From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Aug 17 16:20:05 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Aug 17 16:21:12 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus Aug. 18 Message-ID: <44E4DD85.3070209@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: August 18, 2006 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * NEW PIRATE CARD SYSTEM DEBUTS THIS FALL *August* *18* New students arrive on campus *18-20* Parent Orientation *18-27* New Student Orientation *20* Matriculation Convocation *21* Fall Faculty Conference *25* Fall MallBall *28* Classes begin *28-Oct. 13* Chris Campbell ceramics exhibit *September* *1* Men's soccer vs. The University of Texas at Tyler, 6 p.m. *2* Men's soccer vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. *4* Labor Day holiday *5* Faculty recital, Eri Lee Lam, violin, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer *6* Men's soccer vs. McMurry University, 4 p.m. *7* Opening reception for Chris Campbell ceramics exhibit, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery *9* Southwestern Invitational, cross country *10* Southwest Wind Quintet, 11 a.m., McCombs Ballroom *12* Women's soccer vs. The University of Texas at Tyler, 4 p.m. *15* Board of Visitors meeting *15* Volleyball vs. The University of Texas at Dallas, 3 p.m. *15* Volleyball vs. Emory University, 7 p.m. Southwestern's "One Card" system will debut this fall and will replace a variety of other cards on campus such as ID cards, meal cards and library copy cards. The new cards that can be used throughout campus are called "Pirate Cards." New registers have been installed in the Commons and the Cove, and new card readers have been installed on most of the vending machines, copy machines and laundry machines on campus. Card readers also have been installed in the coffee bar located in the library and the concession stand in the Robertson Center. Faculty and staff were offered the opportunity to get their cards in early August. New students will have cards made when they arrive on campus Aug. 18, and returning students will be given cards the following week. A special station will be set up on the first floor of the McCombs Center to issue cards. There are several ways that card users can add money to their cards. One is by bringing a check to the Cashier's Office in the Cullen Building, just as has been done in the past. A temporary card office also is being set up in Room 102 of Mabee residence hall. ATM-like machines also have been installed in the McCombs Center and the Library Periodicals Room. In addition to allowing students to add money to their cards, these machines will enable campus visitors to purchase temporary cards. Later this fall, students and parents will be able to access a Web site at piratecard.southwestern.edu to add money to accounts and review accounts. For questions about the new Pirate Card program, call 512-863-1600. Read the entire story here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWO SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS RECEIVE GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE FALL SEMESTER Two Southwestern students have been awarded Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships for the fall 2006 semester. The scholarships, which are highly competitive, enable U.S. undergraduate students with financial need to pursue academic studies abroad. Students are encouraged to choose non-traditional study abroad destinations, particularly areas outside of Western Europe and Australia. Megan Mullins, a junior majoring in political science and Spanish, will use her scholarship to study in Argentina with the School for International Training. Casey McAuliffe, a junior majoring in theatre and anthropology, will use her scholarship to study in Ecuador with Minnesota Studies in International Development. For more information on the Gilman scholarship, visit www.iie.org/gilman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEDIA COVERAGE David Gaines, associate professor of English, was quoted in /Newsday/ about "The Da Vinci Code" movie. The /Austin Business Journal/ ran a story about Southwestern receiving a "Vision Grant" from 3M to fund research projects related to the San Gabriel River Trail in Georgetown. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Thomas Howe's appointment to a Brown Chair and Eric Selbin's appointment to University Scholar. KXAN (NBC) in Austin ran a story on student Ansa Copeland and the garden she created for a Paideia? project. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on the seven Southwestern students who did a summer service learning trip to Jamaica. The /Williamson County Sun /ran a story on University Historian Bill Jones and his forthcoming book. The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran a story on David Gaines and the Paideia? Program. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on the retirement of faculty members Walt Herbert, Fred Hilgeman and Sonia Riquelme. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Southwestern's plans to build a new student residential center. It also ran a story on a $750,000 earmark for the Center for Lifelong Learning. Chemistry professor Emily Niemeyer and student Jessica Freeman were quoted in a KXAN piece on whether decaffeinated coffee is really caffeine-free. The /Austin Business Journal/ ran an op-ed piece by President Schrum titled "Lessons learned through giving." "Central Texas Gardener" featured Southwestern student Ansa Copeland and the community garden she built for a Paideia? project. The program aired on public television stations across Texas. The /Williamson County Sun/ and the /Austin American-Statesman/ ran stories about the Texas LDZ program held at Southwestern. The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran an op-ed piece by Economics Professor Dirk Early on shortcomings in Austin's housing voucher program for low-income families. NOTABLES *Maha Zewail Foote*, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received a $35,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. The grant will enable her to initiate a research program on "The Role of Oxygen in Photoinduced DNA Damage." *Glada Munt*, director of intercollegiate athletics, has been named the National NCAA Division III Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators. She will accept her award in October in Sacramento, Calif. *Barbara Boucher Owens* was invited to attend the 2006 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit held at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Wa., July 17 and 18. The Summit is an opportunity for academic researchers and teachers to join with Microsoft researchers and product group engineers and architects for presentations and discussions of computing problems and research trends. