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Spring 2005 LSUS News Headlines

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Band jazzes up university campus (Page 1)

They’re sounds you may not have heard at LSUS before…those coming from the sax, trumpet and trombone. They, along with the sounds from the rhythm section, come from the newly formed LSUS Jazz Band. While you may be excited about getting to hear the group perform, band members are just as excited to play for you. That’s because they’re also earning school credit and money for college while they jazz it up.

East Texas alum shares many talents with LSUS (Page 1)

Turn your radio dial to 89.9 in Shreveport and you’ll hear KDAQ, just one of the many stations that make up the Red River Radio network. According to its Web site, the network’s mission is to extend to the citizens of the broadcast area the broad purposes of the university by offering quality programming which is entertaining, informative, and edifying. Sounds like a big job, and it is. It’s a job that wouldn’t get done without people like Steve Howell.

Pilots make Sweet 16 at NAIA Tourney (Photo) (Page 1)

Correction: In the Autumn issue, George A. Khoury Jr. was identified as having received the Medal of Honor. He, in fact, received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in active combat in the Korean Conflict. (Page 1)

Summer-Fall 2004 commencement sees 299 graduates (Page 2)

LSUS graduated a total of 299 students with graduate and undergraduate degrees at its summer/fall 2004 commencement ceremonies Dec. 15 at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City.

Self-improvement tips help
strike successful life balance (Page 2)

(Dr. Lisa A. Burke's Column)
Back again with some more tips for better balancing your career and life activities! With today’s frantic life pace, we all can use some tips to help us strike a healthy and successful life balance.

Pilots hunting return to NAIA World Series (Page 3)

Half of team earns 3.0 GPA in fall semester,
overall team average is 2.8 (Page 3)

With an appearance and third-place finish in the 2003 NAIA College World Series, the LSUS Pilots carried a No. 3 national ranking into the 2004 season. At season’s end, however, a 3-1 loss in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championship game left the Pilots with a 37-25 overall record and a long summer and autumn to reflect and figure out the adjustments necessary to bring a repeat of past glories in the 2005 season.

Meet the 2005 LSUS Pilots Baseball Team (Team Roster) (Page 3)

Talking About Women in Sports (Photo) (Page 3)

Campus Briefs (Page 4)

Connecting Nonprofits (Photo) (Page 5)

Public Radio (Photo) (Page 5)

Making the Case of Cintas (Photo) (Page 5)

LaRue named Writer in Residence (Page 5)

Dr. Dorie LaRue, a professor of English at LSUS since 1989, has been named Writer in Residence in the College of Liberal Arts in recognition of her many publications in poetry and prose fiction.

Teaching Style (Photo) (Page 5)

Native Dancer (Photo) (Page 5)

LSUS receives teacher education re-accreditation (Page 5)

Studies have repeatedly shown that teacher quality is the most important factor in PreK–12 student achievement. Professional accreditation is one way to ensure that schools of education are graduating well-qualified teachers who are ready for today’s classrooms.

Professorships, Chair to be submitted (Page 6)

The LSUS Foundation will submit three professorships and one chair to the Board of Regents this spring for matching funds: the Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company Chair of Insurance and Financial Services, the LSUS Alumni Association Vincent J. Marsala Endowed Professorship in Teaching Excellence, the LSUS Dalton J. Woods Family Endowed Professorship in the College of Education And Human Development and the Wesson-Bridger Endowed Professorship in Teacher Education.

Longtime LSUS supporter
Arnold Lincove dies Jan. 10 (Page 6)

LSUS lost one of its longtime friends and supporters when Arnold Lincove, a former member of the Chancellor’s Community Advisory Council at LSUS and a member of the LSUS Foundation, died Jan. 10 after a lengthy illness.

RiverBend Revue set for Sept. 8 (Page 6)

The seventh annual RiverBend Revue will take the stage at Horseshoe’s Riverdome Thursday, Sept. 8, and honor Leonard and Mary Anne Selber as LSUS Pilot of the Year.

Woods to host third annual Foundation President’s Dinner (Page 6)

The third annual LSUS Foundation President’s Dinner will be hosted by Michael and Tracie Woods at their Shreveport home.

Alumna, TV veteran joins Development (Page 6)

Viki Panos Fentress, an LSUS alumna and former news producer at KTBS-TV, has joined the Office of University Development as coordinator of university development.

Finley Scholarship set (Page 6)

The Milton Finley Scholarship for Excellence in History and the Social Sciences was established in November to honor Dr. Milton C. Finley Jr., a faculty member since 1973 and chair of the Department of History/Social Sciences.

