACT) and David Jumonville (Project TEACH) attended a summit organized by the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition in Washington D.C. Dr. Boyd, Fernando Arriola, President of Familias Unidas, Jefferson Parish, and Diana Sewell, Title III Coordinator, Louisiana State Department of Education, co-presented about how they collaborated to implement project activities. The goals of the project are to improve the knowledge and skills of teacher preparation faculty and teacher candidates of Southeastern Louisiana University, special education teachers, regular education teachers and non-instructional staff in six schools of Jefferson Parish School District on how to meet the needs of limited English proficient students and their families. The audience consisted of higher education faculty and administrators interested in replicating the project in their own states.
Dr. June Williams (Counseling and Human Development) has been elected president-elect of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. Her term as president-elect will begin in July 2006.
Dr. Rusty Juban (Management), Dr. Aristides Baraya (General Business), and Dr. Mike Budden (Marketing) have been notified their article, "Going it Alone: Developing an Independent Study Abroad Program," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of College Teaching and Learning.
Dr. David M. Sever (Biological Sciences,) had his sixth paper of the year published in Acta Zoiologica, Volume 86, pages 223-230. The paper is entitled, "Ultrastructure of the Reproductive System of the Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea). V. The Temporal Germ Call Development Strategy of the Testis."
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ByLion takes
a break
This is the final fall 2005 ByLion. By-Lion will return
Jan. 17. Have a joyous holiday season!
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