Financial Aid staff to assist with applications
Staff members from the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office will continue to assist current students and prospective students with (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) FAFSA applications today and tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. at Jazzman’s Hardwired Café on the corner of Caraway Rd. and Johnson Ave. Click here for more information:  http://finaid.astate.edu/fas_help.htm.
With Tuesday, Feb. 15, as the priority filing date for the FAFSA, representatives will be available to assist in the process. No reservations are needed.

Faculty and staff achievements listed
Dr. Tina Gray Teague, Agriculture; Dr. Osa Amienyi, Radio-Television; and Dr. J. Kim Pittcock, Agriculture, all have recent accomplishments and achievements listed in Campus News. For all the latest, go to Campus News.

Middle East Studies Night: Feb. 21 at Fowler Center
On Monday, Feb. 21, ASU will celebrate Middle Eastern culture with the annual Middle East Studies Night in the Grand Hall of Fowler Center. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a reception the evening will follow with a 7 p.m. light dinner of Middle Eastern cuisine and presentations. In addition to the presentations and discussions featuring research studies and cultural exchanges of this past year, the recipients for the 2005 awards will be announced. The Middle East Studies Night is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Tom Fiala, associate professor of teacher education and chair of the Middle East Studies Committee at 972-8429. Or, visit the NewsPage for more details.

Food Drive Challenge today: 'Share Love'
Delta Sigma Omicron students are challenging every individual and department and all campus organizations to donate canned food today in honor of St. Valentine's Day for the local Salvation Army shelter. Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Unity Park, there will be free hot chocolate and cookies to those who bring canned food and donate to the Food Drive Challenge. A winner's plaque will go to an organization that makes the most donations. Organizations and departments who participate will receive a certificate of appreciation. The donated canned goods will be given to the Salvation Army soup kitchen which is the only homeless shelter in Jonesboro. Several times each week, young children come in for food after school. During the summer months, children go to the shelter for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information, contact Sherry in Disability Services at 972-3964. 

Lecture~Concert Series to feature Pianist Ian Hominick
Pianist Ian Hominick will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Fowler Center. A soloist, accompanist, adjudicator and teacher, Hominick maintains a schedule of concerts and piano master classes across the United States and Canada, including solo recitals in cities all over North America. He has appeared as a soloist on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago-Chautauqua Series and American Landmark Festivals. Hominick’s performance is a joint presentation with the Department of Music. The next Lecture~Concert Series event will be on Wednesday, March 9, with a performance by the Prairie Wind Dancers. All Lecture~Concert programs are free and open to the public, presenting diverse programs to enrich the cultural life of the campus, community and region. For more information, see the NewsPage. 

Regional Conference for public schools here next Monday
The 2005 Regional Conference for K-12 public schools relating to recent federal legislation and state initiatives will be held on campus next Monday, Feb. 21, in the Student Union Auditorium. The conference will focus on the Arkansas Department of Education initiatives that address the No Child Left Behind Act, the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as well as the "Arkansas Consolidated School Improvement Planning" process. Interested College of Education faculty members and students are welcome to attend the presentations. The conference begins at 10 a.m. and is sponsored by the School Psychology Program, the Department of Psychology and Counseling, the College of Education, the Arkansas School Psychology Association and the Northeast Arkansas School Psychology Association. More than 90 public school personnel have been invited.

2005 Fitness Challenge, info available today & tomorrow
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged and invited to participate in the 2005 Arkansas Fitness Challenge pitting the employees of St. Bernards Medical Center against ASU. Informational booths will be set up in the lobby of the Dean B. Ellis Library today and tomorrow. Stop by the booth and find out more about participating in this fun event. The 2005 Fitness Challenge will officially kick off on Monday, Feb. 28, at the fountain on the west side of the new Student Union. Several "walking experiences" will be held three times a week for 10 weeks. By covering scenic routes around campus, each one will count as one segment of an across-the-state roadmap. The goal is to get ASU employees active and beat St. Bernards! ASU and St. Bernards are the two largest employers in the area. Which one will be the first to walk around Arkansas?  

Rural Sourcing Inc. on National Public Radio
Rural Sourcing Inc., which is headquartered at ASU's Center for Economic Development on Krueger Dr. in the Jonesboro industrial park, was featured this morning on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.  The story is also posted on the NPR web site, http://www.npr.org.  The concept for Rural Sourcing was developed by ASU alumna Kathy Brittain White, former CIO of Cardinal Heathcare, who now serves as company CEO.  Rural Sourcing also has three other locations, including Magnolia, Ark., where much of today's story was based.

Competitive high school students will visit campus
Every spring, ASU hosts a number of competitive events for talented high school students, such as the Northeast Arkansas Science Fair and the Regional Mathematics Contest.  These are important academic opportunities for the students, and excellent recruiting opportunities for ASU.  The competitions are included in Upcoming Events, a listing compiled for the web by the University Communications Office.  If your department or program will be hosting a competition for high school students and it is not listed on the web, please provide information to University Communications, Administration Room 102, by fax to 972-3069, or by e-mail to asunews@astate.edu.

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