Gifts & Memorials (Listing) (Page 6)

Alumni Spotlight (Elizabeth "Liz" Chrysler-Stacy and Royal Alexander) (Page 7)

LSUS Hibernia Pilots Golf Classic selling out (Page 7)

At press time in late March most of the team sponsorship slots were already taken for the 7th Annual LSUS Hibernia Pilots Golf Classic. Scheduled for May 6 at Olde Oaks Golf Club, the tournament is a fundraiser for athletic scholarships and other Alumni Association programs that benefit LSUS. The player-friendly course is PGA superstar Hal Sutton’s first signature design course and is part of the Louisiana Audubon Golf Trail.

Alumni membership benefits worth investigating (Page 7)

Did you know that dues-paying members of the LSUS Alumni Association, including Alumni-By-Choice members, receive the benefit of reduced fees for several fitness facilities (on and off campus)?
Our own LSUS Health & Physical Education Building offers a sizeable discount for alumni members and is well worth checking into. The facility offers an indoor pool and track, a gymnasium, weight and aerobic room, racquetball, squash and walleyball courts.

Holiday service project warms hearts (Page 7)

Young faces beamed up and down the halls of the LSU Health Sciences Center Children’s Hospital when LSUS Alumni Association members, faculty and staff arrived with more than 100 stuffed animals just before Christmas. The plush menagerie included everything from traditional teddy bears to a Kelly green ‘gator, slithery snakes, gentle lions, poseable monkeys and a large Old English Sheep Dog that looked so real people tried to pet it.

Annual meeting set for May 26 (Page 7)

All alumni are invited to attend the Annual Meeting May 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the third floor of Noel Memorial Library on the LSUS Campus. Following a time of networking and refreshments, alumni will attend a brief business meeting and then tour the James Smith Noel Collection.

Board Nominating Committee
seeks recommendations (Page 7)

The Nominating Committee of the Alumni Association Board is requesting suggestions for the 2005-06 Board of Directors. Board members are asked to attend four meetings per year, to serve on a committee, and must be dues-paying members of the Association. The next term will run from July 2005 through June 2006. Members may serve up to six consecutive years.

Go Tigers (Photo) (Page 7)

Alumni to participate
in WalkAmerica™ 2005 (Page 7)

If you enjoy walking and would like to meet other LSUS Alumni Association members, join us April 30 for the March of Dimes WalkAmerica™ 2005. The March of Dimes seeks to raise awareness of and prevent premature births.

Educator and coaches provide
Black History Month programs (Page 8)

(Chancellor Vince Marsala's Column)
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, and former high school football coaches Herman Boone and Bill Yoast came to the LSUS campus in February to help celebrate Black History Month.

Spinning the Story (Photo) (Page 8)

Pilot Preview in November draws 375 students and parents (Extra Page 1)

In cooperation with the LSUS faculty, staff and students, the Admissions and Records Office sponsored Pilot Preview, LSUS’ fall open house for high school students and families, on Friday, Nov. 12, in the University Center from 6-9 p.m.

Nine added to LSUS faculty (Extra Page 1)

LSUS added nine new faculty members last fall, four in the College of Sciences, three in the College of Education and Human Development, one in the College of Liberal Arts and one in Noel Memorial Library.

True Witness (Photo) (Extra Page 1)

Legislators Listen (Photo) (Extra Page 1)

Jimmie Smith Scholarship (Photo) (Extra Page 1)

Tunes, tales tantalize Piatigorsky concert audience (Extra Page 2)

“Strings & Stories,” a Piatigorsky Foundation mini-concert featuring violinist Linda Rosenthal and actor/story-teller Bill Blush, was sponsored in February by the James Smith Noel Collection and held on the third floor of the Noel Memorial Library.

Economic Lookouts (Photo) (Extra Page 2)

Calculating the New Year (Photo) (Extra Page 2)

Beeing a Speller (Photo) (Extra Page 2)

Securing the Classroom (Photo) (Extra Page 2)

3-D stereoscopic display system
added to Bioinformatics Lab (Extra Page 3)

Drs. Urska Cvek and Marjan Trutschl, both assistant professors of computer science, added a 3D stereoscopic display system to the facilities available in the Computer Science Department and the Laboratory for Advanced Bioinformatics (LABi). The “3D Wall – Virtual Stereoscopic Display” project was funded by a grant from Louisiana Board of Regents and is supported by classroom-based visualization devices and computer equipment augmented with public domain software.

Training Winners (Photo) (Extra Page 3)

Uplifting Feat (Photo) (Extra Page 3)

Leading Nonprofits (Photo) (Extra Page 3)

LSUS congratulates 277 for Chancellor’s List honors (Extra Page 3)

LSUS Chancellor Vincent J. Marsala has congratulated 277 full-time students for earning Chancellor’s List honors in the fall 2004 semester.