Do you want to dance? Lions in NCAA! Lions Head Coach Billy Kennedy, top left, takes his turn in cutting down the net in Natchitoches Sunday after the Lions won the Southland Conference Tournament and a first-ever berth in the "Big Dance" -- NCAA Tournament. The Lions, slotted as the 15th seed in the tournament's Chicago regional, will take on the second-seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys (24-6) in Oklahoma City, Ok. on Friday, March 18.       The game will air live regionally at 11:30 a.m. on CBS and will be broadcast live on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the internet at www.LionSports.net.       The Campus Activities Board and Student Government Association are inviting Lions fans from the campus and community to gather at the University Center to watch the historic game live on a big screen. Free food and beverages will be provided. Table of content

Marshall heads President's Office staff Ranetta Marshall of Folsom has been named administrative assistant in the Office of the President.      In the position, she will supervise the President’s office staff, handle appointments, correspondence, travel arrangements, special projects and other administrative duties.      “We are pleased to have someone with the organizational skills and experience that Ms. Marshall brings to this position,” said President Randy Moffett.      Marshall worked for the past six years as administrative assistant to Judge Brady M. Fitzsimmons of Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeal in Covington where she served as office administrator and provided secretarial support to the judge and two law clerks. She has had extensive experience as a legal secretary and paralegal for several area law firms.      Marshall attended the University of New Orleans and Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. Table of content

Students can win prizes on "Roomie's Birthday" March 17 Roomie’s birthday is March 17 – and Southeastern students will get the presents.       For the second year, the CLAWS/Pride Committee is sponsoring a birthday party for Southeastern’s lion mascot on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. The celebration comes complete with free birthday cupcakes, t-shirt toss, music, cash prize game show, and a variety of fun interactive activities at locations throughout campus.       Last year, the CLAWS/Pride Committee chose a March date for Roomie’s birthday because the university usually celebrates the anniversary of Pride Day during that month. When better to honor a Green and Gold lion, the committee reasoned, than on St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday famous for "the wearing of the green?"       March 17, 2005 will be Roomie's 41st birthday if his age is calculated from 1964, the year that he was actually named. Or, Roomie will be 74 years old if you go by the date - 1931 - that Southeastern first chose the lion as the school's mascot.       To celebrate Roomie’s Birthday this year, students can enjoy free green and gold cupcakes beginning at 10:30 a.m. on North Campus and 11 a.m. at the Student Union mall. Also at 11 a.m. at the mall, the university band will serenade Roomie with “Happy Birthday.” Roomie also plans to visit North Campus. At noon, the Campus Activities Board will select students to participate in a game show – with a cash prize.       Academic departments and other campus offices will spread Roomie’s birthday party throughout campus by hosting a variety of fun, interactive events during the day.        Students can win prizes by participating in as many of the events as possible. Students can go to the various locations, sign in, and participate to qualify for prize drawings. Prizes include a $300 Lion’s Lagniappe credit grand prize, as well as a Smoothie maker, Southeastern canvas attaché bags, VIP box for 20 for the April 30 Lions vs. Texas State home baseball game, digital touchscreen telephone, MP3 players, and more.       A list of participating departments, activities, times and locations follows.       Communication Sciences & Disorders -- 9:30-11:30 a.m., Campbell Hall: Through interactive experiences, learn about disabilities that affect speech, language, and hearing.        English Department -- 12:30-1:45 p.m., Sims Library, third floor: Celebrate Women's History Month at “Mississippi Magnolias: Celebrating the Journey” by poet Angela Jackson and Southeastern education professor Celina Echols.       5-6:30 p.m., Fayard 107: Hear poet-playwright Angela Jackson discuss her play, “Shango Diaspora: An African-American Myth of Womanhood and Love.”      Student Enhancement Services (SES) and Career and Academic Planning (CAP) -- 9-11 a.m., Southeastern Hall 114: Participate in a fun and interactive quiz to learn more about SES and CAP services.        The Office of Student Housing -- 9:30-11:30 a.m., entrance of St. Tammany Hall (1501 SGA Drive, north of Lee Hall): Take a guided tour of new residence halls.        Music and Dramatic Arts -- 11-11:50 a.m., Pottle lobby: Hear the Southeastern Guitar Ensemble, directed by Patrick Kerber.       Recreational Sports and Wellness -- 9:30-11:30 a.m., Student Activity Center: Free body fat analysis tests, with a chance to win a free Fitness Assessment.        Career Services -- 9-11 a.m., Career Services, Student Union: Play "Career Services Jeopardy."  Meet Alex Trebek's look-alike and win plenty of prizes!        Kinesiology and Health Studies -- 10-11 a.m., Mims 223: Flexation testing and other activities by athletic training faculty and students.      12:30-1:45 p.m., Kinesiology and Health Studies: Interactive experiences by students and faculty, including cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure checks, health risk assessments.  Win prizes at the drug “Wheel of Misfortune” game.       Department of Athletics -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Show off your throwing ability at the Student Union.      Department of Visual Art -- 1-5 p.m. View exhibits in Contemporary Art Gallery (East Stadium).      Office of Student Success -- 10:30 a.m.-noon, North Campus: Get your own “canine-human personality match”!      Department of Mathematics -- 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fayard 211: Test your math skills at the Math Tutoring Lab.      School of Nursing – 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mims Hall, front entrance – Win prizes on a “Health Hunt” throughout Mims Hall.      College of Business and Technology – 12:15 p.m., Garrett Hall 86: Visit the Finance Lab where Southeastern students learn about high tech tools used by today’s financial analysts, such as Bloomberg, Financial Trading Software, and Crystal Ball. Table of content

