April 17, 1997 - Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Counselors
needed for camp
Students can receive four credit
hours and a $60 a week salary by
being counselors for Camp Suc
cess.
T7ie tuition for the four hours
will also be paid. Camp success is
sponsored by the health, physical
education, and recreation (HPER)
at Southeastern.
department
The camp will be August 3
through 8. It is on the Oklahoma
side of Lake Texoma about 10
miles outside of Marietta. The
camp is for children with special
needs and about 25 to 30 counse
lors will be needed.
According to Roberta Wescott,
HPER department chair, there is
i
some concern that students would
not know aboutitin time to sign up
because it is not posted in the sum
mer schedule. Some might think
that it is not being offered this
summer.
"They'remaking theinternsdif
ferent this year, and everything
taken after summer school is con
sidered to be on the fall schedule,"
said Wescott.
There will also be a camp at
Camp
Rio Roxo which is located
north of Gainesville on Highway
99. It will be June 1 through July
19.
For more information on the
camps contactWescott atext. 2669.
Students direct
one-act plays
Jannipher Kruchowski
After a semester of performing
plays directed by others,the the
atre students at Southeastern are
trying their hand at directing.
Theatre at Southeastern will be
hosting the annual student directed
one-act festival Friday and Satur
day, April 25-26.
There will be three plays pre
sented at the festival. The first
play will start at 7 p.m. on both
nights and will be presented in the
University Center Complex.
Amber Harrington, senior in
theatre, is directing "The Hairy
Falseto" written by J.I. Rodale.
Latha Champion, senior in the
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of dishes and quit. He got ajob at
the state department of education
and planned to work for the sum
mer, he stayed for eight years.
"The job at the state education
department was fascinating," said
Rabineau.
In a second speech on Monday
night, Rabineau spoke before re
ceiving his medal. Inhisspeechhe
discussed four things.
They
were: 1. The lessons
people can learn from E.T. Dunlap
and other leaders of education. 2.
What leaders have in common to
make them stand out as leaders. 3.
atre, is directing "Hop Scotch"
written by Israel Horowitz. Jason
Kirkpatrick, junior in theatre, is
directing "They Call It the Sugar
Plum" also by Israel Horowitz.
The student directors held audi
tions, chose their own scripts and
chose the people to fill the parts
needed in their productions.
"These productions are part ofa
two semester course for advanced
theatremajors," saidJohnAddison,
instructor of theatre at Southeast
ern. "This is their final project for
the second semester."
For more information, call 924-
0121 extension 2217, Mondays
through Fridays
5:30 p.m.
between 2:30 to
What makes a leader, a leader in
stead of a manager, and what is the
difference between the two. 4.
What changes in leadership will
be needed in the 21st century.
"Mentoring is a hidden treasure
for leadership in the 2 1 st century,"
said Rabineau.
He said that mentors not only
provide tools for their students but
they also learn from their students.
At the dinner acheck for $5,000
was donated to the lectureship se
ries by the Sallie Mae corporation.
It was presented by William
Arceneaux.
the
outheastern
April 17, 1997
Robert Oliver, associate professor of accounting, enjoys a hot dog and beverage provided to all faculty after
the photograph was taken honoring Williams' "Decade of Excellence" at Southeastern. President Larry
Williams and others check their watches as the "late" Joe Wiley, executive vice president of academic affairs,
arrives for the faculty photograph taken last week, (photo by Kim Bumstead)
Chorvettes ready to perform show
David Willis
The Chorvettes are preparing to
perform their biggest show of the
year at their annual spring show.
This year's show is titled
"Rhythm and Jazz." The group,
composed of 18 members, will
present a show consisting ofa wide
variety of music from rhythm and
blues to alternative and every thing
in between.
There will be a two and a half
hour show featuring group num
bers as well as solos, duets, trios,
ensembles, and anything else imag
inable.
"The crowd should have a good
time," said Mary Ann Craige, pro
fessor of music and Chorvette di
rector. "There is alittle something
for everyone."
The show will also feature stu
dents from Durant Middle School
Show Choir, directed by Deborah
Rains and assisted by Kimberley
Hajkowski.
There will also be kids that
participated
in the Chorvette's
Song and Dance Clinic, a
children's clinic hosted by the
Chorvettes to introduce area chil
dren , first through sixjh grades, to
song and dance. They will dance a
couple
of numbers to showcase
their hard work on all of their
dances.
The material that will be per
formed at Spring Show will be a
of what the Chorvettes
preview
plan to perform while they are on
their trip to England, Scotland and
Wales, which is set for May 12
through May 26.
They will travel to 12 cities
throughout the countries and per
form numerous times within the
14-day span.
"The lives of composers such
as Purcell, Hoist, Britton and
Vaughn Williams will hopefully
^s*^
have more meaning as the students
experience the cities and towns
where they were born, composed,
performed and died," said Craige.
