From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Mon Apr 3 08:53:45 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Mon Apr 3 08:57:00 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus Message-ID: <443128E9.8070009@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS March 31, 2006 * * *SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAUNCHED $125 MILLION COMPREHENSIVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN* Southwestern University launched the largest fundraising campaign in its 166-year history - a $125 million comprehensive campaign designed to fund priorities in the university's 2010 Strategic Plan. These initiatives fall into four broad categories: * Supporting students * Supporting faculty * Diversity enrichment * Enhancing the living/learning environment on campus /Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign/ will run through June 30, 2009. University officials announced that they have already raised more than $53 million of the campaign goal during the "quiet phase" of the campaign, which began on July 1, 2002. Campaign kickoff events included a March 31 lecture by Thomas Kean, who served as chair of the 9/11 Commission, and a gala dinner that evening. Read the entire article at www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060331.html . *SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASES STUDENT RESEARCH, CREATIVITY WEEK OF APRIL 3* * * The creativity and scholarship of Southwestern University students will be displayed at two different events the week of April 3. Creative projects will be displayed Monday, April 3, at the 2006 King Creativity Symposium. Projects funded this year include a documentary about the rebuilding of New Orleans and a play based on actual student e-mail exchanges. The symposium featuring project exhibits and presentations will be held from 5-6 p.m. April 3 in the ballrooms of the McCombs Campus Center. In all, the symposium will highlight the work of 19 scholars on 12 projects. In conjunction with this symposium, Southwestern will host a screening of the film /My Father the Genius/ at 7:30 p.m. April 3 at the Palace Theatre, 810 S. Austin Ave. The screening is free and open to the public. Complimentary tickets for the screening may be picked up in Room 33 of the Cullen Building (corner of University and Maple Streets) beginning March 21. On Thursday, April 6, nearly 100 student research projects will be featured at the 7^th annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium. The event will run from 5-9 p.m. at various locations throughout the McCombs Campus Center. Oral presentations of research projects will be given at 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. in the ballrooms, and poster presentations will be on display from 6-7 p.m. in the Bishops Lounge. Research projects in 27 different disciplines will be presented, ranging from a project on whether passing laws making counties "dry" actually reduces incidences of driving while intoxicated (DWI) to one on the use of artificial intelligence to design perfumes. In conjunction with the symposium, 1992 Southwestern graduate Steve Perz will give a lecture on Wednesday, April 5, at 4 p.m. in Olin 110. Perz is now an associate professor of sociology at the University of Florida and conducts research on the effects of road building in the Amazon rainforest. The title of his lecture is "Fish Labs, Flycatchers, Brazil and Beyond: The Transformation of Self and Science from SU to the Amazon." *SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS PRESENT PAPERS AT AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING* Students from Southwestern presented four papers at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. The meeting was held in Atlanta March 26-30. * * *Matt Halpert *presented research he has conducted on a metabolite of the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen. Halpert conducted his research with faculty members *Lynn Guziec, Martin Gonzalez* and *Maha Zewail-Foote*. *Lauren Shepard *presented some related research on new methods of making tamoxifen compounds that might be able to stop breast cancer without increasing the risk of endometrial cancer. Shepard conducted her research with* *faculty member* Frank Guziec.* * * *Lindsay Jones *presented research* *she has conducted* *with faculty members *Stephen Alexander* and *Frank Guziec. *The research is part of an ongoing project to predict the next generation of anti-cancer compounds. Jones has been assisting with computer modeling of new compounds and assisting with synthesis of compounds to be studied. * * *Bhavik Kumar *presented research he conducted that involves the interaction of ruthenium complexes with DNA. Kumer conducted the research with faculty members *Maha Zewail-Foote *and *Gulnar Rawji. * * * Jones, Shepard and Kumar received funding for their research from the Welch Foundation. Kumar and Halpert received funding for their research from Merck. *SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH TO THE SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY* Fourteen students from the Sociology and Anthropology Department presented their research at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society in New Orleans, March 22-26. Support for this professional activity came from the Fleming Collaborative Research fund, administered by Stephanie Fabritius. Ali Hendley's paper was chosen as winner of the Odum Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Paper at the SSS meetings. Two of the students presented research they did while studying in the London semester with *Maria Lowe*, associate professor of sociology. They are: *Andy Morrison*: "Bitters and Cheers: An Ethnography of Pub Culture at the Churchill Arms." *Nathan Turner*: "Minding the Gaps: Cultural Patterns on the London Underground." Five students presented research they did while in the required senior Capstone seminar with *Sandi Kawecka Nenga*, assistant professor of sociology: *Kelsie Alstead*: "You Must be a Very Special Person! Special Education and Identity Work." *Annie Garcia*: "How Different are They? Friendships in a Home School Support Group." *Ali Hendley*: "Barreras del Lenguaje: Children's Negotiation of Adult-created Exclusionary Structures." *Ashley Heck*: "We're not Special Anymore: Identity Creation, Identity Loss, and Coping Strategies in Former Gifted and Talented Students." *Krys Wyatt*: "Finding Me Through You: The First-year Struggle to Create and Maintain Identity and Friendship." Seven students presented papers they developed while doing research in the required Research Methods course with *Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology. They are: *Alice** May Berthelsen*: "Religiosity and Income: Do They have an Impact on Attitudes Towards Marijuana?" *Phillip Cantu*: "Income, Income Inequalities and Education and their Effect on Healthcare: A Cross-National Approach." *Lauren Cox*: "Factors that Predict Attitudes Toward Immigration: Income and Socioeconomic Status." *Jenna Hardy*: "Reading into Contraceptives: How Female Literacy Rates Affect the Prevalence of Contraceptives in an International Study." *Jacque Holden*: "Religion, Politics and why no one Watches the News: How Religiosity and Extremity of Political Views Affect Confidence in the Media." *Brian Kasper*: "Money and Alcohol Abuse: An In-depth Analysis of Income Levels Effect on Alcohol Abuse in Wet and Dry Counties." *Lydia** Rudy*: "What Lies Within: Constructing Beauty through Advertising in Women's Fashion Magazines." * * *THE **UNIVERSITY** OF **TEXAS** HARP AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HARP ENSEMBLES UNITE FOR A CONCERT* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, will present the University of Texas Harp and the Southwestern University Harp Ensembles at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the McCombs Ballroom. The University of Texas Harp and the Southwestern University Harp Ensembles will combine for a concert under the direction of harp instructor Delaine Fedson. Tuesday evening's program will feature diverse groupings of the harps - from solos, duos and trios to all ten harps performing the finale. The centerpiece of this concert is the premiere of a work commissioned for the UT Harp Ensemble from Robert Deemer, a University of Texas alumnus and visiting professor of composition at the University of Oklahoma. This performance is free and open to the public. For more information about this event and other fine arts events at Southwestern University, call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379.** *FACULTY FORUM * * * There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, April 3. The next Faculty Forum will be held Monday, April 10. * * *NOTABLES* *Glenda Carl*, associate professor of modern languages, gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology (SOCALLT) in Plano, Texas, Feb. 25. The theme of the conference was "Teaching and Technology; All Languages, All Levels, All Institutions." Carl's presentation was titled "The REALIA Project: A Collaborative Resource for Teaching Languages." More information about the REALIA Project may be found at http://realiaproject.org. *M. Cristina Alcalde*, assistant professor of anthropology, presented a paper titled "Discrimination and Violence Across Borders: A Preliminary Comparison of Battered Women's Experiences in Peru and the U.S." at the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies Conference in Albuquerque, N. M., March 1-4. Research for her paper and travel to the conference were funded in part by a Sam Taylor Fellowship. *Erika Berroth*, associate professor of German, presented her research at an international conference "Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts" in Bowling Green, Ohio, March 25. Her paper was titled "Postmemory and Creative Imaginaries in Monika Maron's German-German Memory Work" and contributed to the panel titled "The Holocaust and Evolving Cultural Discourse in Germany and Israel." In October 2005, Berroth presented her paper titled "Rumjana Zacharieva: Negotiating Identities in Post-Communist Bulgaria and Germany" on a panel titled "Disappearing Nations in German (Language) Literature" at the German Studies Association 29th annual conference (GSA), in Milwaukee, Wis. In July 2005, Berroth presented her paper "Writing Post-Communist Identities in Bulgaria and Germany" at a conference titled "The New Europe at the Crossroads IX," at the Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poznan, Poland. A review of Berroth's recent book on the German classic Heinrich von Kleist appeared in the journal /Monatshefte/. *Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, had several pieces accepted for publication in the journal /Archipel: Cahier international de litt?rature/. For a special volume on jazz, he submitted an article titled "Po?sie, swing et Jacques R?da," about jazz influences in the French poet's work. Also included will be three poems by Prevots, all written in French and English versions: "? Jacques R?da / To Jacques R?da," "Harry 'Sweets' Edison' and "Ugly Beauty/Belle Moche." In addition, he presented a paper on "Fighting Words in Louise Lab?'s Sonnets" at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association in Washington, D.C., for a special session regarding "How to Teach Pre-Revolutionary French