Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Get healthy!

The MTSU School of Nursing Student Nurses Association presents the 2007 Health and Education Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Keathley University Center. The fair will feature nutritionists, vision screenings, live demonstration, STD information, HIV testing, psychologists and counselors, a bone marrow and blood drive, and much more. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., blood chemistry and cholesterol testing will be available at Student Health Services for a small fee. Co-sponsors are MTSU Multicultural Affairs, Faculty Senate Health and Wellness Committee, President’s Commission on the Status of Women Health and Safety Subcommittee, Health Services, and the Tennessee Office of Minority Affairs.

Contact the School or Nursing at 615-898-2437 or Student Health Services at 615-898-2988.

Stacks of wax and mounds of sound

WMTS-FM (88.3) will present its inaugural record convention featuring local and regional vendors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at the Holiday Inn, 2227 Old Fort Parkway in Murfreesboro. All proceeds from this vinyl show will benefit MTSU’s student-run radio station. Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, sheet music, and music memorabilia will be available, as well as door prizes from Cat’s Music and Lost Highway Record and celebrity appearances. This event is sponsored by Grand Palace Records in Murfreesboro and Grimey’s in Nashville. Admission is $3 per person.

For more information, contact Davis Cox or Stan McCloud at 615-898-2636 or go to http://www.mtsu.edu/~wmts/recordshow/index.html.
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Wide world of wisdom

In an age when people wonder “Is anyone in charge of the Internet?” and “Are there any global ethics?,” international legal, ethics, and compliance expert Tara Giunta will address the increasingly complex global media scenarios in which multiple cultures have different rules about media law, ethics, and gender. Her guest lecture is titled “Who Will Referee the Global Game: The Intersection of Culture, Gender, Law, and Ethics?” and will be presented from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. TODAY in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. Giunta is a partner in the Corporate Department of the global law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, resident in the Washington office. She represents companies before government agencies, including the International Telecommunication Union, the Federal Communication Commission, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of State.

For more information, contact Dr. Tom Cooper at 615-904-8281.
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E.T. PREFERS REESE’S PIECES--A recent study of important American and British corporate mission statements shows that values have changed over time. Marketing also evolves. Lately, marketing professionals have become interested in written fiction--product placement is appearing in literature. Professor Mireille Hardy of the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, IUT Cherbourg Manche, will lecture on “Company Communication: From Mission Statements to ‘Fictomercials’” from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building at MTSU. Hardy will present different forms of “fictomercials” and show how they fit with the new orientation of corporate mission statements. Contact the University Honors College at 615-898-2152.

JUMPING THE HIGH HURDLES--Ten Middle Tennessee high school seniors who have overcome obstacles and become successful in life will be honored for their tenacity Tuesday, April 10, during the ninth annual Neill-Sandler Strive for Excellence Banquet at MTSU. The invitation-only event will start at 6 p.m. in the Tennessee Miller Coliseum’s Miller Room. The students, who have been nominated by their schools and school systems, have persevered through rough times. Despite their situations, they have performed well in the classroom and on their college entrance examinations and exhibited leadership skills in and out of school. Some have worked to assist themselves and family members financially. Scholarships will go to students from the county school systems of Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Rutherford, Warren, Williamson, and Wilson, as well as the Tullahoma City Schools. Contact Kippy Todd at 615-898-5756 or Randy Weiler of the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.

THE BEST OF THE BEST--MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and the MTSU Alumni Association will present the fourth annual President’s Celebration of Excellence. The event will be held Friday, April 13, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The celebration, which is held each spring, honors students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university for their outstanding accomplishments and service to MTSU. Various Student Government Association, Division of Student Affairs, Blue Raider Athletics, MTSU National Alumni Association, MTSU Foundation and Office of the President awards will be presented. For more information, call 1-800-533-MTSU (6878) or visit http://www.mtalumni.com.

GENDER AND RACE--Naomi Tutu, founder and former chair of the Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa, will speak on “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in MTSU’s Keathley University Center Theater. Tutu, the third daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and his wife, Nomalizo, speaks on South African issues to audiences across the U.S. Since 2003, Tutu has worked as the associate director of the Office of International Relations and Programs at Tennessee State University. Her awards include citations from the California General Assembly, the Boston City Council, the Kentucky branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Outstanding Youth Women of America, and an honorary doctorate from the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State in Nigeria. This event is free and open to the public. Media welcomed. Contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu.

ON MY HONOR--MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. TODAY in Room 102S of the Business Aerospace Building. Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join. MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society. For more information, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.