This concise volume is the place to start for anyone considering a career in museums. Museum professional and author N. Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the nature of the profession as a whole, the rewards and challenges of museum work, types of museums, and jobs within museums, including salary ranges.
Laura Michulka Penney Monday, March 10, 2008
Laura Michulka Penney, Dallas, serves as president of the Dallas Symphony Chorus’s executive board in which she has participated for seven years as an Alto I.
April Hampton Perez Monday, February 04, 2008
April Hampton Perez, Cedar Park, left Southwestern University after serving 12 years as senior director of development to become the director of gift planning at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Sarah Pressly-James Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Dr. Sarah Pressly-James, Grayslake, Ill., serves as the director of youth ministry at the United Protestant Church of Grayslake.
Dr. Sharon Lundgren Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Dr. Sharon Lundgren, Houston, was pleased to meet another Southwestern alumna in her son’s first grade teacher, Emily Duncan `05.
Christopher Plumlee ’89 knew from the time that he was 17 years old that he wanted to work for a Fortune 500 company. It was that same year that he learned
Southwestern University was the school that would take him to his dream.
A movement known as "intelligent design" has emerged in recent years to counter evolution theories that hold that the design of the universe is random. Critics have dubbed this the "new creationism," since many in the movement correlates the intelligent designer with the Judeo-Christian God. Gonzalez and Richards now take the defense of intelligent design one step further.
Blakely Bering, formerly of Bering’s Home Centers, is joining Austin James as partner. With the advent of the new partnership, the Austin James Gallery is changing its name to the Bering & James. Bering & James represents 25 artists including James and Bering themselves.
As one of seven Houston-area dentists taking part in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry's Give Back a Smile Program, Testa-Limas offers free cosmetic dental care for victims of domestic violence.
For those seeking a career in art curating, Elizabeth Schlatter is a great resource. With 15 years of museum experience, she recently published an e-book on fabjob.com titled "Become an Art Curator." The book should go into print sometime in 2005.
While her job focuses on securing estate gifts for Southwestern through wills and trusts, April Hampton Perez '89 spends most of her time building relationships with alumni and friends of the University.
After campaigning for President Ronald Reagan in 1984, Bob Bednar '89 quickly rose through the ranks of the Young Conservatives of Texas, eventually becoming the State Secretary. With the intention of going to law school and becoming a senator, he served a summer internship in Washington, D.C., with the Republican Senator Charles Grassley. It was there, he says, that his disillusionment with politics began.
As a prosecutor assigned to one of the County Courts at Law in Travis County, John Lopez '89's latest challenge is participating in a new system intended to ease a jail-overcrowding problem.
To those who know him, it wouldn't be surprising to learn that Bob Bednar was politically active as a teenager. What might come as a shock, however, is that this self-described "leftist" and supporter of the Green Party was actually a part of the Reagan Youth.
The reason lawyers get a bad rap, says attorney and Southwestern University alumna Cindy Olson Bourland '89, is because "most people think those two cases are representative of what's going on in the courts, but they're not. The majority of people who say bad things about lawyers are just repeating what they've heard. I'm very proud to be a member of the legal profession."
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