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 IN FOCUS: April 18, 2008
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR*
GWEN SHERMAN RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD 	  	*CAMPUS CALENDAR *

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

Gwen Sherman, a 1980 graduate who serves as director of finance and 
administration for the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 
has received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Southwestern University.

The award was presented April 10 during a day of activities that also 
included a panel discussion on equity in education -- a topic that is of 
personal interest to Sherman. Steve Seleznow, director of education at 
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shared some of the initiatives that 
the foundation has undertaken to ensure that all children have equal 
opportunity to quality education.

Sherman earned a bachelor of business administration degree in 
accounting from Southwestern. At Southwestern, she helped set up the 
university's Student Foundation and was its first president. She also 
was instrumental in reviving University Sing after many years of dormancy.

To read the rest of this story, click here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=79>.

EVENTS
SOUTHWESTERN TO HOST GEORGETOWN MAYORAL FORUM APRIL 18

Southwestern University will host a mayoral forum for candidates George 
Garver and Doug Smith on Friday, April 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Red 
and Charline McCombs Campus Center ballrooms.

The event is being organized by students in Professor Gilbert St. 
Clair's Media and Politics class at Southwestern. Audience members will 
be able to participate in the forum by submitting written questions to a 
panel of students. Both candidates will have the opportunity to make 
opening and closing remarks.

The forum will be moderated by Eric McKinney, interim chaplain of 
Southwestern University.

Garver and Smith are vying to replace Gary Nelon, who has served as 
mayor of Georgetown since 2002. The election is set for Saturday, May 
10. Whoever is elected mayor will serve a three-year term.

For more information on the forum, call 512-863-1662. For directions to 
the campus center, visit http://www.southwestern.edu/tour/campus-map.pdf.

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WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT APRIL 19

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the SU Wind Ensemble in concert
at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, in the Alma Thomas Theater. The 
ensemble is conducted by Lois Ferrari, associate professor of music, and 
will feature works by David Gillingham, Kent Kennan, Jacques Press and 
Percy Grainger. For more information, call 512-863-1379.

This concert is free and open to the public.

MEDIA COVERAGE

* The /Round Rock Leader /featured the upcoming Cake concert at 
Southwestern on the cover of its weekly entertainment guide.

* The /Williamson County Sun /ran an advance story about the upcoming 
Georgetown mayoral forum.

* The /Williamson County Sun /ran a story on the Student Works Symposium.

* The /Williamson County Sun /ran a story about the upcoming production 
of "Suburbia."

* The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a preview of the Shilling Lecture.

* The /Midland Reporter-Telegram /ran a story about Biology professor 
Romi Burks and her chocolate class. Read the story here 
<http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2008/04/14/news/top_stories/education_foundation_sunday.prt>. 


NOTABLES

*Steven Alexander*, associate professor of physics and holder of the 
Robert Sherman Lazenby Chair in Physics, had a paper published in the 
journal /Engineering in the Life Sciences/. The paper, titled "The Light 
Quanta Modulated Physiological Response of Brassica Juncea Seedlings 
Subjects to Ni(II) Stress," was a collaborations between Southwestern 
University, the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo and the 
University of Texas Pan American and was co-authored by SU alum Landon 
Summer '07.

Senior *Mary Kierst* presented her paper, "A Study of Congressional 
Decision Making: The 2001 USA PATRIOT ACT and the 2006 Renewal," at a 
poster session of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Midwest Political 
Science Association in Chicago, Ill., on April 5. Her paper is the 
result of a Mundy project with *Tim O'Neil*l, professor of political 
science.

*Gulnar Rawji*, associate professor of chemistry, had a paper titled 
"The Importance of Pt(II) Catalyzed Pt(IV) Substitution for the 
Oxidation of Guanosine Derivatives by Pt(IV) Complexes," published in 
/Inorganic Chemistry/. It was collaboration with a professor at 
Middlebury College.

Southwestern Men's Basketball Head Coach* Bill Raleigh* and the 
Southwestern basketball players were honored as the Southwestern 
University Partner of the Year at the Georgetown Partners in Education 
(PIE) Night at Dell Diamond Saturday, April 12. The recognition is a 
result of the basketball team's weekly mentoring at Annie Purl 
Elementary School in Georgetown this year.

*Richard Denman*, associate professor of mathematics and computer 
science, and student programming contest teams "su-root" and 
"su-pirata-informatico" competed in the CCSC Mid-South conference at 
Arkansas Technological University April 4. "Su-root," comprised of 
students *Stephen Foster*, *Bobby Potter* and *Tommy Rogers*, placed 
second while "su-pirata-informatico," comprised of *Sarah Doty*, *Lane 
Hill* and *Carl West,* placed eighth. In all, over 20 teams from four 
states competed. If any students are interested in participating or for 
more information about the program, contact Denman at 512-863-1594 or 
denman at southwestern.edu.

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-- 
Katy Boose
Editorial Coordinator
Southwestern University
1001 E. University Ave.
Georgetown, TX 78626
512-863-1487
boosek at southwestern.edu
www.southwestern.edu

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