V9.2 NEWS FROM SU

News from SU (Vol. 9 No. 2)
Feb. 22, 2007
An Electronic Newsletter for Southwestern Alumni

There's lots going on! Don't miss out.
Scan through the topics included in this issue and find out what's interesting to you!

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FEATURED STORIES:
Durwood Fleming Memorial Service Scheduled for March 29
Shilling Lecture Announced: Former Secretary of State James Baker III
Southwestern Meets Challenge Grants for New Center for Lifelong Learning
President Jake B. Schrum Gives Commentary on National Public Radio
Make an Award Nomination Today!

ALUMNI NEWS:
Looking for a Southwestern Friend? The Online Alumni Directory Can Help!
GOLD Alumni Challenge
Reserve Your Copy of To Survive and Excel
Show your Pirate Pride with an Alumni Pirate ID Card
Attention, Bay Area Alumni!
Look at What's Happening in Houston
Dallas Association Happy Hour in February
The Temple/Waco Association Organizes
The Association President May be Visiting You in 2007
2007 Reunion Classes
Attention Class of 1992 (and Classes of 1991 and 1993)!
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 Featured as the 2007 Writers Voice Speaker
Major Job Trends

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS:
Southwestern Receives Grant to Sponsor Faculty Exchange Programs
Professor Documents Stories of Female Computer Science Pioneers
Professor Plays Role in 2007 Grammy Award Selection
What's New in Pirate Athletics
Who's Who from SU

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Houston Happy Hour – Feb. 22
Alumni Assembly – Feb. 23-25
Company Performances – Feb. 23-March 4
Bay Area Organizational Meeting – Feb. 24
Dallas Happy Hour – Feb. 28
Brown Symposium – March 5-6
Houston Happy Hour – March 15
Temple/Waco Happy Hour – March 22
Annual Awards Nominations Deadline – March 23
Durwood Fleming Memorial Service – March 29
Dallas Happy Hour – March 29
Houston Rockets Event – April 1
Association President Visits San Antonio – April 12
Shilling Lecture – April 18
Commencement – May 12
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend – Nov. 2-4

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FEATURED STORIES
Durwood Fleming Memorial Service Scheduled for March 29
A memorial service in honor of former Southwestern University President the late Durwood Fleming has been set for Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel. Fleming died Jan. 22, at the age of 92. Click here to read more.

Shilling Lecture Announced: Former Secretary of State James Baker III
James Baker III, the former secretary of state, who most recently served as co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, will give the 2007 Shilling Lecture at Southwestern University. The lecture will be held Wednesday, April 18, at 3 p.m. in the Corbin J. Robertson Center. Baker served in senior government positions under three U.S. presidents. He concluded his White House tenure by serving as chief of staff and senior counselor to President George H.W. Bush from August 1992 to January 1993. In March 2006, Baker and former U.S. Congressman Lee H. Hamilton were named co-chairs of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan blue-ribbon panel examining a forward-looking approach to Iraq. The Shilling Lecture Series at Southwestern University was established in 1999 by The Brown Foundation Inc. of Houston to honor Southwestern's 13th president, Roy Shilling, and his wife, Margaret. Tickets for the lecture will be available to the general public at www.southwestern.edu/shilling-lectures/ beginning April 2.

Southwestern Meets Challenge Grants for New Center for Lifelong Learning
A $2 million anonymous pledge received last month will enable Southwestern University to claim $3 million in challenge grants and move forward with construction of an $11 million Center for Lifelong Learning. The new building will house the Paideia_® Program and bring together many key student services and programs into one location, including Academic Services, Career Services, the Cashier’s Office, Counseling and Health Services and the Registrar’s Office. Click here to learn more.

President Jake B. Schrum Gives Commentary on National Public Radio
President Jake Schrum recorded a commentary on college tuition that aired Jan. 30 on National Public Radio stations across the country. It ran as part of the program called the “Marketplace Morning Report” that airs during NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Listen to the program on the "Marketplace" Web site.

Make an Award Nomination Today!
The Association of Southwestern University Alumni is accepting nominations for its annual awards. Each year, The Association presents the following awards: Distinguished Alumnus/a Award, Pearl A. Neas Service Award (staff), Mr./Ms. Homecoming (faculty), Citation of Merit (alumnus/a) and Young Alumnus/a Achievement Award. Nominations for the 2007 Awards must be received by Friday, March 23. Click here to make your nomination.


ALUMNI NEWS
Looking for a Southwestern 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 in a password-protected community. 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 and update your information online!

GOLD Alumni Challenge
Three anonymous alumni donors have committed to matching 4:1 any gift made by a GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) alumnus/a until June 30, 2007. For example, with the match a gift of $25 becomes a $125 gift. This challenge is offered to all GOLD alumni (Classes of 1997-2006). All matched dollars will go towards the Annual Fund, but you may designate your portion of the gift if preferred. Any gift or pledge made since Jan. 1, 2007, is eligible. For more information, contact the Office of Annual Giving at 1-800-960-6363.

