Chapel Service Oct. 31

Muafaa Nahhas, from the Center for American Islamic Relations, will be speaking in Chapel Oct. 31. Chapel starts at 12:15 p.m. in the Polytechnic UMC chapel. Everyone is invited. Lunch will be provided after the service. For more information, contact Gladys Childs at (817) 531-4461.

Entertainment Law Moot Court Team Wins National Title

The Entertainment Law Moot Court Team made up of 3L David Pratt, 3L Nolan Shaver, and 3L Holly White, has won a national moot court title. This team successfully competed against twenty-three of the nation's top moot court teams to place first in the Ninth Annual Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. Joe Spence coached the team. 

     The team advanced through six rounds of competition, judged by some of the top entertainment lawyers in the country, and successfully argued against the top seeded team from University of California Hastings to win the title. In addition to the national championship awarded to the best team overall, the team was also honored with the award for the Best Petitioner's Brief and Nolan Shaver was recognized as the Best Oral Advocate in the final round. "Given the incredibly good competition, I feel truly honored to have been recognized for the advocacy award in the final round," said switch oral advocate Nolan Shaver.  "I am extremely excited about the potential impact that this accomplishment will have for the moot court traveling teams and for our school," said Holly White, the team's swing oral advocate who argued in all six rounds.

     This competition marks the first national championship won by any moot court team in the history of the Texas Wesleyan School of Law.

Women Exes Fundraiser

Texas Wesleyan Women Exes will hold a fundraiser book review at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in Bragan Fellowship Hall. The event will feature Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, assistant professor of history, and her book Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines. Tickets are $10 per person; proceeds benefit student scholarships at Texas Wesleyan. For more information, contact Gina Phillips at (817) 531-4220 or email her here.

Holiday Craft Sale Nov. 14

The Texas Wesleyan University Second Annual Holiday Craft Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Brown Lupton Student Center. Private vendors will display crafts such as jewelry, purses, quilts, and various embroidered items. For more information, contact Jenny Houze at (817) 531-4872 or email her here.

University College Day April 3

The University College Day Committee encourages you to mark your calendars for the upcoming University College Day, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Begin now to plan for student presentations and student/faculty presentations. We are already looking forward to the unique opportunity this day brings!

     Our theme will center around Decisions and Knowledge Needed for a Diverse Learning Community, with topical strands that involve ethics, history, law, literature, science, religion, biology, business, economics, physics, math, scuba, chemistry, art, mathematics, international studies, humanities, music, marketing, theatre, sports, kinesiology, women's studies, sociology, accounting, computer science, languages, psychology, nurse anesthesia, law, education, and counseling.
      Did we leave your discipline out? We don't mean to! We want any and all students and combined faculty/student presenters to feel welcome to share papers, expertise and understandings on University College Day. Applications for presentations will be available online by Dec. 5. Questions? Please contact any member of the UCD Committee:

Twyla Miranda, chair; Jesse Sowell, Tom Tolleson, Aileen Curtin, