Pianist David Murray in Guest Recital at SBU

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Pianist David Murray, a 1993 graduate of Southwest Baptist University, will present a guest artist recital on Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. in Meyer Recital Hall on the Bolivar campus.  Murray has become a highly sought-after solo and collaborative performer who “brings subjectivity and emotionality to the piano he so expertly, yet sensuously plays” (www.summitrecords.com).  The recital is free and open to the public.

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth, Murray will present an all-Schumann program, including performances of Waldszenen, Papillons, and the Fantasy in C Major.

After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from SBU, Murray earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Kentucky in 1995 and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University in 2002. 

He has been featured as a soloist on two recordings:  Kentucky Kaleidoscope (1997) and Destination MCC (2001).   In June 2003, Murray released his first collaborative recording, Blue: The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein, described as "exemplary" by BBC Music Magazine and "effortlessly musical" by the Arizona Republic.  

In 2005 he made his Carnegie Hall debut, a performance described by the New York Concert Review as "first-rate" and "perfect."  A second recording, Murray’s arrangement for soprano and piano of Elvis Costello’s song cycle, The Juliet Letters, was released in 2006. 

Murray currently serves on the faculty of Georgia Southern University as an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Piano Area.  He is the son of Ken and Tanny Murray of Humansville. 

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Southwest Baptist University is a leader among private universities in truly integrating Christ-centered academic pursuits with comprehensive professional programs at an affordable price. Since 1878, the faculty and staff have created a caring, academic community to prepare students to be servant leaders in a global society. The University has been named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges® for 13 consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, and it has been named among institutions with America’s Best College Scholarships ® for the past three years by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. For more information, visit www.SBUniv.edu.

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SBU Music Department Presents 2010 Masterworks Concert

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Department of Music at Southwest Baptist University will present Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, “Hymn of Praise,” as the annual Masterworks Concert on May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pike Auditorium.  The concert is free and open to the general public.

            Under the direction of Dr. James R. Tarrant, director of choral studies, the annual Masterworks concert features the combined efforts of the Chorale and Concert Choir of SBU and local singers through the Bolivar Community Chorus.  The orchestra is staffed by the Chamber Orchestra and Symphonic Winds of SBU and players from the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.

            “This work is truly a masterwork, both in the size of the forces and the importance of the work itself,” commented Tarrant.  “We are especially pleased to feature our three voice faculty as soloists.”

            Those faculty are Dr. Kathy Brown, soprano; Dr. Elizabeth Maben, mezzo soprano; and Dr. Andrew Campbell, tenor.

            Dr. Brown received her B.M. and B.M.E. degrees from Baylor University.  She received her M.M. from Indiana University and was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  Dr. Brown held the position in Chicago of soprano soloist for the seasonal concert series at the Chicago Temple (First Methodist Church), as well as appeared as soloist in various Chicago area concerts and musical productions, including the lead in Kiss Me Kate.  Her teaching positions in Illinois included Deerfield public schools, Park Forest Conservatory, and St. Xavier College.  Dr. Brown has studied with Caterina Micieli, Elizabeth Mannion, Martha Lipton, Anna Boynton, Martha Longmire, and Ted Harris.  She has been a clinician for Missouri public schools and the Missouri Baptist Convention.  Her voice students have won competitions sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Missouri Music Teachers Association.  Dr. Brown is Professor of Music and coordinator of vocal studies at Southwest Baptist University.

Dr. Elizabeth Maben is a native of Trevose, Pennsylvania, and completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her graduate studies were completed at Arizona State University, where she received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance & Pedagogy as well as a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance. She was involved in the academic community of the Phoenix-metro area during her graduate work, teaching as a member of the Grand Canyon University faculty and at several other schools local to that area. She also had the opportunity to participate with some of Arizona’s finest performance groups, including the Phoenix Bach Choir, Cantemus, and the Phoenix Symphony Chorus. Concert roles to her credit include solos in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, and portions of the B Minor Mass, Joseph Hayden’s Paukenmesse, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, a premier performance of Michael Haydn’s Missa Sancti Josephi, and several performances of Mozart’s Requiem. Her operatic roles include Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Amastre in Xerxes, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, and Cousin Hebe in H.M.S. Pinafore. Dr. Maben currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Music at SBU, teaching voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Introduction to Music, and directing Opera-Theatre scenes.