Celebrating Southeastern and Neill Corporation’s reception of a $1.4 million grant from the Louisiana Department of Labor’s Incumbent Worker Training Program are, from left, Kevin Joyce of the Louisiana Department of Labor, Southeastern Dean of Continuing Education Gerald Guidroz, Debra Neill of Neill Corporation, Southeastern executive assistant to the dean of Continuing Education Veda Abene, and Pam Olano and Lisa Bonnano of Neill Corporation. Southeastern receives $1.4 million for Neill Corp. training Southeastern’s Division of Continuing Education and Special Activities has received another new grant totaling $1,401,813 from the Louisiana Department of Labor through the Louisiana Incumbent Worker Program.      The largest of all the incumbent worker training grants received by Southeastern, nearly doubling the total funds received, the grant will be used to help Neill Corporation of Hammond train employees in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Project and Internet/e-mail. Courses on accounting for executives, introduction to accounting, technical writing, business writing, safety for the supervisor and hourly employees, construction and maintenance safety, office safety, salon safety and AutoCad will be offered.  Southeastern was chosen by the Department of Labor and Neill Corporation to provide and coordinate the training for the grant, which begins in early April.      “Southeastern is extremely excited about this great opportunity to work with Neill Corporation and to strengthen our relationship and partnership with such an outstanding company in the Hammond community,” said Veda Abene, executive assistant to the dean of Continuing Education. Read more ... Table of content

Rock 'n Roar spotlights education, fun Southeastern senior Sarah Miller, left, works with Ryan Young, Elise Mondebello and Ashley DePaula of Holy Ghost School to create "gak" from borax, food coloring, glue and water at the Department of Chemistry and Physics booth during the March 12 Rock 'n Roar festival, where academic displays and other activities provided a day of education and fun for Southeast Louisiana District Literary Rally visitors and the community.

