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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: October 12, 2007</div>
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<div align="left">SOUTHWESTERN FORMS ALLIANCE WITH NATIONAL
CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY</div>
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<td rowspan="15" bordercolor="#000000" valign="top" width="167"><b>NEW
CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS</b><br>
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Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus
community. The calendar, which is accessible through the <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu">home page</a>, will feature large
university events and events that are open to the entire campus
community. <br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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View the calendar <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<p>Southwestern has been named an Alliance Partner with the
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). The
center was founded in 2003 by a coalition of leaders representing
business, education and government to ensure that women’s knowledge and
skills are fully represented in the creation, development and
consumption of information technology.</p>
<p>NCWIT Alliance Partners are academic entities such as
departments, schools or colleges that share the organization’s goals
and work collectively to help achieve them.</p>
<p>“I am thrilled we have been asked to be a part of the
Alliance,” said Barbara Owens, associate professor of computer science
and Southwestern’s representative to NCWIT. “This affiliation will
enhance our ability as a department and as an institution to attract
students to our computing program.”</p>
<p>Read the rest of the story <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=43">here</a>.
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre,
presents the play, “The Country Wife,” by William Wycherley and
directed by Jared J. Smith. The play is a 17th-century Restoration
comedy full of seduction, devotion, cuckolds and lust and contains a
plot filled with outrageously racy comedy. After its release in 1675,
it was banned for 170 years because of its licentious plot and
language. </p>
<p>Performances are scheduled Wednesday-Sunday, Oct 24-28. On
Wednesday and Thursday, the performance will be at 7 p.m. On Friday and
Saturday, the performance will begin at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, the
performance will begin at 3 p.m. All performances will be held in the
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater at Southwestern University.</p>
<p>On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 & 25, following the 7
p.m. performances, audience members will have a chance to meet with the
director, the cast and the production team after the show and engage in
a conversation about the play and its possible meanings today.</p>
<p>Prior to the 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, Oct. 28, Professor
and Chair <br>
of the English Department Jim Kilfoyle will introduce audience members <br>
to the play and the Restoration Period. A question and answer session
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follow the presentation. This will occur at 2 p.m. in the
Caldwell-Carvey <br>
Foyer, adjacent to the Jones Theater.</p>
<p>Tickets for the event may be purchased in person or over the
phone by calling the box office at 512-863-1378, or you may purchase
tickets online at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice">www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice</a>. Tickets prices are
$15 for adults and $10 for seniors and youths. For any questions,
contact Rick Roemer, chair and artistic director, at 512-863-1548.
Contact the box office for all other information and schedules. </p>
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This play is recommended for mature audiences. </strong> </p>
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<p align="left">• Roger Young, director of career services, was
quoted in an AP article about college career services offices that
serve alumni. The story ran in the <em>Austin American-Statesman</em>
Oct. 6. </p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Melissa Johnson</strong>, associate
professor of anthropology, was invited to <br>
Wesleyan University to present "Cleaning the Yard: Bush and Trash in <br>
Rural Creole Belize" as this semester's lecture for their Center for <br>
African American Studies on Oct. 2. She also visited with classes in <br>
anthropology and African-American studies.<br>
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