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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: October 19, 2007</div>
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<div align="left">SOUTHWESTERN RECEIVES MELLON FOUNDATION GRANT
FOR COLLABORATIVE FACULTY INITIATIVES</div>
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<td rowspan="21" 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 received a three-year, $150,000 grant from
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will be used to develop
collaborative programs among faculty members.</p>
<p>Faculty members can apply to use the grant funds for
cross-disciplinary projects in one of five areas: study abroad,
research, developing new teaching strategies, community-based learning
or diversity.</p>
<p>Over the course of the three-year grant, between 20 and 40
proposals might be funded. Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000. </p>
<p>“In addition to enhancing the scholarly work of individual
faculty members, this grant will build Southwestern’s liberal arts
education into a more comprehensive and cross-disciplinary experience
for our students,” said Southwestern University Provost Jim Hunt.</p>
<p>For more of the story, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=45">here</a>.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents
clarinetist Anna Carney in a faculty recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
Oct. 20 in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer of the Fine Arts Center. Carney
will be joined by her faculty colleagues Eri Lee Lam, Eric Miller and
Kiyoshi Tamagawa. For more information, contact Lacy Vain at
512-863-1379.</p>
<p>This concert is free and open to the public.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">Southwestern University
will host its first-ever Federal Career Day on Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center. The event is supported by Call
to Serve, an initiative that is designed help increase knowledge of
government career opportunities. Unlike traditional job fairs, the
career day will provide Southwestern students with several
opportunities for personal interactions with representatives of
different government agencies.
<p>Federal agencies at the event include The Department of
Commerce, Department of State, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Housing and Urban Development, NASA, National Security
Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security
Administration and Veterans Affairs.</p>
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<p>Flavia Company, the author of many well-known Spanish novels,
short stories, and children’s stories will be visiting Southwestern on
Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. She will share tales of her career as an
author. The event will be held in Room 105 of the F.W. Olin Building.
For additional information, contact Katy Ross at 512-863-1421.</p>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">• Scott McLean, associate professor of
kinesiology, was quoted in an article that ran in <em>Technology Review</em>.
Read the article at <a
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19476/?a=f">http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19476/?a=f</a>
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<p align="left">• Southwestern was listed as one of the reasons
Georgetown took top billing in the latest edition of Retirement Places
Rated. Read the article in the <em>Dallas Morning News</em> at <a
href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-georgetown_15bus.ART.State.Edition1.35acf21.html">http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-georgetown_15bus.ART.State.Edition1.35acf21.html</a>
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<p align="left"><strong>Michael Cooper,</strong> associate
professor of music and holder of the Margarett Root Brown Chair,
traveled to Florida State University Oct 7-10 to receive the Warren D.
Allen Faculty Citation for Excellence in Scholarship, an alumni award
last presented in 1971. Concurrently, he held a guest residency as the
Curtis Mayes Orpheus Chair in Musicology. The trip involved delivering
a public lecture after presentation of the Citation, directing a
Research Colloquium for undergraduate and graduate students in
Musiocolgy, Ethnomusicology, and Music Theory, and one-on-one meetings
with students to discuss issues pertaining to the field and their
research. </p>
<p><strong>Alicia Moore</strong>, associate professor of
education, presented a two-part workshop on the "Mis-Education of the
Negro" (Woodson, 1933) at the Association for the Study of African
American Life and History (ASALH). The workshop was presented to social
studies teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina)
and focused on the education of African American students and the
integration of African American history into curriculum.</p>
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