Reserve Your Copy of To Survive and Excel
Order your complimentary copy of the recently published, To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University, 1840-2000 written by Dr. William B. Jones, professor emeritus of history and University Historian. Place your order online. Your book will be shipped by Federal Express to the address you designate. Please note: FedEx will not ship to P.O. Boxes, so please include your physical address. If you prefer to pick your book up on campus, contact the University Events Office at 512-863-1483.

Show your Pirate Pride with an Alumni Pirate ID Card
Have you had your Alumni ID Card made? If so, you will be receiving a new card in the mail. Not yet had your card made? Visit the Pirate Card Office (J.E. & L.E. Mabee Residence Hall, Room 102) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. to get your Alumni Pirate ID Card. If you cannot make it to campus, just send us a passport-size photo as a JPEG file (300 dpi) to alumni@southwestern.edu and we will have a card made and send it to you! Please include your name, class year, current address, phone and e-mail address with your photo. Click here to see what benefits alumni receive with a Pirate Card! Questions? Call the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-960-6363.

Attention, Bay Area Alumni!
You may recall area alumni being invited to meet with Joe Seeber ’63, president of The Association of Southwestern University Alumni, last August. If you were unable to make it, the meeting demonstrated that Southwestern alumni in the Bay Area are interested in organizing a local association. In light of that interest, an Organizational Interest Meeting will be held Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, at 2 p.m. at World Grounds Café (308 Jackson St, Oakland, Cali.). This will be a time for interested alumni to ask questions, identify potential officers and discuss the future of a local association. If you plan to attend, please visit the Organizational Interest Meeting RSVP site. For more information, contact Danielle Brown ’05 or Michael Nguyen ’03.

Look at What's Happening in Houston
The Houston Association has a full schedule of events for the spring. The February happy hour is scheduled for today, Feb. 22, at Blanco's (3406 W Alabama St., Houston). In March, a happy hour is scheduled for Thursday, March 15, at Brian O'Neill's Restaurant and Irish Pub (5555 Morningside Dr. in Rice Village). Plus, have we got a deal for you! The Houston Association has purchased 30 tickets for the April 1 Houston Rockets game (vs. the Utah Jazz). Alumni can purchase these premium tickets for $30 each, with the remaining face value ($20) subsidized by the Houston Association. To order your tickets, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-960-6363. 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
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, mark your calendars for a March happy hour scheduled for March 29, at Sherlock's Pub in Addison. Also, don't forget to check out the Dallas Association Web site for updates on future events.

The Temple/Waco Association Organizes
The Temple/Waco Association of Southwestern University Alumni has begun the formation process! The formation chairs are Amanda Krcha ’01 of Temple and Robert "Bob" ’70 and Nancy Woodman Grayson ’71 of Waco. They would like to invite any alumni interested in participating or planning events to attend a happy hour at the Grayson's home (3413 Chateau, Waco, TX 76710) Thursday, March 22, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Contact Amanda or Bob for more information.

The Association President May be Visiting You in 2007
Joe Seeber ’63, president of The Association of Southwestern University Alumni, is making plans to visit alumni in cities throughout the United States during the 2007 year. Check out future editions of News from SU for exact times and locations. Should you be interested in helping plan Joe's visit to your area, please e-mail alumni@southwestern.edu.

April 2007
    San Antonio, Texas – Thursday, April 12
    Baton Rouge, La. – Sunday, April 15
    Beaumont, Texas – Monday, April 16
    Houston, Texas – Tuesday, April 17
    Corpus Christi, Texas – Wednesday, April 18
    The Rio Grande Valley – Thursday, April 19
  
May 2007
    Abilene, Texas – Monday, May 21
    Midland/Odessa, Texas – Tuesday, May 22
    Lubbock, Texas – Wednesday, May 23
    Amarillo, Texas – Thursday, May 24
    Oklahoma City, Okla. – Friday, May 25

June 2007
    Fort Worth, Texas – Monday, June 4

July 2007
    El Paso, Texas – Monday, July 23
    Albuquerque, N.M. – Tuesday, July 24
    Phoenix, Ariz. – Wednesday, July 25
    Los Angeles, Calif. – Thursday, July 26
    San Francisco, Calif. – Friday, July 27
    Seattle, Wash. – Saturday, July 28

August 2007
    St. Louis, Mo. – Sunday, Aug. 5
    Chicago, Ill. – Monday, Aug. 6
    Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Aug. 7
    New York, N.Y. – Wednesday, Aug. 8
    Boston, Mass. – Thursday, Aug. 9

September 2007
    Waco, Texas – Monday, Sept. 10
    Georgetown, Texas – Saturday, Sept. 27

2007 Reunion Classes
The 2007 Reunion Planning Committees are still forming! 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 begun planning 2007 celebrations:

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!

