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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: February 16, 2007</div>
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<div align="left"><b> TOP NEWS </b></div>
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<div align="left"><strong>SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RECEIVES MELLON
FOUNDATION GRANT TO SPONSOR FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH FOUR OTHER
UNIVERSITIES</strong></div>
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<p><strong>February</strong></p>
<p><strong>16-17</strong> Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental
Illness, Fine Arts Gallery<br>
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<strong>16-18</strong> Family Days<br>
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<strong>16</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Austin College, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>16</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Austin College, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Honors Convocation, 9:30 a.m., Lois Perkins
Chapel<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Guest artist recital: Walter Stout, organ, 3
p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Baseball vs. Concordia, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Hendrix, 6 p.m.<br>
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17 Men’s basketball vs. Hendrix, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>21</strong> Baseball vs. McMurry, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>23-March 4</strong> Company, Fridays and Saturdays, 8
p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m., Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater<br>
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<strong>25</strong> Baseball vs. University of Dallas, 1 p.m. and
4 p.m.<br>
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<p>Southwestern University has received a $150,000 grant from the
Mellon Foundation to develop faculty exchange programs with four other
universities, three of which are historically black colleges and
universities (HBCUs).</p>
<p>Other universities involved with the project will be Dillard
University in New Orleans, Huston-Tillotson University in Austin,
Morehouse College in Atlanta and Rhodes College in Memphis. </p>
<p>The five universities are already participating in a
three-year collaborative leadership and student exchange project funded
by a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. The new grant will help
the five universities extend the benefits of the student exchange
program to faculty members. </p>
<p>Read the entire article <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/070213.html">here</a>.
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<div align="left"><strong>THREE SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS EARN
OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN AMERICAN OPERA DEBUT</strong></div>
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<p>Three Southwestern students shared the spotlight last month as
the Austin Lyric Opera performed the American debut of the Philip
Glass’ opera “Waiting for the Barbarians.” </p>
<p>David Smith, Dolores Noel and Katherine Wiggins were selected
to be part of the 44-member chorus for the production, which received
positive reviews from both critics and audience members.</p>
<p>The opera is a dramatic allegory of oppressor and oppressed,
based on the 1980 novel of the same name by John M. Coetzee, a South
African writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. The
students were very excited about performing in an opera composed by
such a well-known musician and in a professional setting. </p>
<p>“I was surrounded by such a large amount of talent and skill,”
Wiggins said. “To meet the composer himself was overwhelming and felt
like the chance of a lifetime.”</p>
<p>Smith added, “You get an idea of how a professional staging
works and you get to watch opera singers and the level of performance
demanded from them. Most importantly, you can strengthen your voice
dramatically as a result of all the singing you do in such a short
time.”</p>
<p>Bruce Cain, assistant professor of music, reduced the number
of scheduled performances of the opera “Don Giovanni” at Southwestern
to give the students much-needed time for rehearsals with the ALO. He
felt it was an educational and professional experience too important to
be missed. “It is an incredible opportunity to be seen by critics and
to work with directors and singers from around the world,” Cain said.</p>
<p>Smith graduated in December, but returned to Southwestern in
January to play the lead role of Don Giovanni. Noel is working on
auditions for summer opera workshops in Austria, and Wiggins looks
forward to her roles in the opera “The Story of Silly Baby Mouse,”
which will be showing at Southwestern in April. </p>
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<div align="left"><b> EVENTS </b></div>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Theatre Department, presents
“Company,” the 1971 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, directed by
Rick Roemer. Performances run from Feb. 23 to March 4 on Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. in the Jesse H. and Mary
Gibbs Jones Theater. </p>
<p>“Company” is a passionate and wonderfully edgy and witty
musical that takes a sharp look at love and commitment through the
marriages of five couples as seen through the eyes of their single
friend Robert. It explores love and commitment, fear and longing, and
the simple joy of being alive. An honest and sophisticated look at
relationships, “Company” offers a fresh perspective on our most
cherished institution, marriage—its troubles and triumphs, its
viciousness and victories.</p>
<p>Individual ticket prices are $15 adults, $12 senior and $10
students. Call the box office at 512-863-1378 to reserve your tickets.<br>
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<div align="left"><strong>FACULTY FORUM</strong></div>
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<p>Aaron Prevots, assistant professor of French, will lead the
noon Faculty Forum titled “Facilitating Connections: Collaboration
through Technology and Music” on Monday, Feb. 19, in the Lynda McCombs
Room. </p>
<p>Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and
coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. <br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an
article about the feasibility study being conducted on the proposed
conference center on Southwestern’s campus.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> ran an
article about the Southwestern dance team. A video clip of the team’s
performance at a basketball game was included on the <em>Statesman’s</em>
Web site.</p>
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<p align="left">During the week of Feb. 5, <strong>Edward L. Kain</strong>,
professor of sociology and University Scholar, served on the external
review team for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Berry
College in Mount Berry, Ga.</p>
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