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Campus e-Update for October 22, 2015
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Staff & Faculty Flu Shots
We are still giving flu shots for State Staff & Faculty Employees if they have their Dakotacare Card. Please call 6426520, or e-mail penney.williams@bhsu.edu, for an appointment.
--Submitted by Penney Williams - 10-22
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Oct. 25 Make A Diff
Oct. 26 Make A Diff
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Oct. 27 Make A Diff
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Help make Spearfish beautiful!
Oct. 24 | 1-3pm
We're giving back this Sustainability Day by helping the City of Spearfish cleanup and winterize their garden beds on
Saturday, Oct. 24 from 1-3 p.m. We will begin at the flower bed near exit 12. Meet at the Mountain View Baptist Church
parking lot. Anyone who would like a ride can meet under the wind turbine at the Student Union to leave by 12:40 p.m.
Tools, training, and snacks will be provided! All are welcome!
--Submitted by Katie Greer - 10-22
Compete Against Hunger
Nov. 2-8
Spearfish and Rapid City BHSU students have collaborated with law enforcement, the fire departments, and other
agencies to compete and fight against hunger. Starting Nov. 2 and ending Nov. 8. Bins will be located at Rapid City
Police Department, all Fire Department stations in Rapid City and Sturgis Police Department. Compete by donating to
community businesses such as Spearfish Chamber, Lynn's Dakotamart, BHSU-Rapid City, and Black Hills Eye Institute.
Should you have questions please email tara.twomey@yellowjackets.bhsu.edu!
-- Tara Twomey - 10-22
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Oct. 26-29| 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.| Student Union
The BHSU Art Club will be selling various handmade items to raise money for a club trip to the Denver Art Festival. The
club will have a table set up in the Student Union. Some items that will be sold are handmade ceramic mugs, tie dyed
and screen printed T-shirts, ornaments, as well as many other things. Come check out all the unique items!
-- Jessica Hill - 10-21
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There will be open sessions held each Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. in the GEC Room of the basement of the library. Anyone
in need of website assistance is welcome to stop in.
--Submitted by Ryan Shippy - 10-21
NCUR 2016: Important Dates and Guidelines
NCUR 30 Abstract Guidelines Deadline for submission of abstract to University Research Council via email
to p.nag@bhsu.edu is Nov. 16 and the students/mentor will be notified on Nov. 23. Online submissions accepted Oct. 5
through Dec. 2, 2015 http://www.cur.org/ncur_2016/
All abstracts must be submitted online through the link on the NCUR 2016 homepage. The link will be open Oct. 5
through Dec. 2. All primary submitters will need to create a new account. Note to students who have submitted to
NCUR in previous years: A new NCUR account must be created each year. Information does not carry over from year to
year. Notification will begin around Jan. 22, 2016, and continue through mid-February. Should your abstract be
accepted, you may register for the conference using the same login information. Registration is scheduled to open Jan.
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Abstracts should:
1. Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project.
2. Provide brief, relevant scholarly or research context (no actual citations required) that demonstrates its attempt to
make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry.
3. Provide a brief description of the research methodology.
4. State conclusions or expected results and the context in which they will be discussed.
5. Include text only (no images or graphics)
6. Be well-written and well-organized.
Other formatting guidelines:
1. References are allowed within abstracts, but not required.
2. The form will not process all formatting and special characters (e.g., scientific symbols). Use plain text format for
your abstract. There is space in the form to include a link to online documentation, formulas, images, music files,
etc. in support of your submission. You may use this space to provide a link to a location to view your abstract in its
original form.
3. Abstracts are usually 200-300 words long with no paragraph breaks. MAXIMUM LENGTH = 300 WORDS!
Have the following information available when submitting your abstract:
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Name and e-mail address for each faculty mentor and co-author
Undergraduate Research Office Coordinator (UROC) name, e-mail address, and phone number
If you do not have an UROC then provide the information for whomever is the point of contact at your institution
Presentation type: oral, poster, visual arts, or performing arts
Field of study (See below for the complete list.)