"Some of the performances will
actually take place where these
composers actually worked and
performed themselves."
The Chorvettes invite every one
to come out and see "Rhythm and
Jazz." The show will cost $5 for
adults, $3 for children and senior '
citizens. Southeastern students are
admitted free with a valid I.D.
The performance dates are
April 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. in
Montgomery Auditorium.
Children learn how to write creatively
Clint Goad
"Anyone with a good imagina
tion canbe an author," was a major
theme presented to local children
*by Dave Sargent at this year's
Young Authors Conference.
Hie conference, hosted by Con
tinuing Education on Monday,
April 14, is an annual event at
which children are motivated to
use their creative writing abilities.
Sargent, author and child en
thusiast, was the keynote
speaker. He suffers from a severe
FACULTY
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money will be provided to equip
the multimedia room in Russell
100 with distance learning equip
ment."
From these rooms courses can
be delivered anywhere a phone
connection can be made to a facil
ity with similar equipment Lo
cally, this means courses from
Southeastern can be delivered to
other universities in Oklahoma.
"East Central University is in
terested in having somebody de
liver an MBA (master of business
administration) program to their
campus," Wiley said. "We have
talked to them about us delivering
it(MBA)toEastCentral. Wehave
also talked to them about deliver
ing their nursing program
here at Southeastern."
to us
"Us taking our MBA program
to them and them bringing their
nursing program down to us will
benefit both institutions," said
Wiley.
The distance learning equip
ment will be completely installed
in the near future. This summer
form of dyslexia, but uses the
handicap as a bridge to reach chil
dren, especially those who are also
handicapped.
He is dedicated to the beliefthat
"where there is a will, there is a
way."
One of his goals in speaking at
the conference was to inspire stu
dents to enhance their reading and
writing abilities for their own per
sonal satisfaction and achievement
in life.
According to Pat Dunham, pro
fessor of educational instruction
faculty will have the opportunity
to practice with the equipment and
prepare for teaching courses be
ginning with the fall semester.
"Every department, every in
structor that has a need, is wel
comed and we invite their partici
pation in making use of the facili
ties," said Coston.
The Dean's Council sponsored
one faculty member from each of
the four schools on campus to at
tend the Teletraining Institute at
Oklahoma State University. The
faculty members received instruction
on issues related to distance
education. Brett Elliott (instructor
in mathematics), Jamie Knapp (as
sistant professor ofsociology ) and
Debbie Barnes (assistant profes
sor in business information man
agement) also had the opportunity
to use different types of distance
learning equipment. Faye
Mangrum, assistant professor of
communication and theatre, will
attend the institute in May.
"It was an opportunity to get
some feedback from facultv mem
and leadership, one of the most
features of the confer
interesting
ence was that students were able to
meet an author and speak with
him.
"Our purpose in hosting this
conference was to create interest
in writing in the public schools.
Getting to visit with an author was
areal pointofinterestfor the kids,"
said Dunham.
Students also submitted books
for critique.
"Students with the best stories
are getting their books published,"
bers," said Barnes. "I think they
(Dean's Council) want faculty
members to feel comfortable with
the equipment. If we are not com
fortable with it, we are not going to
incorporate it."
According to B arnes, the equip
mentis user-friendly and only takes
a little bit of practice to use.
"There are people on the cam
pus to handle the technology part
of it," Barnes said. "That's their
role and area. I learned how to use
the technology to enhance what
I'm trying to get across to the stu
dents.
"As a faculty member, I am
there to involve and interact with
the students; not to be an expert in
the technology. We're not going
to be NBC, ABC, CBS or the FOX
networks. We're not going to be
perfect.
"We're going to be faculty try
ing to bring a message to the stu
dents. As long as we keep that in
the forefront of what we're trying
to accomplish, we should be
alright," said Barnes.
added Dunham.
The conference began with a
general session in which all stu
dents who attended were able to
hear Sargent speak.
After a sacklunch, students were
able to visit with Sargent and have
a book signing session with him.
Following that, there were two
mini- workshops on illustrating and
binding books.
"We're always eager to do any
thing to bring students to the cam
pus," commented Kay Hughes,
director of continuing education.
Distance learning will no doubt
have an impact on the availability
of higher education. The develop
ment of Internet-based college
courses will have an impact on
whetheror not students have to get
up, get dressed and go to school,
whether at a college or remote site.
"We're probably going to spend
more of our efforts in the long
term, not that distance learning
won't be of some value for a long
time to come, but we are looking at
Internet self-paced courses and
their value as opposed to how to
find more and more sites we can
deliveroverinteractive television,"
said Wiley.
Both modes of delivery, dis
tance learning or Internet courses,
are not expected to change much at
Southeastern in the future.
"Our bread-and-butter, and I am
convinced for the foreseeable fu
ture, will be the traditional student
coming to Southeastern, living in
the dorm, enjoying campus life
and those types of things," said
Wiley.