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20060817/347b0a03/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Aug 24 16:07:57 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Aug 24 16:09:08 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 8/25 Message-ID: <44EE152D.60405@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: August 25, 2006 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY RECEIVES ENGLEMAN WORLD PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE COLLECTION *August* *25* Fall MallBall *28* Classes begin *28-Oct. 13* Chris Campbell ceramics exhibit *September* *1* Men's soccer vs. The University of Texas at Tyler, 6 p.m. *2* Men's soccer vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. *4* Labor Day holiday *5* Faculty recital, Eri Lee Lam, violin, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer *6* Men's soccer vs. McMurry University, 4 p.m. *7* Opening reception for Chris Campbell ceramics exhibit, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery *9* Southwestern Invitational, cross country *10* Southwest Wind Quintet, 11 a.m., McCombs Ballroom *12* Women's soccer vs. The University of Texas at Tyler, 4 p.m. *15* Board of Visitors meeting *15* Volleyball vs. The University of Texas at Dallas, 3 p.m. *15* Volleyball vs. Emory University, 7 p.m. Southwestern University's A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center has received a large collection from the late Vance Engleman related to world peace and nonviolence. The Engleman World Peace and Nonviolence Collection includes the 100-volume Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi as well as more than 100 additional printed and audiovisual works about Gandhi's life and nonviolent practices, and the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. The collection also contains 20 pieces of artwork, including busts of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi is accessible for library use in the periodical reading room. The collected works speak to Gandhi's experiences through many letters and journal entries. A display case adjacent to Gandhi's Collected Works holds a sampling of several other items on nonviolence from The King Center in Atlanta as well as an autographed picture of Mother Teresa. It also holds several smaller pamphlets written by Gandhi. Read the entire story here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUNDY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Four Southwestern faculty and staff members were named this week as 2006 recipients of the Joe S. Mundy Exemplary Service Award, which was created in 2002 as a memorial to the leadership of former alumnus and trustee Joe Mundy. They are: *Reyes Diaz*, equipment manager in Athletics; *Jan Nowlin*, senior director of Advancement Information Services; *Karen Purdy*, data entry coordinator in Admission; and *William B. Jones*, university historian and professor /emeritus/ of history. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRESIDENT GIVES ANNUAL STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY SPEECH President Jake B. Schrum gave his annual address to the entire campus community Aug. 21. Read the entire speech here . * EVENTS * FACULTY RECITAL WITH ERI LEE LAM AND VINCENT LAM SEPT. 5 The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents Eri Lee Lam, violinist, and Vincent Lam, pianist, in a faculty recital Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer located in the Fine Arts Center on the Southwestern University campus. The concert will feature Beethoven's "Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major Op. 30 No. 1," Bela Bartok's "Sonata for Solo Violin," and Robert Schumann's "Violin Sonata No.2 in D Minor Op. 12." This concert will be repeated at the University of Houston and Brigham Young University later this month. The performance is free and open to the public. Because of construction, guests are advised to park in the Cullen lot on the corner of Hwy. 29 and Maple Street, behind the Cullen Building. For more information, call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at (512) 863-1379. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST VIEWING NIGHT OF THE FALL SEMESTER AT FOUNTAINWOOD OBSERVATORY SEPT. 1 Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood Observatory from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. 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, a waxing moon will be just past first quarter phase and brilliant Jupiter will dominate the western sky. The summer triangle, an asterism consisting of the brightest stars of Cygnus, Aquila and Lyra, will be high overhead and fall constellations - such as Andromeda - will be rising in the eastern sky. Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242. MEDIA COVERAGE Jesse Purdy, professor of psychology, supplied information and the sounds of Weddel seals to a radio show that aired in Corpus Christi and other stations around the country Aug. 8. The show can be heard or seen on the Web site, www.scienceandthesea.org. It is also available via podcast. