IN FOCUS: November 10, 2006

TOP NEWS		CALENDAR
FOUR SOUTHWESTERN FACULTY MEMBERS RECEIVE AWARDS		November 10 Viewing night at the Fountainwood Observatory 10-Dec. 6 Chinese painting exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 12 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 15 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishops Lounge 18 Men’s basketball vs. Texas Lutheran University, 7 p.m. 18 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., McCombs Ballroom 21 Women’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. 21 Men’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 8 p.m.
Four Southwestern University faculty members have been named 2006 recipients of awards from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund. The fund provides monetary awards for the continuing education and development of full-time faculty members of United Methodist colleges and universities in Texas. The highly competitive grants may be used for graduate study or postgraduate research. Applicants are required to submit programs that will “contribute to the improvement of the quality of intellectual, community or religious life of the state of Texas and the nation.” The 2006 Southwestern University recipients will use their funds for projects ranging from a study of sanitation in Victorian England to development of podcasts on the history of science. The recipients and their projects are as follows: • Eileen Cleere, associate professor of English, will use the funds to complete research for her book titled The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic Philosophy and the Victorian Cleanliness Campaign. • Elizabeth Green Musselman, associate professor of history, will use her funds to develop a series of monthly podcasts on the history of science. • Laura Hobgood-Oster, associate professor of religion and philosophy, will use her funds to research a new book tentatively titled The Culture of Sacrifice. The book will cover how the concept and reality of animal sacrifice functioned in pre-Christian European cultures through modern U.S. culture, where dramatically increasing numbers of animals are killed for food and research. • Michael Saenger, assistant professor of English, will use his award to travel to Paris to receive training on French language and the study of Renaissance French books. This training will help him on a project titled “Speaking Foreign Tongues: The Impersonation of Strangeness in Shakespeare.”
EVENTS
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art and Art History Department, will host an exhibition titled Monumental Mountains: Order and Stability in Chinese Landscape Painting. The Chinese facsimile (exact copy) scrolls feature landscape paintings dating from the Five Dynasties Period through the Yüan Dynasty. The exhibit was planned and organized by the students in Diana Tenckhoff’s Capstone Seminar in Chinese Painting. The scrolls will be displayed in the Fine Arts Gallery, Nov. 10 through Dec. 6. The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents the SU Jazz Band, directed by George Oldziey, in concert Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Bishops Lounge of the McCombs Center. The band includes two trumpet players, two trombonists, one French horn player, one saxophonist, a violinist (fiddler), three guitarists, a bass player and two pianists. Oldziey, an accomplished arranger, has created arrangements for the unique ensemble such as Duke Ellington’s relatively obscure piece “Johnny Come Lately,” Joe Henderson’s “No Me Esqueca,” Thelonious Monk’s “I Mean You” and many more. Every band member will improvise at least one solo. The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, brings guest composer Karim Al- Zand to campus for a series of events for students, faculty and the general public. These events will include an open seminar on contemporary music and a lecture/recital featuring Al-Zand and members of the music department faculty. The recital on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer will include Al-Zand’s “Violin Sonata (Imaginary Scenes),” performed by violinist Eri Lee Lam and pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, and “Tagore Love Songs,” performed by Tamagawa and baritone Bruce Cain. The concert is free and open to the public. Please call Lacy Vain at 863-1379 for more information. Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood Observatory from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. The Observatory is located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the Rockwell Baseball Field. Physics department faculty and talented observers from the Williamson County Astronomy Club (www.williamson-astro.org) will be on hand to guide visitors through their viewing experience. On this evening, the moon will not rise until 10:26 p.m. If the sky is clear and the air is dry, beautiful star clusters, nebula and ghostly galaxies will be visible through telescopes. Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242. Note: This is the last Public Night of the Fall 2006 Semester. Public Nights will begin again in January 2007.
FACULTY FORUM
There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 13.
MEDIA COVERAGE
The Austin Business Journal featured Roger Young, director of career services, in an article about higher education’s role in preparing students for the workforce. The Williamson County Sun ran an editorial about Bill Jones’ book To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840-2000. The Sun also published an article about students who live with their parents on campus and a feature story about Sally Teinert, university operator. Political Science Professor Tim O'Neill was quoted in a Houston Chronicle story about possible future plans for the candidates who lost the Texas governor's race.
NOTABLES
Bob Bednar, associate professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department, presented a paper titled “Touching Images: Towards a Visual/Material Cultural Study of Roadside Shrines” at TRANS: A Visual Culture Conference on Oct. 20, in Madison, Wis. Jennifer Lovell ’06, Abby Diehl ’06, Elizabeth Joyce ’07, Jenifer Cohn ’06, Jose Lopez ’06 and Fay Guarraci, assistant professor of psychology, had a manuscript titled “Some Guys Have All The Luck: Mate Preference Influences Paced-Mating Behavior in Female Rats” accepted for publication in Physiology & Behavior. Mary Hale Visser, professor of art, and her sculpture students April Mosher ’07, Elizabeth Keating ’07, Gerald Chapa Jr. ’07, Lisa De la Cruz ’08, Larcy Levins ’08 and Carling Hale ’08 presented their work in the 12X12X12 sculpture exhibition at the 9th Texas Sculpture Symposium at Texas Tech University Nov. 3, 4 and 5. The title of this Collaborative Project is “Visual Linking Beyond the Singular: 6 Sculptures.”

