News Release for Nov. 15, 2011
SAN MARCOS ARTIST’S WORKS ON EXHIBITION IN SUL ROSS GALLERY
Artworks by Carole Greer, San Marcos, will be on exhibition at Sul Ross State University through Dec. 6.
Greer’s art is exhibited in the Main Gallery, Francois Fine Arts Building. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Gallery will be closed during the week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 21-25.
Highly personal and heavily symbolic, Greer’s work uses notions, literal and figurative, from her life past and present and it asks the viewer to draw on their own frame of reference to build a dialogue with the work through the use of these symbols. Working on 20”x24” paper, Greer uses combinations of acrylic paint, paint sticks, collaged lace, and paper.
“The symbols in my work are personal,” Greer said. “The materials are part of the symbols. Often I am not aware of the meaning, yet during the creative process, the meaning evolves into different ideas through use of the symbols.”
SUL ROSS CLOSED NOV. 23-25 FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Sul Ross State University offices will be closed Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 23-25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no classes next week.
Offices will re-open and classes will resume at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
LLOYD DRAGOO BEGINS DUTIES AS SUL ROSS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY DIRECTOR
 As the new Sul Ross State University Law Enforcement Academy director, Lloyd Dragoo ‘s immediate goal is to re-establish a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the state peace officer examination.
Dragoo, who began his new duties Nov. 7, inherits a class of 17 cadets who will graduate from the LEA Dec. 9.
He moved to Alpine from Uvalde, where he served as coordinator of the Middle Rio Grande Law Enforcement Academy at Southwest Texas Junior College. During his three-year tenure, his cadets maintained a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the state exams, up from 58 percent when he started.
“Right now, this academy has the highest failure rate (on first-time examinations) in the state, so we’re facing the same challenges as we did (at SWTJC),” Dragoo said.
A former police officer and U.S. Army officer, Dragoo uses the motto “Mission first, soldiers always, self last.”
“The main mission is to focus on bringing up the standard in the basic peace officer academy, as well as to make it grow,” he said. “We have one academy (per year) now, but I hope to start a second academy March 5.”
A native of San Antonio, Dragoo earned a B.S. degree (1981) in Criminal Justice from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University-San Marcos). He worked as a police officer in San Marcos and Dallas for several years, then enrolled in Officers Candidate School in the U.S. Army. He spent three years on active duty and received a M.S. degree (1990) in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma while serving in Germany.
In all, Dragoo spent 16 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve (1985-2001). From 1995-2008, he taught criminal justice in San Antonio high schools, and was a criminal justice/police officer certification instructor at San Antonio College before moving to Uvalde. He received a M.A. (1998) in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville.
His wife, Anna, serves as coordinator of Human Resources at SWTJC.
For more information, contact Dragoo, (432) 837-8614 or ldragoo@sulross.edu.
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