Cheles Rhynes ’92 announces a modern dance performance produced by Mason/Rhynes Productions as part of the Black Arts Movement 2008 festival season. Austin Ventures Studio will perform “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” Wednesday, October 08, 2008 at 8 p.m. at Ballet Austin, 501 W. Third Street. “No Boundaries” celebrates the depth and diversity of style and vision in the field of modern dance. Several of the nation’s leading contemporary African-American choreographers, including Bebe Miller, Donald McKayle, Reggie Wilson, Andrea Woods, David Roussève and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar set original and historical works on soloist Gesel Mason, for the purposes of this unique project. These artists demonstrate the diversity of work by, for and about African-Americans; their visions push Black Dance in America beyond stereotypes and color boundaries. Tickets may be purchased through The Long Center for the Performing Arts Box Office, www.thelongcenter.org or 512-474-5664. Tickets are $15 advance purchase $20 at the door. For more information about the Black Arts Movement, visit www.bamaustin.org. BAM festival passes are available for $60.
Margaret Edges Weaver Monday, January 14, 2008
Margaret Edges Weaver, Hobbs, N.M., serves as the coordinator of technical services for the Pannell Library and Information Resource Center at New Mexico Junior College and trainer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant-funded program, “Government Information in the 21st Century: Training Librarians to be Government Information Specialists”. She presented two programs during the sixth annual meeting of the South Central Unicorn Users Group held in Little Rock, Ark.: “Selective Deselection from your Collection: Using the CREW Method for Weeding” and “Government Information in the 21st Century: Consumer Information Module.” She married Michael John Weaver in October of 2006 in San Antonio.
Craig Garrett Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Craig Garrett, Frontenac, Kan., serves as CNC programmer for Superior Industries International, Inc. and plays in the metal band Killer Strangelet.
Stephen Perz ’92 always knew that he wanted to study the social and behavioral sciences. To get there, Perz wanted to attend a liberal arts college that knew “what it was about.” He states, “Southwestern had the academic expectations without being pretentious. It was a sincere place. This place let me follow my nose.” Perz’s path led him to in-depth study of several research topics, including animal behavior, social demography and environmental change in the Amazon.
Jill Anderson ’92 knew nothing about Southwestern before she received a letter from the Admission Office. “I was a financial aid kid. Southwestern was just perfect. It welcomed good students, regardless,” she says. After three to four majors, Anderson settled upon psychology. “I knew that I wanted to work with people.”
Anderson’s bachelor’s degree in psychology led to her doctorate in developmental psychology and to her current position as the director of Hope for Houston, a faith-based outreach program designed to assist low-income families in the Houston area.
Yes, accounting majors do use Blue Books. At least at Southwestern they do, and that’s one aspect of her education for which Lisa Smith Gildon ’92 is grateful.
Those familiar with the travesty of justice that led to multiple bogus drug arrests in the small Texas town of Tulia only from newspaper accounts will be outraged anew at this eye-opening narrative that bears comparison to such courtroom and litigation classics as A Civil Action. This devastating indictment of the toll taken by the war on drugs, viewed through the prism of one small community, is a masterpiece of true crime writing.
Dana Davis McCormick's volunteer work as chairwoman of the 2005 Diabetes Expo at the Dallas Convention Center spanned 11 months, during which time she coordinated expo committees, made phone calls, raised more than $30,000 in funds, and did whatever else was needed in order to make the event successful. Before working on the expo committee, McCormick helped to organize patient education programs throughout North Texas for the American Diabetes Association.
While it may be unusual for a young teacher to win such an award, there is little Robert Linhart does that might be considered "usual". Beyond teaching music, drama and choir at St. Francis Episcopal School, he also serves as fine arts chair and dean of students at the school. He is head junior varsity football coach at Lutheran North High School, where he's also assistant coach for the varsity team. He serves on the play reading committee at Country Play House, the largest community theater in Houston, and he currently is writing a Christmas pageant for First United Methodist Church of Houston. He also enjoys performing theatre in his spare time with his wife, Stephanie.
Kevin McKinney, along with fellow SU alumni Bill Cassis and Brian Walsh '89, formed Soulhat at Southwestern University during the summer of 1990. McKinney, a communication major from Dallas, who got his first guitar at age six, had never written a song before that fateful summer. But when the muse came, it was as prolific as any a Southwestern summer has ever seen.
Cheles Rhynes '92 left Southwestern University with aspirations of a performing career in the theatre. What he has found since then, however, is that his artistic impact on a production can be as great--or even greater--on the other side of the spotlight.
As editor of The Texas Observer, an influential progressive magazine published in Austin, Nate Blakeslee '92 helps continue a tradition with a periodical where young editors get their start.
The invitation from Southwestern President Jake Schrum to join the Alumni Self Study Committee came as a surprise to Southwestern University alumna Cullen Lutz. "I felt honored, but at the same time I was concerned that my lack of previous involvement as an alumna would limit my ability to contribute," she says. "But I was assured they were looking for diverse perspectives. It has turned out to be a wonderful learning experience for me."
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