From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Oct 4 16:38:49 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Oct 4 16:40:09 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus October 5, 2007 Message-ID: <47055D69.4000609@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: October 5, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* SOUTHWESTERN PARTICIPATES IN NATIONWIDE PROJECT TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS LEARN ABOUT PROSPECTIVE COLLEGES *NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS* Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page , will feature large university events and events that are open to the entire campus community. The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them. For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event location or venue. View the calendar here . Southwestern has joined more than 600 colleges and universities nationwide that are participating in a new initiative designed to aid students and their families in their college search. The initiative is called "U-CAN" and is sponsored by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), of which Southwestern is a member. By going to a free website, http://www.ucan-network.org, prospective students and their parents have the opportunity to look at statistics of colleges and universities and compare characteristics of different schools. For more of the story, click here . EVENTS SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS CONCERT The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents trombonist Eileen Meyer Russell in a faculty recital at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. Russell will be joined by her faculty colleagues, harpist Delaine Fedson and pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa. This concert is free and open to the public. Contact Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379 for more information. For more events from the Sarofim School of Fine arts, go here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS PLAY The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, presents the play, "The Country Wife," by William Wycherley and directed by Jared J. Smith. The play is a 17th-century Restoration comedy full of seduction, devotion, cuckolds and lust and contains a plot filled with outrageously racy comedy. After its release in 1675, it was banned for 170 years because of its licentious plot and language. Performances are scheduled Wednesday-Sunday, Oct 24-28. On Wednesday and Thursday, the performance will be at 7 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, the performance will begin at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, the performance will begin at 3 p.m. All performances will be held in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater at Southwestern University. On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 & 25, following the 7 p.m. performances, audience members will have a chance to meet with the director, the cast, and the production team after the show and engage in a conversation about the play and its possible meanings today. Prior to the 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, October 28, Professor and Chair of the English Department Jim Kilfoyle will introduce audience members to the play and the Restoration Period. A question and answer will follow the presentation. This will occur at 2pm in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, adjacent to the Jones Theater. Tickets for the event may be purchased in person or over the phone by calling the box office at 512-863-1378, or you may purchase tickets online at www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice . Tickets prices are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and youths. For any questions, contact Rick Roemer, chair and artistic director, at 512-863-1548 or contact the box office for all other information and schedules. * This play is recommended for mature audiences. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEE GREAT THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY The Southwestern University Sarofim School of Fine Arts Department of Theatre is again sponsoring two New York Theatre trips, one this Thanksgiving 2007 and one Easter 2008. Both of these trips include tickets to the Tony award-winning musical /Curtains/, starring David Hyde Pierce, plus two other exciting theatrical productions, the critically acclaimed and Tony award winning musical /The Drowsy Chaperone/ and /Spring Awakening/, which won the 2006 Tony award for Best Musical. The Thanksgiving tour dates are Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007, through Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, which also puts you right in the center of the spectacular Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Prices vary depending on the number of people per room, but includes 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, March 20, 2008, through Monday, March 24, 2008. 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: Kathleen Juhl, Tour Director (Thanksgiving) or Sergio Costola, Tour Director (Easter). The balance is due approximately one month prior to departure. For more information regarding the Thanksgiving trip, please call Kathleen Juhl at 512-863-1368. Space is limited. MEDIA COVERAGE . The /Austin American-Statesman /ran an item about Hector Amaya receiving Southwestern's Young Investigator Award. NOTABLES *Aaron Prevots*, assistant professor of French, published a bilingual edition of a poetry volume by French writer Jacques R?da titled "Return to Calm" (Host, 2007). "Return to Calm" immerses the reader in R?da's lyrical observations of the everyday. Its seven distinct sections offer an initiation into the world's beauty through the eyes of a writer deeply attuned to the passing of time and space. Prevots also had his translation of R?da's "Europes" accepted for publication (Host, 2008). "Europes" features travel recollections in prose and poetry that take the reader through seven countries including France, emphasizing personal views of cities, landscapes and people closely observed. A third bilingual French-English book of work by R?da translated by Prevots, "Thirteen Songs of Dark Love," was accepted for publication by Editions VVV and is expected to be appearing soon. A sculpture by *Mary Visser*, professor of art, "The Resurrection of Persephone" has been accepted for the juried professional division sculpture exhibition at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 -- Nov. 18th in the Fine Arts Gallery of Texas State University. Two Southwestern University sculpture students, *Lisa DelaCruz* and *Ricardo Levario*, had their work juried into the student division sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network of Texas at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 -- Nov. 18th in the Student Gallery of Texas State University. