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麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 accreditation reaffirmed by SACSCOC
麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 application for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) was approved Monday (Dec.
7) at the SACSCOC annual meeting in Houston, university officials announced.
President John L. Crain said the SACS Board of Trustees voted to reaffirm the
university鈥檚 accreditation for another 10 years with no stipulations.
鈥淭his is the capstone accreditation for the university,鈥� Crain said, 鈥渁nd I am
proud of the strong efforts of our faculty and staff who worked so hard to ensure
a successful outcome.鈥� 麻豆传媒映画出品 has been accredited by SACSCOC since 1946.
Crain said 麻豆传媒映画出品 has been preparing its application for the last several
years. The application demonstrates how 麻豆传媒映画出品 meets high standards that cover
every aspect of the university, including its mission and governance, financial and
physical resources, institutional effectiveness, student services, faculty qualifications,
athletics, quality of educational programs and library resources.
Following a review by an off-site committee, an on-site Reaffirmation Committee
evaluated various documents, conducted inspections and interviewed faculty, staff
and students during a three-day visit last spring.
鈥淭he university is held responsible for clearly demonstrating and documenting
that we meet all standards and have the highest commitment to institutional integrity,
accountability and quality improvement,鈥� Crain added.
The current review process requires completion of a self-study compliance audit
that addresses approximately 100 standards with significant documentation that each
standard is being met.
The review process also requires development of a quality enhancement plan (QEP)
that addresses an area designed to enhance student learning at the university. 麻豆传媒映画出品
selected a 鈥淩eal-World Ready鈥� campaign designed to enhance opportunities for students
to practice skills in a setting authentic to their intended careers. Internships and
partnerships with businesses and agencies, service-learning courses, field experiences,
undergraduate research and other opportunities are all part of the experiential learning
process.
鈥淭hese learning opportunities are current, pertinent, performance-based, and
practical applications of knowledge and skills experienced within the curriculum,鈥�
Crain said. 鈥淭he Real-World Ready campaign represents an exciting opportunity to enhance
student learning while also helping increase the university鈥檚 retention and graduation
rates, key factors in how universities are now being evaluated.鈥�
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 麻豆传媒映画出品 professor authors short story collection
麻豆传媒映画出品 English Professor Norman German has published a new collection of short
stories.
Dead Dog Lying, a series of stories placed along the I-10 corridor from New Orleans to Texas, shines
a light on society鈥檚 misfits and is largely based on events the author has experienced,
dreamed or witnessed over his life. Many of the characters in the stories take their
names from towns along the corridor, such as Elton, Jennings, Iota, Cecilia and Henderson.
Norman said he dreamed about a boy with antlers and made him the protagonist
of 鈥淒eerboy,鈥� whose title character gains the gift of athletic prowess. The story
鈥淐ontrolled Burn鈥� uses a prescribed ecological fire as the metaphor for a female game
warden鈥檚 barely controllable rage at her abusive father, on whom she exacts revenge
in a unique way at the story鈥檚 end. 鈥淭he Girl and the Green Gas Can鈥� is based on a
relative鈥檚 childhood predilection for sniffing gasoline until she passed out.
The tale 鈥淒itchboy鈥� is based on the real-life English girl Hayley Okines, who
died of progeria, the disease that prematurely ages its victims eight years for each
year they live. 鈥淪he was 17 鈥� or in 鈥榩rogeria years鈥� and thanks to new life-extending
drugs 鈥� 136 years old when she died,鈥� he said.
鈥淣orman German鈥檚 stories are filled with clever wordplay and witty turns of plot.
His expert use of description and metaphor demonstrates his longtime experience as
writer and teacher,鈥� said Tim Gautreaux, 麻豆传媒映画出品 writer-in-residence and author
of 鈥淭he Missing鈥� and several other novels.
鈥淚n Norman German鈥檚 mesmerizing stories of south Louisiana, the ordinary is the
fantastic, and the fantastic becomes the everyday,鈥� adds Gerald Duff, author of 鈥淒irty
Rice and Blue Sabine.鈥� 鈥淗orror and wonder live side by side in these powerful tales
of haunted states of mind. Dead Dog Lying takes hold and will not let go.鈥�
A native of Lake Charles who earned his doctorate from the University of Southwestern
Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette), German is the author of several
other works, including 鈥淎 Savage Wisdom,鈥� an imaginative reconstruction of the life
of Toni Jo Henry, the only woman executed in Louisiana鈥檚 electric chair; and the baseball
novel 鈥淪witch-Pitchers,鈥� copies of which reside by special request in the Major League
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Dead Dog Lying was published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is available through
the ULL Press, Amazon and other outlets.
