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Lumberjacks
lose to
Arkansas
Inside
Lufkin
Courthouse
saved
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Lumberjacks
lose to Hogs
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Tennis team
loses to UTA
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Softball hosts
ULM today
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Opinions
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Columns
Kate Neal talks
about push-ing
through last
three weeks
of school
Facebook is the
new way for
employers to
do background
search
Entertainment
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Autism concert
Photos from Art
Alliance show
Volume 92
Issue 12
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Monday April 23, 2012 52
WEDNESDAY
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Facebook in
the workplace.
Should
they search
everyone’s
page?
By Wendi Kunkel
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Career Services is offering a new
service geared toward preparing
students and alumni alike for the
job search after graduation. Every
Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. students
can bring any career documents they
wish to have critiqued to the Career
Services office on the third floor of the
Rusk Building.
Haley Hoskins, interview coordina-tor
for Career Services, suggested that
anyone interested in participating do
so.
“Whether they are starting from
the very beginning, or just need an
‘everything looks great,’ each student
can benefit from attending a session,”
Hoskins said.
The benefits attendees will receive
include being able to walk away with
revisions to any career documents,
whereas an in-depth critique might
take several business days to receive.
Also students get the chance to sit
down with staff face-to-face and ask
any questions they may have, it also
gives those critiquing in the chance to
explain any revisions made.
Hoskins encourages job seekers to
get as much help or feedback for each
stage of resume and career document
building as possible.
“It is important to seek out assis-tance
in the conceptualizing stage be-cause
many students often forgo valu-able
experiences that will enhance
their resume,” Hoskins said. “The cre-ation
of the resume is instrumental in
being successful in a job search, as a
bad resume can instantly find its way
in a trash can.”
Students who find themselves
struggling to create their resume can
contact Career Services to schedule
an appointment where a staff member
can provide them with the foundation
to create a great resume, as well as
brainstorm with them the experience
and qualifications the job seeker pos-ses
to insert into the resume.
Hoskins reminded those building
their resume to continue doing so.
“It is imperative to see the resume
as a living document, constantly up-dating
it with experiences, accom-plishments
and qualifications as they
are obtained,” Hoskins said.
wkunkel@thepinelog.com
Career Services
helps students to
build resumes
JENNIFER ROGERS
THEPINE LOG
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Building. She has
been seen around
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Sharp reductions in state funding of higher
education factored heavily in Tuesday’s decision
by the SFA Board of Regents to raise tuition and
room-and-board rates for the coming academic
year.
Designated tuition will be raised from $124.40
to $141.86 per semester credit hour beginning in
fall 2012, increasing the cost of a 15-hour semes-ter
by $291. Additionally, room-and-board rates
will increase 2.5 percent and 2.0 percent, respec-tively.
Together, the room-and-board rates will
equate to an increase of about $96 per student
each semester.
Raising costs for students is something the
Board of Regents does not take lightly, according
to Dr. Scott Coleman of Houston, chairman of the
board’s finance and audit committee.
“This is a huge issue for us because it directly
impacts those we are trying to serve – the student
body itself,” he said.
“Providing the services we do and the courses
we want to offer and the education quality we
have is paramount in our thoughts. We don’t take
this lightly. (We do our best) to make sure that
what we bring forward to you is something that
will continue the university’s function yet still
provide a quality service for the students.”
Coleman said SFA’s tuition currently falls
about in the middle of what institutions across
the state are charging for a college education.
However, while six-year graduation rates have
been on the decline statewide, SFA has reported
steady increases in the past five years.
The regents adopted a summer budget to-taling
approximately $3.57 million. The figure
represents a decrease of approximately $1 mil-lion
from last year’s summer budget, which was
achieved by temporarily reducing the pay scale
for faculty members teaching summer courses,
according to Dr. Richard Berry, provost and vice
president for academic affairs.
The board also approved issuing a Request
for Qualifications for an architectural firm and
a Request for Proposal for a construction man-ager
at risk to begin the construction phase of
a planned conservation education center at the
Pineywoods Native Plant Center. The project will
be funded by donations.
The administration also was authorized
to enter into an agreement with South Texas
Technology Management for invention manage-ment
and any subsequent agreements necessary
to jointly manage or market university-owned in-tellectual
property developed by faculty and staff
members within the scope of their employment
with the university. STTM provides comprehen-sive
and integrated technology development ser-vices
to their affiliates, from initial evaluation of
an invention to patenting and marketing.
