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January 2008For a printable version, click
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On a windy day in December, TLU graduation candidates followed tradition and patted Lucky’s head before receiving their diplomas. United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, a member of the TLU Board of Regents, presented the winter commencement address. To read his remarks, click here.
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TLU Today
Inauguration set – TLU President Ann M. Svennungsen will be inaugurated as the university’s 14th president in an installation ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, in Jackson Auditorium. TLU will carry a live webcast of the ceremony, available at
www.tlu.edu.
In conjunction with the inauguration, a number of special events and activities are planned, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, beginning with a special exhibit by artists Kristi Ylvisaker and Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen. An opening reception for the exhibit, which will be held in the Annetta Kraushaar Gallery of the Schuech Fine Arts Center, is set for Thursday, Jan. 31 from 4:30-6 p.m.
At 7 p.m. that evening, Ray Suarez, author and senior correspondent for PBS’ The News Hour, will present a lecture, free and open to the public, in Jackson Auditorium.
An inaugural worship service with The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, preaching will begin at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 1 in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence.
Delegates from many Texas colleges and universities and sister ELCA schools will join the TLU faculty in full academic regalia for the installation ceremonies. The ceremony will feature President Svennungsen delivering her inaugural address. A festive reception will follow in Hein Dining Hall.
On Saturday, Feb. 2, at least 200 students, faculty and staff are expected to participate in 15 different community-service opportunities in Seguin to conclude the Inauguration Weekend. Those interested are asked to meet at 8 a.m. at Jackson Park on the TLU campus.
Members of the Inauguration Planning Committee are: Faculty members Dr. Doug Boyer, Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez, and Dr. Judith Hoffman; staff members Kathy Hewell, Bill Miller, and Rev. Greg Ronning; students Ashley Bathe, Luis Moreno, Danielle Sirles, and Dustin Williford; TLU Regents John Agather, Karen Norman, and Marie Smith; and alumni/community representative Dr. Patt Linden. Senior Vice President for University Relations Steve Anderson serves as chair of the committee, and Assistant Vice President for University Relations Susan Rinn is providing staff assistance to the committee.
Read more and sign the online guestbook at
www.tlu.edu/inauguration.
Annual MLK Celebration – TLU and the Seguin Martin Luther King Celebration Committee will present a theatrical snapshot of the African-American odyssey with Gemini Ink’s “Black & Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence.”
Written and compiled by acclaimed Texas author Sterling Houston, “Black & Blue” pairs traditional jazz and blues with dramatic readings of actual historical documents from the American slavery era.
Originally commissioned by San Antonio’s Witte Museum, “Black & Blue” will be performed by a quartet of award-winning professional actors and jazz musicians, including jazz musician and former TLU instructor Ron Wilkins and actors Danielle King and SkudR Jones.
The performance will begin at 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, in TLU’s Jackson Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
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| Students from the Mexican Folk Dance class performed “Los machetes” from the state of Jalisco at the TLU Coffee House. From left to right they are students Ryan Avery, Frieda Verlage, Valerie Rios and Luis Moreno. |
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Lending a helping hand to the community – The TLU men’s baseball and women’s basketball teams donated time and effort last semester to support the Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter and the Guadalupe Valley Humane Society, respectively.
In December, 49 members of the Bulldog baseball team went door-to-door throughout Seguin gathering donations. At the end of the evening, they had collected 928 pounds of canned goods, clothing and supplies for the Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter.
The women’s basketball team spent three Saturdays in October and November volunteering at the Guadalupe County Humane Society. The team cleaned kennels, replenished supplies, and swept and mopped floors in the cat and dog living areas. The team also assisted with the loading and unloading of two large supply trailers to the pet shelter. Among the supplies in the trailers were kitty litter, dog and cat food, and bird seed.
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| Among the TLU baseball team members collecting donations were 2008 seniors (l-r) Brad Wesson, Michael Childress, Robert Conley, Austin Yager, Michael Turnbell, Joseph Brade, Michael Dusablon, Jeremy Wilhelm, Jason Foley and Sean O'Bannion. |
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TLU Happenings
Spring Semesterclasses begin8 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15
Black & Blue: 400 Years ofStruggle and Transcendence7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20
Jackson Auditorium
Inauguration CeremoniesPresident Ann M. SvennungsenJan. 31-Feb. 2
TLU Campus
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