Literature to Undergraduates and Why We Still Should." *SU IN THE NEWS * The /Austin Business Journal/ ran an article about Southwestern University's campaign. Read the entire article at http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/03/27/story1.html. /The Williamson County Sun/ ran an article on Professor of Economics Dirk Early's research on the measurement of poverty in the United States. *CALENDAR* April 1-9 /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 3 King Creativity Symposium 3-7 Undergraduate Research/Creative Works Symposium Week 4 Guest artist, The University of Texas Harp Ensemble, 7 p.m., McCombs Ballroom 7 Public viewing night, 8-11 p.m., Fountainwood Observatory 8 Men's lacrosse vs. University of Texas at Arlington, 1 p.m. 8 Baseball vs. Millsaps College, 2 p.m. 9 Baseball vs. Millsaps College, 1 p.m. 11 Baseball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 7 p.m. 11 Guest artist, Evangeline Benedetti, cello, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer 14 Baseball vs. Trinity University, 2 p.m. 14 Easter holiday 15 Baseball vs. Trinity University, 2 p.m. 18 Tenure and promotion reception 20 Guest artist, Weston Hurt, baritone, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 20 New Found Glory concert, 7 p.m., Robertson Center 21 Career Connections barbecue, noon- 2 p.m., Howry Center 23 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 25 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishop's Lounge 26 Guest artist, Enso String Quartet, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 27-May 9 Student art exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 28-30 Dance Repertory Concert, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 30 Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center 30 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Morton earned a degree in economics from Southwestern in 1963 and started his banking career at Whitney National Bank in New Orleans. In 1967, he joined Texas Commerce Bank and served as president and/or chief executive officer for offices in Corpus Christi, El Paso and Houston. He concluded his career as chair and chief executive officer of Chase Bank of Texas-Austin in June 1998. After six years of retirement, Morton returned to banking and currently serves as chairman of the Austin region for Texas Capital Bank. Morton has been a member of the Southwestern University Board of Trustees since 1987 and has served as co-vice chair of the board since 1996. He is one of three co-chairs for /Thinking Ahead./ Morton replaces Houston businessman Jim Walzel, who has served as Board chair for the past six years. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060406.html. *FOUR LONGTIME SUPORTERS RECEIVE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDAL* Four longtime supporters of Southwestern University have received one of the University's highest honors - the Southwestern University Medal. The medals are given for contributions to the University, either through service or philanthropy. The medals were presented March 31 at a luncheon on campus. The luncheon was held in conjunction with the kickoff for Southwestern University's $125 million /Thinking Ahead/ fundraising campaign. Houston businessman James V. Walzel received the award for his longtime service to Southwestern University's Board of Trustees. Walzel is stepping down as Board chair this fall after serving in that position for six years. During this time, he helped guide a presidential transition, initiated a new 10-year strategic plan and helped plan for the largest fundraising initiative in the University's history. He also had made several personal contributions to the University, and will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees. Also receiving the medal were three Wichita Falls residents - Elizabeth Perkins Prothro and Robert and Ruby Priddy. The Priddys received the medal for their support of Southwestern's Paideia? Program, which challenges students to make connections between their learning in the classroom and issues facing the world. The program was launched in 2002 with the help of an $8.5 million grant from the Priddy Charitable Trust. Prothro is the daughter of two longtime Southwestern supporters, Lois Craddock Perkins and Jay J. Perkins. The Perkins-Prothro Foundation has donated $3.5 million for the construction of a new building at Southwestern that will be called the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning. The new building will house the Paideia? Program, provide classroom space, and enable students to receive academic, career and technological support in one place. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060403.html. *UPCOMING EVENTS* *NEW FOUND GLORY TO PERFORM AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY APRIL 20; CONCERT PROCEEDS BENEFIT KATRINA VICTIMS* New Found Glory, a Florida-based punk-pop band that is known for its enthusiastic live performances, will be the featured band at Southwestern University's first-ever large act concert April 20. