V9.1 NEWS FROM SU
News from SU (Vol. 9 No. 1)
Jan. 24, 2007
An Electronic Newsletter for Southwestern Alumni
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FEATURED STORIES:
Former Southwestern University President Durwood Fleming Remembered
Southwestern and Dillard University Sign Partnership Agreement
ALUMNI NEWS:
Looking for an Old Friend? The Online Alumni Directory Can Help!
New Local Associations Planning for 2007
Houston Association Hosts Road Scholars Event
Dallas Association Happy Hour in February
The Association President May be Visiting You in 2007
2007 Reunion Classes
Register Your Alumni Connection Group
Class Notes Spotlight
Keep Connected
LIFELONG LEARNING:
Theatre Department Performs
Company
Brown Symposium XXIX: Who Do We Think We Are?!
Amy Tan to Serve as the 2007 Writers Voice Speaker
Career Services News
CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS:
Professor Ed Kain to Receive National Award from the American Sociological Association
Small College, Big Arts
What's New in Pirate Athletics
Who's Who from SU
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Houston Road Scholars Event – Feb. 8, 2007
Houston Happy Hour – Feb. 22, 2007
Alumni Assembly – Feb. 23-25, 2007
Company Performances – Feb. 23-March 4, 2007
Dallas Happy Hour – Feb. 28, 2007
Brown Symposium – March 5-6, 2007
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend – Nov. 2-4, 2007
FEATURED STORIES
Former Southwestern University President Durwood Fleming Remembered
This week, the Southwestern University community was informed of the death of
Durwood Fleming, Southwestern University's 12th President, who served from 1961 to 1981. Fleming passed away Monday, Jan. 22, after a lengthy illness.
President Jake B. Schrum ’68 remembers Daddy Dur by offering, "Durwood Fleming's impact on Southwestern has been enormous. His insistence on combining superb academics with value-centered education and his far-reaching personal relationships, especially with Southwestern friends in Houston, continue to influence and support the way the University views its role in society and pursues its core purposes. History will smile on his positive life and his significant legacy. Southwestern owes him a deep sense of gratitude." Memorial services will be Saturday, Jan. 27, at 11 a.m. at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas and also Monday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, where he served as pastor from 1945 to 1961. Southwestern will hold a service in Fleming's honor at a time to be arranged with the family. At the family's request, memorials may be made to any cause or institution -- the purpose of which is to challenge and minister to the human spirit; inform the minds of children and youth, and to alleviate human suffering wherever it is found -- listing St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Southwestern University, The Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and The Methodist Hospital of Houston.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family in care of:
Dr. Jon H. Fleming
P. O. Drawer 38
North Zulch, TX 77872
Southwestern and Dillard University Sign Partnership Agreement
Southwestern University has signed a partnership agreement with Dillard University that will enable the two to pursue collaborative initiatives in several areas, including institutional management, diversity education and other academic efforts. The agreement formalizes a partnership that has already been in place for several years. In December 2005, Southwestern sponsored a program to help faculty members from Dillard recreate course materials lost in Hurricane Katrina and develop new online courses that could be offered to students regardless of their location. Southwestern and Dillard also are participating in a collaborative leadership and student exchange project funded by the Mellon Foundation. This program also includes Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Morehouse College in Atlanta and Rhodes College in Memphis. Creating formal alliances with historically black colleges and universities is one of the goals in Southwestern's Strategic Plan for 2010.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Looking for an Old Friend? The Online Alumni Directory Can Help!
It is here! The long awaited online directory is available for alumni use! The online directory will connect you with former roommates, classmates and old friends. How do you access this resource? First, e-mail
alumni@southwestern.edu to request your registration number. Next, visit
www.sugrads.org and click on "New User" under "Alumni Directory." Once you are registered, search for friends' names and update your information online!
New Local Associations Planning for 2007
During the Volunteer Leadership Weekend, Jan. 19-20, two newly organized and two promising local associations gathered for a training session. Alumni officers from the Greater Austin Association and the Greater Georgetown Association began planning for their 2007 year. Plans are underway for events as early as spring. For updates, visit
www.sugrads.org, and click on "Local Associations."
Also, alumni interested in bringing local associations to the Waco and the Midland/West Texas areas traveled to Georgetown for basic training. If you would like to help start either the Waco or Midland Association, please e-mail Megan Radison, assistant director of alumni and parent relations, at
radisonm@southwestern.edu. Interested in bringing a local association to your area? Please contact
radisonm@southwestern.edu or 1-800-960-6363, ext. 1486.
Houston Association Hosts Road Scholars Event
The Houston Association announces a Road Scholars event scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007! Erika Berroth, associate professor of modern languages, will present "Berlin Stories," based off of her
First-Year Seminar course which discusses the complex meanings of Berlin and its Wall. The program will be held at The Briar Club (2603 Timmons Lane, Houston). A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m., and the presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. The event costs $15 per person. Friends and family are welcome. To RSVP, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-960-6363. Also, be sure to mark your calendar for the February Happy Hour, scheduled for Feb. 22, at Blanco's (3406 W Alabama St., Houston). Your Houston officers want to know your ideas for Association activities. Complete the
Houston Association Survey. Also, don't forget to check out the
Houston Association Web site for a list of scheduled events and photos from previous gatherings.