Dr. Andrew Campbell currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Southwest Baptist University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Music Industry with a concentration in Music Business in 1999.  Campbell finished his Master of Music degree with a concentration in Choral Conducting from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2002.  While in the master’s program he studied voice with David Robinson and conducting with Michael Cox, David Keith, and Joseph King.  Campbell completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a Choral Conducting concentration from Southwestern in December of 2007.  Campbell has performed as tenor soloist in performances of Bach’s Magnificat, Mass No. 4 in G Major, Cantata No. 179, Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, Mozart’s Requiem, and numerous performances of Handel’s Messiah.  He currently directs the SBU Concert Choir and the Bolivar Community Chorus. 

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SBU Anniversary of The College Fire of 1910

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University invites the public to a free presentation, “The Curious Case of South West Baptist Academy of William Jewell College, Western Baptist College & The Fire of 1910,” on Thursday, May 13, from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in Meyer Recital Hall, Casebolt Music and Fine Arts building on the Bolivar campus.

The presentation is designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the college on June 1, 1910, and address some of the questions that continue to swirl around that devastating fire:
Why was William Jewell College involved?
Why did Western Baptist College (African-American) hold a deed to SWBC?
Why didn't the fire department respond immediately when first called?
Was it arson or just an unfortunate accident?

According to the SBU Archives, “You will see the images.  You will see the headlines.  You will hear the words of the people of that era.  To get a true sense of history.... attend this special event.”

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Forensics Team Finishes the Season Strong in Minnesota

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Southwest Baptist University speech and debate team ended their season with a strong showing at the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament held in Minnesota.  Fifty-six colleges and universities from twenty other states attended this tournament.  Speakers representing SBU included Caprice Applequist, Kelly Crosby, Jordan Hart, Evan Johnson, Becca Koe, Chelsea Turner, Jenna Ward, and Justin Wessels.  The team was accompanied by Acting Director of Forensics Jordan Compton, former team member Brea Morris, and was eventually joined by Dr. Jeff Waters, dean of the Geneva Casebolt College of Music, Arts & Letters.

            In assessing the three long days of competition, Compton noted:  “The manner in which our students represented themselves, the team, and the University at this extremely competitive tournament was nothing short of amazing.  The quality and quantity of competition at this tournament is hard to describe.  We competed with the best of the best.”  This was the second tournament of the season that the team had been without the late Dr. Bob Derryberry, long-time director of SBU’s forensics team.  Compton noted:  “Bob Derryberry always casts a large shadow at any tournament, but his absence at a PKD tournament was apparent to us and many other teams as well.  I was so proud of the way our team handled this difficult circumstance.”

            In overall achievement at the tournament, the SBU team finished fifth in debate, ninth in individual events, and seventh in overall competition.  Some of the other top programs included Ohio University, Gustavus Adolphus, Boise State, Carson-Newman, and Webster University. 

            In reflection of his experience at the PKD tournament, Dr. Waters commented:  “It was an absolutely delightful experience to see our students in action as they not only represented the finest in public speaking skill and artistry, but as they so beautifully represented their university and its established reputation in this arena.”

            SBU had numerous individual achievements in both individual events and debate.  In duo interpretation, the team of Becca Koe and Evan Johnson were Semi-Finalists.  Koe and Johnson also received awards in Persuasive Speaking with Becca finishing in third place and Johnson receiving a Semi-Finalist award.  Koe was also a Semi-Finalist in Dramatic Interpretation.  Caprice Applequist and Jordan Hart were Quarter-Finalists in Extemporaneous Speaking and finished in sixth and fourth place respectively in the experimental To Honor the Environment event.  Applequist was also a Quarter-Finalist in Informative Speaking and received an Excellent award in Impromptu Speaking.  Also receiving an Excellent award was Justin Wessels.  Kelly Crosby received a Quarter-Finalist award in Poetry Interpretation.

            In debate, the Open Parliamentary Debate team of Jordan Hart and Becca Koe earned first place for their efforts at the tournament.  Compton said he had “the pleasure of handing Hart and Koe their first place trophies with a possible tear in his eyes -- a topic that is still being debated among the team.”  Kelly Crosby was the first place speaker in IPDA and was also a Semi-Finalist.  The Novice Parliamentary Debate team of Jenna Ward and Chelsea Turner were Quarter-Finalists.  The Open Parliamentary Debate team of Caprice Applequist and Evan Johnson were Octa-Finalists with Johnson receiving the fifteenth place speaker award.   

