March 15, 2008
 Three student ecologists, Sarah Hensley, Colin
Kyle and James McDonough,
presented their research on invasive applesnails at the Texas Academy of
Sciences meeting in Corpus Christi on Friday, March 7th. Hensley’s
presentation titled "Small snails grow up fast" received an Honorable
Mention award in the undergraduate competition for oral presentations. Professor
Romi Burks served as Section Chair for the Freshwater and Marine Section
of the Academy.
Senior
Alison Kuo received the first Fayez Sarofim Passion for the Arts Award. The
award was created to honor graduating seniors who exhibit the same passion
for the arts that Sarofim has. The award comes with a $500 cash prize and,
beginning next year, will be presented annually at the Honors Convocation.
March 7, 2008
Students Colin Kyle and James McDonough have received a grant of $1,500
from the Texas Academy of Sciences. The grant will be used to examine the
relationship between applesnails and another exotic, invasive species – the
taro or “elephant ear” plant.
February 29, 2008
Four Southwestern students have been selected to receive Sumners Fellowships
beginning in the fall of 2008. The fellowships, which are awarded by the
Hatton W. Sumners Foundation of Dallas, are $5,000 per semester or a total
of $10,000 per year. Students recently selected to receive Sumners Fellowships
are Sarah Gould, Emily Gutzmer, Heather
Lesieur and Luis (Fermie) Reyes.
Students are selected for the fellowships based on their academic history,
extracurricular activities, and leadership experience. In addition to assistance
with tuition, students selected to receive Sumners Fellowships have access
to other programs sponsored by the foundation, including a distinguished
lecture series; a variety of public policy, leadership and civic participation
programs; and several educational and internship opportunities in Washington,
D.C.
February 15, 2008
Senior chemistry major Robert Lockwood presented his poster titled “Ethanol
Elimination Rates From Time-Discrete Blood Draws in Impaired Driving Cases," at
the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Washington,
D.C., this week. Lockwood worked on the project during an internship with
the Bexar County Forensic Toxicology Laboratory in San Antonio. Southwestern
graduate and internship supervisor Mike Frontz coauthored the paper.
February 8, 2008
Senior
Jessica Ratcliffe was one of three students selected statewide to receive
a scholarship from the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators
(TASPA) for the 2007-2008 school year. She received the award at the organization’s
annual conference in Austin in December. This is the eighth year in a row
that a student in Southwestern University’s Teacher Certification Program
has received a TASPA scholarship – something no other university in
Texas has been able to accomplish. Ratcliffe hopes to teach 11th grade U.S.
History and coach a high school cross country team.
December 7, 2007
Students Eva Graham, Kim Griffin, Leah Jones, Ursula James, Shannon Burge, Shaun Cooper, Tanlyn Roelofs, Melissa Dison, Shireen Tabrizi, Cameron Holland and Daniel
Quentin attended the first annual Powershift gathering in Washington D.C. Powershift is a gathering of college and high school students across the nation to stand together against climate change. The conference held panel discussions on activism, greening university supply chains or cafeterias, and how to engage other students in environmental issues. Speakers at the gathering included Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Green Party Candidate
Ralph Nader.
November 30, 2007
Art majors Lauren Cardenas in painting and Laura
Bishop in sculpture won
top honors in the Central Texas Art Competition and another Southwestern
art major, Jaymie Teakell, received an honorable mention from among 450 entries
from the central Texas region.
November 16, 2007
Southwestern
voice students and music faculty participated in the annual National Association
of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Region, convention and vocal competition,
held this year at Southern Methodist University Nov. 8-10. Five student singers
received "excellent" ratings and were thus advanced to the semifinal round
of competition in their respective age categories. These singers were first
year women Brooke
Lyssy and Morgan Mingle, junior Erin McHugh and senior women Emily
Price and
Dolores Noel. Lyssy is a student of Oliver Worthington, assistant professor
of music, while Mingle, McHugh, Price and Noel are students of Carol
Kreuscher,
assistant professor of music. All singers were accompanied by Kiyoshi
Tamagawa,
professor of music.
November 9, 2007
Junior Justin Thurman presented his research paper titled "The Printed
Voice" at the 2007 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. The conference
was held in Akron, Ohio, Oct. 11-13. Thurman gave a podium presentation in
the session titled "Appropriation and Non-Shakespearean Renaissance
Writing." Thurman received a grant from the Mundy Fund in the maximum
amount for travel and conference expenses. The paper was the result of research
done with Michael Saenger, professor of English literature. The conference
attracted international scholars, and Thurman was the only undergraduate
presenting.
October 26, 2007
Southwestern University sculpture student April Mosher’s proposal
for a site work sculpture for the city of San Marcos has been accepted for
the duration of the sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network
of Texas at Texas State University. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 – Nov.
18 and Mosher will install her sculpture “Silent Wall” (16 ft.
x 5 ft.) on the park grounds in San Marcos.
Four Southwestern students - Karin Arnhamn, Christy
Catlin, Sara Escjeda and Jon Jonse - will travel to Fort Worth Nov. 1-2 to participate in the
annual Ethics Match sponsored by the Texas Independent College Foundation.
October 5, 2007
Two Southwestern University sculpture students, Lisa DelaCruz and Ricardo Levario, had their work juried into the student division a
sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network of Texas at
Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The exhibition runs from
Oct. 25 – Nov. 18th in the Student Gallery of Texas State University.
September 21, 2007
Senior Kalie Trueper and graduate Laura Brown ’07
will present their research paper titled “Being a Sister: Race and
Gender in Sorority Life” at the 2007 Annual Convention for the National
Communications Association. The meeting will be held in Chicago on Nov.
15-18 and is titled “Communicating
Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics.” Trueper and Brown will be giving
a podium presentation in the session titled “Women’s Worldviews,
Ethics, & Intellects: Ideological Struggles in Sororities, in ‘On
the Outs’ and in Academe.” Trueper has received a grant from
the Fleming Fund in the maximum amount for travel and conference expenses.
The paper was the result of research done in a class taught by Julia
R. Johnson, assistant professor of communication studies.
August 31, 2007
At the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, held in New York City Aug. 11-14, sociology senior Lauren Cox participated in the ASA Honors Program. She presented her research in a paper titled “What’s Class Got to do with It?: The Effects of Social Class on Dating Activities.” Her paper was a result of work done in a course under the direction of Sandi
Nenga, assistant professor of sociology.
August 24, 2007
Seniors Jessica A. Hoch, Kim H. Le, Ian R. Bothwell and Kyle A. Marshall presented their research at the 2007 meeting for the American Chemical Society August 19-23 in Boston. Hoch and Le's paper was titled "Approaches to the synthesis of selenium analogs of dapstone." Bothwell's paper was titled "Direct synthesis of tamoxifen and related traryl-substituted alkenes via two-fold extrusion reactions" and Marshall's paper was titled "Preparations and biological evaluation of new anthrapyrazoles and bisathrapyzoles." All four students presented their research in poster presentation form.
First-year student Jose Jimenez; sophomores Janet Del Real, Zenaida Miranda and Linda Pena; junior Billie Salazar; and senior James Le have received Gates Millennium Scholar awards. The scholarship program provides academically talented African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with the opportunity to complete a college education. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsors the program, which has benefited more than 11,000 students since 1999. GMS award scholars can attend any accredited college or university of their choice.
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