CAMPUS EVENTS

Georgia Southern 2007 holiday kick off
Georgia Southern will kick off the holidays with the official holiday lighting of Sweetheart Circle Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Free holiday treats, including cider, hot chocolate and an assortment of holiday cookies, will be available on Sweetheart Circle in front of the Administration Building.
In the event of rain, the celebration will be held in the Georgia Southern Museum.
The event is sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management.

Red Cross benefit raffle through Nov. 26

Holiday Helpers in need of volunteers
The 14th annual Holiday Helpers project is underway. The entire campus is invited to participate in this Volunteer Services program. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to take a tag or tags from the tree and give gifts to those in need in the Statesboro area. Campus clubs, sororities, fraternities, organizations, academic and administrative departments and classes are encouraged to participate as groups. Individuals are asked to donate one-hour blocks of time to “tree-sit,” which involves assisting those who wish to select tags and return gifts to the tree. The project will be held through Wednesday, Nov. 28. Volunteers will also be needed for gift-wrapping and bagging in mid-November.
Those wishing to volunteer for tree-sitting and/or gift wrapping should sign up now in the Carroll Building, Room 1003.
For more information on how you can become a Holiday Helper, contact Eileen Sconyers at ext. 5443 or Diana Hensley at ext. 0010

Winter Holiday Cultural Celebration Nov. 28
The Multicultural Student Center will host the Winter Holiday Cultural Celebration Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Russell Union Commons.
“The Winter Holiday Cultural Celebration is a unique opportunity for people in the Statesboro and Georgia Southern communities to interact with people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds,” said Consuela Pender, director of the Multicultural Student Center. “The program is designed to allow individuals to represent and display information about the primary winter holiday they celebrate.”
Tables and representatives of the major holidays will be in the Russell Union Commons from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A program will also take place on stage during this time in which some groups will perform or demonstrate some aspect of their winter holiday. Numerous faith groups will be represented including, but not limited to, Baha’i, Christian, Muslim and Jewish. Also, various cultures will be represented including Chinese, Korean, German, Spanish, African and Caribbean.
For more information, contact the Multicultural Student Center at ext. 5409.

Club Mud Winter Exhibition and Sale
is Nov. 29-Dec. 1
The 23rd Annual Club Mud Winter Exhibition and Sale will take place Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec.1, in the Ceramics and Sculpture Studio at 236 Forest Drive. The studio will be open Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Club Mud offers the public an opportunity to view and purchase original artworks created by students enrolled in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. The exhibition and sale features work from art students in ceramics, jewelry and small metals. Students receive a portion of the sale proceeds, with the rest being used to fund visiting artists and student travel to professional conferences.
The community is welcome and is encouraged to visit the studio, meet with the student artists, and view their artwork. For further information, call the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art at ext. 5358.

Lakeside Seasons Greetings luncheon Nov. 29
Lakeside Café will be hosting their Seasons Greetings Luncheon Thursday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The menu includes turkey and dressing, gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potato souffle, collard greens, seven layer salad, grape salad, watergate salad, congealed salad, apple cider, and rolls.
The cost is one meal plan. If using Eagle Express, the cost is $5.73. If paying with cash, the cost is $5.73 plus tax.

Movie night Nov. 29
Eagle Entertainment is sponsoring the movie "Rush Hour 3" Wednesday, Nov. 28, and Thursday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. each evening in the Russell Union Theater. Admission to the movie is $2 per person.
For more information, visit www.eagleentertainment.com or contact the Office of Student Activities at ext. 7270.

University hosts Southern Scholar’s
Showcase Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Georgia Southern will host its third annual Southern Scholar’s Showcase Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1. The Office of Admissions has invited 150 exceptional students to participate in the event that allows them an opportunity to meet with faculty, staff and student leaders.
On Friday, the students will attend a welcome reception in the Russell Union followed by a dinner and holiday celebration at the Georgia Southern Museum. On Saturday, the students will interview for academic scholarships and the 1906 Scholars Program. They will also be presented with information on the University Honors Program, University Housing, Student Life, engineering studies and study abroad opportunities. Students will also meet with representatives from student government, religious ministries and student media. The Southern Scholar’s Showcase will close with an honorary luncheon for the students and their parents.
These students were selected based on their SAT scores, grade point averages, creativity and desire for future academic success. Not only have these students excelled academically, but have enhanced their high school experience through involvement in extracurricular activities, leadership and community service.
Please take the opportunity to welcome these outstanding young men and women to our university and community.

