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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: March 7, 2008</div>
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To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click <a
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<p>Senior Sarah Salinas first participated in Destination:
Service as a first-year student in 2005. This year, she will be
participating as a student leader, accompanying a group of nine
students to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, to work with Cornerstone Ministries.</p>
<p>Salinas and other students from Southwestern will paint a
church, help organize medical supplies in a free clinic, and lead
learning and play activities for local children.</p>
<p>“My first Destination: Service experience changed my life and
opened my eyes to service for others,” said Salinas, who plans to work
for a non-profit organization after graduating. “Originally, I was just
looking for something to do, and Destination: Service sounded like a
really positive experience. I made a lot of friends on that trip who I
wouldn’t have met otherwise.” </p>
<p>Salinas is one of 49 students from Southwestern who will be
traveling to five different locations for spring break volunteer work
March 14-20. This is the 13th consecutive year that students are
participating in the volunteer program known as Destination: Service.</p>
<p>To read the rest of the story, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=68">here</a>.
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<p>Romi Burks, assistant professor of biology at Southwestern,
and several of her students will be featured this week on “Texas Parks
& Wildlife” television program, a weekly, half-hour program airing
on PBS stations throughout the state.</p>
<p>The program filmed Burks and her students during a 2006 visit
to Armand Bayou in Houston to collect samples of an invasive species of
applesnail that is threatening the bayou. They also filmed Burks and
her students back at her lab at Southwestern.</p>
<p>The interview with Burks is part of a segment on the program
titled “Exotic Aquatics.”</p>
<p>In the Austin area, “Texas Parks & Wildlife” can be seen
on KLRU TV at 9 a.m. Sunday. For show times on other stations, click <a
href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/tv/">here</a>. </p>
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CENTER DEDICATION MARCH 7</th>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the dedication of the
Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center and presentation of the President’s
Philanthropy Award to Fayez S. Sarofim Friday, March 7, at 1:30 p.m.
The event will be in the Alma Thomas Theater with a reception following
in the Walzel Lobby. For more information, contact the Events Office at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:events@southwestern.edu">events@southwestern.edu</a> or call 512-863-1483.</p>
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<p align="left">• The <em>Austin American-Statesman </em>ran an
op-ed piece written by Sociology Professor Dan Hilliard and two of his
students. Read the piece online <a
href="http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/02/29/0302hilliard_edit.html">here</a>.
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<p>• Biology professor Ben Pierce was featured in articles
published by the <em>Williamson County Sun</em> and the <em>Austin
American-Statesman</em> about the sighting of the rare Georgetown
Salamander near Lake Georgetown. Read the Statesman article <a
href="http://www.statesman.com/news/contnt/news/stories/local/03/06/0306preserve.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>• The <em>Chronicle of Philanthropy </em>ran a two-page
spread on Chinese professor Patricia Schiaffini and the non-profit
organization she started to help keep the Tibetan language alive.</p>
<p>• The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an article and photo
about the March 1 e-recycling event.</p>
<p>• The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an article about the
Israeli-Palestinian conference organized by students Martin Stanberry
and Andrew Mayo.</p>
<p>• The online newsletter <em>Food, Nutrition & Science</em>
published an article on Biology professor Max Taub’s research about the
effect of rising CO2 levels on food nutritional content. Read the
article <a
href="http://www.foodnutritionscience.com/index.cfm/do/monsanto.article/articleId/125.cfm">here</a>.<br>
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<p align="left"><strong>Ellen Davis</strong>, director of
communications, received two Best of Texas Awards from the Texas Public
Relations Association at its March 1 awards banquet.</p>
<p><strong>Mary Grace Neville</strong>, assistant professor of
business, had a paper accepted for presentation at the 9th
International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Theory
conference in July.<br>
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President <strong>Jake B. Schrum</strong> received a Cornerstone Award
from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Feb. 29 in the area of
education. Schrum was recognized for his leadership of Southwestern and
for his efforts in building town-gown relations.</p>
<p>Students <strong>Colin Kyle</strong> and <strong>James
McDonough </strong>have received a grant of $1,500 from the Texas
Academy of Sciences. The grant will be used to examine the relationship
between applesnails and another exotic, invasive species – the taro or
“elephant ear” plant. <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></p>
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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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