Two abstracts per primary author are permitted. There is no limit on the number of abstracts submitted per coauthor. All abstracts will undergo a rigorous review by a panel of faculty reviewers. Abstract reviewers will evaluate
submissions based on the criteria listed above and will assess overall merit within the context of the specific
academic discipline.
Note: The title and author(s) of your abstract will appear EXACTLY as they are entered in the abstract submission
form. Please double check punctuation and spelling before submitting. Contact your mentor or the Writing Center
about how to write a competitive abstract
Note:When a student is submitting an abstract please fill out the undergraduate research coordinator information as
follows:
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605.642.6507
--Parthasarathi Nag - 10-21
Two good reasons to wear Green and Gold Friday
Oct. 23 | 7 p.m.
Show your BHSU pride, passion, and spirit Friday by supporting the Jeans for Jackets campaign with your $1 donation
and then make plans to attend the Yellow Jacket Volleyball team as they take on Fort Lewis at 7 p.m. at the Young
Center. The Black Hills Pioneer is sponsoring a community-wide Green Out. The first 100 people to the game will
receive a free Green Out t-shirt.
--Sheryl Holman - 10-21
Make A Difference Week
RSVP is hosting Make A Difference Week. Our mission this year is to collect non-perishable food items for Spearfish Food
Pantry. We are kicking the week off on National Make A Difference Day at the BHSU football game against Chadron at 12
p.m. at the Lyle Hare Stadium. At the ticket gates, boxes will be there for food donations. Throughout the week, we
have locations across Spearfish where you can donate food items Spearfish Food Pantry.
- Sat. 24th - BHSU Football Game-Lyle Hare Stadium
- Mon. 26th - Scary Discount at BHSU Bookstore and Jacket Zone (bring a food items and get discount coupon!)
- Tues. 27th- Safeway 11:30 a.m. -3:15 p.m., YJ Friends Corn Maze 1:30 p.m.
- Wed. 28th-Safeway 11:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. , HSSO's Nerd Nerd 7 p.m.
- Thurs. 29th-Lueder's & Wal-mart 11:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., Trick-Or-Treat for Others to Eat 5-7 p.m.
- Fri. 30th-SAAC's Trunk-Or-Treat YC 5-6:30 p.m., Volleyball Game 7 p.m.
Food items will then be taken to Spearfish Food Pantry on Monday morning.
--Submitted by Bailey Sadowsky - 10-20
An Alternative Spring Break Experience
Nov. 4 | 5 p.m.
BHSU Alternative Spring Break applications are now available for interested students! Alternative Spring Break's trip this
year will provide service to the Seattle metro area working in the area of food poverty. If you have to know of any
students who might be interested in something a little different over Spring Break encourage them to apply. Alternative
Spring Break works up to and after Spring Break to raise funds to pay for the trip with the hopes that nothing comes out
of pocket. Applications are due Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. to the Residence Life Office. Fill out the application. Questions??
Contact John.Ginther@bhsu.edu or Chad.Bischoff@bhsu.edu
--Submitted by John Ginther - 10-20
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SD CEO Women's Business Conference
Oct. 23 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | The Lodge at Deadwood
The 6th annual Women's Business Conference features keynote speaker JJ DiGeronimo; also featuring speaker Linda
Rabe, and an Entrepreneurial Panel moderated by Dr. Priscilla Romkema. Registration is still available by
visiting www.BHSU.edu/SDCEO or by calling Andrea at 642-6435.
--Submitted by Megan Lipp - 10-20
United Way Fund Drive
Each of you will soon be receiving a United Way pamphlet through campus mail. It contains information on how the
United Way of the Northern Hills helps 28 organizations in the Belle Fourche, Deadwood, Lead, Spearfish, and
Whitewood communities provide assistance to those in need. A pledge form is included with the pamphlet. The back of
the pledge form contains the list of the local organizations who receive financial support from the United Way.
If you wish to contribute, you have the option of paying directly, being invoiced, or selecting payroll deduction. Payroll
deductions will not begin until the January, 2016, payroll. If you wish, you may also designate where you would like
your donation to be applied. 100% of your contribution remains here! 85 cents of every dollar goes directly to those in
need!
