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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: February 15, 2008</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 is one of only three colleges and universities in
Texas that have been named to the President’s Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for 2007.<br>
The honor roll program, which was launched in 2006, recognizes colleges
and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective
community service and service-learning programs. It is sponsored by the
Corporation for National and Community Service, the President’s Council
on Service and Civic Participation, the Department of Education, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the USA Freedom Corps,
which was created by President Bush in 2002.<br>
In the first year of the program, Southwestern was named to the Honor
Roll along with 15 other colleges and universities in Texas. For 2007,
it made the Honor Roll with Distinction, along with just two other
schools in Texas - Dallas Baptist University and The University of
Texas at Arlington. The new Honor Roll, which was released Feb. 11,
covers the 2006-2007 academic year.</p>
<p>Criteria for the Honor Roll with Distinction included scope
and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student
participation in service activities, and the extent to which the school
offers academic service-learning courses.</p>
<p>During the 2006-07 academic year, about 50 percent of
Southwestern students participated in some form of community service –
significantly higher than the national rate of 30 percent reported by
the Corporation for National and Community Service. These students
contributed an estimated 18,000 hours of service to the community. </p>
<p>To read the rest of the story, go <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=63">here</a>.<br>
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<p>Catherine Meeks, a community leader from Macon, Georgia, will
visit Southwestern Feb. 18-20 as part of the University’s “National
Conversation” series. The series brings prominent speakers to
Southwestern to engage the campus on important national issues. </p>
<p>The theme of Meeks’ visit is “Civic Engagement: Leadership and
Community Empowerment.” Meeks is the Clara Carter Acree Distinguished
Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies and Executive Director of the Lane
for Community Engagement and Service at Wesleyan College in Macon. She
also serves as the executive director of Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table, a
community resource center located in a public housing development in
Macon. </p>
<p>Meeks has received several awards for her work, including the
2006 Georgia Sociologist of the Year award and a Lifetime Service Award
from the City of Macon Mayor’s Office. In 2000, she accepted the Jimmy
and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community
Collaboration on behalf of Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table and Wesleyan
College. </p>
<p>During her visit, Meeks will meet with a variety of students,
faculty members and community representatives who have an interest in
civic engagement. Events open to the entire campus community include a
Black History Month Dinner sponsored by EBONY that will be held at 6:30
p.m. on Feb. 19 in the Campus Center Ballrooms. Anyone interested in
attending this dinner should contact Michele Amerson at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amersonm@southwestern.edu">amersonm@southwestern.edu</a> or 512-863-1342.</p>
<p>In conjunction with Meeks’ visit, the A. Frank Smith Jr.
Library Center has made a display related to her work. It includes
copies of her three books currently in print as well as some other
books from the library’s collection that focus on community engagement
and service. The exhibit can be found in the Periodicals area.</p>
<p>For more information on Meeks’ visit, contact Ron Swain at
512-863-1940.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim School of
Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents cellist Hai Zheng in a faculty
recital Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Alma Thomas Theater of the Fine Arts <br>
Center at Southwestern University. Zheng will be accompanied by her <br>
faculty colleague, pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa. For more information,
contact Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vainl@southwestern.edu">vainl@southwestern.edu</a> or visit <a
href="http://ssfa.southwestern.edu/">here</a>.
<p>This concert is free and open to the public.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim School of
Fine Arts, Department of Music at Southwestern University, presents the
Chamber Soloists of Austin in concert Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at First United
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Methodist Church in Georgetown. The Chamber Soloists of Austin include
Karl Kraber on flute, Stephen Girko on clarinet, Beth Girko and Stephen
Redfield on violin, Joan Kalish on viola and Douglas Harvey on cello.
These internationally active musicians perform chamber music of the
17th – 21st centuries. For more information, contact Lacy Vain at
512-863-1379, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vainl@southwestern.edu">vainl@southwestern.edu</a> or visit <a
href="http://ssfa.southwestern.edu/">here</a>.
<p>This concert is free and open to the public.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim School of
Fine Arts, Department of Theatre will host a symposium concerning
Jewish identity and its representation. Speakers will include Seth L.
Wolitz, professor of comparative literature and theater and holder of
the Gale Chair in Jewish <br>
studies at The University of Texas, and Michael Saenger and Shana
Bernstein of Southwestern University. The symposium will take place at
6 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Jones Theater on the Southwestern campus, with a
reception to follow in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer.
<p>This event is free and open to the public.<br>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">Southwestern University
Theatre Department presents FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, <br>
winner of nine Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, March 6-9 in the
Alma Thomas Theater at Southwestern. All shows will begin at 8 p.m.
except for Sunday, which will begin at 3 p.m.
<p>It will be directed by Rick Roemer, with musical direction by
Oliver Worthington, choreography by Judy Thompson-Price, scenic design
by Desiderio Roybal, costume design by Allison Dillard, lighting design
by John Ore, sound design by Jeffrey Jones, and starring Ian Scott
Schroeder as Tevye. Fiddler on the Roof will highlight the work of both
the Theatre and Music Departments with the Southwestern University
orchestra, under the direction of Lois Ferrari, providing the music.</p>
<p>Adult ticket prices are $15 and Senior (63 and over) and Youth
(16 and under) are $10.<br>
Purchase tickets by phone with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or
Discover by calling the box office at 512-863-1378 Monday through
Friday from 1-5 p.m. and one hour prior to curtain or buy tickets
online <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/academic/sfa-site/thea-site/11tickets.htm">here</a>.
There are group discounts available for 15 or more.</p>
<p>Call the box office at 512-863-1378 for all information and
schedules. For more information, contact Rick Roemer at 512-863-1548.</p>
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<p align="left">• The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran a story
about Southwestern’s plans to launch a Center for Hispanic Studies. </p>
<p>• <em>News8Austin </em>did a feature on Romi Burks and the
class she teaches about chocolate.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Laura Hobgood-Oster</strong>, associate
professor of religion and holder of the Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in
religion, recently published a book titled “Holy Dogs and Asses:
Animals in the Christian Tradition.” The University of Illinois Press
published the book.</p>
<p>Senior chemistry major <strong>Robert Lockwood</strong>
presented his poster titled “Ethanol Elimination Rates From
Time-Discrete Blood Draws in Impaired Driving Cases," at the annual
meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Washington,
D.C., this week. Lockwood worked on the project during an internship
with the Bexar County Forensic Toxicology Laboratory in San Antonio.
Southwestern graduate and internship supervisor <strong>Mike Frontz</strong>
coauthored the paper. </p>
<p><strong>Maria R. Lowe</strong>, associate professor of
sociology, recently published an article titled “An Unseen Hand: The
Role of Sociology Professor Ernst Borinski in Mississippi's Struggle
for Racial Integration in the 1950s and 1960s.” The article appears in
the February 2008 issue of<em> Leadership.</em><br>
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<p><em>Have a submission for “Notables”? Send it to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:infocus@southwestern.edu">infocus@southwestern.edu</a>. </em><br>
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Katy Boose
Editorial Coordinator
Southwestern University
1001 E. University Ave.
Georgetown, TX 78626
512-863-1487
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:boosek@southwestern.edu">boosek@southwestern.edu</a>
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