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, who will speak at Southwestern's Peace Conference Oct. 11-12. NOTABLES *Shana Bernstein*, assistant professor of history, presented a paper titled "Collaborating against Conservatism: Jewish-Mexican American Civil Rights Coalitions in Cold War Los Angeles," at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association at Stanford University Aug. 4. *Alexandra Hendley* '06 received the top undergraduate paper award in a national competition. This award, sponsored by the national sociology honorary society, Alpha Kappa Delta, was presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, held in Montreal August 10-14. Hendley presented her paper, titled "Barreras del Lenguage: Children's Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures" in an ASA Honors Program session. Sociology majors *Lauren Contreras* and *Meagan Elliott* also presented papers in the ASA Honors Program. Contreras's paper was titled "Fitting in at College: How Social Class Affects Friendships." Elliot's paper was titled "Listening to Silence: Social Class Dialogue on the University Campus." All three of these papers were a result of research done in classes taught by Sandi Nenga, assistant professor of sociology. *Maria Lowe*, associate professor of sociology, served on the advisory board for the American Sociological Association Honors Program at the annual meeting. *Elizabeth Green Musselman*, associate professor of history, will present a paper on the hunting-and-gathering lifestyle of imperial-age naturalists at a workshop at Cambridge University Sept. 14-16. The participants in the workshop, which is titled "Beyond Deconstruction: Engaging Colonial Knowledge," will consider how, in the wake of postcolonial critique, we might still glean some information about colonized people from European travel narratives. *Sandi Nenga* and *Edward L. Kain* co-edited the 4th edition of Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. This was published in August and is available from the American Sociological Association. They co-led a workshop on this topic at the ASA meetings in Montreal. At the same meetings, Kain presented a plenary session in a pre-conference workshop for senior faculty, co-led a workshop on preparing for a department review, assisted with the orientation of students in the ASA Honors Program, co-led a workshop for directors of graduate studies on mentoring graduate students who want to get a job in a liberal arts institution, and co-led a training session on guidelines for successful joint sociology/anthropology programs. *Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, published "Elites, Intellectuals, and Revolutionary Leadership," in James DeFronzo, ed., Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to the Present. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The new edition of Lauren Pope's book, /Colleges That Change Lives/, includes Southwestern among its 40 featured schools. The book says the University is "one of the few jewels of the Southwest whose mission is to prepare a new generation to contribute to a changing society, and to prosper in their jobs, whatever and wherever in the world they may be." In the 2007 /U.S. News & World Report/ rankings, Southwestern was ranked 57th in the country among liberal arts colleges, tied with Kalamazoo College in Michigan, St. Lawrence in New York and Wofford College in South Carolina. This is up from 61st in 2006. Southwestern remains the top-rated national liberal arts college in Texas. Southwestern also is included in The Princeton Review's 2007 edition of /The Best 361 Colleges/, a book its authors say chooses schools "primarily for their outstanding academics." The book says Southwestern is "one of the best 'sleepers' in the nation." The second annual College Golf Guide published by /Golf Digest /ranked Southwestern as one of the top 50 schools in the country for women who want excellent academics but also a chance to play golf. Southwestern also improved compared to peer institutions in the 2006 report from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The annual survey, which is sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, measures five key areas of educational performance: level of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, student-faculty interaction, enriching educational experiences, and supportive campus environment. Among graduating seniors, Southwestern was in the top 10 percent of schools nationally in two areas this year: enriching educational experiences and student-faculty interaction. It tied with or ranked above its peer group in the other three areas. * EVENTS * EXHIBITION OF CHRIS CAMPBELL CERAMICS The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art Department, presents Chris Campbell: Recent Works, a solo exhibit of wood-fired ceramics. For a preview of his work, visit www.chriscampbellpotter.com. Campbell will be exhibiting his work in the Fine Arts Gallery Sept. 5-Oct. 13. There will be a reception and brief gallery talk by the artist Thursday, Sept. 14, from 6-8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery. MEDIA COVERAGE Thomas Howe, professor of art history, was quoted in articles in the /Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ , Fox News.com , /The Boston Globe/ and /San Diego Magazine/ about his "In Stabiano" project. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky who is coming to Southwestern to speak at the Writer's Voice Nov. 8. NOTABLES *Eileen Cleere*, associate professor of English, had an article accepted for publication in the journal ELH (English Literary History). The essay, "Homeland Security: Political Economy, Domestic Economy and Hannah More's Coelebs in Search of a Wife," is about female popularization of conservative economic programs during the Napoleonic wars. *Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, completed his translation of /Return to Calm/, a 1989 poetry volume by noted French writer Jacques R?da, and began submitting query letters to publishers. /Return to Calm/, which gathers together chapbooks and other texts from this period in R?da's career, captures in rhymed stanzas scenes from everyday life that evoke time passing. Sample translations may be viewed at http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/indexreda.html . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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