[InFocus] In Focus 9/29

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 IN FOCUS: September 29, 2006
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR *
*SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WORK AS ADVOCATE FOR THE 
DISABLED*
	  	

*September*

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

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

*October*

*1* Women's soccer vs. Schreiner University, noon

*1* Men's soccer vs. Texas Lutheran University, 2 p.m.

*3* Mock Interviews, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., McCook-Crain Building

*4* Career Questions in the Cove, 5-6:30 p.m., The Cove

*4* Cove Concert Series, Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., The Cove

*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.



First-year student Amy Litzinger will be recognized in October for her 
efforts to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.
Litzinger is one of six students selected to receive a $5,000 
scholarship from the Texas Conference for Women. The award will be 
presented at a conference Oct. 12 that is expected to be attended by 
more than 8,000 businesswomen from across the state.

Litzinger is receiving the scholarship given to a student who plans to 
pursue a career in the area of public service. In her essay applying for 
the scholarship, Litzinger detailed how her career path has been shaped 
by the fact that she was born with quadriplegia. She has been an active 
advocate for the disabled since the 9th grade, when she helped her Girl 
Scout troop organize an ability awareness fair that was attended by 
2,000 children. That same year, she testified before the Texas 
Legislature against a budget proposal that would have cut services to 
75,000 persons with disabilities.

Litzinger is a board member of the Texas Youth Leadership Forum and is 
one of 12 youths from across the country selected for the National 
Council on Disability Youth Advisory Committee, which advises Congress 
on issues related to persons with disabilities. Texas Gov. Rick Perry 
also appointed her to the Texas Children's Policy Council and in July 
2005, she helped former President George H.W. Bush give out awards at an 
event at the Kennedy Center marking the 15th anniversary of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act.

She has organized summer conferences to train youth in how to be leaders 
and has taught workshops to help teens with disabilities learn how to 
testify before their state legislatures.

" People with disabilities must always be advocates, both on the federal 
and state level, because almost everything is touched by federal and 
state initiatives," Litzinger says.

Last summer she served as an intern with Texas Rep. Mark Strama's 
"Campaign Academy."

Litzinger is majoring in political science and English. After graduating 
from Southwestern, she hopes to earn a master's degree in public policy 
or attend law school.

First Lady of Texas Anita Perry called Litzinger this month to tell her 
that she had been selected to receive the scholarship from the Texas 
Conference for Women.

" I was surprised and very excited to learn the news," Litzinger says.

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*SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS STAR IN NEW VIDEO*

Two students from Southwestern play a starring role in a new video that 
has been distributed to every middle and high school in the state of Texas.
Rebecca Rivera and Angelica Castillo agreed to be filmed last spring for 
a video the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was producing to show middle 
and high school students what to expect in college. Rivera is one of 
three students featured in the English version of the video and Castillo 
is one of four students featured in the Spanish version of the video.
The video covers topics such as study skills, the college classroom, 
campus life and living away from home. Numerous Southwestern faculty 
members, students and facilities appear in the video.
TEA produced the videos for its GEAR UP project, which is funded by the 
U.S. Department of Education. To learn more about the project, visit 
http://www.teagearup.com/.

 

* EVENTS *
SEE GREAT THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! "Mary Poppins," the smash London 
musical, a co-production of Disney Theatrical and Cameron Mackintosh, 
glides into the historic New Amsterdam Theatre, and Southwestern has 
tickets to this highly anticipated new musical based on the 
award-winning movie "Mary Poppins." The Sarofim School of Fine Arts 
Department of Theatre is again sponsoring two New York Theatre trips, 
one this Thanksgiving and one next Easter. Both trips include tickets to 
the American premiere of "Mary Poppins" plus two other exciting 
theatrical productions, including the critically acclaimed and Tony 
award-winning musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" and the award-winning 
production of Simon Grey's play "Butley" starring Nathan Lane.

The Thanksgiving tour dates are Wednesday, Nov. 22, through Sunday, Nov. 
26, which coincides with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Prices vary 
depending on the number of people per room, but include: round-trip 
airfare from Austin to New York City, three Broadway shows, four nights 
at The Edison Hotel right in the theatre district, airport-hotel 
transfers by private motor coach and all hotel taxes and tips. The 
Easter trip is Thursday, April 5, 2007 through Monday, April 9, 2007.

Register by sending a non-refundable deposit of $100 per person, with 
the check payable to Southwestern University, together with your name, 
address, telephone number, your choice of accommodations (four, triple, 
double or single) for either or both trips. Send the check to:
Kerry Bechtel, Tour Director
Theatre Department
Southwestern University
P.O. Box 770
Georgetown, TX 78627-0770

The balance is due approximately one month prior to departure. You won't 
find a less expensive way to spend your holiday in the theatre capital 
of the world - New York City. For more information, call Kerry Bechtel 
at 512-863-1701. Space is limited.

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*FACULTY FORUM*

Due to Yom Kippur, there is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Oct. 2.

MEDIA COVERAGE

President Jake B. Schrum was quoted in an article in the /Austin 
American-Statesman/ about the release of the Spellings Commission Report 
on the future of higher education. Read the story here 
<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/27/27spellings.html>. 


The /Austin American-Statesman/ and the /Williamson County Sun/ ran an 
editorial by President Schrum about the Spellings Commission Report. 
Read the editorial here 
<http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/09/25/25schrum_edit.html>.

Kathleen Juhl, associate professor of theatre, was quoted in a piece 
that aired on KUT Saturday. Listen to the story here 
<http://www.kut.org/items/show/5825>.

Provost Jim Hunt was interviewed for a story on KUT radio about 
increasing minority enrollment in colleges. Listen to the story here 
<http://www.kut.org/items/show/5837>.

The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about senior Sarah Morris' 
study abroad experience in London.



 

NOTABLES

Senior *Cassandra Ashby* is one of three students selected statewide to 
receive a scholarship from the Texas Association of School Personnel 
Administrators (TASPA) for the 2006-2007 school year. The scholarship 
will be presented at the organization's annual awards luncheon in Austin 
Dec. 7.

Ashby expects to graduate in May 2007 with dual certification in general 
PreK-4 and special education PreK-12. She hopes to teach elementary 
school after graduation.

This is the seventh year in a row that a student in Southwestern 
University's Teacher Certification Program has received a TASPA scholarship.

*Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology and University Scholar, served 
as the external reviewer for the Department of Sociology and 
Anthropology at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., Sept. 13-15.

*Alicia L. Moore*, assistant professor of education, has been invited to 
present a teacher workshop to public school teachers and university 
historians at the Association for the Study of African American Life 
History's (ASALH) 90th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga., in September. 
Moore was also appointed by ASALH to be a co-project manager for the 
teacher workshop series during the ASALH 2006 Conference in Buffalo, 
N.Y. The mission of ASALH is to promote, research, preserve, interpret 
and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the 
global community.

*Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, had eight poems that he 
translated from the original French by Jacques Réda accepted for 
publication in the annual literature and arts journal The Dirty Goat, 
Vol. 16. The poems are "The Return from the Dance Hall," "The 
Invisible," "The Railcar," "By Leroy's Place," "Four Seascapes" III and 
IV, "The Thaw" and "The Bakery." They are excerpted from Return to Calm, 
a poetry-in-translation manuscript now under consideration by Host 
Publications, The Dirty Goat's parent company. Sample work may be viewed 
at http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/indexreda.html 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Eprevots/indexreda.html>.

Prevots also co-organized the national conference "Pedagogy and Digital 
Technologies: Language Learning in the 21st Century," at Wabash College 
in Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 29-Oct. 1.


 


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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