Jacks fall to Nebraska in NCAA Tournament

SDSU's volleyball season came to an end Nov. 30 in Lincoln, Neb., when the Jackrabbits ran into the defending national champion and second-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers in front of a packed house of 4,189 fans.

The Huskers, who improve to 28-1, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 30-13, 30-14, 30-13 win. The Summit League champion Jackrabbits finished the season 25-11.

Friday's match ended the careers of Jackrabbit seniors Amy Anderson, Kristina Martin, Samantha Pearson and Mackenzie Osadchuk, but not before the made their marks in the SDSU record book.

Anderson leaves the program as the school's all-time leader in block assists with 422, and the single-season leader in block assists with 156 in 2007 (which broke her record of 133 in 2005).

She also holds the SDSU record for total blocks in a three and four-game match (both 10), along with The Summit League Tournament record 11 total blocks in a match and 21 total blocks in a tournament.

Martin's playing career ends with an SDSU best 1,765 kills to go along with her record 33 kills in a four-game match and record 36 kills in a five-game match. Martin also leaves as just the fifth player in SDSU history to record at least 1,000 kills and at least 1,000 digs (1,074).

In 2007 alone, Pearson broke the SDSU career digs mark with 1,929, single season digs mark with 718 and the single-match records for digs in a three, four and five game match with 28, 30 and 37 digs respectively.

In all, the 2007 Jackrabbits broke, or tied, 23 team or individual records.

Senior Kristina Martin, Hubertus, Wis., goes up for a block in Lincoln, Neb. Friday, Nov. 30, when the Jackrabbits lost to the defending national champion and second ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers in front of a packed house of 4,189 fans at the historic NU Coliseum.

Silver bells, little tin drums, and Christmas jazz

The SDSU Percussion Ensemble and the South Dakota Jazz Orchestra will team up Dec 9 at 4 p.m. in the Larson Memorial Hall of the Performing Arts Center to welcome the holiday season with more than just silver bells for their 2007 Holiday Concert.

The Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Aaron Ragsdale, will open with traditional carols performed on a variety of typical and novel percussion instruments.

Some of the group's classic selections include "I Saw Three Ships," and arrangements from the television favorite, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

Ragsdale, who recently completed his doctoral work at Rutgers University, is in his first year as a percussion instructor at SDSU.

The South Dakota Jazz Orchestra will follow with a big band version of a collection of seasonal tunes. "Away in a Manger," "God Rest Ye Merry Trombones," and "Christmas Time is Here," will be among the many numbers performed by some of South Dakota's best jazz musicians.

Corliss Johnson, a retired SDSU Music Department and faculty emeritus, directs the South Dakota Jazz Orchestra.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, and are available at the door. Admission is free to children 12 and under. For more information, contact the Music Department, 688-5187.

'All My Sons' drama in December

State University Theatre will continue its 2007-2008 lineup with Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", a three-act drama about responsibility, war-profiteering, and the American dream. The show will run from Dec 5-8 at 7:30 p.m. in SDSU's Doner Auditorium. There will also be a matinee Dec 8 at 2 p.m.

"All My Sons" focuses on the fortunes of the Keller and Deever families. During the war, Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine shop, which made airplane parts for the planes used in the war.

Ticket prices are $16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens, $10 for SDSU faculty and staff, $9 for non-SDSU students, and free for SDSU students with ID.

The Box Office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 to 8 p.m. on performance nights. For ticket information, call 688-6045, or StateUniversityTheatre@gmail.com.

Forum to be held on academic integrity issues

The Academic Senate in collaboration with the Students' Association is sponsoring an open forum with Jim Shekleton, the general counsel for the Board of Regents, on academic integrity issues.

Faculty members and students are invited to come and visit with Shekleton about these issues. The forum will be Dec. 11 in room 169 A and B in The Union from 3:30 to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Ann Marie Bahr, 688-4935.

Ag Museum book about essays on communities

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum Press has released its first book, "Peril and Promise: Essays on Community in South Dakota and Beyond."

The 246-page volume is available in paperback in bookstores and from the museum gift shop for $15. The book includes writings by a dozen scholars affiliated with SDSU. It also contains poems by William Kloefkorn, Lydia Whirlwind Soldier, Darla Bielfieldt, Joe Paddock, Ruby Wilson, and Ted Kooser, former Poet Laureate of the United States. Twenty-six photographs and an annotated bibliography round out the book.

Work on the project originated several years ago with the discussions of a group of scholars from several academic disciplines, ranging from English, history and sociology to political science, biology, and education. After reading and discussing Robert Putnam’s best-selling book, "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community," the group decided to write essays of their own on the subject of statewide and regional perspectives. Eventually scholars from philosophy, counseling, and Indian studies joined the project.

