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 IN FOCUS: November 30, 2007
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR*
TWO RECEIVE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDAL
	  	*CAMPUS CALENDAR *

To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click 
here <http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php>.

Southwestern recently awarded one of its highest honors, the 
Southwestern University Medal, to two of its outstanding supporters -- 
1963 graduate Joe Seeber of Hewitt and University Historian William B. 
Jones of Georgetown. The medals recognize outstanding contributions to 
the university for either service or philanthropy.

The medals were presented Nov. 3 at a ceremony held during this year's 
Homecoming and Reunion weekend.

For the rest of the story, click here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=51>.

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PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION PROFESSOR RECEIVES TEACHING AWARD

Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus, a professor of psychology and education at 
Southwestern, has been selected to receive the 2007 Exemplary Teaching 
Award from the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United 
Methodist Church. Each year the Board allows the university to designate 
one teacher to receive this award.

Criteria for receiving the award include excellence in teaching; 
civility and concern for students and colleagues; commitment to 
value-centered education; and service to students, the institution and 
the community.

Muir-Broaddus has taught psychology and education at Southwestern since 
1990. She currently serves as chair of the Psychology Department and 
chair of the Division of Social Sciences.

"Jacquie is a wonderful teacher and scholar," said Provost Jim Hunt. 
"She also has done outstanding work as a department chair and division 
chair."

Previous recipients of the award include Eric Selbin, Dan Hilliard, 
LaVonne Neal, Traci Giuliano, Suzanne Buchele and Dirk Early.

EVENTS
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OPERA THEATER NOV. 30 AND DEC. 1

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents the
Southwestern University Opera Theatre, directed by Bruce Cain and
accompanied by pianist David Utterback, in a performance of "Die
Fledermaus." Performances will be on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30, and 
Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Alma Thomas Theater. For more information, call 
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 863-1379.

This opera performance is free and open to the public.

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SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL DEC. 1-2
The Sarofim of School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, presents 
Seussical the musical. Performances will be Dec. 1-2, at 3 p.m. in the 
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater. Call the Jones Theater Box Office 
to reserve seats.
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SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA DEC. 2
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the Southwestern University 
Orchestra conducted by Lois Ferrari on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m in the 
Alma Thomas Theater. Sunday evening's program will be feature works by 
Eugene Bozza, Darius Milhaud, Howard Hanson and Georges Bizet.
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SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS RECITAL

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents "Noël, a
Classical Birthday Celebration" by harpist Delaine Fedson in a faculty
recital at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3, in the Alma Thomas Theater. The 
recital will feature a holiday repertoire, including solo and chamber 
works by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau and Benjamin Britten.

MEDIA COVERAGE

. The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran an article about Bill Jones and 
Joe Seeber receiving the Southwestern University Medal.

. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story about the "Tuba Christmas" 
that will be held at Southwestern Dec. 1.

. The /Williamson County Sun /ran a story about Buddhist leader Lama Ole 
Nydeahl visiting Southwestern.

. The /Arlington Star-Telegram/ ran a feature story on Southwestern 
student Nadia Alareksoussi, who gave up last summer to be a bone marrow 
donor. Read the story here 
<http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/316796.html>.

.Southwestern is mentioned as one of "Colleges That Change Lives" in a 
blog post by /USA Today/ higher education writer Mary Beth Marklein. 
Read her story here 
<http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?UID=ca617b94859be53c&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aca617b94859be53cPost%3affaa6b3c-efe9-420d-ae7d-cbcf613e6d89&loc=interstitialskip>. 


NOTABLES

*Michael Cooper*, associate professor of music and holder of the 
Margarett Root Brown Chair, presented a paper at an international 
conference titled "Lebenswelten / Musikwelten: Die Rolle der Musik im 
jüdischen Akkulturationsprozess" (Worlds of Life / Worlds of Music: The 
Role of Music in the Process of Jewish Acculturation) sponsored by the 
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 8-11. 
Cooper's paper was titled "Tolerieren -- Akkzeptieren -- Anerkennen: Die 
"Übersetzungen" Goethes und Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys als Beispiele 
des Akkulturations- und Toleranzdiskurses" (Tolerate -- Accept -- 
Recognize: The "Translations" of Goethe and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 
as Examples of the Discourse of Acculturation and Tolerance).

*Ben Pierce*, professor of biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson 
Pratt Chair, published an article in the November 2007 issue of The 
American Biology Teacher titled "Illustrating Probability in Genetics 
with Hands-On Learning: Making the Math Real."

President *Jake B. Schrum* contributed to a new book titled "Leading 
from within - Poetry that sustains the courage to lead." Schrum wrote a 
reflection to accompany a poem by Marge Piercy titled "The seven of 
pentacles." Schrum used that poem to close his inaugural address in 2000.

*Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, published a chapter 
"Stories of Revolution in the Periphery," in John Foran, David Lane and 
Andreja Zivkovic, eds., Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: 
Social Identities, Globalization and Modernity. Selbin also published an 
article "Making the World New: Latin American Studies After the 
Washington Consensus," in the Latin American Studies Forum. The article 
can be read online here 
<http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/Forum/2007Fall.pdf%20>.

Art majors *Lauren Cardenas* in painting and *Laura Bishop* in sculpture 
won top honors in the Central Texas Art Competition and another 
Southwestern art major, *Jaymie Teakell,* received an honorable mention 
from among 450 entries from the central Texas region.

 

  	  	 

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