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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: September 29, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><strong>SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT TO BE RECOGNIZED
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<p><b>September</b> </p>
<p> <strong>29</strong> Women’s soccer vs. University of Dallas,
2 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>29</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Colorado College, 4 p.m.<br>
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<strong>October</strong><br>
<br>
<strong>1</strong> Women’s soccer vs. Schreiner University, noon<br>
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<strong>1</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Texas Lutheran University, 2
p.m.<br>
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<strong>3</strong> Mock Interviews, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., McCook-Crain
Building<br>
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<strong>4</strong> Career Questions in the Cove, 5-6:30 p.m., The
Cove<br>
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<strong>4</strong> Cove Concert Series, Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.,
The Cove<br>
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<strong>6</strong> Volleyball vs. University of the South, 3 p.m.<br>
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<strong>6</strong> Volleyball vs. Centre, 7 p.m.<br>
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<strong>7</strong> Volleyball vs. DePauw, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>7</strong> Volleyball vs. Oglethorp, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>8</strong> Faculty recital, Eileen Meyer Russell, low
brass, and Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano, 3 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer<br>
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<strong>8</strong> Volleyball vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Career Encounters: Blast-Off, noon-1 p.m.,
Bishops Lounge, McCombs Campus Center<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Careers in Health, 4-5 p.m., Howry Center<br>
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<strong>10</strong> Careers in Accounting, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.,
Howry Center<br>
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<strong>11</strong> Careers in Law, 4-5 p.m., Howry Center<br>
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<strong>11</strong> Wednesday Wisdom, 5-6:30 p.m., McCook-Crain
Building<br>
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<strong>11-12</strong> Peace Conference 2006 <br>
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<strong>12</strong> Making a Living...Making a Difference, 4-6
p.m., Howry Center<br>
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<strong>13</strong> Volleyball vs. Lakeland College, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>13</strong> Volleyball vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 7
p.m.<br>
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<strong>13</strong> Chart Your Course: Pizza & Open House, 11
a.m.-1 p.m., McCook-Crain Building<br>
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<strong>14</strong> Volleyball vs. Ohio Northern University, noon<br>
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<strong>14</strong> Volleyball vs. Washington & Lee
University, 5 p.m.<br>
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<p>First-year student Amy Litzinger will be recognized in October
for her efforts to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.<br>
Litzinger is one of six students selected to receive a $5,000
scholarship from the Texas Conference for Women. The award will be
presented at a conference Oct. 12 that is expected to be attended by
more than 8,000 businesswomen from across the state.<br>
<br>
Litzinger is receiving the scholarship given to a student who plans to
pursue a career in the area of public service. In her essay applying
for the scholarship, Litzinger detailed how her career path has been
shaped by the fact that she was born with quadriplegia. She has been an
active advocate for the disabled since the 9th grade, when she helped
her Girl Scout troop organize an ability awareness fair that was
attended by 2,000 children. That same year, she testified before the
Texas Legislature against a budget proposal that would have cut
services to 75,000 persons with disabilities.<br>
<br>
Litzinger is a board member of the Texas Youth Leadership Forum and is
one of 12 youths from across the country selected for the National
Council on Disability Youth Advisory Committee, which advises Congress
on issues related to persons with disabilities. Texas Gov. Rick Perry
also appointed her to the Texas Children’s Policy Council and in July
2005, she helped former President George H.W. Bush give out awards at
an event at the Kennedy Center marking the 15th anniversary of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.<br>
<br>
She has organized summer conferences to train youth in how to be
leaders and has taught workshops to help teens with disabilities learn
how to testify before their state legislatures.<br>
<br>
“ People with disabilities must always be advocates, both on the
federal and state level, because almost everything is touched by
federal and state initiatives,” Litzinger says.<br>
<br>
Last summer she served as an intern with Texas Rep. Mark Strama’s
“Campaign Academy.”<br>
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Litzinger is majoring in political science and English. After
graduating from Southwestern, she hopes to earn a master’s degree in
public policy or attend law school.<br>
<br>
First Lady of Texas Anita Perry called Litzinger this month to tell her
that she had been selected to receive the scholarship from the Texas
Conference for Women.<br>
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“ I was surprised and very excited to learn the news,” Litzinger says.</p>
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<p align="left">Two students from Southwestern play a starring
role in a new video that has been distributed to every middle and high
school in the state of Texas.<br>
Rebecca Rivera and Angelica Castillo agreed to be filmed last spring
for a video the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was producing to show