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20071004/b0fe03b4/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Oct 11 15:49:12 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Oct 11 15:50:35 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus October 12, 2007 Message-ID: <470E8C48.1040209@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: October 12, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* SOUTHWESTERN FORMS ALLIANCE WITH NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY *NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS* Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page , will feature large university events and events that are open to the entire campus community. The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them. For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event location or venue. View the calendar here . Southwestern has been named an Alliance Partner with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). The center was founded in 2003 by a coalition of leaders representing business, education and government to ensure that women's knowledge and skills are fully represented in the creation, development and consumption of information technology. NCWIT Alliance Partners are academic entities such as departments, schools or colleges that share the organization's goals and work collectively to help achieve them. "I am thrilled we have been asked to be a part of the Alliance," said Barbara Owens, associate professor of computer science and Southwestern's representative to NCWIT. "This affiliation will enhance our ability as a department and as an institution to attract students to our computing program." Read the rest of the story here . EVENTS SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS PLAY The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, presents the play, "The Country Wife," by William Wycherley and directed by Jared J. Smith. The play is a 17th-century Restoration comedy full of seduction, devotion, cuckolds and lust and contains a plot filled with outrageously racy comedy. After its release in 1675, it was banned for 170 years because of its licentious plot and language. Performances are scheduled Wednesday-Sunday, Oct 24-28. On Wednesday and Thursday, the performance will be at 7 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, the performance will begin at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, the performance will begin at 3 p.m. All performances will be held in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater at Southwestern University. On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 & 25, following the 7 p.m. performances, audience members will have a chance to meet with the director, the cast and the production team after the show and engage in a conversation about the play and its possible meanings today. Prior to the 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, Oct. 28, Professor and Chair of the English Department Jim Kilfoyle will introduce audience members to the play and the Restoration Period. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. This will occur at 2 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer, adjacent to the Jones Theater. Tickets for the event may be purchased in person or over the phone by calling the box office at 512-863-1378, or you may purchase tickets online at www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice. Tickets prices are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and youths. For any questions, contact Rick Roemer, chair and artistic director, at 512-863-1548. Contact the box office for all other information and schedules. * This play is recommended for mature audiences. * MEDIA COVERAGE . Roger Young, director of career services, was quoted in an AP article about college career services offices that serve alumni. The story ran in the /Austin American-Statesman/ Oct. 6. NOTABLES *Melissa Johnson*, associate professor of anthropology, was invited to Wesleyan University to present "Cleaning the Yard: Bush and Trash in Rural Creole Belize" as this semester's lecture for their Center for African American Studies on Oct. 2. She also visited with classes in anthropology and African-American studies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20071011/599043b4/attachment.htm From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Oct 18 15:56:42 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Oct 18 15:58:05 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus October 19, 2007 Message-ID: <4717C88A.40908@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: October 19, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* SOUTHWESTERN RECEIVES MELLON FOUNDATION GRANT FOR COLLABORATIVE FACULTY INITIATIVES *NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS* Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page , will feature large university events and events that are open to the entire campus community. The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them. For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event location or venue. View the calendar here . Southwestern has received a three-year, $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will be used to develop collaborative programs among faculty members. Faculty members can apply to use the grant funds for cross-disciplinary projects in one of five areas: study abroad, research, developing new teaching strategies, community-based learning or diversity. Over the course of the three-year grant, between 20 and 40 proposals might be funded. Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000. "In addition to enhancing the scholarly work of individual faculty members, this grant will build Southwestern's liberal arts education into a more comprehensive and cross-disciplinary experience for our students," said Southwestern University Provost Jim Hunt. For more of the story, click here . EVENTS SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS CONCERT The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents clarinetist Anna Carney in a faculty recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer of the Fine Arts Center. Carney will be joined by her faculty colleagues Eri Lee Lam, Eric Miller and Kiyoshi Tamagawa. For more information, contact Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379. This concert is free and open to the public. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUTHWESTERN HOSTS FEDERAL CAREER DAY OCT. 23 Southwestern University will host its first-ever Federal Career Day on Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center. The event is supported by Call to Serve, an initiative that is designed help increase knowledge of government career opportunities. Unlike traditional job fairs, the career day will provide Southwestern students with several opportunities for personal interactions with representatives of different government agencies. Federal agencies at the event include The Department of Commerce, Department of State, Drug Enforcement Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Housing and Urban Development, NASA, National Security Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Administration and Veterans Affairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPANISH AUTHOR FLAVIA COMPANY TO LECTURE AT SOUTHWESTERN Flavia Company, the author of many well-known Spanish novels, short stories, and children's stories will be visiting Southwestern on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. She will share tales of her career as an author. The event will be held in Room 105 of the F.W. Olin Building. For additional information, contact Katy Ross at 512-863-1421. MEDIA COVERAGE . Scott McLean, associate professor of kinesiology, was quoted in an article that ran in /Technology Review/. Read the article at http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19476/?a=f . Southwestern was listed as one of the reasons Georgetown took top billing in the latest edition of Retirement Places Rated. Read the article in the /Dallas Morning News/ at