Faculty Recital Series concert tonight
The Department of Music will present a Faculty Recital Series concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight, in Fowler Center, Riceland Hall. The concert will feature Sherry Baker, Matthew Carey, Dr. Lauren Schack Clark, Dr. Dale Clark, Joy Fiala, and Dr. Ed Owen.  For more information about the concert, see Faculty.

Dinner and a Movie tonight
The Office of Enrollment Services is hosting Dinner and a Movie tonight in the new Student Union for 2005 graduating high school seniors and their parents. All the activities, which are free, will begin at 5 p.m. Dinner begins at approximately 5:20 p.m. with a presentation at 6 p.m. “Ladder 49” will begin for the students in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m. while the parents attend an informative meeting with coffee and dessert in the Mockingbird Room. For more details on tonight's event, see Dinner.

Janis Kearney to give lecture this week 
In celebration of Black History Month, the offices of Diversity and Student Affairs will host author Janis F. Kearney this Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union auditorium. Kearney, a native of the southeast Arkansas Delta, is a writer, lecturer, and oral historian who served as personal diarist to President William Jefferson Clinton, and was publisher of the award-winning Arkansas State Press newspaper, formerly owned by civil rights legend Daisy Gaston Bates. Kearney’s recently published book, Cotton Field of Dreams: a Memoir, paints a vivid picture about the lessons children of cotton sharecroppers learned from under-educated but wise parents whose greatest gift was to encourage their children to dream. A book signing will follow the lecture in the Mockingbird Room, adjacent to the auditorium. For more details on Kearney's visit, please see Kearney.

Dr. Wyatt gives Legislative update & budget review to UPC
ASU President Dr. Les Wyatt gave the University Planning Committee (UPC) a current Legislative update and mid-year budget review at this morning's meeting in the 8th floor board room of the Dean B. Ellis Library. The UPC is an advisory group of faculty, staff, administration and students. For details, see UPC update. 

Regions Bank provides contribution for scholarships 
Regions Bank presented a major gift to ASU in Little Rock last Thursday, donating $100,000 to establish a scholarship endowment for attracting outstanding students from Arkansas' Delta region. Regions Bank representatives Jack Fleischauer, regional chief executive officer (CEO) and Larry Worsham, Northeast Arkansas president and CEO, presented the check to Dr. Les Wyatt during a brief ceremony.

Elixir of Love to open this weekend
The Department of Music will present The Elixir of Love, a two-act comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 5, in Fowler Center’s Drama Theatre. Tickets prices are $7 at the door and $6 in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the ASU Central Box Office or by calling 972-ASU1. For more details, please visit Elixir.

Ethos Percussion Group to perform at Fowler Center 
The Fowler Center will host Ethos Percussion Group at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, as the sixth performance of the season. Ethos Percussion Group, a four-member ensemble, is dedicated to the advancement of percussive arts in performance and education. The ensemble is known for their use of a wide variety of instruments and musical styles. The concert will feature “Missa Luba,” a mass in Congolese style for a mixed chorus with a tenor soloist and percussion. “Missa Luba” will also feature the ASU choirs. Individual tickets to the performance are $25 and $20 for adults, $18 and $14 for seniors. Tickets are available to ASU students for the special price of $9 and $6. For more information on seating options or to purchase tickets, call 870-972-2781 or visit http://tickets.astate.edu. For more information on Ethos' performance, visit Ethos.           

"Green" art exhibit opens at Jazzman's Cafe
The spring semester's art exhibition, "Green," has opened at Jazzman's Hardwired Cafe, featuring upper level art students and works of lush green colors, in stark contrast to the lack of color in winter. Jazzman’s is located on the corner of Caraway and Johnson, and is open Monday-Friday from 7 a.m.- 2 a.m., Saturdays from 7 a.m.- midnight and Sundays 11 a.m.- 2 a.m. For more information about the exhibit, see Green.

Enrollment for Spring 2005 includes 189 first-time freshmen
At the end of the 11th day of classes, known as the census date by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, a snapshot of enrollment is given. For Spring 2005, the unduplicated headcount for all instructional sites associated with the Jonesboro campus is 9,818. For the Spring semester of 2004, the same count was 9,918. New undergraduate students enrolled this spring include 189 first-time freshmen and 410 undergraduate transfer students. In addition, there are 656 students enrolled in web-based instruction provided by the Jonesboro campus.  

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