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Mountaineer Parent
Newsletter
October 2009
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Great Time of Year
Peg Layton, Dean of Students |
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October is a wonderful time to be in the Texas Hill Country
and to be on the Schreiner campus. Last weekend, a good
number of our families were able to visit campus for Family
Weekend. There was something for everyone including athletic
events, a tailgate party, a talent show and a concert by the
SU Choir. I am sure our Senate president, Kellen Ecker, made
his parents quite proud when he won the Cinderfella
competition. A special thanks to Tammi Clanton-Elmore, our
Director of Events, for coordinating the weekend. If you
were unable to join us this year, I hope we will see you
here next year.
Lots of other activity continues with fall sports events
this week as well as numerous Halloween activities. As is
the tradition on campus, our student organizations will come
together on October 30 to provide a safe Halloween event for
children from the Kerrville area. This has become a huge
event with small children in costumes taking over the
pavilion and having a great time visiting the game booths
where they get their faces painted, throw a cream pie at a
student or win a prize at the fishing pond.
Of course October is also the season for fall mid-term
grades. Students received their grade reports in their
Schreiner e-mail last week and so now know where they most
need to focus their energies for the remainder of the
semester.
Registration for spring classes will begin in November
according to classification, beginning with the seniors.
Students and advisors are currently meeting to develop class
schedules and discuss degree plans.
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University Athletics Report
Ron Macosko, SU Athletic Director |
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In Athletics, we are close to wrapping up our fall season
and this has been a very positive period of time for SU.
Currently, going into the final weekend of matches, both the
Men's Soccer and Volleyball teams control their own fate for
a chance to earn postseason opportunities.
Men's Soccer has rebounded from two lean years and has
returned to its rightful place among the ASC's elite with a
conference record of 6-2-3 which leaves them in a tie for
third place in the 14 team league.
Volleyball is 10-6 in ASC play and just one game out of the
postseason tournament with two home matches remaining.
Women's Soccer has shown great strides on the defensive end
of the pitch. Although the success hasn't yet translated to
the win-loss column, the team has shown remarkable growth in
allowing only 22 goals with just two matches remaining in
their season. The best year in our last six, prior to 2009,
had us giving up 52 goals (71 goals on average during that
time). With an overwhelmingly freshmen-based roster, good
things are on the horizon.
The golf teams had their best fall in many years and both
tennis teams also showed improvement heading into their
primary season. The cross country teams have had issues with
illness and injury but freshman Amanda Mendoza has already
established herself among the best runners in the
conference. The Maia brothers, Ryan and Michael, lead the SU
MCC to the ASC Championships in MS. Of course, the bottom
line is academic performance and we are cautiously
optimistic that all of our freshmen will make the adjustment
to college and will be successful in the classroom when
grades are reported in mid-December.
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Undergraduate Research:
Learning by Doing
Dr. Lydia Kualapai, Associate
Professor of English |
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Twenty
years ago, university professors relied on chalk to make a
point, and undergraduate students engaged in very little, if
any, original research. But the times, according to Dylan,
are a changin’. In colleges and universities across the
country, chalk has given way to computerized classrooms, and
undergraduate research has redefined traditional academic
roles for both students and faculty.
The relationship between computer technology and
undergraduate research is not exactly the chicken-and-egg
riddle, because obviously the computer came first. However,
over the last two decades, increasingly sophisticated
software and more affordable hardware have opened up the
research process to the point that software and hardware
must now respond to the demands of increasingly
sophisticated research. As a result, research projects that
only twenty years ago would have been unfeasible at a small
liberal arts university are now readily embraced by faculty
and students alike.
At Schreiner, students and faculty-mentors across the campus
are involved in undergraduate research projects ranging from
applications in literary theory to examinations of polyester
resin. Our students are presenting their work at regional,
national, and international conferences; they are making
outstanding contributions to the arts; and, most
significantly, they are learning by doing. Remarkably, it
takes little more than a conversation between a student and
an interested faculty member to put a project in motion.
Our students—your sons and daughters—are experiencing
firsthand a new, exciting, and long-overdue change in higher
education. Passive learning is giving way to hands-on
investigation, and the classroom is fast becoming the real
world.
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Thanksgiving Break Procedures for Residential Students
Jason Smith, Director of Residence
Life and Judicial |
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The freshman halls, Delaney, Faulkner, and L.A. will close
for the break at 9:00pm on Tuesday, November 24th. The
exterior doors to these residence halls will be locked
Tuesday night November 24, 2009 and they will remain closed
until Sunday, November 29, 2009 at noon.
Upperclass students who live in Pecan Grove, The Oaks, Flato,
or Trull may stay in their apartment or room over the break.
If your student intends to stay for part or the entire
break, he/she will need to fill out a Thanksgiving Break
Housing Form and return it to the Residence Life Office
located in the CCAC second floor by Monday, November 23,
2009 at 5pm.
If a residential student wants to stay over break but they
are not a resident of Pecan Grove, The Oaks, Flato,
or Trull, they may stay with a Pecan Grove, Oaks, Flato, or
Trull resident who is of the same sex. They will need to
fill out a Thanksgiving Break Housing Form and return it to
the Residence Life Office located in the CCAC second floor
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Wellness Newsletter
Gloria Algeo, R.N. |
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As a service to our families here at Schreiner, we provide
an online subscription to Student Health 101 for both
your student and yourself.
Student Health 101 is a monthly health and wellness
magazine just for college students and their parents. Each
issue contains valuable information that will help your
student make better decisions while in college, and can help
you with a better understanding of the health and wellness
challenges that face today’s students.
You can read the October issue of the
Parent Perspective online. You are also invited to
read the
Student Health 101 issue for our students. Here’s
what you’ll learn in the Student Health 101 issue
this month:
- Want to know the secret to great grades?
- How are things going with your roommates? Concerned? Communication
Breakdowns? Find solutions in Student Health 101.
- PLUS: Take the “Good Roommate Quiz” to see how you’re doing!
- Should 21 be the minimum legal drinking age?
- Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy talks about depression. Depression can hit
college students and music stars alike. Learn the signs and
how Pete Wentz found help. |
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Pay Early Save $$$$ |
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Pay spring tuition by November
1 and receive a 2 % discount! |
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Keeping up with Schreiner
happenings |
Easy to do. Just go to the
Schreiner web page and click the "calendars" link:
www.schreiner.edu/calendar |
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Important Dates to Remember |
Oct. 12 – 13 Fall Break
– All Residence Halls remain open
Oct. 15 Mid-term grades due
Oct. 24 – 25 Family Weekend
Nov. 2 – 20 Academic advising and registration for
spring
Nov. 25 – 29 Thanksgiving Holiday (Freshmen residence
halls are closed)
Dec. 9 Last Day of Classes
Dec. 10 Reading Day
Dec. 11, 14, 15, 16 Final Exams
Dec. 13 Graduation Recognition Ceremony
Dec. 16 Fall Term Ends (Freshmen residence halls
close) |
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Best wishes,
Peg Layton, Dean of Students
CMB #6217,
2100 Memorial Blvd.,
Kerrville, Texas 78028-5697
Phone:
830-792-7277 or 7278
email:
palayton@schreiner.edu |
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