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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: November 30, 2007</div>
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To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php">here</a>.<br>
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<p>Southwestern recently awarded one of its highest honors, the
Southwestern University Medal, to two of its outstanding supporters –
1963 graduate Joe Seeber of Hewitt and University Historian William B.
Jones of Georgetown. The medals recognize outstanding contributions to
the university for either service or philanthropy. </p>
<p>The medals were presented Nov. 3 at a ceremony held during
this year’s Homecoming and Reunion weekend. </p>
<p>For the rest of the story, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=51">here</a>.
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<p>Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus, a professor of psychology and
education at Southwestern, has been selected to receive the 2007
Exemplary Teaching Award from the Board of Higher Education and
Ministry of The United Methodist Church. Each year the Board allows the
university to designate one teacher to receive this award.</p>
<p>Criteria for receiving the award include excellence in
teaching; civility and concern for students and colleagues; commitment
to value-centered education; and service to students, the institution
and the community.</p>
<p>Muir-Broaddus has taught psychology and education at
Southwestern since 1990. She currently serves as chair of the
Psychology Department and chair of the Division of Social Sciences.</p>
<p>“Jacquie is a wonderful teacher and scholar,” said Provost Jim
Hunt. “She also has done outstanding work as a department chair and
division chair.”</p>
<p>Previous recipients of the award include Eric Selbin, Dan
Hilliard, LaVonne Neal, Traci Giuliano, Suzanne Buchele and Dirk Early.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents
the <br>
Southwestern University Opera Theatre, directed by Bruce Cain and <br>
accompanied by pianist David Utterback, in a performance of “Die <br>
Fledermaus.” Performances will be on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30, and
Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Alma Thomas Theater. For more information,
call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 863-1379.</p>
<p>This opera performance is free and open to the public.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim of School
of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, presents Seussical the musical.
Performances will be Dec. 1-2, at 3 p.m. in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs
Jones Theater. Call the Jones Theater Box Office to reserve seats.</td>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim School of
Fine Arts presents the Southwestern University Orchestra conducted by
Lois Ferrari on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m in the Alma Thomas Theater.
Sunday evening's program will be feature works by Eugene Bozza, Darius
Milhaud, Howard Hanson and Georges Bizet.</td>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents
“Noël, a <br>
Classical Birthday Celebration” by harpist Delaine Fedson in a faculty <br>
recital at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3, in the Alma Thomas Theater. The
recital will feature a holiday repertoire, including solo and chamber
works by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau and Benjamin Britten.<br>
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<p align="left">• The <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> ran an
article about Bill Jones and Joe Seeber receiving the Southwestern
University Medal. </p>
<p>• The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran a story about the
“Tuba Christmas” that will be held at Southwestern Dec. 1.</p>
<p>• The <em>Williamson County Sun </em>ran a story about
Buddhist leader Lama Ole Nydeahl visiting Southwestern.</p>
<p>• The <em>Arlington Star-Telegram</em> ran a feature story on
Southwestern student Nadia Alareksoussi, who gave up last summer to be
a bone marrow donor. Read the story <a
href="http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/316796.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>•Southwestern is mentioned as one of “Colleges That Change
Lives” in a blog post by <em>USA Today</em> higher education writer
Mary Beth Marklein. Read her story <a
href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?UID=ca617b94859be53c&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aca617b94859be53cPost%3affaa6b3c-efe9-420d-ae7d-cbcf613e6d89&loc=interstitialskip">here</a>.
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<p align="left"><strong>Michael Cooper</strong>, associate
professor of music and holder of the Margarett Root Brown Chair,
presented a paper at an international conference titled “Lebenswelten /
Musikwelten: Die Rolle der Musik im jüdischen Akkulturationsprozess”
(Worlds of Life / Worlds of Music: The Role of Music in the Process of
Jewish Acculturation) sponsored by the Hochschule für Musik und Theater
in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 8-11. Cooper's paper was titled "Tolerieren
-- Akkzeptieren -- Anerkennen: Die "Übersetzungen" Goethes und Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdys als Beispiele des Akkulturations- und
Toleranzdiskurses" (Tolerate -- Accept -- Recognize: The "Translations"
of Goethe and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy as Examples of the Discourse
of Acculturation and Tolerance). </p>
<p><strong>Ben Pierce</strong>, professor of biology and holder
of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair, published an article in the November
2007 issue of The American Biology Teacher titled "Illustrating
Probability in Genetics with Hands-On Learning: Making the Math Real."</p>
<p>President <strong>Jake B. Schrum</strong> contributed to a
new book titled "Leading from within - Poetry that sustains the courage
to lead." Schrum wrote a reflection to accompany a poem by Marge Piercy
titled "The seven of pentacles." Schrum used that poem to close his
inaugural address in 2000.</p>
<p><strong>Eric Selbin</strong>, professor of political science,
published a chapter "Stories of Revolution in the Periphery," in John
Foran, David Lane and Andreja Zivkovic, eds., Revolution in the Making
of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization and Modernity.
Selbin also published an article "Making the World New: Latin American
Studies After the Washington Consensus," in the Latin American Studies
Forum. The article can be read online <a
href="http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/Forum/2007Fall.pdf%20">here</a>.<br>
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<p>Art majors <strong>Lauren Cardenas</strong> in painting and <strong>Laura
Bishop</strong> in sculpture won top honors in the Central Texas Art
Competition and another Southwestern art major, <strong>Jaymie Teakell,</strong>
received an honorable mention from among 450 entries from the central
Texas region. <br>
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