From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Nov 3 12:11:59 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Nov 3 12:13:30 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 11/3 Message-ID: <454B866F.9070001@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: November 3, 2006 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *CONSTRUCTION TO START THIS MONTH ON NEW RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS* *November* *3-5 *Homecoming and Reunion Weekend *4* Women's soccer vs. Trinity University, noon *4* Men's soccer vs. Trinity University, 4 p.m. *6* Guest artist recital, University of Arizona Steel Pan Band, 5 p.m., Bishops Lounge *10 *Viewing night at the Fountainwood Observatory *10-Dec. 6* Chinese painting exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery *12* Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel *15* Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishops Lounge *18* Men's basketball vs. Texas Lutheran University, 7 p.m. *18* Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center *21* Women's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. *21* Men's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 8 p.m. Construction will start this month on a new residential center that will enable Southwestern to move toward its strategic goal of having 95 percent of its students live on campus. The complex will be built adjacent to the existing Grogan and Betty Lord Residential Center between 8th Street and Southwestern Boulevard on the north side of campus. University officials hope to have the new units available for students in fall 2007. The new residential center will consist of three buildings with two-bedroom apartments. Each student will have a private bedroom and bath, and each apartment will have its own kitchen. All the units will be fully furnished. The project also will include a common area designed to support Residence and Student Life programs. Read the entire story here . * EVENTS * The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Music Department presents violinist Jorja Fleezanis and pianist Karl Paulnack as guest artists on Monday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 410 E. University Ave. in Georgetown. Monday evening's concert will feature works of Peter Mennin, Mario Davidovsky, John Tavener, George Perle and Ernest Bloch. The concert is free and open to the public. Please call Lacy Vain at 863-1379 for more information. *FACULTY FORUM* Ellen Davis, director of communications, will lead the noon Faculty Forum titled "Southwestern in the News" on Monday, Nov. 6, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Come see television coverage of Southwestern University that you might have missed during the spring and fall semesters. This will be a fun "show and tell" luncheon, providing a chance to see some of your fellow faculty members and Southwestern students who have made the news. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. University Communications will pay for lunch for the first 25 who attend. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to attend. MEDIA COVERAGE The /Williamson County Sun/ published an article about Southwestern students' contributions to community service. (Oct. 29) The /Sun/ also ran an article on the release of /To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University from 1840-2000/. A book review accompanied the article. (Nov. 1) NOTABLES *Phil Hopkins*, assistant professor of philosophy, had his article "Zeno's bo?theia t?i log?i: Thought Problems about Problems for Thought" published in the fall 2006 issue of /Epoch?/. *Thomas McClendon*, associate professor and chair of the History Department, has a chapter titled "Interpretation and Interpolation: Shepstone as Native Interpreter," in the collection /Intermediaries, Interpreters and Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20061103/dd8c04ca/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Nov 10 08:34:29 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Nov 10 08:36:06 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 11/10 Message-ID: <45548DF5.3050904@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: November 10, 2006 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *FOUR SOUTHWESTERN FACULTY MEMBERS RECEIVE AWARDS* *November* *10 *Viewing night at the Fountainwood Observatory *10-Dec. 6* Chinese painting exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery *12* Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel *15* Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Bishops Lounge *18* Men's basketball vs. Texas Lutheran University, 7 p.m. *18* Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center *21* Women's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. *21* Men's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 8 p.m. Four Southwestern University faculty members have been named 2006 recipients of awards from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund. The fund provides monetary awards for the continuing education and development of full-time faculty members of United Methodist colleges and universities in Texas. The highly competitive grants may be used for graduate study or postgraduate research. Applicants are required to submit programs that will "contribute to the improvement of the quality of intellectual, community or religious life of the state of Texas and the nation." The 2006 Southwestern University recipients will use their funds for projects ranging from a study of sanitation in Victorian England to development of podcasts on the history of science. The recipients and their projects are as follows: . Eileen Cleere, associate professor of English, will use the funds to complete research for her book titled The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic Philosophy and the Victorian Cleanliness Campaign. . Elizabeth Green Musselman, associate professor of history, will use her funds to develop a series of monthly podcasts on the history of science. . Laura Hobgood-Oster, associate