Dallas Association Happy Hour in February
Mark your calendar, Dallas alumni! The Dallas Association is hosting a happy hour event Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at the Chaparral Restaurant (Top Floor of the Adam's Mark Hotel, 400 Olive St., Downtown Dallas). The fun will begin at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Self-parking is free with validation to all event attendees. Also, don't forget to check out the
Dallas Association Web site for updates on future events.
The Association President May be Visiting in 2007
Joe Seeber ’63
, president of The Association of Southwestern University Alumni, is making plans to visit alumni in 22 cities during the 2007 year. Check out future editions of News from SU for exact dates and times. Should you be interested in helping plan Joe's visit to your area, please e-mail alumni@southwestern.edu.
The Week of April 15-22
Baton Rouge, La.
Beaumont, Texas
Houston, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
The Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio, Texas
The Week of May 20-26
Abilene, Texas
Midland/Odessa, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
Oklahoma City, Okla.
The Week of July 22-28
El Paso, Texas
Albuquerque, N.M.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Los Angeles, Calif.
San Francisco, Calif.
Seattle, Wash.
The Week of August 5-10
Washington, D.C.
New York, N.Y.
Chicago, Ill.
Boston, Mass.
St. Louis, Mo.
Attention, 2007 Reunion Classes!
The 2007 Reunion Planning Committees gathered for planning Jan. 19-20, at the Volunteer Leadership Weekend. If you would like to help plan your reunion, contact the Office of Alumni Relations by calling 1-800-960-6363 or e-mailing alumni@southwestern.edu. Representative from the following classes have indicated that they would like to celebrate a reunion in 2007:
Class of 1957 (50th Reunion)
Class of 1962 (45th Reunion)
Class of 1967 (40th Reunion)
Class of 1972 (35th Reunion)
Class of 1982 (25th Reunion)
Class of 1987 (20th Reunion)
Class of 1992 (15th Reunion)
Class of 1997 (10th Reunion)
Class of 2002 (5th Reunion)
Be sure to mark your calendar for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2007, scheduled for Nov. 2-4, 2007!
Register Your Alumni Connection Group
Do you keep up with a group of Southwestern alumni with whom you share a common interest or would you like to form a group for a common purpose? If so, then you are eligible to form an Alumni Connection Group! Alumni Connection Groups acknowledge groups of alumni (of at least 25 identifiable alumni members) who are associated through mutual interests and strengthened by their relationships with one another and Southwestern. When you affiliate your Alumni Connection Group with the Association of Southwestern University Alumni, there are many benefits, including representation on the Alumni Assembly. (The Alumni Assembly will be meeting Feb. 22-23, 2007.) E-mail alumni@southwestern.edu for an affiliation form and more information.
Class Notes Spotlight
Have you heard? Gaye Thompson ’67is the president of the Texas chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and has been selected to appear in the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America. She is active in the Austin community and is the mother of Dr. Breton Foster Barrier ’92 and Amé Rebecca Barrier ’96. See what your classmates are up to by visiting Class Notes online. While you are there, submit your own class note!
Keep Connected
If you, or your ISP, use filtering software, e-mail from the Office of Parent Relations may be mistakenly identified as illegitimate e-mail and not delivered to your inbox. To ensure that Office of Parent Relations e-mail is not confused with illegitimate mail, please add the following e-mail addresses to your address book:
hewettg@southwestern.edu - Georgianne Hewett, associate vice president for alumni and parent relations.
luceroj@southwestern.edu - JoAnn Lucero, assistant director of alumni relations.
radisonm@southwestern.edu - Megan Radison, assistant director of alumni and parent relations.
LIFELONG LEARNING
As stated in its Core Values, Southwestern University promotes lifelong learning and a passion for intellectual and personal growth. Learn more about upcoming lifelong learning opportunities by visiting www.sugrads.org.
Theatre Department Performs Company
The Southwestern University Theatre Department invites you to attend Company, a musical comedy. This wonderfully edgy and witty musical-comedy that takes a sharp look at love and commitment through the marriages of five couples as seen through the eyes of their single friend Bobby, explores love and commitment, fear and longing, and the simple joy of being alive. An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships, Company offers a fresh perspective on our most cherished institution, marriage – its troubles and triumphs, its viciousness and victories. Performances are scheduled for Feb. 23-March 4, in the Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theatre of The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center. Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 8 p.m., while Sunday performances will begin at 3 p.m. When tickets are available, you may purchase them online.
Brown Symposium XXIX: Who Do We Think We Are?!
