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 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 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060821.html>.

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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.

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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 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/about/pdf/06_FFC-SOTU.pdf>.

* 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.

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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.

 

 

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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