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September 30, 2009
Students gather to praise
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Jonathan Resendez Rambler Staff
Students congregate and sing on the mall in front of the library for the annual See You at the Pole event.
Jonathan Resendez
jlresendez@mail. txwes. edu
More than 30 students gathered on the steps of the library last Wednes-
day to eat catered Italian food and wait for the beginning of this year's
See You at the Pole.
Scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of every September, this year's
See You at the Pole event was organized by Baptist Student Ministries.
Ashly Spencer, senior elementary education major and president of
BSM, said the purpose of the ministry group is to give college students a
chance to worship and help them find a church to be a part of.
"See You at the Pole is a day people can come together and pray for the
school, community, nation and leaders of the nation," she said.
Baptist Student Ministries also helps organize mission trips. In the
past they have sent students on mission trips to Los Angeles and New
York City. They hope to set up homeless ministries as well
Spencer said the organization relies heavily on word of mouth to draw
new members to their bible study luncheons, which sometimes feature
guest speakers, every Wednesday at noon.
"The more people the better," she said. "More people definitely came
out this year."
Kevin Doskocil, alumni and active BSM member, said Christian, non-
Christian and all other denominations are welcome.
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In Brief...
Self defense
Kelly Neace, resident as-
sistant at Wesleyan Village,
will host a hands-on self
defense program at 8 p.m.
Sept. 30 in the Wesleyan
Village clubhouse. Chance
Burleson, six degree black
belt and owner of Legends
Martial Arts Karate School,
will present a program fo-
cused on awareness and
practical advice for staying
safe.
Burleson suggests wear-
ng comfortable clothing to
move around in. The event
is open to all and will offer
free egg rolls and fried rice.
Benefit concert
he music department is
raising money for scholar-
ships through an ensemble
performance by Of Many
Colors Oct. 2. Sponsored
by Jan Fersing, Wesleyan
trustee, the event will serve
as the Fall President's Coun-
cil and Music Scholarship
Benefit Concert.
he ensemble features a
mix of professionals and
amateurs and focuses on
diversity, "he concert is at
7:30 p.m. in Martin Hall
with a reception to follow
in the Louella Baker Martin
Pavilion.
The performance and
reception, as well as valet
parking, are free and open
to all To RSVP, call 817-
531-4404.
Wesleyan Sunday
Wesleyan Sunday is Oct.
4. The annual celebration
will take place at 10:30
a.m. in the sanctuary of
Polytechnic United Method-
ist Church with a reception
following in the Bragan Fel-
lowship Hall.
Jesse Sowell, professor of
religion, will deliver the ser-
mon. he morning will also
feature worship music by
The Wesleyan Singers un-
der the direction of Jerome
Bierschenk, assistant profes-
sor of music.
Hot dog, it s
Fun(d) Day!
Amanda Edmondson
aedmondson@mail. txwes. edu
Advancement and alumni
relations will host Wesleyan
Fun(d) Day from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Sept, 30 at the Louella
Baker Martin Pavilion. A $5
contribution is good for a hot
dog lunch.
Faculty and staff are encour-
aged to come dressed in jeans
and Wesleyan colors as extra
incentive to participate.
The event supports the Wes-
leyan Fund, which provides
scholarships for students and
funds programs at Wesleyan.
According to Leslie Anton-
iel, director of annual giving,
when the school applies for
grants from corporations and
foundations donations made
by faculty, staff and alumni
are looked at closely. Fun(d)
Day is intended to kick-off the
campaign for faculty and staff
contributions.
"We ask that faculty and
staff participate in giving back
to the school through con-
tributions to the Wesleyan
Fund," Antoniel said.
A vegetarian option is avail-
able upon request.
After long run, admin
assistant set to retire
Kimberley Saleh
ksaleh@mail. txwes. edu
JoAnn Moore, administra-
tive assistant in the school of
business is retiring Sept. 30 af-
ter 15 years at Texas Wesleyan.
Moore said she had never
really wanted to retire before
now, but now, she felt the time
was right.
"When the time was right, I
would know it, and this is the
time," Moore said.
Moore will be joining her
husband who has already re-
tired. She said she will spend
more time focusing and tak-
ing care of her husband and
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herself. Also, she has some
upcoming surgeries and will
especially need to take time
for herself.
"I will miss the interaction
with students and the faculty
the most," Moore said.
Chasiti Dixon is also the
school of business' admin-
istrative assistant. She has
worked with Moore for more
than three years.
Dixon said her favorite
thing about Moore is "listen-
ing to her crazy stories and
getting a chance to bond.
What I will miss most about
JoAnn is listening to her sing
gospel."
classes, so they get to know the
Burleson students by name.
The system has worked well
technologically during the
year and a half it has been in
place. Shetter remembers that
there was one ocassion when a
mechinacal glitch interrupted
the live feedback in one class,
but that was quickly resolved.
"Other than that," Shetter
said, "it has been reliable and
trouble free."
The new teleconferencing
system has, up until now, been
used solely in classrooms in
Wesleyan's school of busi-
ness. However, a generous
grant from Wesleyan friend
and donor, Alfred Brown Jr.
has allowed the university to
expand the system to other
areas.
It is now ready for use by the
school of education, with the
hardware and software now in
place in Dan Waggoner Hall.
School of busin ess secretary
Chastiti Dixon said the sys-
tem has mainly been utilized
in business courses that do
not involve group projects.
"So far it has not been used
in courses that involve a lot
of outside the classroom,
group-type projects, but that
may change," Dixon said in
a telephone interview. "At
this point, so early on, we are
looking to see how it works
out in larger applications in
the school of education, then
we may see different uses for
business classes."
Martinez sees the new vid-
eo teleconferencing system
having a much greater role at
Wesleyan in the near future.
Martinez said future de-
gree plans will allow students
in other countries to do their
coursework by a combination
of live classrooms, video tele-
Texas Wesleyan is more
than a place to work for
Moore, it is a family. Moore's
own family also has a history
with Texas Wesleyan. She has
several family members who
have attended Wesleyan, in-
cluding her son, who earned
bachelor's and master's de-
grees from Wesleyan.
Despite her Sept. 30 retire-
ment date, Moore could never
abandon or forget about her
Wesleyan family. She will be
training and getting the new
administrative assistant situ-
ated. She said she will also be
making visits to campus from
time-to-time.
conferencing classrooms and
online classes.
"Our goal is to use the sys-
tem to expand our graduate
programs beyond the Metro-
plex," Martinez said. "We'd
like eventually to be able to
use the technology to broad-
cast Texas Wesleyan courses
abroad."
Martinez envisions degree
plans that will allow students
in other countries to do their
coursework by a combination
of live classrooms, video tele-
conferencing classrooms and
online classes.
Brown will be honored in a
ceremony at 4 p.m. Oct. 1 on
campus.
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