middle and high school students what to expect in college. Rivera is
one of three students featured in the English version of the video and
Castillo is one of four students featured in the Spanish version of the
video.<br>
The video covers topics such as study skills, the college classroom,
campus life and living away from home. Numerous Southwestern faculty
members, students and facilities appear in the video.<br>
TEA produced the videos for its GEAR UP project, which is funded by the
U.S. Department of Education. To learn more about the project, visit <a
href="http://www.teagearup.com/">http://www.teagearup.com/</a>.<br>
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<div class="style11" align="left">SEE GREAT THEATRE IN NEW YORK
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<p>Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! “Mary Poppins,” the smash
London musical, a co-production of Disney Theatrical and Cameron
Mackintosh, glides into the historic New Amsterdam Theatre, and
Southwestern has tickets to this highly anticipated new musical based
on the award-winning movie “Mary Poppins.” The Sarofim School of Fine
Arts Department of Theatre is again sponsoring two New York Theatre
trips, one this Thanksgiving and one next Easter. Both trips include
tickets to the American premiere of “Mary Poppins” plus two other
exciting theatrical productions, including the critically acclaimed and
Tony award-winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” and the award-winning
production of Simon Grey’s play “Butley” starring Nathan Lane. </p>
<p>The Thanksgiving tour dates are Wednesday, Nov. 22, through
Sunday, Nov. 26, which coincides with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade. Prices vary depending on the number of people per room, but
include: 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, April 5, 2007 through
Monday, April 9, 2007. </p>
<p>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: <br>
Kerry Bechtel, Tour Director <br>
Theatre Department <br>
Southwestern University <br>
P.O. Box 770 <br>
Georgetown, TX 78627-0770 </p>
<p>The balance is due approximately one month prior to departure.
You won’t find a less expensive way to spend your holiday in the
theatre capital of the world – New York City. For more information,
call Kerry Bechtel at 512-863-1701. Space is limited.<br>
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<p>Due to Yom Kippur, there is no Faculty Forum scheduled for
Monday, Oct. 2.</p>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">President Jake B. Schrum was quoted in an article
in the <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> about the release of the
Spellings Commission Report on the future of higher education. Read the
story <a
href="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/27/27spellings.html">here</a>.
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<p align="left">The <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> and the <em>Williamson
County Sun</em> ran an editorial by President Schrum about the
Spellings Commission Report. Read the editorial <a
href="http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/09/25/25schrum_edit.html">here</a>.</p>
<p align="left">Kathleen Juhl, associate professor of theatre,
was quoted in a piece that aired on KUT Saturday. Listen to the story <a
href="http://www.kut.org/items/show/5825">here</a>.</p>
<p align="left">Provost Jim Hunt was interviewed for a story on
KUT radio about increasing minority enrollment in colleges. Listen to
the story <a href="http://www.kut.org/items/show/5837">here</a>.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an
article about senior Sarah Morris’ study abroad experience in London.<br>
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<p align="left">Senior <strong>Cassandra Ashby</strong> is one
of three students selected statewide to receive a scholarship from the
Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators (TASPA) for the
2006-2007 school year. The scholarship will be presented at the
organization’s annual awards luncheon in Austin Dec. 7.<br>
<br>
Ashby expects to graduate in May 2007 with dual certification in
general PreK-4 and special education PreK-12. She hopes to teach
elementary school after graduation.<br>
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This is the seventh year in a row that a student in Southwestern
University’s Teacher Certification Program has received a TASPA
scholarship.<br>
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<strong>Edward L. Kain</strong>, professor of sociology and
University Scholar, served as the external reviewer for the Department
of Sociology and Anthropology at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.,
Sept. 13-15.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Alicia L. Moore</strong>, assistant
professor of education, has been invited to present a teacher workshop
to public school teachers and university historians at the Association
for the Study of African American Life History’s (ASALH) 90th Annual
Conference in Atlanta, Ga., in September. Moore was also appointed by
ASALH to be a co-project manager for the teacher workshop series during
the ASALH 2006 Conference in Buffalo, N.Y. The mission of ASALH is to
promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information
about Black life, history and culture to the global community.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Aaron Prevots</strong>, assistant
professor of French, had eight poems that he translated from the
original French by Jacques Réda accepted for publication in the annual
literature and arts journal The Dirty Goat, Vol. 16. The poems are “The
Return from the Dance Hall,” “The Invisible,” “The Railcar,” “By
Leroy's Place,” “Four Seascapes” III and IV, “The Thaw” and “The
Bakery.” They are excerpted from Return to Calm, a
poetry-in-translation manuscript now under consideration by Host
Publications, The Dirty Goat’s parent company. Sample work may be
viewed at<a href="http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Eprevots/indexreda.html">
http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/indexreda.html</a>.</p>
<p align="left">Prevots also co-organized the national conference
“Pedagogy and Digital Technologies: Language Learning in the 21st
Century,” at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 29-Oct. 1.</p>
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