Planetarium presents public evening Nov. 30
The Planetarium will present “Holiday Skies” Friday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Enjoy a festive evening under the stars, and learn which constellations you and your family can enjoy from your own backyard during the holiday season. Star shows, refreshments and telescopic observing outdoors will follow each presentation. Free star and moon maps will be available to all visitors at the event.
For more information, contact the Department of Physics at ext. 5292.

ODK invites community participation
with Project Iraq
The Georgia Southern chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) is inviting the University community to participate in ODK Project Iraq. The project which was started by ODK in fall 2006, sends care packages to alumni serving in Iraq.
The group is accepting all donations both products and monetary donations. Items that have been requested include shaving cream, razors, wipes, soap, playing cards, lip balm, sunflower seeds, nuts, hard candy, gum, note cards, stamps, games and anything else you think would make a soldier’s day.
ODK is accepting donations through Friday, Nov. 30. Items may be dropped off at the Academic Success Center Room 1020 or with Barbara Price in COBA Room 3320. To schedule a pick-up, call ext. 5415. The Academic Success Center is located across the pedestrium from Newton and COBA. Packages will be mailed to soldiers Saturday, Dec. 1.

Proposals for ACIS Southern Regional Conference due Nov. 30
The Center for Irish Studies is requesting proposals for the 2008 American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS): Southern Regional Conference to be held Thursday, March 6, through Saturday, March 8, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah.
The presentations should focus on any aspect of Irish Studies, however those that elaborate on the theme “Ireland: Assent and Dissent,” are especially encouraged.
The proposal deadline is Friday, Nov. 30. For more information, visit http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ACIS.html or contact Janice Reynolds at ext. 1755 or janreyn@georgiasouthern.edu.

Toys for Tots drop-off point
The Nessmith-Lane Building has once again become a Toys for Tots drop-off point. New unwrapped toys can be dropped off in the Nessmith-Lane Building lobby through Monday, Dec. 10. Monetary donations, made by check, will also be accepted and should be delivered to Deborah Champion in the Nessmith-Lane Building or P.O. Box 8124. Make checks payable to Toys for Tots.
Toys for Tots in Bulloch County made a difference in the lives of approximately 500 children last year. This year the need is even greater.
For more information, contact Champion at ext. 1760 or via e-mail at dchampion@georgiasouthern.edu.

BCSATF annual fundraiser going on now
The Bulloch County Sexual Assault Task Force (BCSATF) is a community effort that assists victims of sexual assault. The group has offered a 24-hour-a-day/7-days-a-week rape crisis hotline (531-1771) since 2003 and has trained more than 100 crisis advocates. The crisis advocates assist rape victims at East Georgia Regional Medical Center and have accompanied victims to the police or sheriff’s office.
The BCSATF is holding its annual fundraiser, Pecans Galore, through Monday, Dec. 31, to raise money to continue the rape crisis hotline.
The group is offering gift-wrapped bags of freshly picked Georgia pecans in the following flavors: chocolate covered (12 oz.), cinnamon covered (8 oz.) and deliciously glazed (8 oz.). They are also offering large pecan halves that can be used for baking.
Prices will vary between $6 and $9 per bag.
To order pecans, contact Linda Rohrer Paige, professor in the Department of Literature and Philosophy and co-chair of BCSATF, at ext. 0232 or 536-4164.

Awards of Merit nominations
Every year eight classified and/or administrative professional employees are selected from campus nominations to receive an Award of Merit. The award is based on meritorious job performance during the last year. Recipients of the award receive a check for $1,000 and a medallion acknowledging their outstanding and meritorious service.
Nominations for the Award of Merit may be submitted through Friday, Jan. 18. The Personnel Advisory Council representatives will review the nominations in January and early February. The recipients will be announced at the Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, April 9, in the Performing Arts Center.
Information on the Award of Merit and a nomination form can be found at http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/ppac/awards.html.

Continuing Education Call for Proposals
The Continuing Education Center is actively recruiting instructional proposals which feature innovative ideas for classes, workshops, training, lectures and other educational experiences for professional development, personal development and leisure. The target audiences are the general public, professionals, seniors and youth.
Faculty and staff members are encouraged to respond to this Call for Proposals. Visit the Web site at to http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/teachCE.html read the proposal guidelines and access the online proposal submission form. There are several programs that need qualified instructors as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, contact Tony Bretti, assistant dean and director of Continuing Education, at ext. 5442.

