From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Jan 12 09:35:28 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Jan 12 09:37:13 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 1/12 Message-ID: <45A7AAC0.2020601@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: January 12, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *COMMUNITY DINNER, FILM SCREENINGS AMONG CAMPUS EVENTS FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY* *January* *14* Women's basketball vs. Colorado College, 6 p.m. *16* Classes begin *16-Feb. 17* Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness, Fine Arts Gallery *18* Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness Opening Reception, Fine Arts Gallery, 6-7:30 p.m. *20* Men's lacrosse vs. The University of Texas (scrimmage), 11 a.m. *26* Women's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 6 p.m. *26* Men's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 8 p.m. *27* Swimming and Diving vs. McMurry, 1 p.m. *28* Men's lacrosse vs. Texas State University, noon *28* Women's basketball vs. Sewanee, noon *28* Men's basketball vs. Sewanee, 2 p.m. *28* Opera Theatre: " Don Giovanni," Jones Theater, 4 p.m. 28 Winter flute recital, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. *29* Guest artist concert: Andreas Klein, piano, Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m. *30* Guest Artist Concert: Meehan/Perkins Percussion Duo, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. A community dinner and a screening of a Spike Lee film about Hurricane Katrina are among the events Southwestern University will host in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day this year: The community dinner will be held on Monday, Jan. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center Ballrooms. The dinner is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and under. For reservations, call 512-863-1342 or send a message to amersonm@southwestern.edu. Guests may pay by cash or check at the door. Featured speaker at the dinner will be Rev. John McCormick, pastor of Wesley AME in Georgetown. Part I of Spike Lee's film "When the Levees Broke" will be shown on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Room 110 of the Olin Building. The viewing will be followed by a discussion led by Southwestern graduates Aaron Rohre and John Kotarski. Part II of the film will be shown the following day, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Olin 110. A discussion following this film will be led by Rohre and Alicia Moore, assistant professor of education. Other events scheduled in conjunction with Martin Luther King day include a performance by the Marian Anderson String Quartet on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center Ballrooms, and a MLK Chapel Service on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel. Guest speaker at the chapel service will be Rev. Jacqui Thomas King, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Port Arthur. On Jan. 15, Southwestern students will also participate in an afternoon service project in recognition of Martin Luther King Day. Students will join participants in Southwestern's Upward Bound project in stuffing backpacks for the Backpack Project, which benefits homeless youth in Georgetown Independent School District. Southwestern received a grant for backpack supplies from the Texas Methodist Foundation. *SOUTHWESTERN PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FROM AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION * Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology and University Scholar at Southwestern University, has been selected to receive the 2007 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association. The award will be presented at the association's annual meeting to be held in New York City Aug. 11-14. The award recognizes contributions that have made a significant impact on the manner in which sociology is taught at a regional, state, national or international level. It is one of nine annual awards given by the American Sociological Association, which has nearly 14,000 members nationwide. Kain has been actively involved with the American Sociological Association for many years. He has chaired its Section on Teaching and Learning, completed numerous external reviews of sociology departments across the country, served on the editorial board of Teaching Sociology, and served as national field coordinator of the association's Teaching Resources Group. In 1997 he received the Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology, given by the association's Section on Undergraduate Education. Kain has published more than 75 books and articles, many of which focus on teaching sociology. He co-edited four editions of Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts and has published multiple articles in Teaching Sociology. The sociology curriculum at Southwestern - which Kain played a major part in developing - has been selected as a model for other colleges across the country. Kain has been a member of the Southwestern faculty since 1986 and was named University Scholar in 2000. Read the entire story here . * EVENTS * The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art and Art History Department, presents a photography exhibit in the Fine Arts Gallery titled "Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness, A documentary of voices, stories, and portraits" by Michael Nye. The exhibit will run Jan. 16 to Feb. 17 with an opening reception Thursday, Jan. 18, from 6:30-8 p.m. The exhibit, which premiered at the Witte Museum in 2003, confronts stereotypes and reveals the courage and fragility of those living with mental illnesses. Schizophrenia, depression, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and bi-polar disorders are among the experiences considered. Over a period of four years, Nye spent days with each subject, and many more days distilling their thoughts and words into segments lasting only three to five minutes each. In simple and eloquent detail the 55 black-and-white portraits and voices draw you closer into each life by addressing and exploring many topics: family, confusion, pain, abuse, treatment and healing. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379. *FACULTY FORUM* There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Jan. 15. MEDIA COVERAGE The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Southwestern students giving college advice to students from Jarrell High School. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Southwestern's positive results in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Amy Tan being named the 2007 Writers Voice speaker. The /Austin Business Journal/ ran a story on Southwestern's endowment titled "Investing in the Future." Read the story at http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/01/08/focus1.html. The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran a feature story on the Sarofim School of Fine Arts titled "Small College, Big Arts." Read the story at http://www.statesman.com/search/content/life/stories/other/01/07/7southwestern.html. The /New York Times/ ran two photos taken by Southwestern student Amanda Lott. The photos were part of a trend story on student dorm room decorations. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on Southwestern's planned activities for Martin Luther King Day. NOTABLES Southwestern students *Meagan Elliott* and *Nathan Turner* and have been named 2007 Junior Fellows in the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Elliott is a senior majoring in sociology and Turner is a senior majoring in anthropology. Social science departments at universities are invited to select one senior each year to be Junior Fellows in the Academy. Criteria for selection include an outstanding grasp of their academic discipline, an enthusiasm for understanding social issues, and the promise of making substantial contributions to the social sciences in the future. Three Southwestern programs recently earned awards from the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators in Higher Education. SIRA's "Pirate Training" was selected as the best program in the nation in the Athletics, Recreation, Physical Fitness, Non-Varsity Sports category. Diversity Education's "One Community, Many Voices" video and discussion guide was recognized as the second best program in the nation in the category of International, Multi-cultural, LGBTQ, Spirituality, Disability category. Counseling and Health Education's "Alcohol Reality Check" was chosen as the third best program in the country in the Health, Wellness, Counseling category. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20070112/eb8a531b/attachment.htm From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Jan 19 08:23:04 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Jan 19 08:24:49 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 1/19 Message-ID: <45B0D448.70005@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: January 19, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *SOUTHWESTERN, DILLARD SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT* *January* *19-Feb. 17* Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness, Fine Arts Gallery *20* Men's lacrosse vs. The University of Texas (scrimmage), 11 a.m. *26* Women's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 6 p.m. *26* Men's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 8 p.m. *27* Swimming and Diving vs. McMurry, 1 p.m. *28* Men's lacrosse vs. Texas State University, noon *28* Women's basketball vs. Sewanee, noon *28* Men's basketball vs. Sewanee, 2 p.m. *28* Opera Theatre: " Don Giovanni," Jones Theater, 4 p.m. 28 Winter flute recital, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. *29* Guest artist concert: Andreas Klein, piano, Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m. *30* Guest Artist Concert: Meehan/Perkins Percussion Duo, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. Southwestern University has signed a partnership agreement with Dillard University that will enable the two to pursue collaborative initiatives in several areas, including institutional management, diversity education and other academic efforts. The agreement formalizes a partnership that has already been in place for several years. In December 2005, Southwestern sponsored a program to help faculty members from Dillard recreate course materials lost in Hurricane Katrina and develop new online courses that could be offered to students regardless of their location. Southwestern and Dillard also are participating in a collaborative leadership and student exchange project funded by the Mellon Foundation. This program also includes Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Morehouse College in Atlanta and Rhodes College in Memphis. Creating formal alliances with historically black colleges and universities is one of the goals in Southwestern's Strategic Plan for 2010. This is the second partnership agreement Southwestern has signed with an historically black college or university (HBCU). In April 2001, it signed a similar agreement with Huston-Tillotson