[InFocus] In Focus October 19, 2007

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 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 
<http://www.southwestern.edu>, 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 <http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php>.

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 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=45>.

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.

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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.

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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.

  	  	 

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