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The Office of Continuing Education Lifelong Learning at Henderson State University will be offering to the public the chance to participate in several new classes.

'Water Aerobics for Healthy Living' at the HSU Wells pool. Sessions will be on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00 beginning Feb. 28 and continuing through April 27. Cost will be $39. The program includes a certified instructor, Julie Young.

'Self Defense for Women and Men' will be held in HSU's Garrison Center banquet room Mon., April 10, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Cost is $29. Class will include tips and techniques for defending yourself regardless of stature.

'Road Survival' is a three-hour workshop with the goal of teaching how to keep vehicles out of the garage and on the road. They encourage parent-teenager teams to attend. The class will be held at Golden's Service Center in Arkadelphia Sat., April 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Cost of the workshop is $22.

'Pottery for Fun' will be held at the HSU Art annex Tues. and Thurs. evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 beginning Feb. 29 and going through March 30. The participants will have the chance to learn three techniques of pottery and make four pieces themselves. There will be video instructions to assist you. All finished pottery once is lead free. Cost for the class is $69.

'Microsoft Office 2000' will be offered in two sessions. Session one will involve four classes held on March 7, 9, 14 and 16 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. entitled 'Word 2000 for Beginners.'

Session two will be held April 4, 6, 11 and 13 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. entitled, 'Excel 2000 for Beginners.'

Cost for each session is $79.

For more information call Paula Cook at 870-230-5478. You may also register at HSU's website:

http://www.hsu.edu/dept/life

In April of their senior year of high school most students have no idea what college classes they will take. They almost certainly have not registered for fall courses. However, Ouachita Baptist University will host an early registration (ER) on Saturday, April 17, for all students already accepted to attend the university in the fall.

Ouachita's ER gives high school seniors a chance to take one more worry out of attending college. By pre-registering for classes before they ever graduate from high school, students have one less thing to stress over as they begin the transition to becoming a college student.

Five hundred and eighteen students have been named to the President's List and Dean's List at Ouachita Baptist University for the 1999 fall semester.

To be named to the President's List at OBU, a student must compile a 4.00 (straight A) grade point average and be classified as a full-time student taking a minimum of 12 academic hours. Students making at least a 3.5 grade point average and up to a 4.00 average for the semester are placed on the Ouachita Dean's List, according to Dr. Mike Arrington, vice president for academic affairs.

Those students named to the President's List at Ouachita include: Andrew Mikeal Taylor andMeredith Lee Smith, both of Gurdon, and Melinda Anne McGough of Prescott.