Isabella, daughter of Southeastern Lady Lions basketball coach Lori Davis-Jones, watches intently as her caricature is drawn up within minutes before her eyes at the Rock 'n Roar festival on March 12.  Table of content

Howe named director of Facility Planning Kenneth D. Howe, former director of public works for the city of Bogalusa, has been named director of facility planning.      He is charged with directing the intermediate and long-range facility plans for the university, managing project design and production, and maintaining and implementing the university’s facility master plan.      “Ken Howe brings a wealth of architectural and construction experience to this position,” said Stephen Smith, Southeastern vice president for finance and administration. “With the multitude of projects that are being developed at Southeastern, it is essential to have someone of his caliber helping to manage these developments.”      An architect with extensive experience in public, private and non-profit sectors, Howe worked for the city of Bogalusa since 1996 where he developed and administered capital improvement projects, was responsible for all physical aspects of the city, oversaw budgets of more than $2 million, and was directly responsible for more than 70 employees. He served as director of downtown development for the city for one year prior to heading the public works department.      Howe was development coordinator for housing for the Volunteers of America from 1990 to 1996 and was associated with a private architectural firm in Bogalusa from 1981 to 1989. A graduate of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston with a bachelor of arts degree and bachelor of architecture degree, he is a member of the Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the board of Washington Habitat for Humanity, and a former president of the Bogalusa Jaycees. He has been active with the United Way, the Washington Parish Free Fair, and the Christmas in the Park Commission. Table of content

Jeff Bell receives prestigious fellowship Jeffrey Bell, associate professor of philosophy at Southeastern, has been awarded a prestigious visiting research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. As a resident fellow from July-October 2006, Bell will continue work on his upcoming book on the Scottish Enlightenment.       Bell earned master’s and doctoral degrees from Tulane University and is the author of “The Problem of Difference: Phenomenology and Poststructuralism” and the forthcoming work “Philosophy at the Edge of Chaos: Gilles Deleuze and the Philosophy of Difference.” He also has published a number of articles in professional journals and is editor of “Industrialization and Imperialism, 1800-1914: A Biographical Dictionary,” part of an eight-volume series, "The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World."      A member of the Southeastern faculty since 1993, Bell holds the C. Howard Nichols Teaching Professorship in History.       “Dr. Bell is an accomplished scholar and very deserving of this honor,” said William Robison, head of the Department of History and Political Science. “He teaches a diverse and difficult array of courses in philosophy, history, and political science. In his principal discipline, philosophy, he teaches an impressive variety of courses and displays a dazzling knowledge of everything from the pre-Socratics to postmodernism. He also regularly teaches an ‘Ideas in Conflict’ course in the Honors Program.”      Established in 1969, the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities promotes interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences. More than 600 scholars from 53 countries have held institute fellowships. Table of content

Women's History Month spotlights authors  Two acclaimed writers – National Book Award-winning author Ellen Gilchrist and poet-playwright Angela Jackson  – will share and discuss their works during the third week of Southeastern’s celebration of March as Women’s History Month.       Gilchrist, whose more that 20 books include the 1984 National Book Award winner “Victory Over Japan” and her latest collection of essays, “The Writing Life,” will present a reading and answer audience questions at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.       A book signing, sponsored by the area chapter of the American Association of University Women, follows the free presentation. Gilchrist also plans to conduct a writing workshop for Southeastern students and special guests the following morning.       “We are so honored that Ellen Gilchrist accepted the Southeastern Women’s Coalition’s invitation to speak during Women's History Month,” said Women’s History Month coordinator Carole McAllister, a member of the Southeastern English Department faculty. “The ordinary becomes extraordinary in her fiction.”       McAllister said the voices of Gilchrist’s female characters “resonate loud and strong and clear. They dance in tune with whatever life deals them. We find ourselves in these women, our good selves and our not so good selves. We learn what it means to celebrate womanhood.”  Read more ... Table of content

