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Bernard Alexander and L. Chambers, members of Sigma Rhomeo, were among the SHSU students who placed ornaments representing their organizations on the official university Christmas tree during the Tree of Light ceremony Tuesday evening. — Photo by Brian Blalock

For Week Of Nov. 30

SHSU Freshman Wins Tuition Raffle

This year's winner of the SHSU Alumni Association's Third Annual Tuition Raffle Scholarship Drawing is Trevor Austin Geary from Azle. Geary won 24-hours of undergraduate in-state tuition with an approximate value of $3,500. Details.

Ruffin Honored With Regents' Professor Award

Paul Ruffin, distinguished professor of English at Sam Houston State University and a highly respected editor, publisher, writer and poet, has been named a "Regents' Professor" by the Texas State University System Board of Regents. Details.

Glenda Balas Named Fulbright Scholar

Glenda Balas, mass communication department chair at Sam Houston State University, will be traveling to Novia Scotia, Canada, as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Grant. Details.

Second Grant Given to SHSU for Traveling Station

Sam Houston State University has been given a second grant for the Go Kats Go Center. The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, a non-profit organization out of Round Rock, gave $79,250 as part of its Public Grant Benefit Program. Details.

Regents Approve Master Plan, Rate Increases

The Texas State University System Board of Regents approved a 10-year campus master plan for Sam Houston State University during its quarterly meeting held in Huntsville today. The regents also approved tuition and fee increases and recognized SHSU Distinguished Professor of English Paul Ruffin as a Regents' Professor. Details.

Undergraduate Research In Biology Excels

Students in the department of biological sciences at Sam Houston State University are making a valuable investment in their future by participating in the undergraduate research program. Details.

SHSU 'In the News'

An Associated Press story in which Doug Kingman, assistant professor of agricultural mechanization, discussed the use of animal fat as a possible replacement for petroleum as a fuel source has appeared on CNNMoney, Yahoo! Finance Canada, CNBC, Capitol Press Agriculture Weekly, the Detriot News, the Boston Globe and a number of other media outlets.

Larry Hoover, criminal justice professor and Police Research Center director, discussed problems with releasing raw police incident reports and other crime statistics on the Internet in an article by the Dallas Morning News that was also picked up by TMCnews.

Research by Sibyl Bucheli, entomologist and visiting assistant professor of biology, and Joan Bytheway, assistant professor of ciminal justice, was recently featured in ScienceNews, the magazine of the Society For Science & The Public. In the interview, Buscheli discussed the use of a caterpillars of the casemaking clothes moth, Tinea pellionella, that can yield enough DNA to identify the deceased if one eats human hair from a corpse.