University. As a result of this agreement, several staff members at Southwestern have provided management/administrative assistance to Huston-Tillotson. For example, Southwestern's vice president for institutional advancement has conducted a workshop on fundraising for the Huston-Tillotson staff and board of trustees, and two members of Southwestern's fiscal affairs office have provided assistance to Huston-Tillotson's business office. In 2005, Ron Swain, senior advisor to the president at Southwestern, conducted the search to hire a new dean of students at Huston-Tillotson. Read the entire story here . * EVENTS * The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents pianist Andreas Klein in concert Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center. Monday evening's concert will feature Mozart's "Sonata in B flat major" and "Fantasy in C minor," Schubert's "Sonata in B flat major," and Beethoven's "Sonata in C minor." He is a graduate of the Juilliard School and complemented his studies with the legendary Claudio Arrau and Nikita Magaloff. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-863-1379. *FACULTY FORUM* David Gaines, associate professor of English, director of the Paideia? Program and Paideia? Professor, will lead the noon Faculty Forum titled "Paideia?: What It Is, What It Is Not, and Bringing a Few More Things Together" on Monday, Jan. 22, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. MEDIA COVERAGE The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a feature article on Ed Kain, professor of sociology, who is being honored by the American Sociological Association. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article on the Michael Nye photography exhibit in the SU Fine Arts Gallery. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an obit on Grogan Lord, Georgetown business leader and Southwestern University Board of Trustees member, who died Jan. 13. NOTABLES An article titled "The Sociology Major at Institutions of Higher Education in the United States" appears in the January 2007 edition of the peer-review journal Teaching Sociology. The article is authored by *Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology and University Scholar in the Sociology and Anthropology Department. Research in the article examines the extent to which national recommendations on the undergraduate sociology major, adopted by the American Sociological Association in 1990, were implemented at 100 colleges and universities across the country a decade later. *Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, presented a paper titled "Between Coal and Stars: Reenchantment in Jacques R?da's 'Les bretelles ?toil?es'" at the December 2006 Modern Language Association Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. 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URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20070119/026ae468/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Jan 26 08:59:42 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Jan 26 09:01:28 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 1/26 Message-ID: <45BA175E.40305@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: January 26, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR * *IN MEMORIUM: DURWOOD FLEMING* *January* *26-Feb. 17* Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness, Fine Arts Gallery *26* Women's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 6 p.m. *26* Men's basketball vs. Oglethorpe, 8 p.m. *27* Swimming and Diving vs. McMurry, 1 p.m. *28* Men's lacrosse vs. Texas State University, noon *28* Women's basketball vs. Sewanee, noon *28* Men's basketball vs. Sewanee, 2 p.m. *28* Opera Theatre: " Don Giovanni," Jones Theater, 4 p.m. 28 Winter flute recital, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. *29* Guest artist concert: Andreas Klein, piano, Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m. *30* Guest Artist Concert: Meehan/Perkins Percussion Duo, Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, 7 p.m. Durwood Fleming, Southwestern's 12th President who served from 1961 to 1981, passed away Jan. 22 after a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be Saturday, Jan. 27, at 11 a.m. at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas and also Monday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, where he served as pastor from 1945 to 1961. Southwestern will also hold a service in Dr. Fleming's honor at a time to be arranged with the family. At the family's request, memorials may be made to any cause or institution whose purpose is to challenge and minister to the human spirit, inform the minds of children and youth, or to alleviate human suffering wherever it is found. These include St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Southwestern University, The Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and The Methodist Hospital of Houston. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family in care of: Dr. Jon H. Fleming P. O. Drawer 38 North Zulch, TX 77872 *SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEETS CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR NEW CENTER FOR LIFELONG LEARNING* A $2 million anonymous pledge received this month will enable Southwestern University to claim $3 million in challenge grants and move forward with construction of an $11 million Center for Lifelong Learning. The new building will house Southwestern's innovative Paideia? Program and bring together many key student services and programs into one location, including Academic Services, Career Services, the Cashier's Office, Counseling and Health Services, and the Registrar's Office. Planning for the building started in 2002 after Southwestern received a $2 million "challenge grant" for the project from the Robert & Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust of Wichita Falls, which also provided the initial funding for Southwestern's Paideia? Program. This challenge required that the university raise $8.5 million in additional gifts and pledges for the project by June 30, 2009. In April 2006, Southwestern received a second challenge grant for the project from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla. This challenge promised $1 million for the project if Southwestern could raise the remaining funds for it by April 12, 2007. Southwestern received a $3.5 million naming gift for the project from the Perkins-Prothro Foundation of Wichita Falls. The new building will be named the Charles & Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning. Other grants include $1 million from the Grogan Lord Foundation of Georgetown, and gifts from the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation, M.D. Anderson Foundation, Amon Carter Foundation, The Fondren Foundation, Hoblitzelle Foundation, The Kendeda Fund, JPMorgan Trust Company, and other individual donors. Construction on the Center for Lifelong Learning is expected to start in early 2008. The building will be three stories tall and approximately 40,000 square feet. It will be the first facility at Southwestern constructed using "green building" guidelines. This means natural light will be brought into all spaces to reduce the need for electricity, and energy also will be saved through the use of energy-efficient windows and heating/cooling systems. There will be minimal use of carpeting and finishes that release harmful chemicals. For more information on Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign, visit www.southwestern.edu/thinkingahead. Read the entire article here . * EVENTS * Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the Fountainwood Observatory from 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. The Observatory is located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the Rockwell Baseball Field. Physics Department faculty and 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 waxing moon will be two days past first quarter phase, and brilliant winter constellations such as Orion and Canis Major will begin to dominate the night sky. By 8:30 p.m., Saturn will be high enough above the eastern horizon to view. Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at 512-863-1242. The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the Meehan/Perkins Percussion Duo in concert Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer. The Meehan/ Perkins Duo has grown out of a collaboration started in 1999 as graduate students at the Yale School of Music. That initial meeting brought about the group So Percussion that the /New York Times/ hailed as "consistently impressive." In that time, they performed at venues such as the Bang on a Can Marathon, the BAM Next Wave Festival, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Miller Theatre, The Round Top Festival and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, among others. The performance is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, visit the website: www.mpduo.com The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents Southwestern University Opera Theatre, directed by Bruce Cain and assisted by David Utterback, in a performance of Mozart's comic drama "Don Giovanni" Sunday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m. in the Jones Theater located in the Fine Arts Center. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379. *FACULTY FORUM* David Stewart, assistant professor of religion, will lead the noon Faculty Forum titled "Reacting to the Past: A Complex Role-Playing Game Pedagogy" on Monday, Jan. 22, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. MEDIA COVERAGE The /Austin Business Journal/, the /Austin American-Statesman/, the Wichita Falls /Times Record-News/ and KLBJ radio ran stories on Southwestern's announcement of a $2 million gift for the Center for Lifelong Learning. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story on the death of former Southwestern University President Durwood Fleming. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story by senior Rebecca Wyatt on her study abroad experience in Spain last year. NOTABLES *Helene Meyers*, professor of English, presented a paper titled "Beyond the Diaspora/Homeland Divide: Rebecca Goldstein's /Mazel/" at the annual meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies. *A. J. Senchack*, holder of the Lucy K. Brown Chair in International Business and professor of business, attended the January 2006 conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. This year's New Orleans meeting on liberal education and democracy's big questions focused most prominently on efforts to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Its two overarching questions were how to prepare students to be responsible citizens and leaders and to apply the lessons of Katrina and Rita to their local communities and institutional missions. Senchack's participation in this conference continues his current research interest in the relationship of liberal arts and business education and augments the efforts of the business faculty's two-year curriculum reinvention. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20070126/879578a8/attachment.html