            Tournament Director and Director of Forensics at Webster University, Scott Jensen, had words of praise for the efforts of the SBU squad:  “I take my hat off to Mr. Compton and the fine group of scholars at SBU. I have admired your program since I was a freshman in 1981. And I have never admired it (and its students and staff) more than I did this weekend. Be proud. You deserve it.”

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SBU to Host Mr. Excel Seminar for Community

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – SBU Students in Free Enterprise and Institute of Management Accountants will host a free Microsoft Excel seminar for SBU students, SBU professors, and members of the Bolivar community from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 26, in the Wheeler Science Building (Room 101).

The seminar will be led by nationally-known speaker Bill Jelen (also known as Mr. Excel). The seminar will include tips and tricks to improve efficiency in Microsoft Excel. Jelen's seminars have helped both advanced users and non-advanced users of Excel.

SBU professors will find this seminar useful to improve their own Excel knowledge and efficiency. Additionally, SBU students are encouraged to attend the seminar. If faculty are willing to offer their students extra credit for attending this event, they should e-mail Caleb Harris at ch000095@sbuniv.edu so they can receive a list of students in attendance at the seminar.

About Mr. Excel:

Jelen has made over 60 guest appearances on TV’s “Call for Help” with Leo Laporte and has helped people all over the country improve their Excel efficiency through his entertaining and informative seminars. He was voted guest of the year on the “Computer America” radio show and creates a daily podcast entitled “Learn Excel from Mr. Excel.”

Jelen’s expertise has been developed through twelve years of practical experience as a financial analyst for the accounting, finance, marketing, and operation departments of a $500 million company. His current company automates Excel reports for hundreds of international clients and his website offers answers to over 30,000 questions a year – for free – to readers from around the world.

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Doubt Takes the Stage at SBU

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – “What do you do when you’re not sure?” So begins John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer-Prize winning play, Doubt, which will run at Southwest Baptist University April 29-May 1 and May 6-8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Davis-Newport Theater located in the Jester Learning and Performance Center on the Bolivar campus.
The play tells the story of one nun’s suspicions about a priest in her parish. Her certainty – and ours – is put to the test in this compelling production. The audience is invited to participate in a discussion following each performance.
Doubt will be directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Dr. Elissa Sartwell. The world of a 1964 Catholic School is brought to life by scenic designer and Assistant Professor of Theatre Dustin Shaffer. The play features junior Holly Stubbs as Sister Aloysius and freshman Alisha Tyler as Mrs. Muller. On April 29, May 1, and May 7, the role of Father Flynn will be played by sophomore Zach McCoy and Sister James will be performed by freshman Amy Patchen. On April 30, May 6, and May 8, freshman Jake Carver will portray Father Flynn and junior Jessica Horner will play Sister James.
“Early on, we decided to go with two different Father Flynns and two different Sister James in this production.,” said Dr. Sartwell. “In part, this was to give more students an opportunity to perform, but ultimately to illustrate how the same script can be perceived differently. Our two casts help to show how blurry the line is between doubt and certainty. Who knows? You may come two different nights and walk away with two completely different understandings of Father Flynn’s guilt or innocence.”
For tickets please call the SBU box office at (417)328-1691. Tickets are free for faculty members, $2 for SBU students, $3 for seniors, and $5 at the door for everyone else.
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SBU Student Selected to Participate in Undergraduate Laboratory

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Ryan McGlaughlin (sophomore computer science from Molene, Ill.) has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy's Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) this summer. He has been assigned to work with a scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago for ten weeks. Only around 460 students in the entire nation were selected to participate in last year’s program, and only 60 were accepted into the program at the Argonne National Laboratories. Argonne is the nation's first and oldest national laboratory and resulted from the World War II Manhattan Project.

According to Computer and Information Sciences Department Chair Dr. Tim Declue, SBU CIS Department has had 15 students participate in various government-sponsored internship programs like SERS (Science and Energy Research Semester) and DMP (Distributed Mentoring Program), but this is the first time one of our students has been selected to SULI. Dr. DeClue said, “This is a great honor for Ryan, and reflects very positively on the SBU CIS and Math Departments where Ryan has found his academic home at SBU.”

