Residence life congratulates staff members on publication
Melissa Lamb, area coordinator for First Year Residential Experience and Honors Living and Learning Community Halls, and Kelly Ponder, Village coordinator, had their article  "ASU Residence Life Celebrates Centennial,“ published in the fall edition of the SWACUHO News. SWACUHO (the South West Association of College and University Housing Officers) is the regional organization for housing officers in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, to which ASU belongs. Lamb and Ponder’s article focused on the centennial celebration last April and discussed the history of residence halls on the Jonesboro campus. View the article here. This significant recognition by the regional organization for professional housing officers underscores the hard work of Residence Life staffers for the Residence Life centennial display and award-winning float during the campus celebration last spring.

Campus QuickStats Brochure is now available
The Arkansas State University-Jonesboro Fall 2009 Campus QuickStats Brochure is now available. This tri-fold brochure is produced each fall by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment and has proven to be useful in communicating campus information to ASUJ constituents. The brochure is available online (http://www2.astate.edu/dotAsset/193593.pdf). To receive a printed copy of the two-page brochure, contact April Leggett, ext. 3027.

H1N1 updates are now available online
All faculty and staff are urged to check the weekly H1N1 updates, accessible via the ASU homepage ASU-H1N1 Flu Prevention and Reporting link (http://www2.astate.edu/info/em/). Dr. Deborah Persell, Nursing, and coordinator of the Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness Education, and an expert in Emergency Management and Homeland Security meticulously prepares these updates each week, with the most timely and pertinent information available on H1N1 and seasonal flu. The Flu/H1N1 Report Form is also a feature of that page. Seasonal flu and H1N1information in Spanish is now also available on the page, as well as links to other resources, including local weather, road conditions, Environmental Health and Safety, University and city police departments, and the American Red Cross.

11th anniversary of CMVAS will be celebrated Oct. 15
The Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society (CMVAS) will present a special lecture to celebrate the organization’s 11^th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 15, ASU Museum, Room 182. The special lecture, “The Great Serpent and the Old Woman Who Never Dies,” will be presented by Dr. David Dye, assistant professor of earth sciences from the University of Memphis. The presentation will discuss two important Mississippian deities, the Great Serpent and the Old Woman Who Never Dies, along with the roles they played in the renewal of life. Late prehistoric eastern Arkansas ceramic art depicts these two supernatural beings in detail, suggesting that world renewal and soul recycling rituals were important aspects of Mississippian religious beliefs. The presentation is free, and the public is welcome. For details, call Dr. Julie Morrow, ASU’s Arkansas Archeological Survey station archeologist, ext. 2071, or see the NewsPage release.
  
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