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IN FOCUS
 
April 17, 2006

*IN FOCUS SURVEY*

University Communications* *is conducting a readership survey of /In 
Focus/. All members of the Southwestern community and those who receive 
this newsletter are invited to complete this short (13-question) survey 
before May 12. To take the survey, please go to 
www.southwestern.edu/its/surveys/in_focus.htm 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/its/surveys/in_focus.htm>.

*TOP NEWS*
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*FORMER UT PRESIDENT LARRY FAULKNER TO GIVE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS *

Larry Faulkner, who recently stepped down as president of The University 
of Texas at Austin, will give the 2006 commencement address at 
Southwestern University. 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 Fauré "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, zampoñas, semi-toyas, 
toyos, quena, quenacho, moseño, 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

 

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