March 16, 2001

Students who participated in the 2000 Biology Summer Research Program presented their work at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science in San Marcos on March 2. Listed below are the students, faculty mentors and the titles of their talks:

Swetangi Bhaleeya and Rebecca Sheller, "The Effect of Exogenous Heat Shock Proteins on the Crayfish Ventral Nerve Cord", Frances Chu and Deborah Eastman, "Notch Pathway and Protein Interactors", Matthew Chumchal and Stephanie Fabritius, "Bigger is Better: Fitness, Advantages for Large Female Xanthopimpla stemmator", Nicoletta Leontaritis and Rebecca Sheller, "Possible Aspartame-Induced Stress Response and Apoptotic Cell Death in the Crayfish Central Nervous System", Rebecca Pierce and Deborah Eastman, "Notch Pathway-Mechanistic Details", John Saari and Vicente Villa, "Effect of Inoculum Size on the Dimorphic Conversion of Yeast-Like Cells to Hyphae in Mucor rouxii", Kara Stabler and Stephanie Fabritius, "Nest Site Selection Among Doves on the Southwestern University Campus", John Stewart and Vicente Villa, "Inoculum Size Effect on the Morphological Development of Mucor rouxii under Aerobic Conditions", Matt McCaw and Damon Waitt also presented a talk titled "Evaluation of an Area Infected with Oak Wilt using GIS"

The following students won awards for their presentations: Kara Stabler-First place undergraduate presentation, Rebecca Pierce- Third place undergraduate presentation, Matt Chumchal- Honorable mention undergraduate presentation.

February 23, 2001

SU psychology majors Katie Kirkendall, Deann Dixon, and Ann Raney recently had an article they co-authored, along with Traci Giuliano, associate professor of psychology, accepted for publication. Their paper titled "The bold and the beautiful: The effect of physical attractiveness and extraversion on desirability" is currently in press at the "Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research."

The Brothers of Phi Delta Theta raised over $1000 for the Williamson County Crisis Center (WCCC) during the 2nd Annual Buy a Phi event. This money will help to support victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

February 9, 2001

Johnathan Kana, first-year music major, was selected by competitive audition for the College Band Directors National Association Small College Intercollegiate Band. John competed nationally on euphonium for a spot in this prestigious ensemble. He will attend the CBDNA conference at the University of North Texas and perform in concert with the SCIB on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Michelle Thibodeau, sophomore music major, was selected by competitive audition for the second year in a row to the 2001 National Wind Ensemble. Michelle competed nationally on flute and will perform with this organization at Carnegie Hall in New York City during Memorial Day weekend.

January 26, 2001

In the Feb. 18, 2001 issue of Baseball America, junior pitcher Forrest Martin of Southwestern University was selected as a member of the Pre-season All-America Team. Martin was 8-2 last season with a 2.68 era, and 112 strikeouts in 87 innings pitched. Only five pitchers from Division III were picked for the team.

Southwestern's baseball team was selected as the #22 team in the nation in the American Baseball Coaches Association preseason poll. SU placed 21st in 2000 and had a record of 37-12. The team has won the SCAC Championship four of its six years competing, and has been to the NCAA Tournament five consecutive seasons. SU has hosted the NCAA West Regional each of the past two years. Southwestern is one of only three Texas schools to appear in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.

January 19, 2001

Early last semester, a Call for Proposals was sent to all Southwestern University students to submit applications for a new program, the King Creativity Fund. This program was funded through a generous gift from Southwestern alumnus W. Joseph King. The purpose of the program is to support the creative endeavors of students enrolled at SU. The response was exceptional and the proposals were well prepared and innovative. Toward the end of the fall semester, eighteen proposals involving 23 students were approved by a selection committee composed of five students (Allison Young, Amy Tims, Rosie Bamberger, Robert Romig and Amy Coe), a faculty advisor, and an administrative advisor.

CONGRATULATIONS from the Provost's Office to these outstanding SU students! They are: Alan Suderman, Ryan Smith, Autumn Petty, Brent Furl, Karen Harton, Joi Lakes, Megan Lyons, Stephanie Arsenault, Casey Douglas, Mark Corbin, Karen Adamson, Javan Cayo Johnson, Crystal Guillory, Christopher Kersten, Jonathan Knipscher, Elizabeth Dinn, Steven Smith, Allison Young, Charles Lindsey, Deann Dixon, Aleta Estrada, Ryan Suarez, Aaron Lozier