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*IN FOCUS*
 
May 5, 2006

*IN FOCUS SURVEY*
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*TOP NEWS*
 
*SOUTHWESTERN PROFESSOR RECEIVES FULBRIGHT AWARD

*Suzanne Fox Buchele, associate professor of computer science, has 
received a Fulbright award to teach in Africa during the 2006-2007 
academic year.

Buchele will teach computer science and mathematics at Ashesi 
University, a private liberal arts college in Ghana's capital city of 
Accra. The university was founded in 1999 by Patrick Awuah, a native of 
Ghana who earned an engineering degree from Swarthmore College and later 
became a millionaire working for Microsoft.

In addition to her teaching, Buchele plans to study the divide in 
technology between developed and developing countries. She hopes to 
identify ways in which developing countries such as Ghana can more 
effectively improve their technological and economic presence in the 
global market.

Read the entire story at www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060502.html.
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DAVID GAINES NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF THE PAIDEIA® PROGRAM *
 
David J. Gaines, associate professor of English and former Brown 
Teaching Professor, has been named director of the Paideia® Program 
effective July 1. 

In 2002, Gaines was named one of 10 inaugural Paideia® Professors at 
Southwestern.  Gaines has been a member of the Southwestern faculty 
since 1984. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford 
University and advanced degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) from The University of 
Texas at Austin. He teaches courses in American literature, film studies 
and cultural studies, and has won three teaching awards in his career.

Gaines will continue to teach not only in the Paideia® Program but also 
in the First-Year Seminar Program and the English Department.

Read the entire story at www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060504.html.
 
*NOTABLES*
 
A paper titled "Irreversible Work in Rapid Expansion of Gases Against 
the Atmosphere" by *Fred Hilgeman*, professor of chemistry, Gary 
Bertrand and *Robert Lockwood* '08 has been accepted for publication in 
the /Journal of Chemical Education/.  The work is the result of 
collaboration between Hilgeman's laboratory and Bertrand at the 
University of Missouri, Rolla.  The experimental work of data collection 
for the publication was done by Lockwood, a chemistry major, and was 
supported by the Welch Chemistry Department Grant as a part of 
Lockwood's summer research.

*SU IN THE NEWS*
 
The /Williamson County Sun/ and the /Austin Student/ ran stories about 
Southwestern hosting the 2006 lacrosse championships for the Lone Star 
Alliance.
 
David Gaines, associate professor of English, was interviewed by the 
/Minneapolis Star-Tribune /about the movie "The Da Vinci Code."
 
President Jake B. Schrum was profiled in the /Austin Business Journal/.
 
The /Austin American-Statesman/ and the /Austin Business Journal/ ran a 
photo of Chrisitana Little and her parents from the Campaign kickoff gala.
 
*CALENDAR*

 
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
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