According to the Argonne website, "As the nation's first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory conducts basic and applied scientific research across a wide spectrum of disciplines, ranging from high-energy physics to climatology and biotechnology. Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies and other organizations to help advance America's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for the future.” Some of the historic accomplishments at Argonne include America's first high-temperature-superconducting wire, GREET software which evaluates advanced vehicle technologies and new fuels, Grid computing and the Globus toolkit, recycling automotive plastics economically and efficiently, ultrananocrystalline diamond films and other nanotechnologies, the PROTECT early-warning system for chemical and biological attacks and the Sync Matrix emergency response software, among many others.

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SBU CIS Department Competitive Programmers Finish Second in Region

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University’s competitive computer programming teams finished second and seventh, respectively, in a field of seventeen teams at the Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) Central Plains Region Programming Contest held recently at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. SBU’s top finishing team consisting of Weston Herrington (FR, Carthage, MO), Jordan Hull (FR, Greenfield, MO) and Derek Tran (FR, Kansas City, MO) finished in second place, completing three problems in a cumulative time of 376 minutes. SBU’s seventh-place team consisting of Maaura Stucky (FR, Kansas City, MO), Charlie Chapman (JR, St. Louis, MO), and Jonathan Keedy (JR, Camdenton, MO) completed two problems in 152 minutes. Complete results included at end.

“The battle for the top spot ended up being between us and Northeastern Oklahoma,” said Dr. Tim DeClue, chair of the SBU Computer and Information Sciences Department. “Truman made a pretty valiant effort to keep up, but ultimately they finished almost two hours behind us. Central and UMKC both made an early run, too, but couldn’t get a successful solution in on a problem that required testing for values into the billions—they both forgot to do it and our kids and the NEO team left them in the computational dust. Northeastern was a team we hadn’t seen before, and they edged us fair and square. Still I am very proud of all of our kids—especially the three freshmen on our A team that hunted with the big dogs today. We don’t have a single senior on either team. They’ll all be back next year a year older and wiser. Four of our six students are freshmen, and the other two have some great leadership abilities. I wouldn’t want to be competing against next year. We have an opportunity to field a couple of teams that could be scary good.”
The two SBU teams are coached by SBU CIS faculty Professor Jeff Kimball and Dr. Baochuan Lu. The CCSC consists of ten regions located within the continental U.S. The Central Plains region is generally considered to consist of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Nebraska. The 2010 conference was the sixteenth annual conference. Southwest Baptist University hosted the very first Central Plains conference in 1994, and again in 2009. Programming contests have been a part of the Central Plains CCSC seven years in a row. Southwest Baptist has been the champion four of the seven years.
Finish/School Location Problems Time

1. Northeastern Oklahoma St. – A Talequah, OK 3 333
2. Southwest Baptist – A Bolivar, MO 3 376
3. Truman State University Kirksville, MO 3 564
4. University of Central Missouri – A Warrensburg, MO 2 79
5. University of Missouri-Kansas City – A Kansas City, MO 2 110
6. Northeastern Oklahoma State – B Talequah, OK 2 128
7. Southwest Baptist – B Bolivar, MO 2 152
8. Graceland University – A Lamoni, IA 2 183
9. McKendree University – A Lebanon, IL 2 227
10. Graceland University – B Lamoni, IA 2 243
11. Drury University Springfield, MO 2 251
12. University of Missouri-Kansas City – B Kansas City, MO 2 259
13. McKendree University – B Lebanon, IL 1 20
14. Park University – A Parkville, MO 1 24
15. Park University – B Parkville, MO 1 64
16. Creighton University Omaha, NE 1 85
17. University of Central Missouri – B Warrensburg, MO 1 121
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SBU Math Professor Presents at MO MAA

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University Professor of Mathematics Dr. Kevin Hopkins presented at the annual meeting of the Missouri Section of the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) on April 9-10 at the University of Central Missouri.

Dr. Hopkins’ presentation, “How to Recognize a Parabola, Geogebra Style,” emphasized the December 2009 issue of The American Mathematical Monthly, which had a paper entitled ''How to Recognize a Parabola'' by Bettina and Tom Richmond. In the paper the authors state, with proof, twelve theorems that are true of parabolas (and only parabolas). They also gave a figure to illustrate each proof. Dr. Hopkins’ presentation provided interactive versions of these figures using Geogebra to provide additional visual examples of these theorems.

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SBU’s Dr. Bob Glasgow Presents at Tan-Tar-A Resort

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University Mathematics Professor Dr. Bob Glasgow, recently gave four presentations at the Interface A and B conferences at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Mo.