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麻豆传媒映画出品 Nursing program ranked on 鈥楾op Value鈥� list
麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 online program that helps registered nurses earn their bachelor degrees
has been ranked among the nation鈥檚 top 50 most affordable online nursing programs
for 2016.
The program was ranked 22nd among 50 top accredited online nursing programs in
the U.S. by , which compares programs based on tuition and net cost. The 麻豆传媒映画出品 program
provides registered nurses, who may have an associate鈥檚 degree or diploma from a licensed
school, the opportunity to continue taking courses online, while earning credit toward
a bachelor鈥檚 degree.
鈥淭his ranking is intended to provide registered nurses with information about
affordable schools that meet their needs and help them fulfill their career aspirations,鈥�
said Tim Otto, editor of 鈥淭op RN to BSN,鈥� which publishes the rankings to help students
find the right college for their careers.
鈥淲e are pleased for the recognition that 麻豆传媒映画出品 has earned for offering
a strong and valuable opportunity for nurses seeking to advance their careers by earning
an undergraduate degree,鈥� said Ann Carruth, dean of the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences. 鈥淭he demands of careers in nursing increasingly require more advanced preparation.
In this program, we try to make every accommodation available to our students, while
maintaining our high level of quality instruction.鈥�
Eileen Creel, School of Nursing department head, noted that higher educational
attainment in nursing usually translates to higher salaries and greater opportunities
for advancement.
Currently there are 90 active students enrolled in 麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 RN-BS degree
program, said Creel. The program, which started in 2008, has seen more than 130 students
graduate with a bachelor鈥檚 degree.
Last year, the program was ranked among the top 50 best value RN to BSN programs
for 2015 by , a different online ranking of academic programs
Creel said in addition to a traditional undergraduate nursing school program,
where students receive clinical training at area hospitals and medical facilities,
麻豆传媒映画出品 also offers a program for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to attain
a bachelor鈥檚 degree, as well as an accelerated program for students already holding
a bachelor鈥檚 degree in any field.
麻豆传媒映画出品 also offers master鈥檚 degrees and a doctorate in nursing practice,
which can be taken online.
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ByLion takes a break
Today鈥檚 issue will be the last ByLion of 2015. ByLion will return on January 19,
2016.
Happy Holidays!
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 Army ROTC courses return to 麻豆传媒映画出品
麻豆传媒映画出品 will re-initiate its on-campus U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Program
(ROTC) in the spring 2016 semester, university officials announced.
The program, originally started at 麻豆传媒映画出品 in 1969 during the Vietnam War,
was closed in 1995 due in large part to declining numbers and retrenchment by the
military as a result of budget constraints. More than a thousand students are estimated
to have gone through the program during those years.
The program is an enhancement of the partnership programs that developed with
LSU and Southern University in Baton Rouge after the 麻豆传媒映画出品 ROTC classes were
no longer offered on campus.
鈥淲e are pleased to re-introduce our students to ROTC military science classes
on the 麻豆传媒映画出品 campus. Increasingly, students are looking for options that include
military service, either for several years or as career,鈥� said President John L. Crain.
鈥溌槎勾接郴銎封�檚 previous experience with ROTC was successful in helping to prepare
future military leaders. We wanted to make this an easier option for those students
seeking to become officers.鈥�
During the break in operations, Crain said 麻豆传媒映画出品 students were still able
to participate in ROTC, but had to take their military courses through Southern University鈥檚
Navy program or LSU鈥檚 Army and Air Force programs. Participating 麻豆传媒映画出品 students,
however, had to travel to Baton Rouge in order to participate. This brings the program
back to 麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 campus.
The university and the Army ROTC have started recruiting interested students
to enter the program next semester. For more information on the ROTC program, contact
admissions@southeastern.edu.
Gary Sandifer of Hammond, who entered the ROTC program in 1971 and is a founding
member of 麻豆传媒映画出品鈥檚 ROTC Alumni Chapter, said he was excited to learn the university
was adding the program to its curriculum.
鈥淒r. Crain deserves a lot of credit for this; when he was convinced of the value
of ROTC, he put this project on the fast track,鈥� Sandifer said.