Louisiana Literature sponsors annual poetry competition
Louisiana Literature, Southeastern’s award-wining literary magazine, is seeking entries for its annual poetry competition.
     Entries for the19th annual Louisiana Literature Prize for Poetry, which includes a $400  award, must be submitted by April 15, said Editor Jack Bedell of Southeastern’s English Department faculty.
     Bedell said all entries -- either a poem or group of poems -- will be considered for publication in Louisiana Literature. 
     For a $12 handling fee, which also earns a one-year subscription to the journal, United States residents may enter one to five poems, totaling 250 lines, Bedell said. “Poems may be on any topic. All work must be previously unpublished, and a name and address must appear on each poem,” he said.
     Along with entries, participants should send a check or money order payable to Louisiana Literature and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for contest results. Manuscripts cannot be returned, but entrants should send a second envelope if they want notification of receipt.
     Entries should be mailed to Louisiana Literature, Poetry Contest, SLU 10792, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond LA 70402. 
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Graduating seniors invited to annual "Grad Fair"
“Grad Fair,” Southeastern’s “one-stop shopping” opportunity for graduating seniors, will have a new service and a new location this year. 
     Scheduled for March 17-18, the annual event gives graduating seniors the opportunity to take care of a variety of graduation-related tasks and requirements. This year, Grad Fair will move to the Alumni Center on University Ave. 
     “As our graduating seniors are ‘almost alumni,’ we thought it would be an appropriate place to host the event,” said Jackie Dale Thomas, director of Leadership Development/ Student Activities and the co-advisor to Gamma Beta Phi, the event’s sponsors.
     Grad Fair hours are noon-5 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, March 18. 
For the first time, seniors will be able to buy caps and gowns at Grad Fair, rather than just place an order, Thomas said. The service is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. 
     Students who have already ordered caps and gowns through the University Bookstore can pick up their order at Grad Fair. Orders will also be taken for students who are unable to purchase their graduation regalia that day.
     Also at Grad Fair, seniors can complete required financial aid and student exit surveys, purchase class rings and other Southeastern memorabilia, and obtain information on topics such as career placement, the Alumni Association and the Southeastern Development Foundation.
     For additional information, call Leadership Development/Student Activities at 985-549-2233.
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Crown for a cause Kim Dottolo, left, Miss Southeastern 2004, recently presented $1,000 to Pat Carpenter, vice president for advancement of Louisiana Special Olympics as a result of the recent pageant’s newest category “People’s Choice Award.” Leading up to the pageant on March 2, students made donations to Special Olympics, Dottolo’s platform, in one of 12 boxes, each baring the name of one of the twelve contestants for Miss Southeastern 2005. The winner of the category was Jennifer Love, a sophomore nursing major from Livingston. Table of content

Baritone presents guest Encore! recital March 21 Bass-Baritone Shawn Roy and pianist Chan Kiat Lim, pianist will present a faculty recital at Southeastern's Music Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m., March 21. Featured works include Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Fauré, Strauss, Brahms and Weill.      Roy has been a vocal instructor and director of the Opera Theater at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette since 1998.  Previously, he sang professionally with various companies including the New York City Opera National Company, Arizona Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Tulsa Opera, Virginia Opera, Forth Worth Opera, Center for Contemporary Opera in New York, West Norwegian Opera as well as toured in France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland. His directing credits include The Medium, Hansel and Gretel and Cosi Fan Tutte.  He received his master's degree in voice and artist diploma in opera at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.      Lim, a native of Malaysia, is a member of the piano faculty at the ULL. He was the recipient of the College of Creative Arts Performance Grant from West Virginia University which brought him to the United States. Since then he has won several piano competitions including the Young Artist Concerto Competition, WVMTNA Collegiate Piano Competition, and WGUC Cincinnati Public Classical Radio Audition. Lim has received much exposure in chamber music and was the official accompanist for the 45th World Piano Competition and the instrumental and vocal collaborative pianist for the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca in Italy. Lim received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.      The concert is part of the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts' spring Encore! series. For additional information, call 985-549-2184. Table of content