professor of religion and philosophy, will use her funds to research a new book tentatively titled The Culture of Sacrifice. The book will cover how the concept and reality of animal sacrifice functioned in pre-Christian European cultures through modern U.S. culture, where dramatically increasing numbers of animals are killed for food and research. . Michael Saenger, assistant professor of English, will use his award to travel to Paris to receive training on French language and the study of Renaissance French books. This training will help him on a project titled "Speaking Foreign Tongues: The Impersonation of Strangeness in Shakespeare." * EVENTS * The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art and Art History Department, will host an exhibition titled Monumental Mountains: Order and Stability in Chinese Landscape Painting. The Chinese facsimile (exact copy) scrolls feature landscape paintings dating from the Five Dynasties Period through the Y?an Dynasty. The exhibit was planned and organized by the students in Diana Tenckhoff's Capstone Seminar in Chinese Painting. The scrolls will be displayed in the Fine Arts Gallery, Nov. 10 through Dec. 6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents the SU Jazz Band, directed by George Oldziey, in concert Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Bishops Lounge of the McCombs Center. The band includes two trumpet players, two trombonists, one French horn player, one saxophonist, a violinist (fiddler), three guitarists, a bass player and two pianists. Oldziey, an accomplished arranger, has created arrangements for the unique ensemble such as Duke Ellington's relatively obscure piece "Johnny Come Lately," Joe Henderson's "No Me Esqueca," Thelonious Monk's "I Mean You" and many more. Every band member will improvise at least one solo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, brings guest composer Karim Al- Zand to campus for a series of events for students, faculty and the general public. These events will include an open seminar on contemporary music and a lecture/recital featuring Al-Zand and members of the music department faculty. The recital on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer will include Al-Zand's "Violin Sonata (Imaginary Scenes)," performed by violinist Eri Lee Lam and pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, and "Tagore Love Songs," performed by Tamagawa and baritone Bruce Cain. The concert is free and open to the public. Please call Lacy Vain at 863-1379 for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood Observatory from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. 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, the moon will not rise until 10:26 p.m. If the sky is clear and the air is dry, beautiful star clusters, nebula and ghostly galaxies will be visible through telescopes. Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242. Note: This is the last Public Night of the Fall 2006 Semester. Public Nights will begin again in January 2007. *FACULTY FORUM* There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 13. MEDIA COVERAGE The/ Austin Business Journal/ featured Roger Young, director of career services, in an article about higher education's role in preparing students for the workforce. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an editorial about Bill Jones' book /To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840-2000/. The /Sun/ also published an article about students who live with their parents on campus and a feature story about Sally Teinert, university operator. Political Science Professor Tim O'Neill was quoted in a /Houston Chronicle/ story about possible future plans for the candidates who lost the Texas governor's race. NOTABLES *Bob Bednar*, associate professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department, presented a paper titled "Touching Images: Towards a Visual/Material Cultural Study of Roadside Shrines" at TRANS: A Visual Culture Conference on Oct. 20, in Madison, Wis. *Jennifer Lovell* '06, *Abby Diehl* '06, *Elizabeth Joyce* '07, *Jenifer Cohn* '06, *Jose Lopez* '06 and *Fay Guarraci*, assistant professor of psychology, had a manuscript titled "Some Guys Have All The Luck: Mate Preference Influences Paced-Mating Behavior in Female Rats" accepted for publication in Physiology & Behavior. *Mary Hale Visser*, professor of art, and her sculpture students *April Mosher* '07, *Elizabeth Keating* '07, *Gerald Chapa Jr.* '07, *Lisa De la Cruz* '08, *Larcy Levins* '08 and *Carling Hale* '08 presented their work in the 12X12X12 sculpture exhibition at the 9th Texas Sculpture Symposium at Texas Tech University Nov. 3, 4 and 5. 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URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20061110/c60045ec/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Nov 17 10:16:05 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Nov 17 10:17:38 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 11/17 Message-ID: <455DE045.909@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: November 17, 2006 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUES TO HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON LOCAL ECONOMY* *November* *18* Men's basketball vs. Texas Lutheran University, 7 p.m. *18* Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m., McCombs Ballroom *21* Women's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6 p.m. *21* Men's basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 8 p.m. Southwestern University had an estimated direct economic impact of nearly $94 million on the Georgetown-Williamson County area in 2005-06, according to figures released last month by the university's Office of Fiscal Affairs. This was an increase of more than $3 million from the estimated 2004-2005 economic impact of $90.5 million. The figures cover the period from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. The total economic impact was derived by taking the direct expenditures of the university and applying a standard economic multiplier of 2.5, according to Richard Anderson, vice president for fiscal affairs. This multiplier indicates the number of times each dollar is spent and re-spent before leaving the community. Officials estimated the local impact of Southwestern students at more than $3.6 million. Student expenditures include outlays for food and housing, as well as school expenses, living costs and recreational spending. Read the entire story here . * EVENTS * Two years ago, the Writer's Voice presented Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of "Angels in America" and other provocative stage works, in a public performance on campus. Kushner impressed students and faculty alike with his creative spirit and generosity. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock filmed part of Kushner's visit to SU for inclusion in a documentary about Kushner. The film is called "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner." Saturday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m., a special Southwestern University sneak preview of "Wrestling with Angels" will be shown at the Dobie Theatre in Austin for SU students, faculty, staff, alumni and their guests. It is not necessary to have a reservation to attend this screening, but the first 40 to sign up and attend will receive a free mini-poster from the film. E-mail Arden Baxter at baxtera@southwestern.edu to sign up or for more information. Tickets are $8 at the door. The independent film explores the mystery of creativity, and is an inspiring tale of how a passionately committed person can make a difference for social justice. It has played to packed festival audiences since its Sundance debut in January and began its national release in New York to great press a few weeks ago. The trailer for the film, which includes brief footage of SU students in Jones Theater, can be viewed at: http://www.actualfilms.net/shadow/WWA.faststart.mov The Dobie Theatre (http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/Austin/DobieTheatre.htm) is located at 2025 Guadalupe St. in the Dobie Mall, adjacent to The University of Texas campus. Parking is free in the Dobie Garage on the east side of the mall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Theatre Department presents "Durang, Durang," four short plays by Christopher Durang: "For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls," "A Stye In The Eye," "Death Comes to Us All Mary Agnes" and "'dentity Crisis." Student directors are Alison Brooks, Eric Feldman, Cliff Miller and Jaclyn Suffel. These inventive, imaginative, and hilarious one-act plays full of audacious originality and brilliant parody come from one of America's funniest and most outrageous and eccentric playwrights. "Durang, Durang" delivers a pungent potpourri of biting satire, dark comedy and clever parody crammed into a compilation guaranteed to shock both sense and sensibility. The show opens Nov. 29 and runs through Dec. 3; Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 and 7 p.m. in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater. Admission is free for SU students, faculty and staff with reservations. Call the box office at ext. 1378 to reserve your tickets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Music Department presents the SU Orchestra, conducted by Lois Ferrari, in concert Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the McCombs Center Ballroom. Featured on this program are student soloists Victoria Chang, piano, and soprano Dolores Noel, both winners of the SU Concerto Contest held last spring. Chang, also a member of the Orchestra's violin section, will perform the third movement of Felix Mendelssohn's "Piano Concerto No. 1." Noel will sing the czardas, "Klange der Heimath," from Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus." Also included on the program are Paul Hindemith's "Eight Pieces for String Orchestra" and Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony," which will be preceded by a brief lecture given by J. Michael Cooper, professor of music and holder of the Brown Chair in Fine Arts. *FACULTY FORUM* There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 20. MEDIA COVERAGE Rick McKelvey, vice president for institutional advancement, was quoted in an /Austin Business Journal/ story about local colleges conducting fundraising drives. A.J. Senchack's Financial Analyst Program was featured in a story in the /Austin Business Journal/. Mike Rossman, director of admissions, was quoted in an /Austin Business Journal/ story about a new Austin-based company that helps students apply to colleges. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a feature story on Southwestern student Lauren Sekel, who works as a volunteer case manager at the Caring Place. The/ Williamson County Sun/ ran a feature story on students from the Alpha Phi Omega service organization who organized a dance for residents of the Wesleyan Retirement Home in Georgetown on Veterans Day. NOTABLES During the week of November 6, *Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology and University Scholar, chaired the site visit team for the Sociology Department at Colorado College. Other members of the team were Jan Thomas from Kenyon College and Mustafa Emirbayer from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. *Alicia Moore*, assistant professor of education, received a grant to enable Southwestern education students to participate in this month's national "Mix it Up at Lunch Day," a program designed to get students to interact with people they might not otherwise interact with (see mixitup.org). Southwestern students went to Huston-Tillotson University Nov. 16 to eat lunch in their cafeteria and engage in conversations about social justice teaching. On Nov. 28, the HTU students will come to Southwestern to have lunch and continue this conversation. *Elizabeth Green Musselman*, associate professor of history, chaired the women's caucus at this year's History of Science Society meeting in Vancouver. 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