December 2, 2000

Lucas Stafford, junior from Boerne, concluded twelve weeks at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab learning what it takes to undertake a career as a marine scientist. Stafford was one of eight undergraduates chosen from a large pool of college applicants to participate in this competitive program, funded for the fourth year in a row by the National Science Foundation for the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at the Sea Lab. Located on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, the Sea Lab participants worked alongside individual mentors in the field doing everything from seagrass studies in Florida to jellyfish research on a week-long cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Stafford's project was titled "Intraspecific Agonistic Behavior of the Mud-Dwelling Stomatopod, Squilla empusa (Crustacea: Stomatopoda."

November 10, 2000

Ebony and Latinos Unidos members attended the 12th Annual Minority Student Leadership Conference at the UT-Dallas Saturday, Nov. 4. The theme for this year's conference was, "Different Faces: One Voice." Students attended a variety of workshops covering such topics as financial management, career opportunities and leadership skills. In addition to workshops, students also had the chance to network with representatives from companies like Anderson Consulting and NBC. SU students in attendance were Kia Carter, Takijah Heard, Yesenia Garcia, Crystal Guillory, Linda Patton, Daria Russell, Sheralyn Sherman, Keri Ward and Keverly Williams. Teresa Williams and Leah Caro-Shueler attended the conference as advisors.

Jennifer Lang, junior chemistry major and Student Judiciary President, gave a presentation at the annual national meeting of the Center for Academic Integrity, which met Nov. 3-5 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Her topic was "Academic Integrity: Promoting Student Buy-in." She involved students from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brigham Young, Rice and Kansas State University.

November 3, 2000

Junior art major Matt Dannelly was invited to exhibit a selection of his wood-fired pottery at Mountain View College in Dallas. The exhibition titled "Return of the Clay People" is on display in the Garden Gallery through Nov. 10.

October 27, 2000

Seniors Ana Vazquez, Holly Hubler and Kylie Frye, and juniors Erin Intihar and Brandi Millsap worked with Sherry Adrian, associate professor of education, this past year on the local committee for the National Council for Learning Disabilities conference held in Austin Oct. 19-21. The SU students served on the Students In Focus committee to oversee local elementary and secondary school involvement at the conference. Seniors Becky Wilds and Beth Houck served as session facilitators.

October 15, 2000

Three students in the Department of Chemistry participated in the 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at Baylor University, in October. Megan Bourg, senior chemistry major, presented a talk on her research with Fred Hilgeman and Frank Guziec, professors of chemistry, titled "Investigation of Reduction/Oxidation Reaction Mechanisms of Nitrobenzene and Benzoquinone Mustards Utilizing the Technique of Cyclic Voltammetry." John Molloy, senior chemistry major, gave a talk on his work with Emily Niemeyer, assistant professor of chemistry, titled "Analysis of the Water Core of Several Reverse Micelle Systems Using a pH Sensitive Dye." Megan and John both received honorable mention awards for their presentations. DJ Fiterman, junior chemistry major, presented his research with Frank Guziec and Lynn Guziec, assistant professor of chemistry, titled "Methods for Synthesis of Potential Anti-Tumor Benzoquinone Mustard Derivates." DJ received the Grand Prize award at the symposium for his presentation.

September 1, 2000

Senior Matt Murdock is one of 2000 award recipients of the International Tennis Association. The ITA has announced the teams and student-athletes that have met its criteria for ITA All-Academic Team and ITA Scholar-Athletes at the NCAA Divisions I, II, and III and NAIA levels for the 1999-2000 season. In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status at the NCAA level, a player must meet the following criteria: 1) be a junior or senior in school; 2) be a varsity letterwinner; and 3) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.0 scale).

Recent psychology graduate Jennifer Knight '00 was the sole undergraduate winner in the American Psychological Society's Student Research Competition. One undergraduate and three graduate students were recognized among more than 300 entries at the APS national convention held in Miami in May. Her paper, co-authored with Traci Giuliano, associate professor of psychology, was titled "They got text: Consequences of gender-stereotypical portrayals of athletes by the media."

Southwestern seniors Elizabeth Dinn, Laura Harrison, and Chet Lofgren, and juniors Danielle Jamar and Allison Young participated in the International Sculpture Symposium held last June in Houston and assisted Mary Visser, associate professor of art, conduct a workshop on 3 dimensional modeling for sculptors and teachers. This event was sponsored by the Computers and Sculptors Forum under the auspices of the International Sculpture Center. Southwestern students were there and teaching throughout the entire five days at the workshop from 9a.m.-5 p.m. Two of the Southwestern students had their artwork rapid prototyped during this workshop. Visser was very pleased with the student's commitment and skill in tutoring the conference attendees each day. Apple Inc., who donated the computers for the workshop, made a small web site film about the workshop and the Southwestern student's participation.