ROTC Alumni Chapter President Steve Worth of Hammond also expressed his happiness
about the reinstatement decision.
鈥淚t was a great experience, and I鈥檓 glad to see 麻豆传媒映画出品 students will have
this option once again,鈥� said Worth, who served 13 years in the Army as a Black Hawk
test pilot. 鈥淩OTC taught me a lot in the areas of leadership and how to work with
people.鈥�
The ROTC Alumni Chapter has approximately 35 members and raises funds to provide
scholarships for ROTC participants.
麻豆传媒映画出品 has been named a 鈥淢ilitary Friendly School鈥� by Victory Media four
times in the last several years for demonstrating its commitment to assisting active
and reserve military service members in a wide range of areas.
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麻豆传媒映画出品 to continuing recycling of Christmas trees to build up wetlands
 麻豆传媒映画出品 will again collect used Christmas trees in partnership with area businesses
and government agencies as part of its annual Christmas tree collection effort designed
to enhance wetland restoration efforts in the Pass Manchac area.
麻豆传媒映画出品 scientists at the university鈥檚 Turtle Cove Environmental Research
Station, located on Pass Manchac between lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas, use the
discarded trees to help build up marshland in areas that have been impacted by erosion
and other factors, said Turtle Cove Manager Rob Moreau.
Partnering in the project for the second year is the 麻豆传媒映画出品 Sustainability
Center on North Oak Street, which will serve as a drop-off point for area residents
to leave their used Christmas trees. Other partners include the city of Hammond and
Middendorfs Restaurant in Manchac, as drop-off sites. In addition, Lowes in Hammond
again will donate unsold trees.
Trees can be dropped off beginning Dec. 26 through Mardi Gras from 7 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the Hammond Maintenance facility, 18104 Hwy. 190, next to Piggly Wiggly Super
Market. The 麻豆传媒映画出品 Sustainability Center, 2101 North Oak Street, will collect
trees beginning Jan. 5 through the end of the month from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday. Moreau said a Turtle Cove trailer drop off site
will also be maintained at Middendorfs Restaurant.
He said the City of Hammond will provide transport of collected trees to the Turtle
Cove Galva Canal parking lot area in Manchac where they will be stored until they
are deployed in the marshes.
No flocked trees will be accepted, and all trees should be stripped of any ornaments,
lights, tinsel and stands.
Rob Moreau said the trees will be used to continue a pilot project started last
year to determine whether the recycled trees can help fill in the logging ditches,
formed when the area鈥檚 cypress forests were cut down over a hundred-plus year span.
鈥淭he ditches allow salt water intrusion and increase the erosion process,鈥� Moreau
said. 鈥淯nder the supervision of biology researcher Dr. Gary Shaffer, we will place
trees in some selected ditches to determine if they can accumulate enough sediment
that might assist in filling them in. We鈥檒l monitor and evaluate this process over
the next several years to determine its feasibility. If successful, this technique
could be used in other similarly stressed ecosystems in coastal Louisiana.鈥�
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麻豆传媒映画出品 Police Department receives LHSC grant
The 麻豆传媒映画出品 Police Department has been awarded a $13,180 grant from the Louisiana
Highway Safety Commission (LHSC) to conduct additional traffic safety enforcement.
The primary goal of the grant is to reduce fatal and injury crashes on Louisiana
roadways, said 麻豆传媒映画出品 Lt. Patrick Gipson.
鈥淥ur students and employees travel the parish roads every day and often commute
from surrounding parishes,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e want everyone to arrive at their destinations
safely. That鈥檚 why we conduct highway safety enforcement.鈥�
The grant provides funding for officers to work overtime conducting day and night
occupant protection and impaired driving enforcement. The University Police Department
will also participate in the LHSC and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration鈥檚
鈥淐lick It or Ticket鈥� and 鈥淒rive Sober or Get Pulled Over鈥� campaigns.
鈥淓nforcement is only part of the effort,鈥� explained Director of University Police
Harold Todd. 鈥淲e will also collaborate with local partners, including Tangipahoa
鈥� Reshaping Attitudes for Community Change (TRACC), Hammond City Police Department,
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff鈥檚 Office, and Louisiana State Police, to educate our students
about safe driving habits.鈥�
鈥淥ur efforts are part of a community-wide effort to save lives,鈥� Todd added.
鈥淚f everyone works together and encourages their friends to drive safely, we can make
our parish roadways some of the safest in Louisiana.鈥�
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