• Welcome to Black Hills State University
• Position open
• Flu shots will be given
• Concert band, chamber winds and community band will perform
• Social analyst will speak at BHSU
• Leading motivational speaker Joe Martin will present at BHSU
• Career center offers fall job search workshops
• Health screening offered for employees
• The envelopes, please
• Minutes of the Oct. 4 faculty senate meeting
• Faculty research funds available
• Instructional improvement funds available
• Grants opportunities announced
• This week at BHSU

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Welcome to Black Hills State University - Top

• Lynn Fox, senior building maintenance worker, facilities services

Position open - Top

• custodial worker, facilities services

For further information, check the announcement bulletin or contact the personnel office.

Flu shots will be given - Top

Flu shots are available for faculty, staff, spouse and/or dependents who are on the state health plan. It will take about ten minutes for the paperwork. It is essential to bring your DakotaCare card. Remember to call early and reserve a time slot that is convenient for you.

Concert band, chamber winds and community band will perform - Top

The event is free to the public. The concert will include works by George Gershwin, Richard Wagner, David Holsinge, Clare Grundman, Edwin Franko Goldman and others.

In addition to the two full bands, there are some smaller groups performing including a brass quartet, a flute choir and a woodwind choir.

Hahn recently joined the music faculty as director of concert bands. He is a professional trumpet player as well as a teacher, has music degrees from the University of Wyoming and the University of Miami.

Social analyst will speak at BHSU - Top

The subject of this presentation is, "The Way We Never Were: American Families." Coontz will be speaking about the myths that dominate our thinking about the family structure. She combines historical research and contemporary case studies to tell a story about parenting, privacy, gender relations and sexuality.

Coontz has published articles in several publications including Vogue, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She 

This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the university programming team, the sociology club and the human services club of Black Hills State University.

Contact Allen Godsell, 642-6418, Michele Waltman, 642-0339, or Corey Aker, 642-1686 for more information. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should notify one of the contacts at least 48 hours before the event.

Leading motivational speaker Joe Martin will present at BHSU - Top

Martin, a professor at West Florida University, will make two presentations and also conduct interactive leadership sessions with students.

"Get a Pulse: Finding your Purpose" is the title of his presentation Friday, Oct. 27 from 3-5 p.m. in the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy room. This presentation is designed to help people find, accept and live their life’s purpose. Martin will show students how to identify, accept and maximize their unique talents, skills, and abilities, how to get and stay self-motivated, how to stop themselves and others from sabotaging their success; how to become 100 percent committed to their problems and how to turn their passion into profits.

Martin will speak to student leaders, faculty and staff Saturday, Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This leadership retreat "Give and Grow Rich: Effective Service Leadership," will challenge participants to serve others better, unlock the secret of staying self-motivated, lead others by being an example, not an excuse, accept responsibility for personal and professional development and overcome obstacles.

According to Jane Klug, director of student services, this speaker is a once in a lifetime opportunity. "I have personally heard Professor Martin speak and I guarantee you will not be disappointed."

For more information contact the student union information center at 642-6062.

Global awareness committee sponsors presentation on consumerism and culture - Top

"Affluenza," a video about the ethics of consumerism and its consequences on the planet, will be shown from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., and also from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

A panel of committee members will present arguments on consumerism after the videos from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The panel members are: 

There will be an audience-panel interaction from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Legia Spicer at 642-6556.

Career center offers fall job search workshops - Top

BHSU students, recent graduates or alumni who need help finding the right career are 

"Organizing the ‘Systematic’ Job Search" will be presented Monday, Oct. 30, Tuesday, Nov. 28 and again Monday, Dec. 4.

"Writing Your Winning Resume" will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 1, Thursday, Nov. 30, and Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Football-basketball doubleheader will be held at BHSU - Top

The day begins at noon with a tailgater social at Salem Park in Spearfish. Then the BHSU Yellow Jacket football team will host Jamestown University for their final home game at 1:30 p.m. at Lyle Hare Stadium.

At 5 p.m. the BHSU Lady Yellow Jacket 

At 7 p.m. former Yellow Jacket basketball stars will go up against this year’s varsity team. All proceeds from this event will go to the Green and Gold Athletic Scholarship Fund.

For more information on any of these events call 642-6385 or 642-6882.

Health screening offered for employees - Top

Screenings include: cholesterol check, blood-sugar level (three-hour fast recommended), blood pressure, body mass index (bmi), and carbon monoxide. The health screening is available at no charge to benefited state employees and their spouses who are on the state’s health plan.

Special arrangements have been made with Avera McKennan to offer these health check tests at no cost to health plan participants. The primary care physician (PCP) does not offer these tests as routine procedures. Employees should not expect local clinics to provide these tests.

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Minutes of the Oct. 4 faculty senate meeting - Top

Members present: Curtis Card, John Glover, Dan Durben, Rob Schurrer, Rena Faye Norby, Margaret Lewis, Fred Heidrich, Steve Babbitt, Vincent King, student: Crystal Muglia. (Absent: Don Chastain, Colleen Kirby – Barb Chrisman replaced Colleen Kirby)

Meeting opened. President Card opened the meeting. The agenda was approved. The minutes of the September 20, 2000, meeting were approved.

Old Issues: The establishment of an honors program was discussed, including input and concerns from each college. It was agreed that the concept was good but that there were still many concerns about the details of the implementation of the program. Action: A findings of the senate listing the input and 

New Issues: George Earley discussed the CAAP exam and assessment at BHSU. The South Dakota Board of Regents strongly supports testing. The next CAAP exam will be Nov. 6-7 and will include tests in writing, math, science reasoning, and reading. Pass/fail levels are determined by the BOR. A help session for students will be scheduled in October. About $100,000 of BOR funding for BHSU is based on the improvement of students from their ACT entrance exams to their CAAP rising junior exams. The BOR is leaning toward adopting a nationally standardized exit exam, but they have not found an appropriate exam yet.

Meeting closed. The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.

Faculty research funds available - Top

It is anticipated that successful applicants will request support for faculty release time, research equipment, travel to research sites or research support for the production of creative work. Preference is given to new applicants, particularly in the areas of education, business, social sciences and humanities. A three-hour release time is available for fall of 2001. You can apply now.

The research committee will not provide salary. The committee may approve payment to student or non-student research assistants. Deliver the original plus ten copies of your proposal to the grants office in Woodburn 218 or Dr. Farrokhi’s office in Woodburn 314 by Nov. 10.

Instructional improvement funds available - Top

Grants opportunities announced - Top

• NEA. Resources for Change: Technology. A planned series of initiatives designed to address the organizational development needs of arts organizations. The first is technology. It responds to the intense interest on the part of arts organizations in exploring how recent advancements in telecommunications and computer technology can help them function more effectively, involve individuals in new and more active ways with the arts, and integrate the arts more fully into their communities. Due Dec. 1.

• American Philosophical Society.  Franklin research grants. Due October 2001. Daland Fellowship in Clinical Investigation. Due September 2001.