December 7, 1999 

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Lunch & Learn set for Wednesdays
Join the Learning Assistance Program for a Lunch & Learn study skills workshop any Wednesday this semester.  The workshops are held from  noon to 1p.m. in Room 155, Rankin Science Building.  Bring your lunch (optional) and lots of questions!  Listed below is the Lunch & Learn Schedule for the remainder of fall semester, 1999.

Oct. 20 Memory Skills
Oct. 27 Composing Effective Papers
Nov. 3 Battling Test Anxiety
Nov. 10 Oral Presentation Techniques
Nov. 17 Maintaining Focus at Semester’s End
Dec. 1 Stress Management
Dec. 8 Final Exam Study Plan

LAP staff members and graduate assistants are available to present workshops to your club, organization, class or residence hall.  The workshops commonly requested include: Note-Taking, Test Taking, Test Anxiety, Stress Management, Time Management, Reading Skills, Memory and Concentration.  LAP  will tailor a session to meet your needs!  Call April Jung at 262-2291 for more information.

Do you need help dealing with test anxiety?  Perhaps you just need to “brush up” on study skills or time management?  Staff members and graduate assistants in the LAP are available to help with these skills and many more.  We work with you to address your individual concerns and help you find the tools necessary for academic success! Please call April Jung at 262-2291to make an appointment.

Notice: Skateboarding/Roller Blades Policy
The use of skateboards, skates or roller blades, or similar devices on property owned or controlled by Appalachian State University has resulted in needless and willful destruction of University monuments, outside steps, benches, retaining walls, and other structures. The use of skateboards on campus also places the skateboarder at risk of injury as well as pedestrians who are forced to avert skateboarders.

For these reasons, Appalachian State University prohibits the use of skateboards on property owned or controlled by the University.

Students found to be using skateboards on University property shall be referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs for disciplinary action under the procedures outlined in the Code of Student Conduct. Additionally, ASU Police Officers may confiscate the student’s skateboard as evidence and may arrest the student in accordance with state law. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken including the assessment of a service fee and restitution for any damage caused by the skateboarder.

Non-University students using a skateboard, skates or roller blades, or similar devices on property owned or controlled by Appalachian State University will be arrested by the Appalachian State University Police and charged criminally when appropriate. Additionally, ASU Police Officers may confiscate skateboards as evidence in any criminal case and will issue a trespass notice to any non-student found using a skateboard on campus. The trespass notice will be in effect for at least one year, and all violations of that notice will be prosecuted by the University at its sole discretion. Additionally, the University shall pursue restitution for any damage or vandalism attributed to the skateboarding activities.

To comply with the above new policy, the University has made the following changes to the Code of Student Conduct:

(1) Add 4.02 (ah): Use of skateboard, skates or roller blades, or similar devices on University property is prohibited.
(2) Add 6.16: Use of skateboards or University property.
Minimum sanction: General Probation, forfeiture of the skateboard, and restitution for damage.
Maximum sanction: Suspension, forfeiture of the skateboard, and restitution for damage.
 
 

Pre-spring room changes
Residence Life will make room changes “on paper” Dec. 1-3, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Room 319, John E. Thomas Hall.

Residents contemplating a room change should:

1) Discuss all changes with your present roommate. 2) Map out the room change with all persons involved. 3) Bring all persons affected by the proposed change to the Housing Office, Room 319, John E. Thomas Hall to sign forms. 4) Plan to follow thorugh with the change by the end of the semester. The space you are leaving needs to be completely ready for another student moving in at the beginning of spring semester. Your change must be made prior to your departure at the end of fall semester. 5) Coordiante time and completion of check-in with new RA and schedule a check-out time with your old RA.

Remember, the actual move must take place at the end of the semester when space(s) become vacant, or all belongings must be removed and then brought back.
 

ASU’s annual Christmas fund drive begins
It is time for the 19th annual Christmas Fund Drive, sponsored by the Appalachian State University Staff Council Christmas Fund Committee. The goal this year is to raise $10,000 to take 84 children on a shopping spree for essential clothes and shoes. ASU staff will accompany the children, 10 from each elementary school and four from Watauga High School, on the shopping spree. Donation boxes will be located throughout Watauga County to assist community residents in contributing to the project.
 
Federal Stafford Loan deadline near
December 8 is the deadline for submitting a Federal Stafford Loan application to the Office of Student Financial Aid for processing for the fall 1999 semester. If you are applying for a Federal Stafford Loan for fall semester only, you must have the loan application and any other required documentation to the Financial Aid office by Dec. 8. Contact your financial aid counselor if you have any questions.

Your old computer can help disabled
Wanted, your old computers. You can help local folks with disabilities by donating your old computers for a tax write-off. Help folks who can’t get out much connect with the greater world. Call Mary at (828) 265-5419 (days), (828) 264-4622 (evenings), or email mary44@boone.net.
 

Casting call for dance company
New York choreographer David Dorfman is seeking High Country families to participate in the creation of a new dance/theater work titled “Familiar Movements/The Family Project. The company will hold a community audition/workshop on Monday, Dec. 6, from 6-9 p.m. in the dance studio in Broome-Kirk Gym. The audition/workshop is free and open to anyone interested in working with Dorfman. Interested persons are asked to sign up by calling the Office of Cultural Affairs, 262-6084, ext. 100. Through “Familiar Movements/The Family Project” pairs of family members will perform with members of the David Dorfman Dance Company at Farthing Auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 29, as part of the Performing Arts Series.

Women’s Center see internship applicants
The Women’s Center is a potential site for interns who are interested in doing educational programming for women. Graduate and undergraduate students, all programs and majors, are invited to apply for Spring. Contact Lee Williams at 262-6252, or email her at Lee@sister.com.

