Torchlite

November 2007
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Honoree John T. Montford with President Ann Svennungsen and Gov. Dolph Briscoe at the 7th annual Excellence in Leadership Dinner last week in San Antonio.  The dinner raised a record $95,000 for endowed scholarships for TLU.

 

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Leadership Dinner – TLU honored AT&T executive John T. Montford Nov. 1 at the seventh annual Texas Lutheran University Excellence in Leadership Dinner in San Antonio.  The dinner this year had an entertaining new format as President Ann M. Svennungsen and Montford held a conversation on leadership where Montford shared his thoughts from his days at AT&T, as a Texas state senator, a tenured professor, a small business owner, a district attorney, a college student, and the Chancellor of Texas Tech.

The dinner brought in an initial estimate exceeding $95,000 – a record for the annual event.  Proceeds from the dinner support Texas Lutheran University’s Presidential Award for Leadership and Service Endowed Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated leadership abilities on campus and in their churches and communities and who participate in TLU’s leadership development program.

The Texas Lutheran University Excellence in Leadership Dinner annually honors business, community, and civic leaders.  Past honorees are Judge Nelson Wolff and Tracy Wolff, The Rev. Dr. Louis H. Zbinden Jr. and Katherine “Kip” Zbinden, Nancy Loeffler, Ed Whitacre, Gen. Robert Herres, and Gov. Dolph Briscoe.

Enjoying the Excellence in Leadership Dinner in San Antonio last week are, left to right,  Karen and Duane Westerman, Liz Pipkin and Stephen Wendel, and Mary and Wilfred Jacob.  The dinner raised over $95,000 for endowed scholarships.

Mark your calendar – TLU President Ann M. Svennungsen will be inaugurated as the university’s 14th president in a ceremony scheduled for Friday afternoon, Feb. 1, 2008, in Jackson Auditorium.

In addition to the installation ceremony, President Svennungsen’s inauguration will include a special worship service at 10 a.m. that morning in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence.  The Rev. Mark Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will preach at the service.  Other inauguration events being planned include a guest lecture, community service projects, and social events.

“A presidential inauguration is a festive and important time for a university community,” said Steve Anderson, senior vice president for university relations and chair of the inauguration planning committee.  “It is a time to celebrate our heritage and envision our future as the new president outlines the goals and themes of her administration.  We hope many alumni and friends will be able to participate in President Svennungsen’s inauguration.”

TLU’s 2007 Christmas Vespers will be presented at 7 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec.1 and at 4 p.m., Dec. 2 in Jackson Auditorium. This year’s Vespers is titled “Peace I Leave With You,” and is a service of music and word that focuses on the lineage of David and the Messiah through the life and relationships of the Biblical figure of Ruth. A freewill offering will be taken.

Tickets are required because of the popularity of the Christmas Vespers, but they are free. There are a number of ways to get your tickets for Vespers:


There will also be a special Vespers performance at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Austin. For this date tickets are not required, but seating will be on a first-come basis.


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TLU’s volleyball team celebrates winning the ASC Championship Tournament and Conference Championship.

Volleyball – TLU women’s volleyball team brought home the American Southwest Conference Championship with a 28-30, 30-20, 30-18, 28-30, 17-15 win over Hardin-Simmons, Saturday afternoon at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Senior Kristen Eldridge of Bastrop was named the ASC Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player, and she was joined on the ASC All-Tournament Team by freshman outside hitter Jessica Stetler of San Antonio and sophomore middle blocker/outside hitter Jamie Jahns of Spring.

TLU (22-6) advances to the NCAA Division III Championships for the second time in its history. The Bulldogs will play host Austin College at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championships.

The seven-team regional that includes top seed Trinity (Texas), Austin College (Texas), TLU, Southwestern (Texas), Emory (Ga.), Washington & Lee (Va.) and Piedmont (Ga.). TLU is the regional’s No. 6 seed. The regional in Sherman is scheduled to run Thursday through Saturday.

All TLU regional matches from Sherman will have a live audio webcast. The TLU audio webcasts can be found at www.tlu.edu/athletics.

Football – Hardin-Simmons scored on nine of their fist 11 possessions and rolled past TLU 63-34, Saturday afternoon in Abilene. TLU dropped to 2-7 overall and to 2-5 in the ASC and will conclude its 2007 season next Saturday with a 2 p.m. home contest against Louisiana College.

Cross Country – TLU runner Magan Saenz crossed the finish line in 24 minutes, 16.65 seconds to win the 2007 American Southwest Conference individual women’s cross country title and lead the Bulldogs to a third place finish in the team standings.

A freshman from San Antonio, Saenz was named the ASC’s Most Valuable Runner for 2007, and she claimed ASC Freshman of the Year and ASC First Team All-Conference honors. TLU’s Sarah Patterson of Yoakum also earned ASC First Team All-Conference honors with a seventh-place showing. Patterson, a freshman, had a time of 25:20.94.

TLU’s season will continue at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Nov. 10 at Williamsburg, Va. The meet will be hosted by Christopher Newport University.

Click here for schedule changes, scheduled broadcasts, stats and stories of all TLU Athletics events.
 
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TLU Happenings

Group Hug
Art Exhibit
Through Dec. 5
Annetta Kraushaar Gallery
Schuech Fine Arts Center

TLU Jazz Band Performance
7 p.m., Nov. 6
Wupperman Little Theater

Favorite Poem Project
7 p.m., Nov. 7
Fritz Homestead

Development Board
9 a.m.., Nov. 10
Dunne Conference Center, Tschoepe Hall

Endowed Scholarship Lunch
Noon, Nov. 10
Hein Dining Hall

Gayle Morris Organ Recital
7 p.m., Nov. 13
Chapel of the Abiding Presence

Band Concert
7 p.m., Nov. 16
Jackson Auditorium

Rally
By Adam Sweeney
A TheatreXpress Student Production
7:30 p.m., Nov. 16-17
2:30 p.m., Nov. 18
Wupperman Little Theatre
Schuech Fine Arts Center

Christmas Vespers
7:30 p.m. – Nov. 30-Dec. 1
4 p.m. – Dec. 2
Jackson Auditorium
5 p.m., Dec. 9
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Austin

Inauguration Ceremonies
President Ann M. Svennungsen
Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008
TLU Campus

For more information on these and other TLU events, to update your contact information, or to receive e-mail notification of Torchlite, please e-mail alumni@tlu.edu, or call 830-372-8026.

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