[InFocus] In Focus 11/10

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 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 Yüan 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.

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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.

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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.

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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. The title of this 
Collaborative Project is "Visual Linking Beyond the Singular: 6 Sculptures."



 


 


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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