During the meeting Tuesday, the Board of
Regents also approved:
• A list of small classes for the spring 2012 se-mester;
• Undergraduate and graduate curriculum
changes as recommended by the administration;
• Renaming the Department of General
Business within the Nelson Rusche College
of Business the Department of Business
Communication and Legal Studies;
• Changing the name of the Department of
Chemistry within the College of Sciences and
Mathematics to the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry;
• The purchase of four shuttle buses at a cost
not to exceed $400,000;
• Utilizing the services of CoBro Consulting
to provide comprehensive program assessment,
data analysis and evaluation services for the
GEAR UP for Success Project to meet grant re-quirements;
• Set course and lab fees for Fiscal Year 2013;
• Use available fund balances for the early pay
off of SECO loan obligations totaling $3.92 mil-lion;
• Renew the lease of space in the Baker Pattillo
Student Center with Commercial Bank of Texas
for an additional five years;
• Grant awards allocable to Fiscal Year 2012
totaling more than $333,000; and
• Various policy revisions.
Board of Regents raises tution, room and board
Following a national search, Dr. Kimberly
Childs was named dean of Stephen F. Austin State
University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics
by the Board of Regents Tuesday.
A professor of mathematics at SFA, Childs has
been serving as interim dean for the past year
and also directs the STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) Research and
Learning Center. She has previously served as
associate dean in the college.
Childs, a native of Galveston, joined the fac-ulty
of the SFA Department of Mathematics
and Statistics16 years ago after teaching in high
schools in Galveston and Jacksonville, as well
as at Lon Morris College. She earned her bach-elor’s
degree in mathematics from Dallas Baptist
University and her master’s in mathematics
teaching from SFA. She received a doctorate de-gree
in mathematics education from Texas A&M
University.
The Board of Regents also approved numer-ous
additional faculty and staff appointments,
changes of status, promotions and retirements
at the meeting Tuesday. Faculty appointments
included: Erik Byker, assistant professor of el-ementary
education; Donald Gooch, assistant
professor of government; David Rex-Galindo, as-sistant
professor of Latin American history; and
Daniel Bennett and Jennifer Gumm, assistant
professors of biology.
Staff appointments included: Samantha
Mora, alumni events and engagement director
in Alumni Affairs; Suzanne Heffernan, aquat-ics
coordinator in campus recreation; Anne
Uhyrek, accountant III in the controller’s office;
June Parker, graphics shop supervisor; Maureen
Havard, physican assistant in health services;
Wayne Meier, programmer/analyst I in infor-mation
technology services; and Donna Parish,
marketing communication specialist in public
affairs.
Staff appointment in athletics included: Kevin
Carberry, Richard Olin and Troy Rogers, assistant
football coaches; Daniel Georgalas, assistant vol-leyball
coach; Joshua Jorgensen, coordinator of
athletic operations; and Samantha Robinson,
athletic academic services assistant. In addition,
Nathan Schneider moved from athletic academic
services assistant to assistant football coach.
Additional changes of status were approved for
the College of Liberal and Applied Arts: Kwame
Antwi-Boasiako, from associate professor of
government to associate professor and interim
chair of the Department of Government; Mark
Barringer, from associate professor of history and
associate dean to associate professor and chair
of the Department
of History; and
Robert Szafran,
from professor of
social and cultural
analysis to profes-sor
and chair of
the Department of
Social and Cultural
Analysis.
Changes of
status in the
D e p a r t m e n t
of Information
T e c h n o l o g y
Services includ-ed:
William Croft,
from instructional
systems adminis-trator
to systems
programmer I; Daniel Duplechian, from pro-grammer/
analyst II to programmer/analyst III;
and Allena Kendall and Jacquelyn Vose, from
programmer/analyst I to programmer/analyst II.
Other changes of status approved by the re-gents
included: Jennifer Bailey, from associate
Dr. Childs name dean of science and math
CHILDS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
COURTSEY PHOTO
Dr. Kimberly Childs
: SFA spirit squads
Nationals results
Pom Dance
3rd place
Large Co-ed
2nd place
Small Co-ed
5th place
Jack Attack
In 2009, TJ Maple, head dance coach, introduced the Jack
Attack Hip Hop Team concept to the dance teams program. SFA
is the first and only university to date to have a separate Hip
Hop-only team in addition to the dance team.
Jack Attack won the ADTS (American Dance Team School)
Collegiate Hip Hop Division in 2010 and 2011 and placed 4th
in Division I Hip Hop at NDA Collegiate Nationals in 2011.
This year marks their first national title at the National Dance
Alliance collegiate competition.
Partner Stunts
Two members of the large co-ed cheerleading team, Alec
Heffron and Allison Pagnotta, competed in the National
Cheerleaders Association Collegiate Partner Stunts Competition
on Saturday, April 14. With top cheerleading couples across the
national competing, Heffron, and Pagnotta won the national
title. There was intense competition this year with nine qualify-ing
couples from universities such as Oklahoma State University,
Sam Houston State University and Universidad de Costa Rica
competing.
Heffron is from Emporia, Kan., and a kinesiology major.
Pagnotta is from Canyon County, Calif., and is a criminal justice
major.
Additional Partner stunts:
Dusty Burns & Caley Coss —5th place
Dustin Moore & Missy Bolman—4th place
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