Greater Savannah Eagle Club
fall business luncheons
Open to all alumni, boosters and friends of Georgia Southern, the Greater Savannah Eagle Club business luncheons are held on the fourth Thursday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. at Johnny Harris Restaurant, 1651 E. Victory Drive. Following is a list of dates and speakers:
• Dec. - no meetings.
• Thursday, Jan. 24 - Rodney Hennon, head baseball coach.
For more information, contact Rick Bean at (912)629-2143 or rbean@krtcpa.com or visit http://chathameagleclub.org.

WGST project competition submissions
due March 1
The Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) Research and Project Competition submission forms are available online at http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/wgender/awards.php.
Faculty are asked to encourage students who have excelled in their classes to submit projects for the WGST Award. Projects may come from spring or fall 2007 courses. Submissions are due by Saturday, March 1.
For more information, contact Nancy Malcom at ext. 5168 or nmalcom@georgiasouthern.edu.

TRAINING

Human Resources offers training
The Human Resources Training and Development Department will offer the following courses in November.
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Monday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Russell Union Room 2071.
• P-Card, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Contract Services.
• Excel Level I, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., College of Education Room 2150.
• No classes Wednesday, Nov. 28.
• P-Card Renewal Training, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Contract Services.
• No classes scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30, and Monday, Dec. 3.
Coming in December:
• Self Serve, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., HR Training Room. This course will discuss how to update personal employee data and view compensation information online.
• Welcome to Georgia Southern University, Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., HR Training Room. This workshop is intended for new campus employees.
To register for any of the courses listed, or to view other upcoming courses, visit http://jobs.georgiasouthern.edu/TD/training.
Training courses offered through the Training and Development Department are designed for the faculty, staff and student workers of the University.
For more information or questions, contact Ale Kennedy or Sylvia Everett at ext. 1687.

Workshop at Georgia Southern will focus on excellent customer service
Georgia Southern’s “Customer Service with Excellence” workshop will be held on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. in the Nessmith-Lane Building.
Led by Cynthia Watts, the program will cover how to assess different types of customers, and how to deal with difficult people and situations. Among other topics, the workshop will include what to say and how to say it in order to turn new customers into repeat customers.
Watts is a certified work and life coach, a writer and a corporate trainer. She has taught in such varied venues as Habitat for Humanity International (South Atlantic Region), Proctor and Gamble, and the Marine Corps Logistics Base at Albany, Ga.
The $129 fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. If six employees from the same organization sign up for the workshop, a seventh person from the same organization can attend for free. To register for the workshop or obtain more information, visit http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/customerservice.html or call ext. 5551.

Library workshops underway
The Henderson Library computer workshops are currently underway. These workshops will help participants become computer savvy and improve their research skills using licensed resources accessible through GALILEO. The workshops are open to all students, faculty and staff.
For more information, visit http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/workshops.html or contact the Henderson Library Information Services Department at ext. 5645.

Emerging Technology Center offers workshops
The Emerging Technology Center will continue providing workshops for various programs throughout the fall semester. For an updated listing of available workshops, visit the training page on the Web site at http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/etc/.
All workshops are held in the College of Education building, room 2150. For questions, contact the department at ext. 0882.

PRESENTATIONS

Persico Lecture Series Nov. 26
On Monday, Nov. 26, at 5 p.m. the Persico Lecture Series will feature Steve Hale, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who will present “Archaeology and Community Development Among the Kuna of Panama.”
The presentation will be held in the Carroll Building Room 2255. Participants can enjoy free pizza. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for a Habitat for Humanity trip to Panama to build houses for the Kuna.
For more information, contact Jessica Cochran, Georgia Southern Anthropological Society president, at yoplait_is_a_lunchie@hotmail.com or Sue Moore, department chair and professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, at ext. 5568.

Former drug addict to share experiences with students Nov. 26
The Office of Health Education and Promotion at Georgia Southern University will present “Confessions of a Former Drug Addict…Real Talk” Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center (PAC).
On the outside, it appeared that B.J. Elliott had everything going for him. He was graduating from college and received an award from the National Restaurant Association. However, on the inside, Elliott was constantly fearful of rejection and unable to love himself.
Feeling unsuccessful at matching the outside with what was going on inside, Elliott turned to drugs and alcohol to survive and quickly lost everything to addiction. After witnessing drug deals gone bad, chemical explosions from the manufacturing of drugs and the pain he was causing his family, he was still unable to stop the cycle. After hitting bottom, he finally recognized his problem and went to detox.
Now almost two years clean from all drugs and alcohol, Elliott is using his pain to give hope to others. He currently lives with brain damage, tremors and permanent health problems as a result of his years of drug use.
There is no admission for the presentation.

