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International Humanitarian Zainab Salbi to Receive 2011 Posey Leadership Award
Austin College will award Women for Women International founder and CEO, Zainab Salbi, with the 2011 Posey Leadership Award. The Austin College Posey Leadership Award was created to promote and recognize service and leadership in a global context. Salbi will receive the award for her vision and commitment to the work of empowering socially excluded women in conflict and post-conflict situations.
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Great Day of Service Sends Student Volunteers into Community
More than 500 Austin College student volunteers took to the streets Saturday, November 6, heading into several Grayson County communities for the College's annual Great Day of Service. This is the 13th year for the event, hosted by the College's Service Station which provides service to 40-50 area organizations each fall.
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Theatre Presents 'Scripted/Unscripted'
The Austin College theatre program will end its fall season with an evening of theatre that will combine one-act play work in the directing class with a performance from the improv troupe. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 19, and Saturday, November 20, in Ida Green Theatre on campus.
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Student Musicians Present Vocal, Instrumental Fall Concerts
Austin College student musicians will present their talents in the Fall Choral Concert on November 21 and "An Evening of Chamber Music and Jazz" on November 22 on the Austin College campus. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
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Public Administration Forum Held November 18
The Austin College Public Administration Symposium will be held Thursday, November 18, in Wright Campus Center Room 231 and Mabee Hall, focusing on “Rapid Growth, Economic Decline: The Challenges to Good Governance.” The event is free to AC students and faculty, with $15 registration for all others.
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Austin College Ranked as 'Best Value' Among Private Institutions
Austin College has been recognized by Kiplinger's Personal Finance as being one of the best values in private institutions. Austin College ranks 65 out of the top 100 liberal arts colleges nationwide for providing a high-quality education at an affordable price.
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New Book Explores Life of Young German Soldier in WWII
Dr. Ruth Cape, assistant professor of German, has written a new book released in early November. "Youth at War: Feldpost Letters of a German Boy to His Parents, 1943–1945" is a bilingual German and English annotated edition of a large collection of Feldpost (German military mail service) letters and postcards written by a German boy between September 1943 and February 1945.
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Economics Professor to Research at Wharton School
Assistant Professor of Economics Jeff Czajkowski has been awarded a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Risk Management and Decision Process Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for the spring and summer semesters of 2011.
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Spanish Faculty Member Translates Book on Death
La Muerte… puros cuentos, written by Mexican visual and performance artist Erik de Luna, is a discussion of Mexican culture's personification of death. Julie Hempel, associate professor of Spanish, translated the book, recently published in Mexico, into English while on sabbatical in 2008.
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Swimming & Diving Kicks Off 2010-11 Season
The Austin College men's and women's swimming & diving teams kicked off their 2010-11 season in October at Centenary College, with the men taking on Centenary and Hendrix College while the women's team faced off against Centenary, Hendrix and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. |
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Soccer and Baseball Fields Impacted by IDEA Center
Due to the construction of the new Austin College IDEA Center on the north side of campus, the entrances to both the soccer and baseball fields have been impacted. For access to these fields, student-athletes and spectators should now use the gate located at the northwest corner of the soccer field on Richards Street or the gate located on the west side of the field directly behind the baseball stadium on Porter Street. |
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