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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: December 8, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><b> TOP NEWS </b></div>
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<div align="left"><strong>CARNEGIE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT </strong></div>
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<p><strong>December</strong></p>
<p> <strong>9</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Texas A&M
International, 7:30 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Hanover College, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>19</strong> Women’s basketball vs. University of Mary
Hardin Baylor, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>28</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Concordia (Ill.), 5
p.m.<br>
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<strong>29</strong> Consolation/championship basketball game, 1
and 3 p.m.<br>
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<strong>29</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Swarthmore College, 8
p.m.<br>
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<strong>30</strong> Men’s basketball vs. University of
Pittsburgh-Greensburg, 8 p.m.<br>
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<div align="left">Southwestern University is one of 62 colleges
and universities across the country that have been recognized by the
Carnegie Foundation for their commitment to community engagement. <br>
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The Carnegie Foundation is widely respected for how it classifies
institutions of higher education. Since 1973, its classifications have
helped students and families seeking a particular type of college to
attend, and provided the basis by which colleges and universities are
compared for rankings such as those done by <em>U.S. News & World
Report</em>. <br>
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Until now, the Carnegie Foundation had strictly classified institutions
of higher education according to characteristics such as the type of
degrees they offered, their size and setting, and the profile of
students who are enrolled in them. Southwestern, for example, is
classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a small, four-year, selective
residential college. <br>
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Earlier this year, the foundation announced that it would create a new
elective classification to recognize institutions that collaborate with
their larger communities, whether these be local, state/regional,
national or global. College and universities were invited to apply for
the new classification and to provide evidence of their community
engagement. Within the new category, schools could be recognized for
curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, or both. Southwestern
was recognized for both. <br>
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In order to qualify for the new category, schools were required to
document that community engagement is indicated as a priority in their
mission statement and marketing materials, and that they have an office
to support community engagement. <br>
Southwestern was one of only three colleges and universities in Texas
to meet the qualifications for the new category. The others are
Richland College in Dallas and Texas Tech University in Lubbock. <br>
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For more information on the Carnegie Classifications, visit <a
href="www.carnegiefoundation.org">www.carnegiefoundation.org</a>. <br>
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Read the entire story <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061205.html">here</a>.
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<div align="left"><strong>SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT RECEIVES GRANT TO
RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACED BY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES </strong></div>
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<p>A Southwestern University student has received a $1,500 grant
that will enable her to raise awareness on campus about issues faced by
students with disabilities.<br>
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Elizabeth Knox, a junior majoring in communication studies, received
the grant through the Associated Colleges of the South. The ACS, of
which Southwestern University is a member, provides “diversity
mini-grants” to help member institutions foster diversity initiatives
on their campuses.<br>
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While diversity is typically thought of as being related to race and
ethnicity, Knox believes it also should be extended to students with
disabilities.<br>
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Knox will use some of her grant money to attend the 2007 Pacific Rim
Conference, the one of the top-rated international conferences for
people who work in and study the field of disabilities.<br>
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She will use the remainder of the grant to put on a seminar at
Southwestern next April using information she brings back from the
conference. Students from other area universities will be invited to
attend the seminar along with students from Southwestern. Topics to be
addressed at the seminar will include ones such as how to talk to
people with disabilities.<br>
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Read the entire story <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061204.html">here</a>.
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<div align="left"><b> EVENTS </b></div>
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<div align="left"><strong>FACULTY FORUM</strong></div>
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<p>There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Dec. 4.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The <em>Austin Business Journal</em> ran an
article on Southwestern’s plans for new student apartments.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">NOTABLES</div>
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<p align="left"><strong>Ben Pierce</strong>, professor of biology
and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt chair, had a manuscript titled
“Illustrating Probability in Genetics With Hands-On Learning: Making
the Math Real” accepted for publication in the <em>American Biology
Teacher</em>. The manuscript is co-authored with colleague Brenda
Honeycutt from Armstrong Atlantic State University. Pierce signed a
contract with W.H. Freeman Publishers to co-author a new genetics
textbook that uses a novel case study approach. The book will be
co-authored with Susan Elrod at California Polytechnic State University
in San Luis Obispo.<br>
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