Georgia Southern will present Celtic Joy Nov. 28
To celebrate the holiday season the Center for Irish Studies is partnering with the Southern Georgia Symphony to offer Celtic Joy, an Irish-themed concert. The concert will be held Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 7 p.m.
“The show is bringing to south Georgia a man many see as the finest living exponent of fiddling in the intricate Sligo style, Oisín Mac Diarmada,” said Howard Keeley, director of the Center for Irish Studies and assistant professor in the Department of Literature and Philosophy.
A graduate in music from the University of Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Mac Diarmada began playing the fiddle at a young age in County Clare. As a child, he moved north along Ireland’s Atlantic coast to County Sligo, where he developed an interest in that county’s famed playing style.
The concert will have two parts. The first half of Celtic Joy will consist of more traditional holiday music including Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival” and Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” The second half will focus on Ireland with Mac Diarmada playing solos to include the native Irish Christmas song “The Wexford Carol.” Mac Diarmada and the Southern Georgia Symphony will perform “Island Wedding,” a piece written for an orchestra and solo fiddle by Irish composer Charles Lennon. The symphony will also present the purely orchestral piece “Irish Rhapsody Number One,” written by Charles Villiers Stanford.
Throughout the second half, Keeley and members of the student drama troupe Second Avenue will offer three short spoken word pieces.
Celtic Joy is sponsored by the Center for Irish Studies and by Culture Ireland. Culture Ireland is an Irish government agency for promoting Irish arts and culture internationally.
Ticket prices are $20 for general admission and $10 for students and children under 12. To purchase tickets, contact the PAC box office at ext. 7999 or 866-PAC-ARTS.

Symphonic Winds offer concert on Nov. 30
Georgia Southern’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony will present a concert Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public.
The performance will include an eclectic mix of compositions including “The Dream of Oenghus,” by German composer Rolf Rudin; “Toledo,” by American composer Bruce Carlson; and “Scenes from ‘The Louvre,’” by American composer Norman Dello Joio.
The 45-member Symphonic Wind Ensemble and 60-member Wind Symphony are the two major concert bands open to all Georgia Southern student musicians. The groups perform music as traditional as a John Philip Sousa march and as edgy as the music of Frank Zappa. The ensembles are conducted by Robert Dunham, director of bands at Georgia Southern.

Lee Greenwood in concert at Performing Arts Center on Dec. 7
The Performing Arts Center (PAC) will get into the holiday spirit with a concert by a beloved country artist.
Lee Greenwood will perform at the PAC on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Greenwood boasts a lengthy string of hit records, most notably “God Bless the USA,” which has become one of the nation’s most popular patriotic anthems.
Tickets for Lee Greenwood are $35 per person for the general public. Georgia Southern faculty, staff and students will receive a $5 discount for each ticket.
In addition, if any tickets are available 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the performance, any Georgia Southern student with a valid University I.D. can purchase one ticket for $10.
Greenwood has been churning out chart-topping records for more than two decades. The native of Sacramento, Calif., was twice named Male Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA).
To purchase tickets or obtain additional information, call ext. 7999 or toll free (866) PAC-ARTS, or visit the PAC Web site at http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/pac.

Gernant’s work displayed at Averitt
A hand-designed Christmas card collection by Frieda Gernant, a member of the art faculty from 1946-76, will be on display in the main gallery of the Averitt Center for the Arts Friday, Dec. 7, through Friday, Dec. 28. The display will open Friday, Dec. 7, with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The collection was created over the years from 1935 to 1998. Gernant, who taught for more than 30 years at Georgia Teachers College, designed her first card in 1935 for an art class assignment. She continued this artistic greeting to family and friends each year until her death in 1999.

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EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

For a list of all current job opportunities on campus, please check with the Division of Human Resources (for classified staff positions) at (912) 681-5468, TDD: (912) 681-0791; the Office of the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs (for faculty positions) at (912) 681-5258, TDD: (912) 871-1654; or the University’s web site at http://jobs.georgiasouthern.edu.
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Georgia Southern University further affirms its commitment to prohibit retaliation by any University employee against an employee who in, good faith, complains about alleged discrimination.
For further information, including information about the complaint and grievance procedures, please contact the Diversity Services Office, at (912) 681-5136, TDD: (912) 681-0273 or by e-mail at affirmac@georgiasouthern.edu .