Interface A is an annual professional development conference sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for teachers of grades K-6. Dr. Glasgow and Nancy Bergfeld, a middle school math teacher from Valley Park School District, presented two 90 minute sessions entitled "Take A Chance Carnival". The sessions examined the mathematical probability of various games of chance played by participants. The mathematics was geared towards middle school students. About 30 elementary and middle school teachers attended the sessions.

Interface B is an annual professional development conference sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for teachers of grades 7-12. Dr. Glasgow and Nancy Bergfeld presented two more 90 minute sessions titled "Take A Chance Carnival". The sessions examined the mathematical probability of various games of chance played by participants. The mathematics was geared towards high school students. About 75 high school teachers attended the sessions.

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SBU SIFE Going to National Competition

ROGERS, Ark. -- SBU SIFE has been named a 2010 SIFE Regional Champion. This marks the SBU team’s 26th win in 27 years. The team will compete at the National Exposition in Minneapolis May 11-13. In 2009, SBU SIFE placed in the top 32 teams in the nation.
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Scat-us Quo and SBU Jazz Ensemble in Spring Concert

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Department of Music at Southwest Baptist University will showcase two ensembles of jazz musicians in a joint concert on Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Meyer Recital Hall on the SBU campus. The joint concert is free and open to the public.

Scat-us Quo, the select vocal jazz ensemble of SBU will present a variety of music by well-known jazz composers such as Paul Desmond, Dizzie Gillespie, and Louis Prima. “Much of the music revolves around scat-singing, thus the genesis of our name,” explained Dr. James Tarrant, director of Choral Studies at SBU. “The greats in the business make scat-singing look easy, but it is more difficult than it looks.”

Scat-us Quo will perform about half of the concert a cappella. “There’s even a bit of Shakespeare for the classical lovers,” Dr. Tarrant added.

For the second half of the concert, the SBU Jazz Ensemble will present a program of big-band jazz music, which includes arrangements of familiar tunes as well as compositions written specifically for 17-piece jazz ensemble. “As usual, we try to include a little something for a variety of jazz tastes—from the old standards to the newer jazz charts,” stated Dr. Jeffery Waters, director of the SBU Jazz Ensemble.

The jazz ensemble program includes a rousing arrangement of the classic “Bernie’s Tune,” as well “Blue Five Jive,” and “Jada,” two other familiar standards from the big bands of Count Basie and Oliver Nelson, respectively. The spotlight will fall on the 5-man trombone section as they are featured in Lennie Niehaus’s “Bonehead;” and “Carla” and “Summer Never Ends,” two lush contemporary ballads, will provide a nice change of pace from the high-energy swing tunes. “Of course, we must include some form of the blues, and ‘Alianza,’ a new work by Erik Morales which forms an ‘alliance’ between swing and Latin rhythms fits that bill nicely,” Dr. Waters said.

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Darren Farris Attains Certification Status of Professional Locksmith

BOLIVAR, Mo. – SBU's Access Control Coordinator Darren Farris recently attained the status of Professional Locksmith and certifications in all major locking systems. Farris completed his training at Lockmasters Security Institute in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The 80-hour school covered most aspects of locksmithing and key control.

Please contact Darren in the safety & security department if you need assistance related to DSX (electronic access control) or locksmithing/key control.
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Southwest Baptist University is a leader among private universities in truly integrating Christ-centered academic pursuits with comprehensive professional programs at an affordable price. Since 1878, the faculty and staff have created a caring, academic community to prepare students to be servant leaders in a global society. The University has been named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges® for 13 consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, and it has been named among institutions with America’s Best College Scholarships ® for the past three years by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. For more information, visitwww.SBUniv.edu.

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SBU Spring Chorale Concert Presented on April 19

BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Chorale of Southwest Baptist University will present its Spring Concert on Monday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Pike Auditorium on the Bolivar campus. Admission is free and a reception for the audience will be held backstage following the concert.

The repertoire for the evening includes repertoire by Dan Forrest, Samuel Barber, Greg Jasperse, and other contemporary composers. Prominently featured will be Forrest’s “Nocturnes” for mixed choir and percussion ensemble. The Chorale is accompanied by Mr. Brandon Burns.