Authors, editors, and publishers of Peril and Promise include (back row from left) John Miller, Nels Granholm; (middle) Chuck Woodard, Mary Haug, MaryJo Benton Lee, Del Lonowski; (front) Larry Rogers, Ruby Wilson, Ruth Harper, and Darla Bielfeldt. The collection includes seven other writers.

Air Force internships available for engineering students

The Air Force is currently looking for engineering students for internship opportunities at Air Force Research Laboratories during the summer of their sophomore or junior year in college.

Students can earn $4,500 for 10 weeks, plus paid lodging, transportation, and meals. Engineering fields of interest are computer engineering, electrical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Internship locations are: Edwards AFB, Los Angeles, Calif; Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Hanscom AFB, Boston, Mass; Kirkland AFB, Albuquerque, N.M.; Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Fla; and Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.

For more information and questions, contact Capt. Robert Clouse, 688-6106, or robert.clouse@sdstate.edu.

SDSU students display senior art exhibition in Ritz Gallery

Four SDSU graphic design majors will display their Senior Visual Arts Exhibition in the Ritz Gallery Dec. 3-14. A public reception is scheduled for Dec. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The exhibition "Suspend" contains a variety of graphic design pieces. Letterpress projects, packaging designs, animations, web designs, and ceramics are featured in the show.

Students presenting their work include Sarah Kruse, Interior; Katherine Puetz, Sioux Falls; Marnie Graham, Brandon; and Crystal Spielmann, Marshall, Minn.

The Ritz Gallery is located in Grove Hall, south of The Union between Mathews and Brown dormitories. Art gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is available in The Union and HPER lots. Admission is free.

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This calendar is prepared by the Office of University Relations. For more information, to have campus events included in the next calendar, or to make address corrections, please contact April Clarin at University Relations, SCM 105, Box 2230, (605) 688-6161, or by email at april.clarin@sdstate.edu. Thank you.

Korean expert shares view of globalization tonight

SDSU will host a guest lecturer from halfway across the world when Kye-Chung Song of Daejon, Korea, presents "Globalization of American Firms: from the Asian Perspective" today, Dec. 3 in the Dakota Room at The Union at 5:30 p.m.

Song's presentation is sponsored by the South Dakota Council on World Affairs and Brookings Area Entrepreneur Network. The program is free and open to the public. He will address the affect local government has on the performance of local entrepreneurs as well as American firms.

A professor at Chungnam National University in Daejon, Song is an expert in organizational behavior and human resource management in the Department of Business Administration in the College of Economics and Management.

His research and publications have focused on cultural influences on leadership and organizations. He also served as president of the Korean Association of Personnel Administration and the Korean Association of Human Resource Development.

For additional information, contact Harriet Swedlund, 688-5416, or harriet.swedlund@sdstate.edu.

Dr. Kye-Chung Song will address the "Globalization of American Firms" today at 5:30 p.m. in Room 159 at The Union.

HERI Faculty Survey arrives in December

The HERI Faculty Survey will run through March 2008. The survey is designed to provide colleges and universities with timely information about the attitudes, experiences, concerns, job satisfaction, workload, teaching practices and professional activities of collegiate faculty and administrators.

Information resulting from the survey can be used to facilitate self-study and accreditation activities; inform campus planning and policy analysis; enhance faculty development programs; and improve students’ educational experiences.

The 2004-2005 faculty survey was the ninth national survey of faculty conducted by HERI. Since 1989, more than 300,000 faculty at more than 1,100 two-year and four-year colleges nationwide have participated in the research.

The initial survey invitation e-mail will arrive Dec. 4. The subject line will be "HERI Faculty Survey Invitation." It will be sent directly from the survey processing company. Reminders will be sent in January, February, and March.

For more information, contact Pam Rieger, 688-6740.

Phi Kappa Phi lecture to be Dec. 13

Dr. Robert Burns, Dean of the Honors College and Distinguished Professor of Political Science. will deliver the address "The Cost of War: A Case for Political Accountability and Shared Sacrifice" following the annual fall Phi Kappa Phi initiation ceremony Thursday, Dec. 13 at 5:30 in SSU 101B.

Invitation to membership goes to persons in all academic disciplines who are juniors in the upper 7.5% of their class, seniors in the upper 10% and outstanding graduate students. Established in 1949, the SDSU chapter is one of over 300 chapters on college and university campuses in North America and the Philippines.

Dr. David Olson, President of the alumni chapter, will conduct the formal initiation ceremony. A reception follows the initiation and will continue after the address.

The ceremony and program are open to SDSU faculty, parents and friends of initiates and students who are to be recognized. For additional information, contact David Olson at 688-5614 or Harriet Swedlund at 688-5416.

Bob Burns' Phi Kappa Phi lecture Dec. 13 is "The Cost of War: A Case for Political Accountability and Shared Sacrifice."

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