[InFocus] In Focus 12/8

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 IN FOCUS: December 8, 2006
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR *
*CARNEGIE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOR ITS 
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT *
	  	

*December*

*9* Men's basketball vs. Texas A&M International, 7:30 p.m.

*17* Women's basketball vs. Hanover College, 2 p.m.

*19* Women's basketball vs. University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 6 p.m.

*28* Women's basketball vs. Concordia (Ill.), 5 p.m.

*29* Consolation/championship basketball game, 1 and 3 p.m.

*29* Men's basketball vs. Swarthmore College, 8 p.m.

*30* Men's basketball vs. University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, 8 p.m.


Southwestern University is one of 62 colleges and universities across 
the country that have been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for 
their commitment to community engagement.

The Carnegie Foundation is widely respected for how it classifies 
institutions of higher education. Since 1973, its classifications have 
helped students and families seeking a particular type of college to 
attend, and provided the basis by which colleges and universities are 
compared for rankings such as those done by /U.S. News & World Report/.

Until now, the Carnegie Foundation had strictly classified institutions 
of higher education according to characteristics such as the type of 
degrees they offered, their size and setting, and the profile of 
students who are enrolled in them. Southwestern, for example, is 
classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a small, four-year, selective 
residential college.

Earlier this year, the foundation announced that it would create a new 
elective classification to recognize institutions that collaborate with 
their larger communities, whether these be local, state/regional, 
national or global. College and universities were invited to apply for 
the new classification and to provide evidence of their community 
engagement. Within the new category, schools could be recognized for 
curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, or both. Southwestern 
was recognized for both.

In order to qualify for the new category, schools were required to 
document that community engagement is indicated as a priority in their 
mission statement and marketing materials, and that they have an office 
to support community engagement.
Southwestern was one of only three colleges and universities in Texas to 
meet the qualifications for the new category. The others are Richland 
College in Dallas and Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

For more information on the Carnegie Classifications, visit 
www.carnegiefoundation.org.

Read the entire story here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061205.html>.
*SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT RECEIVES GRANT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACED 
BY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES *

A Southwestern University student has received a $1,500 grant that will 
enable her to raise awareness on campus about issues faced by students 
with disabilities.

Elizabeth Knox, a junior majoring in communication studies, received the 
grant through the Associated Colleges of the South. The ACS, of which 
Southwestern University is a member, provides "diversity mini-grants" to 
help member institutions foster diversity initiatives on their campuses.

While diversity is typically thought of as being related to race and 
ethnicity, Knox believes it also should be extended to students with 
disabilities.

Knox will use some of her grant money to attend the 2007 Pacific Rim 
Conference, the one of the top-rated international conferences for 
people who work in and study the field of disabilities.

She will use the remainder of the grant to put on a seminar at 
Southwestern next April using information she brings back from the 
conference. Students from other area universities will be invited to 
attend the seminar along with students from Southwestern. Topics to be 
addressed at the seminar will include ones such as how to talk to people 
with disabilities.

Read the entire story here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061204.html>.

* EVENTS *
*FACULTY FORUM*

There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Dec. 4.

MEDIA COVERAGE

The /Austin Business Journal/ ran an article on Southwestern's plans for 
new student apartments.

NOTABLES

*Ben Pierce*, professor of biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson 
Pratt chair, had a manuscript titled "Illustrating Probability in 
Genetics With Hands-On Learning: Making the Math Real" accepted for 
publication in the /American Biology Teacher/. The manuscript is 
co-authored with colleague Brenda Honeycutt from Armstrong Atlantic 
State University. Pierce signed a contract with W.H. Freeman Publishers 
to co-author a new genetics textbook that uses a novel case study 
approach. The book will be co-authored with Susan Elrod at California 
Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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