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Corbin J. Robertson Center. Last year, Southwestern University students approved a fee increase to bring a large act concert to campus. After Hurricane Katrina hit last fall, students voted to make their first concert a fundraiser to benefit victims of the hurricane. Tickets for the concert are $8 for students and $12 for the general public. They are available for online purchase at www.southwestern.edu/studentactivities . For more information on the concert, call 512-863-1862. * * *CELLO CONCERT APRIL 11* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents cellist Evangeline Benedetti in concert on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in Caldwell-Carvey Foyer in the Fine Arts Center. Evangeline Benedetti has been a member of the New York Philharmonic since 1967, the first woman in the cello section and one of the first women appointed to a permanent position with the orchestra. She was appointed to the Philharmonic by Leonard Bernstein and has since appeared with the orchestra in more than 4,000 concerts in New York and around the globe. This performance is free and open to the public. For more information about this event and other fine arts events call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379. *FACULTY FORUM * * * Jason Hoogerhyde, assistant professor of music, will discuss the catalysts and processes behind two recent compositions,/ "/Hollow" for the clarinet and/ "/Blur:Squint" for the saxophone quartet, at the noon Faculty Forum on Monday, April 10, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to attend. *NOTABLES* *Eileen Cleere*, associate professor of English, was recently awarded a C.P. Snow Fellowship from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT-Austin. The fellowship is designated for scholars working on the interdisciplinary connections between literature and science. It was given to Cleere to encourage her work on sanitary reform and its impact on Victorian aesthetic philosophy. * * *Melissa A. Johnson*, associate professor of anthropology and environmental studies, presented "Conservation in a Creolized World: Ambiguities and Ambivalences of 'Protecting Nature' in Belize" at the XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association March 15-18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. * * *Maria Kruger*, internship coordinator, was selected as the Southwest Association of Colleges and Employers scholarship recipient. The (SWACE) offers a scholarship to one eligible college member each year to attend the prestigious National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Management Leadership Institute. She will be the third Southwestern Career Services staff member to receive the SWACE scholarship in the past six years. *Mary Grace Neville*, assistant professor of business, serves as a faculty adviser to the Business as an Agent of World Benefit project housed at Case Western Reserve University. This month, Neville was invited to launch a "teacher's corner" segment of the B.A.W.B. monthly newsletter. The essay combines her perspectives on business as an integral and embedded form of social organization. She draws on stories from her recent visit to Poland which was funded through the Samuel Taylor Foundation. Read the newsletter at http://worldbenefit.case.edu/newsletter/?idNewsletter=133&idHeading=65&idNews=528 *Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, served as a discussant for a panel titled "Human Rights as Motivation and Justification in Intervention and Peace-Building" at the recent International Studies Association meeting. At the same meeting, Selbin chaired the annual meeting of Rowman & Littlefield's "New Millennium Books in International Studies" series he co-edits with Professor Deborah Gerner of Kansas. The most recent book in the series is Thomas Weiss and Peter Hoffman's "Sword & Salve: Confronting New Wars and Humanitarian Crises." *SU IN THE NEWS* The /Austin American-Statesman/ and /The Williamson County Sun/ ran articles on the /Thinking Ahead/ campaign kickoff. Read the Statesman article at http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/31southwestern.html KUT radio aired a story about the /Thinking Ahead/ campaign kickoff. The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran an op-ed piece by Lorna Hermosura about the Upward Bound students who traveled to Washington, D.C. Read the entire article at http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/03/31upward_edit.html The /San Antonio Express-News/ ran an article featuring Red McCombs involvement in the Thinking Ahead campaign. Read the entire article at http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA040106.02B.roundup5.7edf22af.html. President Schrum was quoted in an article in the /Chronicle of Philanthropy/. Read the article at http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v18/i12/12002901.htm. The /Austin Business Journal/ ran an article on Merriman Morton's appointment to chair Southwestern University's Board of Trustees. Read the entire article at http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/04/03/daily30.html?surround=etf. Mary Visser, professor of art, was included in an article in the /Cal State San Bernardino News/ about three-dimensional art. Read the entire article at http://www.news.csusb.edu/story_full.asp?articleID=3071. *CALENDAR* April 7-9 /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 7 Public viewing night, 8-11 p.m., Fountainwood Observatory 8 Men's lacrosse vs. University of Texas at Arlington, 1 p.m. 8 Baseball vs. Millsaps College, 2 p.m. 9 Baseball vs. Millsaps College, 1 p.m. 11 Baseball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 7 p.m. 11 Guest artist, Evangeline Benedetti, cello, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer 14 Baseball vs. Trinity University, 2 p.m. 14 Easter holiday 15 Baseball vs. Trinity University, 2 p.m. 18 Tenure and promotion reception 20 Guest artist, Weston Hurt, baritone, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 20 New Found Glory concert, 7 p.m., Robertson Center 21 Career Connections barbecue, noon-2 p.m., Howry Center 23 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 25 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishop's Lounge 26 Guest artist, Enso String Quartet, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 27-May 9 Student art exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 28-30 Dance Repertory Concert, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 30 Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center 30 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 13, at 2 p.m. Faulkner left UT-Austin Jan. 31 to become president of Houston Endowment, a private philanthropy established by Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones. He served as president of UT for seven years and nine months - longer than all but two predecessors in the school's 123-year history. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060406_Faulkner.html. *TRUSTEES APPROVE PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN GOLF COURSE* Members of the University's Board of Trustees recently approved plans to redevelop the Southwestern golf course. A new nine-hole golf course will be built to replace most of the existing six-hole course. If the redevelopment plans go according to schedule, the new course could be ready for play in the fall of 2007. Southwestern used to have a nine-hole golf course, but three holes were lost when two new soccer fields and a softball field were opened in 2000. The new course will be built on land the University owns east of the existing course and east of Smith Branch Creek. Some of the land taken up by the existing golf course will be converted to practice fields to replace the practice fields along Maple Street that will be lost when that street is rerouted. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060410.html. *SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT NAMED 2006 INTERNSHIP STUDENT OF THE YEAR* Melinda Smothermon '06 has been selected to receive the 2006 Internship Student of the Year award from the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA). The award will be presented at the 2006 CEIA Annual Conference to be held April 23-25 in Cinncinnati, Ohio. She is completing an independent studies major in international politics and environmental concerns. Smothermon interned with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2004. She worked in the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary, and had numerous responsibilities, including maintaining a database of the agency's science and technology experts, organizing briefings related to science and technology issues, and updating the office's Web pages. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060407.html. *UPCOMING EVENTS* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Music Department will present baritone Weston Hurt in concert on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. Weston Hurt will be accompanied by pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music. Hurt is a recent graduate of The Juilliard Opera Center. He is a highly sought-after concert singer, and his repertoire includes Handel's "Messiah," the Faur? "Requiem," Vaughan William's "Serenade to Music," Bach's "Mass in B Minor" and "Magnificat," Mozart's "Mass in C Minor" and "Coronation Mass," Britten's "War Requiem" and the Haydn "Paukenmesse" at Carnegie Hall. He was an apprentice artist with The Santa Fe Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and The National Opera Company, and he holds degrees from Indiana University and Southwestern University. This performance is free and open to the public. For more information about this event and other fine arts events at Southwestern University, call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379. *FACULTY FORUM * * * There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for April 17. The next Faculty Forum will be held April 24. *NOTABLES* *M. Cristina Alcalde*, assistant professor of anthropology, had her article "Why Would You Marry a Serrana? Women's Experiences of Identity-Based Violence in the Intimacy of their Homes in Lima" accepted for publication. The article will appear in the Spring 2007 issue of the /Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology/. * * *Laura Senio Blair*, assistant professor of Spanish, will have her article titled "Betwixt and Between: Finding Home Again in Chilean Returnee Literature" published in the fall issue of /The Latin Americanist/. A draft of this paper was part of the Brown Working Paper Series. * * *William Dick*, adjunct music instructor, presented sessions at two state conventions: Texas and Tennessee, and at three national conventions: The Midwest Band and Orchestra Convention in Chicago, the American String Teachers Association in Kansas City and the Suzuki of the Americas Association in Minneapolis. He also was appointed to the editorial board of the /American String Teacher Journal/. * * *Alisa Gaunder*, assistant professor of political science, and *Lissa Terrel* '06, political science and Spanish double major, presented a paper based on their Mundy research titled "How Female Politicians Overcome Party Constraints in the Japanese Diet: The Cases of Doi Takako, Fukushima Mizuho and Moriyama Mayumi" at the Association for Asian Studies Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., on April 7. * * *Adrienne Inglis*, adjunct flute instructor, recorded with her Latin American folk music group, Chaski, on the soundtrack to the IMAX? film "Ride Around the World." Due to be released in June 2006, the film explores a thriving global culture that has helped shape Western civilization for a thousand years. The film transports viewers to Morocco, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Patagonia, Texas and Canada, to ride with exotic horse-and-cattle peoples in an active, educational giant