Attention Class of 1992 (and Classes of 1991 and 1993)!
We celebrate our 15 years as graduates this year and plans are being made. Currently, the Reunion Planning Committee is quite small... Hey, have you got planning talent and a little bit of extra time to share? We welcome all those who wish to help organize what is sure to be the best reunion party Southwestern has seen in quite some time. Save the date for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend (Nov. 2-4), and if you'd like to serve on the 1992 Reunion Planning Committee, contact the Volunteer Coordinator Nisa Sharma ’92.

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 can 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. E-mail alumni@southwestern.edu for an affiliation form and more information.

Class Notes Spotlight
Have you heard? Dr. Kerry Hope ’72, a psychologist with the student counseling service at Texas A&M University, is on the faculty of the QPR Suicide Prevention Institute based in Spokane, Wash. and travels nationally training organizations, such as universities and the military, to implement suicide prevention programs. She is married to Richard Gunn, an advertising photographer.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 Alumni Relations may be mistakenly identified as illegitimate e-mail and not delivered to your inbox. To ensure that Office of Alumni 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 ’90, 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.
whitems@southwestern.edu - Mary Sharon White, senior secretary.


LIFELONG LEARNING
As stated in the University Core Values and The Association's Mission, Southwestern 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. Click here to purchase tickets 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 Featured 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.

Major Job Trends
What does a stable-to-strong labor market mean for you? More money? More flexibility? Learn more about seven major job trends for 2007 by clicking here.


CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
Southwestern Receives Grant to Sponsor Faculty Exchange Programs
Southwestern University has received a $150,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to develop faculty exchange programs with four other universities, three of which are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Other universities involved with the project will be Dillard University in New Orleans, Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Morehouse College in Atlanta and Rhodes College in Memphis. The five universities are already participating in a three-year collaborative leadership and student exchange project funded by a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. This program gives students the opportunity to participate in three annual conferences where they will explore issues regarding diversity. It also enables participating institutions to offer yearlong "tuition neutral" student exchanges. Click here to read more.

Professor Documents Stories of Female Computer Science Pioneers
This year, only one female Southwestern student will be graduating with a degree in computer science. Nationwide, the statistics are pretty much the same: only about 20 percent of students receiving degrees in computer science are women. Encouraging more women to enter the field is among the goals of a project being led by Barbara Boucher Owens, associate professor of computer science. Owens is working on an oral history project to document the stories of the women pioneers in the field of computer science. Click here to read more.

Professor Plays Role in 2007 Grammy Award Selection
When the 49^th Annual Grammy Awards were presented this earlier month, one Southwestern University instructor was watching with a little more than just casual interest. George Oldziey, who teaches jazz piano and composition in The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, played a role in selecting the finalists for several of this year’s awards. Oldziey chaired a committee responsible for selecting the finalists in the categories of Best Original Composition, Best Instrumental Arrangement and Best Vocal Arrangement. Click here to read more.

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.

Men's Baseball: In an afternoon non-conference tilt with the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs, the Southwestern University Pirate baseball team committed three costly errors in a 9-3 loss in Seguin, TX. The Pirates had eight hits as a team compared to 12 by the Bulldogs.
 
Women's Basketball: The women's basketball team built a 14-point lead at halftime that proved insurmountable as the Pirates defeated the Hendrix College Warriors 71-60 Saturday, Feb. 17, in Georgetown. Southwestern finishes the regular season with a 13-12 overall record, 6-8 in the SCAC, and will be the seventh seed at the conference tournament. Hendrix ended the year with a 19-6 mark, 9-5 in conference, and goes in to the tournament as the fourth seed. The Pirates will face Oglethorpe University Friday, Feb. 23, in the first round of action, at 1 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn. at Rhodes College.

Men's Basketball: The men's basketball team squandered a nine-point halftime lead and suffered a 68-64 loss at the hands of Hendrix College Saturday, Feb. 17, night in Georgetown. The Pirates close the regular season with an overall record of 11-14, 5-9 in the conference and will be the seventh seed at the conference tournament. Hendrix finishes with a 15-9 mark, 7-7 in conference. Southwestern will square off against Centre College in the first round of the SCAC tournament Friday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn. at Memphis University School.
Men's Lacrosse: Saturday, Feb. 24, the men's lacrosse team will be taking on the Trinity Tigers. The game will be at 1 p.m. on Moses Field at Southwestern University. Support the team as they take on their rivals.

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 Happy Hour – Feb. 22
Alumni Assembly – Feb. 23-25
Company Performances – Feb. 23-March 4
Bay Area Organizational Meeting – Feb. 24
Dallas Happy Hour – Feb. 28
Brown Symposium – March 5-6
Houston Happy Hour – March 15
Temple/Waco Happy Hour – March 22
Annual Awards Nominations Deadline – March 23
Durwood Fleming Memorial Service – March 29
Dallas Happy Hour – March 29
Houston Rockets Event – April 1
Association President Visits San Antonio – April 12
Shilling Lecture – April 18
Commencement – May 12
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend – Nov. 2-4