[InFocus] In Focus 9/22

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 IN FOCUS: September 22, 2006
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR *
*RED AND CHARLINE MCCOMBS TO RECEIVE 2006 PRESIDENT'S PHILANTHROPY AWARD 
FROM SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY*
	  	

*September*

*22* Men's soccer vs. Millsaps College, 2 p.m.

*22* Women's soccer vs. Millsaps College, 4 p.m.
22 Friday Night Live, Amalia Ortiz, 8 p.m., The Cove

*24* Men's soccer vs. Rhodes College, noon

*24* Women's soccer vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.

*29* Women's soccer vs. University of Dallas, 2 p.m.

*29* Men's soccer vs. Colorado College, 4 p.m.


Red and Charline McCombs of San Antonio have been selected to receive 
the 2006 President's Philanthropy Award from Southwestern University. 
The award will be presented at a dinner on campus Sept. 28.

Since 1971, the McCombs have given more than $8 million to Southwestern. 
The McCombs also have given generously of their time. Red McCombs has 
served on Southwestern's Board of Trustees since 1987 and was chair of 
the board from 1992 through 2000 during the historic Leadership 2000 
Campaign, which raised more than $91 million. He currently serves as an 
honorary chair of Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign, which has a 
goal of $125 million. Charline McCombs was an inaugural member of 
Southwestern's Board of Visitors.

Read the entire story here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060919.html>.

 

* EVENTS *
PUBLIC NIGHT AT THE FOUNTAINWOOD OBSERVATORY

Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood 
Observatory from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29. The Observatory is 
located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the Rockwell 
Baseball Field.

Physics Department faculty and experienced 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, a 42 
percent waxing crescent moon will be visible and Jupiter will appear low 
in the southwest. The summer triangle, an asterism consisting of the 
brightest stars of Cygnus, Aquila and Lyra, will be visible high 
overhead. In the eastern sky, fall constellations such as Andromeda are 
rising. Beautiful star clusters and ghostly nebula will dot the region 
along the band of the Milky Way.

Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For 
weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 
512-863-1242.

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*FACULTY FORUM*

In anticipation of Robert Pinsky's visit as this year's Writer's Voice 
author, the library will sponsor a literary discussion at the noon 
Faculty Forum Monday, Sept. 25, in the Lynda McCombs Room. The 
discussion will be led by professors Shana Bernstein, Elisabeth 
Piedmont-Marton, Eric Selbin and David Stewart. The campus community is 
invited to come, eat and share your thoughts on Pinsky's work.

Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea 
will be available for 50 cents. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to 
attend.

*PLEASE NOTE*
" Pirate Bucks" can now be used to pay for Faculty Forum lunches for 
those who prefer to pay this way.

 

MEDIA COVERAGE

The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article on the collaboration between 
Fringe Benefits, a California theater group, Southwestern and students 
from the Round Rock ISD high schools to produce a play based on 
real-life situations of discrimination witnessed by the high school 
students.

The /Sun/ also ran an editorial about the relationship between 
Southwestern University and the Georgetown community.

The /San Antonio Express-News/ and the /San Antonio Business Journal 
/ran stories about Red and Charline McCombs receiving the 2006 
President's Philanthropy Award.


 

NOTABLES

*Jason Hoogerhyde*, assistant professor of music, had two compositions, 
"Ebullient Echoes" for flute and "Hollow" for clarinet, performed at the 
College Music Society's National Conference in San Antonio Sept. 16. 
"Ebullient Echoes" will be performed again Nov. 2 by flutist Elizabeth 
Shuhan at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y.

*Helene Meyers*, professor of English, gave a talk to graduate students 
at The University of Texas at Austin about applying for jobs at liberal 
arts colleges. This event was sponsored by UT's English Department as 
part of their placement program for Ph.D. students.

*David Tabb Stewart*, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, 
has been invited to present a paper at the Biblical Scholarship and 
Disabilities group of the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical 
Literature titled "Deafness and Temple Service: Why the Priests Don't 
Need to Hear." At the same conference in Washington, D.C., during 
November, he will present "The Politick Text: 17th Century 
Text-Reception of Leviticus in English" to the History of Interpretation 
section. In December, Stewart will read his paper "Stories as Shades: 
Bat-Yiftach as Specter for the Outrage at Gibeah" to the annual meeting 
of the Association for Jewish Studies in San Diego, Calif. This study, 
dealing with a horrific story of rape in the biblical world, grows out 
of his classroom teaching in his course at Southwestern titled Gender, 
Sex and Violence in the Biblical World.

 


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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