What are humans in relationship to the many other animals with whom we share the Earth? Religious and philosophical traditions alike have addressed this question in myriad ways and arrived at countless answers. Scientists and ethicists continually grapple with this problem as our choices and actions contribute to the extinction of species after species. While we often live in harmony with other animals, we also experiment on them, mass produce them for food, use them for entertainment and encroach on their habitats. We live constrained by the deep-seeded foundational dualism - “us” and “them” - that we are human and they are animals. But we are all animals, inexorably interconnected. So this symposium (re)asks, “Who Do We Think We Are?!”
Open to the public without charge, the Brown Symposium XXIX is scheduled for March 5-6, 2007. Featured speakers include Paul Waldau, Inés Talamantez, Alice Walker and Marc Bekoff. Click here to view the schedule. Register online! A reception for alumni will be held in conjunction with the art exhibition Monday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery of The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Building. The 29th Symposium in the series,“Who Do We Think We Are?!,” has been developed by Laura Hobgood-Oster, associate professor of religion, chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department and holder of the Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Religion. The Symposium is funded through an endowment established by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.
Amy Tan to Serve as the 2007 Writers Voice Speaker
Amy Tan, author of the 1989 bestseller The Joy Luck Club, will be the 2007 speaker for the Writers Voice series sponsored by the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library at Southwestern. The 2007 Writers Voice lecture has been set for Oct. 23, 2007. Tan has written several other novels since The Joy Luck Club, including The Kitchen God’s Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), The Bonesetter’s Daughter (2001) and Saving Fish from Drowning (2005). Her first work of non-fiction, The Opposite of Fate, was published in 2003. Tan also has written two children’s books, The Moon Lady (1992) and The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994). More information about Tan's lecture will be provided in Fall 2007.
Career Services News
Metroplex-area alumni recently hosted students for a highly successful day of career networking and exploration. For details, please click here. Like BBQ? Join us for our annual Career Connections BBQ. Feast, catch up with faculty and meet with students interested in your career field. Click here for more information.
CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
Professor Ed Kain to Receive National Award from the American Sociological Association
Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology and University Scholar at Southwestern University, has been selected to receive the 2007 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association. The award will be presented at the association's annual meeting to be held in New York City Aug. 11-14. The award recognizes contributions that have made a significant impact on the manner in which sociology is taught at a regional, state, national or international level. It is one of nine annual awards given by the American Sociological Association, which has nearly 14,000 members nationwide. Click here to read more.
Small College, Big Arts
The Austin American-Statesman ran a feature story on The Sarofim School of Fine Arts titled "Small College, Big Arts." Here is an excerpt from the article ... "What do musicians Lois Ferrari, Adrienne Inglis, Steven Kostelnik, Kenneth Sheppard and Claire Vangelisti share? They perform regularly in Central Texas' classical music scene. Ferrari conducts the Austin Civic Orchestra, Inglis plays flute in the group Chaski, Kostelnik is a concert guitarist, Sheppard is the artistic director of Chorus Austin and Vangelisti a frequent soprano soloist. You might not know that they also serve as faculty members in the music department of The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Georgetown's Southwestern University." Click here to read the entire article.
What's New in Pirate Athletics
Have you checked out the new Pirate athletics Web site? If not, visit www.southwesternpirates.com for the latest news on Pirate athletics.
Women's Basketball: The Southwestern University women's basketball team struggled against the 10th-ranked DePauw University Tigers Saturday, Jan. 20, in Greencastle, Ind. as the Pirates fell, 69-48. Southwestern's record drops to 9-8 overall and 2-5 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The Pirates return home for their next conference game as they host the Oglethorpe University Stormy Petrels in Georgetown Friday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m.
Men's Basketball: The Southwestern University men's basketball team was held to a season-low 38 points Friday, Jan. 19, in a loss to the Centre College Colonels in Danville, Ky. Southwestern falls to 8-8 for the year and 3-3 in SCAC action. The Pirates return home for their next conference game as they host the Oglethorpe University Stormy Petrels in Georgetown Friday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m.
Swimming and Diving: Earlier this month, sophomore student Alana Bergfield ’09 set a new Southwestern record in the 100 breaststroke with her time of 1:10.34. The Pirates' next meet is against McMurry University set for Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. in Georgetown.
Who's Who from SU
Each month the University highlights Southwestern's students, faculty, staff and alumni who make unique and meaningful contributions to the University community or the communities in which they live. To read the profiles for this month, visit Who's Who from the Southwestern University Web site.
- Ashley Tallent ’07 – Senior Student.
- Jesse E. Purdy – Professor of Psychology and John H. Duncan Chair.
- Herminia and Manuela Carreño – Cullen Building Custodians.
- Chris Gardner ’95 – Alumnus.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Houston Road Scholars Event – Feb. 8, 2007
Houston Happy Hour – Feb. 22, 2007
Alumni Assembly – Feb. 23-25, 2007
Company Performances – Feb. 23-March 4, 2007
Dallas Happy Hour – Feb. 28, 2007
Brown Symposium – March 5-6, 2007
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend – Nov. 2-4, 2007
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