Upcoming grant workshops
Sponsored Research will be holding a workshop on Tuesday, April 5, from 9-10:30 a.m. in Tinsley Hall, Room 103 and repeated at the same time and location on Wednesday, April 6. The workshops will cover a variety of topics including locating funding sources, writing a successful grant proposal, preparing a proposal budget, and filling out internal forms.
     The workshops are free. To reserve a place, please register with the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at 985-549-5312 or e-mail madelmann@selu.edu.
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Coming up at the Center for Faculty Excellence
Tuesday, March 15, 12:30-1:30 pm, Tinsley Hall, room 103: The Brown Bag Series continues with "Teaching as Scholarly Work: Is Teaching Scholarly Work?"  Discussion relates to the scholarship/teaching relationship across campus. Bring your lunch and a friend. Drinks and dessert will be provided. Call ext. 5791 for reservations.
     Wednesday, March 16, noon-1 p.m., Twelve Oaks: Lyceum Lights will focus on Women's History Month with "Women Affecting Southeastern's History." Speakers will be Dr. Patsy Causey, Ms. Harriet Vogt, and Dr. Sue Parrill. Lunch will include shrimp creole over steamed white rice, tossed salad, dinner roll and bread pudding. For reservations, call ext. 5791 or email center@selu.edu by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14.
     Thursday, March 17, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Sims Library, 3rd floor: Angela Jackson and Dr. Celina Echols discuss their career journeys as African American Women.
     Thursday, March 17, 5-6:30 p.m., Fayard, room 107: The center sponsors Chicago-based writer, Angela Jackson, discussing her play, Shango Diaspora: An African-American Myth of Womanhood and Love at Fayard 107. For more information, contact Dr. Jayetta Slawson 985-549-5024.
     Call for proposals: The deadline for 2005-06 Faculty Development Grants is Friday, April 1.  For more information, visit www.selu.edu/Academics/FacultyExcellence/Research/index.htm#FDGprogram. The deadline for 2005-06 CITI Grants is Friday, April 8.  For more information, visit www.selu.edu/Academics/FacultyExcellence/CITI/.
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Southeastern hosts kinesiology and health studies symposium
The Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies will bring the professional world to students March 18 with its first annual Arts and Science Knowledge of Kinesiology and Health Studies Symposium (ASK KHS).
     Scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union and Student Union Theatre, the symposium will feature a wide range of topics including eating disorders, strength training, developing community relations for professional sports teams, resume development and job searches.
     Guest speaker for the day is Lanny Boswell, director of strategic analysis, physical training consultant and sports medicine researcher for the U.S. Naval Service Training Command. Boswell will address supplementation and ergogenic aids. Others scheduled to make presentations include new Southeastern football coach Dennis Roland and professionals from North Oaks Health System, the New Orleans Zephyrs, and the New Orleans Hornets. 
     “Something every student should do during their college years is attend a professional meeting,” said Edward Hebert, associate professor and head of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies. “Every profession has professional organizations, and these organizations publish items of interest to its members, and hold conventions, conferences and meetings where they share information, learn, and develop collegial relationships. It's often difficult for a student to attend one of these meetings due to the travel, costs and missing classes, thus the creation of ASK KHS.”
     Other Southeastern faculty and staff members addressing attendees will be Matt Moore, football strength and conditioning coach; assistant professor Jennifer Jeansonne with an introduction to research and the Soar initiative; professor Robert Kraemer with preparing for graduate school, and career counselors Kim Foil and Beverly Sellers on interview skills and resume building. Throughout the day, students from health studies classes will also display works and make presentations. 
     A continental breakfast will be served outside the theatre during the 8 a.m. registration and a jambalaya lunch with drink will be available for $6.
     For more information on ASK KHS, contact Karen Lew, director of Southeastern’s athletic training education program, at 985-549-2350 or klew@selu.edu.
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Dido and Aeneas opens Wednesday at Pottle  Artist in residence Larry Gray, right, director of the Southeastern Opera-Music Theatre Workshop’s March 16-19 production of Dido and Aeneas, gives instruction during a rehearsal to Amanda Tarver, left, and Wendy Kinchen, center. The pair will make their final appearance as Southeastern students in the university’s March 16-19 production of Henry Purcell’s 60-minute opera. Curtain time at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium is 7:30 p.m. Read more ... Table of content