screen experience. Inglis was recorded playing twelve different flutes: flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, zampo?as, semi-toyas, toyos, quena, quenacho, mose?o, Baroque flute and penny whistle. *Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology and University scholar, is co-author of a new publication from the American Sociological Association, /Models and Best Practices for Joint Sociology-Anthropology Departments/. It is co-authored with Theodore C. Wagenaar of Miami University and Carla B. Howery of the American Sociological Association. View the publication at www.asanet.org. * * *Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, began work on an Associated Colleges of the South-Mellon Teaching with Technology Fellowship titled "Teaching French through Songs and Singing." For the project, which will focus on making songs available online in ways that enhance teaching and learning, Prevots recorded eight new titles, including the original compositions "Une vieille bonne femme" and "Qu'est-ce que tu aimes, Madeleine?" All material will appear on a Web site accessible to faculty at ACS schools. The project follows up in part on an ACS Summer 2005 Teaching and Learning Workshop Fellowship at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. *Mary Visser*, professor of art, was invited to give a paper on the future of three-dimensional art at the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum at California State University, San Bernardino, Calif. Her presentation accompanied the opening for the exhibition of The International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture exhibition, a show of three-dimensional works created by 20 international artists using new computer technology. The exhibit will be on display at the museum through May 13. Visser's presention was titled "Looking at the Future of Three Dimensional Art." Visser also was elected to serve on the board of the Sculpture Network of Texas, Inc. as secretary/treasurer for the 2006-08 term. *SU IN THE NEWS * David Tabb Stewart, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, was interviewed on KXAN about the Gospel of Judas. View the story at http://www.KXAN.com/Global/story.asp?s=4743138. The /Austin Business Journal/ ran an article on the announcement of Larry Faulkner as Southwestern's 2006 Commencement speaker. Read the entire article at http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/04/03/daily34.html?surround=etf. /The Williamson County Sun/ ran an article on the increase in the Southwestern yellow bike fleet. David Medley, Southwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, was featured in an article in /The Williamson County Sun/. *CALENDAR*** April 18 Tenure and promotion reception 20 Guest artist Weston Hurt, baritone, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 20 New Found Glory concert, 7 p.m., Robertson Center 21 Career Connections barbecue, noon-2 p.m., Howry Center 23 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 25 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishop's Lounge 26 Guest artist Enso String Quartet, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 27-May 9 Student art exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 28-30 Dance Repertory Concert, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 30 Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center 30 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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An additional six faculty/staff members who are already members of the organization were added to the Southwestern charter. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060420.html. *STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS PRESENTED*** * * More than 100 student leaders were recognized at the Eighth Annual Student Leadership Banquet April 19. The Overall Leader Award went to senior Matt Barnes and junior Natalie Goodnow. The Emerging Leader Award went to sophomore Brian Gingrich. The Student Organization Award went to Allies and the University Program Council. The awards for leadership in each class went to Delilah Dominguez (First-Year Award), Elizabeth Knox (Sophomore Award), Mitch Barnett and Terrenee Knight (Junior Award) and Bhavik Kumar and Dan Slezak (Senior Award). All the award recipients received a plaque, and the individual award recipients not graduating this year received a $1,000 Shilling Leadership Scholarship. *UPCOMING EVENTS* * * *SOUTHWESTERN TO **HOST** **COLLEGE** LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS* The top college club lacrosse teams from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana will be at Southwestern University April 29-30 as the school hosts the 2006 championships for the Lone Star Alliance. Ten teams in two divisions will vie for the right to advance to the national championships to be held in Dallas May 9-13. Semifinal matches will be played on Saturday, and the finals will be held on Sunday. Teams participating in the tournament include UT-Austin, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Texas State, Rice and the University of North Texas in the A Division, and Southwestern, Trinity, St. Edwards and UT-Arlington in the B Division. The matches will be played on the Southwestern University soccer fields. All games are free and open to the public. Read the entire story at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060421.html. *CHORAL CONCERT APRIL 23* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents the Southwestern University Chorale, conducted by Kenny Sheppard, in concert April 23 at 4 p.