http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-georgetown_15bus.ART.State.Edition1.35acf21.html NOTABLES *Michael Cooper,* associate professor of music and holder of the Margarett Root Brown Chair, traveled to Florida State University Oct 7-10 to receive the Warren D. Allen Faculty Citation for Excellence in Scholarship, an alumni award last presented in 1971. Concurrently, he held a guest residency as the Curtis Mayes Orpheus Chair in Musicology. The trip involved delivering a public lecture after presentation of the Citation, directing a Research Colloquium for undergraduate and graduate students in Musiocolgy, Ethnomusicology, and Music Theory, and one-on-one meetings with students to discuss issues pertaining to the field and their research. *Alicia Moore*, associate professor of education, presented a two-part workshop on the "Mis-Education of the Negro" (Woodson, 1933) at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The workshop was presented to social studies teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) and focused on the education of African American students and the integration of African American history into curriculum. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20071018/3997c4d2/attachment.htm From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Oct 25 16:24:34 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Oct 25 16:26:02 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus Oct. 26 Message-ID: <47210992.4020500@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: October 26, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* NEW RESIDENTIAL CENTER DEDICATED *CAMPUS CALENDAR * To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click here . Southwestern University dedicated its new Dorothy Manning Lord Residential Center Oct. 25. The center, which is named after the late wife of Georgetown philanthropist W. Grogan Lord, includes three new residence halls: The Eddy C. Scurlock-Edward A. Clark Hall, The Genevieve Britt Caldwell Hall, and The Frank and Louise Britt Carvey Hall. Together, these new residence halls house 66 students in an additional 29,000 square feet of living space. The residence halls offer apartment-style living, with kitchens in each apartment, fully furnished rooms, a community room and recreation areas. The Frank and Louise Britt Carvey Hall serves as a "Community Engagement/Green Hall," where students will work together to build a community dedicated to sustainable living and community service. With the addition of these new residence halls, approximately 85 percent of Southwestern students will be able to live on campus. The university hopes to eventually have enough housing on campus for 95 percent of its students. To see pictures of the new complex, click here . EVENTS VOICES OF DARFUR TO BE PRESENTED OCT. 30 The Engaged Diversity chapter of Southwestern, along with the Department of Diversity Education, will present Voices from Darfur, a national speaking tour featuring Darfuri refugees, on Tuesday, Oct. 30th, at 8 p.m. in the Julie Puett Howry Center at Southwestern. Voices from Darfur features a short documentary film followed by first-hand accounts of the genocide from survivors. As many as 400,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Michele Amerson at 512-863-1342 or amersonm@southwestern.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPANISH AUTHOR FLAVIA COMPANY TO LECTURE AT SOUTHWESTERN The author of many well-known Spanish novels, short stories and children's stories will visit Southwestern on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. She will share tales of her career as an author. The event will be in Room 105 of the F.W. Olin Building. For additional information, contact Katy Ross at 512-863-1421 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS EXHIBIT The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Art, will present an exhibit by American Modernist sculptor Bruce Beasley from Nov. 1 through Dec. 9. Beasley's sculptures in bronze will be on display at the Fine Arts Gallery in The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center. There will be a reception with the artist on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. MEDIA COVERAGE . The /Williamson County Sun /ran a preview of the Writer's Voice lecture by Amy Tan. NOTABLES *Phillip Cantu*, senior sociology major, presented a paper titled "Growing Pains: Trends in Diabetes and Obesity from 1976 to 2005" at the Southern Demographic Association meetings in Birmingham, Ala., on Oct.13. Cantu conducted this research as part of The University of Texas at Austin's National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates summer program. *Stephen M. Cherry*, visiting instructor of sociology, won the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2006 Distinguished Article award along with Michael Young from The University of Texas for their co-authored article "The Secularization of Confessional Protests: The Role of Religious Processes of Rationalization and Differentiation." The article was published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion in December 2005. *Jennifer Esperanza*, visiting instructor of anthropology, successfully completed her dissertation titled "Outsourcing Otherness: Pursuing Modernity in the Global Handicrafts Market" at the UCLA Department of Anthropology in October 2007. *James Gaeta*, director of financial aid, was a guest on "The Ladies Room with Lolis," a talk radio show that airs in El Paso. Gaeta was invited on to the show through his work with College Forward. The show focused on the college application and financial aid process. *Maria R. Lowe*, associate professor of sociology, published an article "'Sowing the Seeds of Discontent:' Tougaloo College's Social Science Forums as a Prefigurative Movement Free Space, 1952-1964" in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Black Studies. *Helene Meyers,* professor of English, presented a paper titled "Wrestling with a Perceived Oxymoron: On Jewish Feminism" at the second annual Feminist Pedagogy Conference sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center. Southwestern University sculpture student *April Mosher's* proposal for a site work sculpture for the city of San Marcos has been accepted for the duration of the sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network of Texas at Texas State University. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 -- Nov. 18 and Mosher will install her sculpture "Silent Wall" (16 ft. x 5 ft.) on the park grounds in San Marcos. *Emily Niemeyer*, associate professor of chemistry, recently published an article titled "Isomeric Differentiation of Green Tea Catechins using Gas-Phase Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reactions" with Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. The article appeared in the October 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. *Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, spoke about "Understanding Revolutions" at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University on Oct. 16-17. Selbin also presented a paper on Political Violence and Political Change at the 2nd Regional Latin Americanist Conference. Four Southwestern students - *Karin Arnhamn*, *Christy Catlin*, *Sara Escjeda* and *Jon Jonse* - will travel to Fort Worth Nov. 1-2 to participate in the annual Ethics Match sponsored by the Texas Independent College Foundation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20071025/db8c1daa/attachment.htm