IN FOCUS: November 10, 2006

TOP NEWS

CALENDAR

FOUR SOUTHWESTERN FACULTY MEMBERS RECEIVE AWARDS

November

10 Viewing night at the Fountainwood Observatory

10-Dec. 6 Chinese painting exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery

12 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel

15 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishops Lounge

18 Men’s basketball vs. Texas Lutheran University, 7 p.m.

18 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., McCombs Ballroom

21 Women’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m.

21 Men’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 8 p.m.

Four Southwestern University faculty members have been named 2006 recipients of awards from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund.
The fund provides monetary awards for the continuing education and development of full-time faculty members of United Methodist colleges and universities in Texas. The highly competitive grants may be used for graduate study or postgraduate research. Applicants are required to submit programs that will “contribute to the improvement of the quality of intellectual, community or religious life of the state of Texas and the nation.”

The 2006 Southwestern University recipients will use their funds for projects ranging from a study of sanitation in Victorian England to development of podcasts on the history of science. The recipients and their projects are as follows:

• Eileen Cleere, associate professor of English, will use the funds to complete research for her book titled The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic Philosophy and the Victorian Cleanliness Campaign.

• Elizabeth Green Musselman, associate professor of history, will use her funds to develop a series of monthly podcasts on the history of science.

• Laura Hobgood-Oster, associate professor of religion and philosophy, will use her funds to research a new book tentatively titled The Culture of Sacrifice. The book will cover how the concept and reality of animal sacrifice functioned in pre-Christian European cultures through modern U.S. culture, where dramatically increasing numbers of animals are killed for food and research.

• Michael Saenger, assistant professor of English, will use his award to travel to Paris to receive training on French language and the study of Renaissance French books. This training will help him on a project titled “Speaking Foreign Tongues: The Impersonation of Strangeness in Shakespeare.”

EVENTS

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art and Art History Department, will host an exhibition titled Monumental Mountains: Order and Stability in Chinese Landscape Painting. The Chinese facsimile (exact copy) scrolls feature landscape paintings dating from the Five Dynasties Period through the Yüan Dynasty.

The exhibit was planned and organized by the students in Diana Tenckhoff’s Capstone Seminar in Chinese Painting. The scrolls will be displayed in the Fine Arts Gallery, Nov. 10 through Dec. 6.

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents the SU Jazz Band, directed by George Oldziey, in concert Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Bishops Lounge of the McCombs Center.

The band includes two trumpet players, two trombonists, one French horn player, one saxophonist, a violinist (fiddler), three guitarists, a bass player and two pianists. Oldziey, an accomplished arranger, has created arrangements for the unique ensemble such as Duke Ellington’s relatively obscure piece “Johnny Come Lately,” Joe Henderson’s “No Me Esqueca,” Thelonious Monk’s “I Mean You” and many more. Every band member will improvise at least one solo.

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, brings guest composer Karim Al-
Zand to campus for a series of events for students, faculty and the general public. These
events will include an open seminar on contemporary music and a lecture/recital featuring Al-Zand and members of the music department faculty. The recital on Friday,
Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer will include Al-Zand’s “Violin
Sonata (Imaginary Scenes),” performed by violinist Eri Lee Lam and pianist Kiyoshi
Tamagawa, and “Tagore Love Songs,” performed by Tamagawa and baritone Bruce Cain.

The concert is free and open to the public. Please call Lacy Vain at 863-1379 for more information.

Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood Observatory from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. The Observatory is located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the Rockwell Baseball Field.

Physics department faculty and talented observers from the Williamson County Astronomy Club (www.williamson-astro.org) will be on hand to guide visitors through their viewing experience. On this evening, the moon will not rise until 10:26 p.m. If the sky is clear and the air is dry, beautiful star clusters, nebula and ghostly galaxies will be visible through telescopes.

Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242.

Note: This is the last Public Night of the Fall 2006 Semester. Public Nights will begin again in January 2007.

FACULTY FORUM

There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 13.

MEDIA COVERAGE

The Austin Business Journal featured Roger Young, director of career services, in an article about higher education’s role in preparing students for the workforce.

The Williamson County Sun ran an editorial about Bill Jones’ book To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840-2000.

The Sun also published an article about students who live with their parents on campus and a feature story about Sally Teinert, university operator.

Political Science Professor Tim O'Neill was quoted in a Houston Chronicle story about possible future plans for the candidates who lost the Texas governor's race.

NOTABLES

Bob Bednar, associate professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department, presented a paper titled “Touching Images: Towards a Visual/Material Cultural Study of Roadside Shrines” at TRANS: A Visual Culture Conference on Oct. 20, in Madison, Wis.

Jennifer Lovell ’06, Abby Diehl ’06, Elizabeth Joyce ’07, Jenifer Cohn ’06, Jose Lopez ’06 and Fay Guarraci, assistant professor of psychology, had a manuscript titled “Some Guys Have All The Luck: Mate Preference Influences Paced-Mating Behavior in Female Rats” accepted for publication in Physiology & Behavior.

Mary Hale Visser, professor of art, and her sculpture students April Mosher ’07, Elizabeth Keating ’07, Gerald Chapa Jr. ’07, Lisa De la Cruz ’08, Larcy Levins ’08 and Carling Hale ’08 presented their work in the 12X12X12 sculpture exhibition at the 9th Texas Sculpture Symposium at Texas Tech University Nov. 3, 4 and 5. The title of this Collaborative Project is “Visual Linking Beyond the Singular: 6 Sculptures.”