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Convocation of Scholars continues
Convocation of Scholars
began yesterday and continues through Friday, April
14. The Student Honors Ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday in the Student Union Auditorium. During the ceremony, the
2006 R.E. Lee Wilson Award will be given to ASU's most distinguished
graduate. In addition, Distinguished Service Award winners and President's Scholars will be honored. For more details,
see the Convocation of
Scholars web site.
Rebecca Carr & Tina Quinn publish paper
 Ms.
Rebecca Carr and Dr. Tina Quinn, both of Accounting,
recently had a paper published in the CPA Journal discussing
the provisions of Hurricane Katrina Tax Relief for individuals,
businesses and charitable donors. The CPA Journal is a peer
review journal published by the New York State Society of CPAs.
For all the latest faculty and staff
achievements, go to Campus News.
Student Honors Recital on
April 10
The Department of Music will
present its annual Student Honors Recital on Monday, April 10, at
7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center. Students are selected
to perform on the recital by a panel of judges representing the
music faculty. Click here
for details..
Postal
services may be changing at ASU
Postal
services for the ASU-Jonesboro campus very likely will be changing
later this year. The Division of Finance and Administration is
making this announcement in order to assist everyone with planning
and ordering of printed materials, such as letterhead, envelopes and
promotional literature. Those ordering materials bearing a mailing
address probably should limit quantities to a six-month supply.
Click here for more details about
possible changes.
Arkansas Symphony to perform April 21
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at Fowler Center on Friday,
April 21, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Riceland Distinguished
Performance Series. The symphony will present a concert of classical
and popular music, featuring Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony
and the delightful Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz. The
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its rich history this
year, as it marks the 40th anniversary. Performance tickets may be
purchased by calling 972-2781 or
online. Prices are $23 and $15 for ASU faculty and staff, with a
special ASU student rate of $10 and $6. For more details,
click here or call the
Fowler Center at 972-3471.
Brown Bag Lecture: Wednesday,
April 12
The College of Humanities and
Social Science will host the final 2006 Brown Bag Lecture Series
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in room 216 of Wilson Hall. The lecture, Do
Coupled Gays and Lesbians Differ From Married Heterosexuals?
Relationship Status, Sexual Orientation and the Well-Being of Men
and Women, is presented by Dr. Gretchen Hill and Dr.
Chris Wienke, both of Sociology.
Trombone
Choir and Jazz Band to perform April 11
The Department of Music will present the
Trombone Choir and Jazz Lab in concert Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30
p.m. in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center. The Trombone Choir is
conducted by Dr. Neale Bartee. Musical selections for this
concert will include The Calling by David Moore; O Sacred
Head Now Wounded by J.S. Bach; Achieved is the Glorious Work
by Franz Joseph Haydn; Aria and Dance by Thom Ritter George
with soloist Daniel Harrelson; Sunny by Bobby Hebb; and
The Preacher by Horace Silver. Lament by J.J. Johnson and
Well All Right! by Peter Madsen will be performed by Dad’s
Bones.
The ASU Jazz Lab is conducted by Dr. Kenneth Carroll. Musical
selections for this portion of the concert will include 9 ½
Months by David Springfield; In A Pinch by Maria
Schneider; Bit Of Heaven by Curtis Fuller and Don Sickler;
and Spencer Is Here by Bob Curnow.
Click here for the news release.
Archeological presentation:
Toltec Mounds
The Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society will make a
special presentation from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, at the
ASU Museum, room 157, titled What Can Woodstock Tell Us About the
Toltec Site? The presentation is by archeologist Dr. Julie
Markin of Toltec Mounds State Park, near England. She will present
how settlement and ceramic data track political change and the rise
of the Mississippian chiefdom of Etowah in north Georgia.
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