The goal for the Northern Hills region is $180,000. Last year’s goal was $170,000 and we barely met it. BHSU donations
totaled $9,696.00 last year. Only 55 of our over 400 employees were able to give. Hopefully, with your help we can
improve our combined contribution! Please return your pledge forms by October 31 to either: Scott Ahola, Mandie
Davis, Faye LaDuke-Pelster, or Terry Hupp If you wish to take advantage of payroll deduction, please return both copies
of the pledge form. This is your opportunity to help make a difference in someone’s life who is less fortunate. Thank
you for your caring consideration!
-- Submitted by Terry Hupp - 10-20
Important 2016 Spring D2L Announcement
Attention faculty using D2L for Spring 2016 courses: Spring courses have been loaded into D2L. Please let Anne know as
soon as possible if you would like multiple sections of your Spring courses combined into one course in D2L.
The term used by D2L is “mapping” them together. As an example, a request could include courses such as: SPED 431
B601 & B603 being mapped as SPED 431 B601 B603 SPED 431/531 B601 & B603 being mapped as SPED 431 531 B601 B603
ENGL 101 B001 & B002 & B003 being mapped as ENGL 101 B001 B002 B003 Also, if you have cross-listed courses to be
mapped together, please let us know. Mapping will begin on October 5 and we have until 3:00pm October 22 to
complete it. Once mapped the courses will be available to you for editing early the next day. Therefore, the sooner
they are mapped, the quicker you will have access to them. All courses not previously released will be available for you
to edit by the early morning on October 24.
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Mapping can still be done after the courses are released, but extra time and steps are involved because the courses
must be removed from the Learning Environment, mapped, and then released again—which can take up to 24 hours
before you again have access. If you do not want a course mapped, but would like access to it before October 24, just
let us know by email. We do not map courses unless requested by the instructor. If you need course materials from a
previous semester copied to a 2016SU course, please let Anne or me know. It generally only takes a few minutes to do
this. It is very helpful and more efficient for us if you specify your courses by Department, Course Number, and Section
Number when contacting us for either mapping or copying. For example: “Copy SPED 431 B601 from Spring 2015 into my
SPED 431 B603.” Contact information: Anne Stevens Anne.Stevens@bhsu.edu Ph. 6064 Terry
Hupp Terry.Hupp@bhsu.edu Ph. 6038
--Submitted by Terry Hupp - 10-20
Faculty Creative Writing Reading
Oct. 28 | 6:30 p.m. | Club Buzz
Come enjoy an evening of your favorite faculty members reading their creative work. Featuring Courtney Huse Wika and
Kent Meyers. Sponsored by the English Club.
--Submitted by Caitlin Hill - 10-20
BHSU NEWS RELEASES
BHSU student researches the art of decision making
Black Hills State University student Stephen Farghali, mass communication and psychology major from Belle
Fourche, presented his psychology research about free will at Stanford University in California and now is preparing a
publication for one of the largest psychology magazines Journal of Physiological Science.
BHSU professor looks at the origin of languages in next Geek Speak
Where does language originate from? How do toddlers learn to speak just by hearing their parents? Black Hills State
University professor Dr. Andrej Reznikov will talk about origins of language and how individuals learn their native tongue
at the next Geek Speak lecture.
SDCEO to host monthly Women in Networking Luncheon
The South Dakota Center for Enterprise Opportunity (SD CEO) Women’s Business Center at Black Hills State University will
host the monthly Women in Networking (WIN) lunch at the Spearfish Holiday Inn Swarm Room Tuesday, Nov. 10 from noon
to 1 p.m. See all news releases at www.BHSU.edu/news
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KUDOS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Kudos/Accomplishments section highlights successes of our faculty and staff.
Submit Kudos/Accomplishments for next week.
Dr. Aris Karagiorgakis, assistant professor of psychology, recently returned from the Society for the Teaching of
Psychology’s 14th Annual Conference on Teaching in Atlanta where he presented his research “The Effective Use of Social
Media Blogging as an Instructional Tool in the Classroom.” This project had a BHSU student second author, Tanya
Robinson, who was unable to attend. This conference is dedicated to promoting excellence in the teaching and learning
of psychology.
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