Women’s Center needs volunteers for spring
If you are interested in volunteering for the Women’s Center in Spring 2000, applications are available in the Women’s Center, Plemmons Student Union, first floor. For more information call Angie Bono at 262-6744, or email her at ab34408@appstate.edu. Areas of need include publicity, programming, political awareness, community service, resource coordination, and others. Applications are due Monday, Dec. 6.

Adventures in Job Shadowing
Not sure what you want to major in? Or what you want to be when you grow up? Why not spend a day observing a career professional during winter break? Call the Career Development Center at 262-2180 and ask for a "Job Shadowing" appointment. This program is for all majors and class years.
 

Writing Center points you in right direction
Do you need a new perspective on your thesis statement? Do you want to revitalize those tired old phrases? If you do, The Writing Center at Appalachian State University can point you in the right direction. Visit the Writing Center, 203B Sanford Hall, or call 262-3144.
 

CBT Center available for students
Need to take the GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, and/or PRAXIS-I this fall?  Test at your convenience at Appalachian's Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center.  If you would like to schedule a time to test, please call the CBT Center here on campus at 262-6801.  Testing hours this fall are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 1pm.  Additional evening hours on Mondays and Tuesdays until 7:30 pm.
 
Nominations sought for Plemmons Award
The W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion, named in honor of Dr. William H. Plemmons who served as the second president of Appalachian State University from 1955 to 1969, was established by the ASU Board of Trustees in 1996. The award was created to recognize the time, energy, skills, and commitment of students, faculty, student development educators and staff who exceed their peers in providing leadership that enrishes the quality of student life and advances the education of students.

Students and university employees are invited to nominate a student or university employee for this award. Nominations may be made in the following categories:

1. A student leader who has provided distinguished leadership above that of other student leaders.
2. A Student Development Educator within the Division of Student Development for meritorious leadership in his or her work to enrish the quality of student life and learning.
3. A member of the faculty who has provided meritorious leadership through his or her work with student clubs or organizations, or work that enriches the quality of student life and learning outside the classroom.
4. An employee of Appalachian State University upon showing that he or she has provided meritorious leadership which has significantly enriched the quality of student life and learning outside the classroom.

The process for selecting recipients will be as follows:

1. A seven-member committee appointed by the Chancellor will solicit and review nominations and recommend recipients of the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion to the Chancellor who will submit the recommendations to the Board of Trustees for their review and approval.
2. The committee will screen the nominations and seek relevant supporting information concerning nominees chosen for further consideration.
3. This process will take place annually and leadership medallions will be awarded during the Fall Semester Convocation. It is understood that the medallion is intended to recognize meritorious leadership and may not be awarded each year.
4. Nomination forms may be obtained in the Office of Student Development, B.B. Dougherty Administration Building, or from the Student Life Section of the Appalachian Homepage.
5. Nominations for this award will be accepted until Feb. 16, 2000. All nominations should be sent to the Office of Student Development. Nominations should not be sent electronically.

For additional information, contact Barbara W. Daye, Chair of the W.H. Plemmons Medallion Committee, at 262-2060.
 

2000-2001 president, vice president election
Nominations are now being taken for SGA’s Elections Committee. The Election Committee is charged with promotion of the election process and supervision of the 2000-2001 presidential/vice presidential elections. Members of the committee must meet the academic requirements of senators and be recommended by the Elections Chair, and approved by the SGA Senate. No prior experience is necessary and members do not have to be current senators. Application forms may be picked up at the SGA office, 2nd floor of the Student Union, through the end of the semester. For more information contact Elections Committee Chair Gus Enriquez at 265-6258.
 

Financial aid applications in the mail
The Renewal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be mailed from the Department of Education beginning Nov. 15. If a student applied for financial aid for fall 1999 and spring 2000 by Sept. 20, 1999, they should receive a Renewal FAFSA by mid-January 2000 at their home address.

If your home address fhas changed and/or you do not receive a Renewal FAFSA, you must complete the FAFSA on the web at www.fafsa.ed.gov, or obtain a paper FAFSA from the Office of Student Financial Aid.

If you applied for financial aid for fall 1999 and spring 2000 by Sept. 20, 1999, on the web and/or indicated that you are fifth-year/other undergraduate or graduate/professional and/or indicated that you expect to obtain your degree after July 2000 (or left these questions blank), you should receive a Personal Identification Number (PIN) formerly known as an Electronic Access Code (EAC) in lieu of the paper Renewal FAFSA. The PIN must be used to complete your Renewal FAFSA on the web.
 

Need a job? Try CAP
Do you need a job? Try the Community Action Program at Appalachian State University. You can earn $5.75 to $6.50 an hour by working from midnight jto 5 a.m. For more information drop by Suite 333 in John E. Thomas Hall, or call 262-2162.
 

Foosball Challenge sponsored by KA
Kappa Alpha will host the first Foosball Challenge, sponsored by Hibbett Sports, on Saturday, Jan. 15, and Sunday, Jan. 16, 2000 at the KA Whitehouse, 156 Faculty St., Boone. Entry forms are available in the Student Union, cafeteria, Post Office, and at Hibbett Sports. The entry fee is $15. The grand prize is a Foosball Table.

Internship Fair Follows Semester Break
In today's job market, landing a good job right out college takes more than a degree and good grades. Real-life work experience is a must. Internships, volunteering and community service activities can offer you just that. Come to the Internship and Volunteer Fair at Appalachian State University on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2000, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union. From science to communications, business to non-profit, we’ll connect you to opportunities to work in professional settings and learn from people who are established in your field of interest. Visit the Career Development Center web site at http://careers.appstate.edu for more information.
 
 
 

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