This week in athletics
The Southeastern men’s basketball team will make its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, when they play Oklahoma State in Oklahoma City, Okla.
     The Lions (24-8) earned the berth by winning the Southland Conference Tournament, defeating Northwestern State, 49-42, in Sunday’s final game. SLC Tournament MVP Ricky Woods scored 16 points to lead Southeastern, while fellow All-Tournament honoree Nate Lofton pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds. The Lions, who were slotted as the 15th seed in the Chicago regional take on the second-seeded Cowboys (24-6)  the Big 12 Tournament champions. 
     The game will air live regionally at 11:30 a.m. on Friday on CBS and will be broadcast live on KSLU 90.9 FM and on the internet at www.LionSports.net. If the Lions upset Oklahoma State, they will face the Southern Illinois-St. Mary’s (CA) winner on Sunday in second round action.
     The Southeastern baseball team (8-10) is scheduled to play five games this week. The Lions, who took two of three from Samford over the weekend, will start the week on Tuesday, when they play Southern at North Park in Denham Springs at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., the Lions host Louisiana-Lafayette at Alumni Field. Southeastern will open SLC play on Friday, when they begin a three-game set at Northwestern State with a 6:30 p.m. contest. The series continues on Saturday at 2 p.m., before concluding on Sunday at 1 p.m.
     The Southeastern softball team (9-11, 3-3 SLC) winners of five of its last six will return home for the first time in over a month this week. The Lady Lions take on SLC foe UTA in a three-game set, beginning with a 3 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday. The series concludes on Sunday at 12 p.m.
     The men’s golf team will host its first tournament of the spring this week. The Lions will compete in the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday in Springfield.
     The men’s tennis team (8-6, 1-1 SLC) will look to extend its two-match winning streak this week. The Lions host Southland Conference rival Lamar on Monday at 1 p.m. at the Southeastern Tennis Complex.
     The women’s tennis team (5-5, 2-1 SLC) is scheduled to play three matches this week. The Lady Lions, who have won four straight matches, will host Louisiana-Lafayette in non-conference action on Wednesday at 2 p.m. On Saturday, the Lady Lions head to Northwestern State for a 11 a.m. SLC match in Natchitoches. Southeastern will be in Monroe on Sunday, for a noon conference tilt with ULM.
     The Southeastern track and field team will return to action on Saturday. The Lions and Lady Lions are scheduled to compete in the ULL Invitational in Lafayette.
     Southeastern’s programs will have a hard time topping last week’s efforts. Over the previous seven days, the men’s basketball team (3-0), the women’s tennis team (4-0), the men’s tennis team (2-0), the softball team (5-1) and the baseball team (2-2) combined for a 13-3 record.
Monday, March 14 
     Golf, Carter Plantation Intercollegiate, Springfield, La., All Day
     Men’s Tennis, vs. Lamar, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 1 p.m.*
Tuesday, March 15
     Baseball, at Southern, North Park  Denham Springs, La., 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
     Golf, Carter Plantation Intercollegiate, Springfield, La., All Day
Wednesday, March 16
     Baseball, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Alumni Field, 6:30 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)
     Women’s Tennis, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Southeastern Tennis Complex, 2 p.m.
Friday, March 18
     Men’s Basketball, vs. Oklahoma State (NCAA Tournament  First Round), Oklahoma City, Okla., 11:30 a.m. (CBS) (KSLU 90.9 FM)
     Baseball, at Northwestern State, Natchitoches, La., 6:30 p.m.*
Saturday, March 19
     Baseball, at Northwestern State, Natchitoches, La., 2 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)*
     Softball, vs. Texas-Arlington (DH), North Oak Park, 3 p.m.*
     Women’s Tennis, at Northwestern State, Natchitoches, La., 11 a.m.*
     Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, at ULL Invitational, Lafayette, La., All Day
Sunday, March 20
     Men’s Basketball, NCAA Tournament  Second Round, Oklahoma City, Okla., TBA
     Baseball, at Northwestern State, Natchitoches, La., 1 p.m. (KSLU 90.9 FM)*
     Softball, vs. Texas-Arlington, North Oak Park, 12 p.m.*
     Women’s Tennis, at Louisiana-Monroe, Monroe, La., 12 p.m.*
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Asbestos survey