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-863-1379. *JAZZ CONCERT APRIL 25* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents the Southwestern University Jazz Band, directed by George Oldziey, in concert April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Bishops' Lounge of the McCombs Center. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-863-1379. *GUEST ARTIST CONCERT WITH THE ENSO STRING QUARTET APRIL 26* The Enso String Quartet comes to Georgetown under the auspices of The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Wednesday, April 26. They will present a concert at 7 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church, University Avenue, performing works of Mozart, Ravel and a new work by Pierre Jalbert, "The Icefield Sonnets." This performance is free and open to the public. For more information about this event and other fine arts events, call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379. *"NOBELITY" SCREENING APRIL 27* Southwestern will show the film "Nobelity" by filmmaker Turk Pipkin Thursday, April 27, in Olin 105 at 7 p.m. The film is a look at the world's most pressing problems through the eyes of Nobel laureates from disparate fields, including peace, social justice and scientific disciplines. The screening is for students, faculty and staff. For complete information, go to www.nobelitythemovie.com . *FACULTY FORUM * Michael Kamen, associate professor of education, and participants in five Southwestern lesson study teams will briefly describe their lesson study projects followed by a discussion about possible continued applications of this model for ongoing professional development at the noon Faculty Forum on Monday, April 24, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to attend. *NOTABLES* Students, faculty, and recent graduates of the Psychology Department captured many of the undergraduate research awards at the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) annual meeting in Austin April 13-15. First place in the Undergraduate Research Competition went to *Emily Taylor*, *Mark Morrow* and *Richard Osbaldiston* for "Size matters: Perception of nutrition through serving sizes." Southwestern students also won four of 10 cash awards given for the best abstracts submitted to the Psi Chi program. These research groups are *Christine Chalmers*, *Samantha Borrego*, *Candace Tribble* and *Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus* for "Autism and executive functions: The effect of motivational/attentional accomodations;" *Sarah Gomillion* for "Explaining changes in voting preference over time in university students;" *Carlee McConnell* and *Elissa Lewis* for "Prejudice and partisanship: The connection between racial and political attitudes;" and *Mary Beth Pinnell*, *Molly Peterson* and *Bryan Neighbors* for "Internal and external factors associated with sexual risk-taking in college students." In addition, *Jessica DeFilippo*, *Elissa Lewis* and *Bryan Neighbors* presented "Gender specificity in parental and romantic attachment;" *Elissa Lewis*, *Mary Ann Erwin-Hartley* '04, *Jessica DeFelippo* and *Bryan Neighbors* presented "Loves me not: Current parental attachment and personality dysfunction." *Richard Osbaldiston* chaired the Society for Applied Multivariate Research Workshop "Introduction to meta-analysis." *SU IN THE NEWS * /The Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about Southwestern's plans to upgraded its golf course. /The Sun/ also had an article about three Georgetown residents who were named to Southwestern's Board of Visitors. Student research presentations from the annual Research and Creative Works Symposium were also featured in an article in /The Sun/.// *CALENDAR* April 21 Career Connections barbecue, noon-2 p.m., Howry Center 23 Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 25 Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishop's Lounge 26 Guest artist Enso String Quartet, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 27 "Nobelity" screening, 7 p.m., Olin 105 27-May 9 Student art exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 28-30 Dance Repertory Concert, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 29-30 Lacrosse tournament, soccer fields 30 Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center 30 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center May 5 Last day of classes/Spring MallBall 8 Senior Dinner 8-12 Final examinations 12 Official Southwestern Ring Ceremony 13 Commencement 17 Summer I Term begins 29 Memorial Day -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The awards were presented at the organization's Civic Engagement Appreciation Luncheon held April 21 in Austin. Lauren Sekel, a junior majoring in psychology with a minor in special education, received the Unsung Hero Award, and Katherine "Kat" Haskin, a sophomore psychology major, was the first runner-up for the Unsung Hero Award. Ansa Copeland, a junior philosophy major, won first runner-up for the Leadership in Action Award. Read the entire story at www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060422.html. *UPCOMING EVENTS* * * *ORCHESTRA AND WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT APRIL 30 * The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents the Southwestern University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, conducted by Lois Ferrari, in concert April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center. Featured on this program for the Wind Ensemble are works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Richard Wagner, as well as Mark Camphouse's "A Movement for Rosa." The Orchestra will follow with Beethoven's "Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93," Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll," and "March Past of the Kitchen Utensils" from "The Wasps" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-863-1379. *DANCE REPERTORY COMPANY PERFORMANCE APRIL 28-30* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Theater Department presents the Southwestern Dance Repertory Company, directed by Judy Thompson-Price, April 28-29 at 8 p.m. and April 30 at 3 p.m. in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater. Tickets may be purchased in person or over the phone with a Visa or MasterCard. The box office is open Monday through Friday 1-5 p.m. and 1 hour prior to curtain. Adult tickets are $12 and senior (62 and over) and student (with valid ID) tickets are $10. Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more. Call the box office at 512-863-1378 to order tickets and for information and schedules.** * * *PUBLIC NIGHT AT THE FOUNTAINWOOD OBSERVATORY* The final public viewing night of the spring semester will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, May 5, at the Fountainwood Observatory. 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. The night will begin with a near first quarter moon high in the sky. The shadowed outlines of many of its impact craters can be seen in this phase. Saturn will appear about 20 degrees to the west of the moon and Jupiter will be visible by about 9 p.m. Many brighter star clusters and double stars will be visible as well. Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242. * * *STUDENT PRESENTATION MAY 2* The campus community is invited to attend Christine Chalmers' presentation of her research for departmental honors in psychology May 2 at 4 p.m. in Olin 209. Her talk is titled "Autism and executive functions: The effect of motivational/attentional accommodations." Refreshments will be provided. *FACULTY FORUM * A.J. Senchack, professor of business, will lead a brief presentation and discussion about designing and conducting courses to teach liberal arts at the noon Faculty Forum on Monday, May 1, in the Lynda McCombs Room. This is the final Faculty Forum for the spring semester. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to attend. *NOTABLES* *Shana Bernstein*, assistant professor of history, presented her paper "Collaborating Against Conservatism: Jewish-Mexican American Civil Rights Coalitions in Cold War Los Angeles" at the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians, which was held in Washington, D.C. * * Professors *Kerry Bruns*, *Lynn Guziec* and *Frank Guziec* of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry were co-authors on a recent paper titled "Studies with Novel Sulfur-Oxide Alkylating Agents" presented at the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. * * *Alisa Gaunder*, assistant professor of political science, took *Lissa Terrel* '06, *Tyson Berger* '06, and *Chris Bailey* '07 to the ASIANetwork Conference in Lisle, Ill., April 21-23 to present their research supported by the ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Research Grant. Gaunder and five Southwestern students received this grant to travel to Tokyo, Japan, to conduct research on "Political Leadership in Japan" last summer. At the conference, Gaunder and Terrel participated on a panel titled "Faculty-Student Collaborative Research: Process and Results" and presented findings from their research on women and politics in Japan. This research was co-funded by Mundy and ASIANetwork Freeman grants. Terrel, Berger and Bailey also co-presented a poster on their summer research on "Political Leadership in Japan" at a session featuring the research of the ASIANetwork Freeman grantees. * * *Don M. Parks*, associate professor of economics and business, presented two papers, "Student Leader Training Exercise" and "Delivered Cost and Differentiation Applied to Threshold, 3rd ed.," at the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) international conference. * * *Jacob Schrum*, senior computer science and mathematics major, won first prize in the student poster competition held at Sam Houston State in Huntsville at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC), South Central Region. "Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks: The Building Blocks of Artificial Life" was his honors research under the supervision of *Walt Potter*.** * * *Therese Shelton*, associate professor of mathematics, was invited to present "Assessing the Math Program" at a meeting of the Texas Association of Academic Administrators in the Mathematical Sciences April 7. The meeting was held at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas, in conjunction with the Texas Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.** * * *Lauren Shepard* '06 was honored by the Central Texas American Chemical Society as Southwestern's outstanding graduating chemistry major. *SU IN THE NEWS* David Gaines, associate professor of English, was quoted in an article about Bob Dylan in /The Washington Post/. *CALENDAR* April 28-May 9 Student art exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 28-30 Dance Repertory concert, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater 29-30 Lacrosse tournament, Varsity Game Field 30 Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center 30 Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center May 5 Last day of classes/Spring MallBall 5 Fountainwood public viewing night, 8 p.m., Fountainwood Observatory 8 Senior Dinner 8-12 Final examinations 12 Official Southwestern Ring Ceremony 13 Commencement 17 Summer I Term begins 29 Memorial Day -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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