The Chorale is a selectively auditioned mixed choir whose repertoire regularly spans over 500 years of music history. The choir has performed extensively throughout the country and the world. The Chorale recently returned to Europe for a 9-day performance tour of Austria and Prague. The ensemble has presented performances this year at the Missouri Baptist Convention meeting in Kansas City as well as fall appearances in the St. Louis area. The choir is under the direction of Dr. James Tarrant, director of choral studies and professor of music.
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Southwest Baptist University is a leader among private universities in truly integrating Christ-centered academic pursuits with comprehensive professional programs at an affordable price. Since 1878, the faculty and staff have created a caring, academic community to prepare students to be servant leaders in a global society. The University has been named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges® for 13 consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, and it has been named among institutions with America’s Best College Scholarships ® for the past three years by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. For more information, visitwww.SBUniv.edu.

SBU’s Office of Marketing and Communications is available to news media 24 hours a day at (417) 399-7918. Visit the SBU Office of Marketing & Communications online at www.SBUniv.edu/news.

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SBU Email-Writing Campaign April 6 to Protect Funding for State Program Scholarship

BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University students, faculty, and staff are attending an e-mail writing campaign April 6 to urge state legislators to protect Access Missouri Scholarship and Bright Flight funding for all students in both the public and private sectors of higher education.

The campaign is planned to occur between 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. in Room 243 in Jester Learning and Performance Center on the Bolivar campus.

Students, faculty, and staff at SBU’s Salem, Mt. View, and Springfield campuses are urged to e-mail and call their state legislators and the Governor’s office as well.

Governor Jay Nixon recently stated that he is seeking to eliminate 15,500 independent college students from the Access Missouri and Bright Flight financial aid programs. Nixon's proposal would make Missouri the only state in the country that does not provide financial aid to students attending independent institutions. SBU currently has more than 700 students participating in the Access Missouri and Bright Flight scholarship programs. This represents nearly $1.2 million in financial aid (tuition) that goes to the students, not the University.

Bills are pending in the Missouri House and Senate that would “equalize” Access Missouri scholarship amounts to students of four-year public and independent colleges and universities at a maximum of $2,850 per year, a level of support agreed to by members of the higher education community.

The Missouri Coalition of Independent Colleges and Universities, which has been working to keep the Access Missouri program from being taken away from the independent sector of higher education, is encouraging legislators to keep Access Missouri in place for students attending public and independent colleges in our state so that students with financial need have access to state financial aid. They also are encouraging the elimination of the "sunset clause" which would terminate the Access Missouri program in 2013. Finally, the group is asking legislators to hold harmless students who are already receiving Access Missouri awards.

"We are encouraging everyone to write the Governor and their state senators and representatives to let them know they need to support legislation to continue the Access Missouri Scholarship program for all Missouri college students. Cutting funding to students who choose to attend a private college or university would be harmful to both students and our state," said Brad Gamble, SBU director of financial aid.
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Southwest Baptist University is a leader among private universities in truly integrating Christ-centered academic pursuits with comprehensive professional programs at an affordable price. Since 1878, the faculty and staff have created a caring, academic community to prepare students to be servant leaders in a global society. The University has been named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges® for 13 consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, and it has been named among institutions with America’s Best College Scholarships ® for the past three years by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. For more information, visitwww.SBUniv.edu.

SBU’s Office of Marketing and Communications is available to news media 24 hours a day at (417) 399-7918. Visit the SBU Office of Marketing & Communications online at www.SBUniv.edu/news.

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SBU to Host Lecture on Evidence of God in Human Physiology

BOLIVAR, Mo.– CORRECTED DATE: The Darrell R. Strait Center for the Integration of Science and Christian Faith at Southwest Baptist University is sponsoring a lecture on Wednesday, April 21, 4:00-5:00 p.m., in Meyer Recital Hall, in the Geneva Casebolt Music Center on the Bolivar main campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Phillip Bishop will present on the following topic: “The Only Physical Education Talk Ever Restricted by Federal Court: Evidence of God in Human Physiology.”

Dr. Bishop also serves as graduate coordinator, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and as a Missionary for the International Institute for Christian Studies (IICS).

For more information about IICS, please visit http://www.iics.com/.
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Southwest Baptist University is a leader among private universities in truly integrating Christ-centered academic pursuits with comprehensive professional programs at an affordable price. Since 1878, the faculty and staff have created a caring, academic community to prepare students to be servant leaders in a global society. The University has been named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges® for 13 consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, and it has been named among institutions with America’s Best College Scholarships ® for the past three years by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. For more information, visitwww.SBUniv.edu.

SBU’s Office of Marketing and Communications is available to news media 24 hours a day at (417) 399-7918. Visit the SBU Office of Marketing & Communications online at www.SBUniv.edu/news.

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