The State of Louisiana has completed an asbestos survey of all state-owned buildings. The results of the survey are compiled in management plans by facility. The management plans were assembled according to the requirements set forth in the Department of Environmental Quality "Required Elements Index." These plans are available for review to anyone interested in the results. The original plans will be kept in the office of the assistant director of Physical Plant located at the maintenance compound on North Campus. A copy of the plan is available in the Reserve Room of Sims Memorial Library. Questions or concerns should be directed to Regis Bergeron, Southeastern asbestos manager, at 549-3403 in the Physical Plant Office.
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Sociolinguist lectures on Spanish in the U.S.
MaryEllen García, associate professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio, recently visited the Southeastern campus to present two lectures. Her first talk, “En San Anto hablan Tex-Mex y en East Los no: Spanish in Two Southwestern Cities,” was attended by Southeastern students and faculty, community members and a group of students and faculty from the Department of Anthropology at LSU. 
     Her second talk, “The Caló of Bilingual HispanicYouth,” was designed especially for Stuart Stewart’s Spanish 303 class, which focuses on U.S. Latino culture.
     Dr. García holds a degree in Spanish Linguistics from Georgetown University and has done extensive research on Spanish in the United States. The lectures were sponsored by the Student Government Association and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
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From left, back, Chancellor Rodríguez, Dr. Elliott, Dr. Morán, Dr. Costa, Dr. Salcedo.  Front row:  Dr. López, Dr. Stewart Global partnership for cultural pluralism      Dr. Cindy Elliott (Teaching and Learning) and Drs. Stuart Stewart and Claudia Salcedo (Foreign Languages) are engaged in the development of a cross-cultural exchange program with faculty and administrators from the Universidad de Puerto Rico-Bayamón (UPRB).       Representatives from both universities met in Puerto Rico during the fall semester to discuss plans about the global partnership for increasing an awareness, understanding, and appreciation for cultural pluralism that will involve teacher candidates from Southeastern and UPRB in Foreign Languages and Early Childhood Education and Teacher Education.      Current plans for this spring semester include a pilot program in which students will communicate both as e-pals and through webcams in real time, and for Southeastern to host colleagues from the Universidad de Puerto Rico to our campus. The visit is scheduled for May 2005.      During the visit to Puerto Rico, a number of UPRB students, administrators, and professors from Pedagogy, Spanish and English gathered with Southeastern faculty to discuss various curricular and technological aspects of the project. Dean of Academic Affairs Ivette López, embraced the project and appreciated the webcams Southeastern donated to their campus in this global partnership program. Dr. Maria del Carmen Morán, Pedagogy Department chair, offered her support, as did the UPRB Chancellor, Dr. Andrés Rodríguez-Rubio.      Drs. Stewart and Elliott visited Dr. Costa’s UPRB literacy class and interacted with teacher candidates as well as observed a preschool class in the University’s Early Childhood Development Center. Dr. Salcedo worked with technicians to install web cams and other technology support in a computer lab.  She continues to work with IT personnel at both universities in order to make the system operational later this month.  The resulting interface will allow candidates from both universities to communicate visually and verbally in real time.      While in Puerto Rico, the Southeastern professors traveled to several sites of interest on the island as research for future opportunities for Southeastern students. The sites included Viejo San Juan and El Morro, the southern colonial city of Ponce (Parque de Bombas, Castillo Serrallés and Museo de Arte), and the Caribbean National Forest (El Yunque, the only rainforest in the United States).  Information about these sites and other facts about Puerto Rico will form the basis for a global partnership survey.      This project is funded through a CITI Grant from the Center for Faculty Excellence, and support from the Department of Foreign Languages and the College of Education and Human Development. Table of content

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