[InFocus] In Focus 10/06

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 IN FOCUS: October 6, 2006
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR *
*SOUTHWESTERN RECEIVES GRANT TO HELP COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TRANSFER 
TO THE UNIVERSITY*
	  	

*October*

*6* Volleyball vs. University of the South, 3 p.m.

*6* Volleyball vs. Centre, 7 p.m.

*7* Volleyball vs. DePauw, 2 p.m.

*7* Volleyball vs. Oglethorp, 6 p.m.

*8* Faculty recital, Eileen Meyer Russell, low brass, and Kiyoshi 
Tamagawa, piano, 3 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer

*8* Volleyball vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.

*9* Career Encounters: Blast-Off, noon-1 p.m., Bishops Lounge, McCombs 
Campus Center

*9* Careers in Health, 4-5 p.m., Howry Center

*10* Careers in Accounting, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m., Howry Center

*11* Careers in Law, 4-5 p.m., Howry Center

*11* Wednesday Wisdom, 5-6:30 p.m., McCook-Crain Building

*11-12* Peace Conference 2006

*12* Making a Living...Making a Difference, 4-6 p.m., Howry Center

*13* Volleyball vs. Lakeland College, 2 p.m.

*13* Volleyball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 7 p.m.

*13* Chart Your Course: Pizza & Open House, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., McCook-Crain 
Building

*14* Volleyball vs. Ohio Northern University, noon

*14* Volleyball vs. Washington & Lee University, 5 p.m.



Southwestern University has received an $85,000 grant that it will use 
to encourage minority and low-income students at community colleges to 
transfer to the university.

The grant is from TG, a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Round 
Rock that helps students secure federal higher education loans. This is 
the second year that TG's Public Benefit Grant Program has awarded 
grants to advance college access, student retention and educational 
research.

Southwestern will use part of its grant money to create four new $5,000 
Dixon Scholarships, which will be administered through the Texas 
Methodist Foundation. Dixon Scholarships are awarded to help 
high-achieving African-American, Hispanic and Native American students 
attend Southwestern. The new scholarships will be targeted to students 
currently attending community colleges in Texas.

Southwestern also will use some of the grant money to bring counselors 
and other key personnel from community colleges across Texas to its 
campus this fall to raise awareness of opportunities available at the 
university. Next spring, the university will hold a campus visit weekend 
for prospective community college transfer students and their parents. 
In addition, the university will use some of the grant money to create a 
new academic course designed specifically for transfer students. The 
course will help acclimate students coming from community colleges to 
the academic demands of a liberal arts college.

Read the entire story here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061002.html>.

 

 

* EVENTS *

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents a faculty 
recital by Eileen Meyer Russell and pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, Sunday, 
Oct. 8, at 3 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer.

Sunday afternoon's concert will feature "Sonata in F Minor" by Georg 
Phillip Telemann, the "Concertino" by Lars-Erik Larrson, "Sonatina" by 
Halsey Stevens and "Beautiful Colorado" by Joseph DeLuca. Another of the 
compositions to be performed is "Fantasy for Euphonium" by Hiroshi 
Hoshina; it will have an accompanying slide show of photos of the Corpus 
Christi Bay taken by Professor Russell.

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, 
call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at (512) 863-1504.

 

 

*FACULTY FORUM*

There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Oct. 9.

MEDIA COVERAGE

The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about the $50,000 grant 
provided by 3M for research focusing on the San Gabriel River Trail.

Beverly Jones and Ansa Copeland appeared on Austin Faith Dialogue Sunday 
talking about the Oct. 11-12 peace conference.



 

NOTABLES

Three members of the Southwestern community were among those receiving 
awards this year from the Georgetown Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. 
The awards were presented at a Sept. 22 banquet.

Junior *Jessica Hager* and *Ron Swain*, senior advisor to the president, 
received Habitat Ambassador Awards. This award is given to individuals 
who advocate for affordable housing issues and promote Habitat's mission 
at every available opportunity. Swain is a member of Habitat's Board of 
Directors and serves as advisor to Southwestern's Habitat for Humanity 
House project. Hager is the volunteer coordinator for Southwestern's 
Habitat Project.

Junior *Kate Dallas* also received a Habitat Ambassador Award and was 
named Outstanding Youth Volunteer. The latter award is given to 
individuals aged 14-25 who have a passion for helping low-income 
families. Dallas chaired the fundraising component of Southwestern's 
Habitat Project.

*M. Cristina Alcalde*, assistant professor of anthropology, had her 
article, " Going Home: A Feminist Anthropologist's Reflections on 
Dilemmas of Power and Positionality in the Field" accepted for 
publication in/ Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism/.

*Romi Burks*, assistant professor of biology, published a book chapter 
titled "Center Stage: The Crucial Role of Macrophytes in Regulating 
Trophic Interactions in Shallow Lake Wetlands." This book chapter 
resulted from Burks' participation within a symposium of the INTECOL 
Wetlands meeting in the Netherlands in 2004. The chapter is co-authored 
with six European colleagues and contributes to the Springer-Verlag 
Ecological Studies Vol. 191 /Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity 
Conservation, and Restoration/.

*Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, had a manuscript of 
poetry in translation accepted. /Return to Calm/, from the original 
French by Jacques Réda, features seven sections and depicts in rhymed 
verse growing up, past loves, travel, seascapes, seasons and places in 
and around Paris. It is scheduled to be released in spring 2008 as a 
bilingual edition, with an introduction by Prevots.


 


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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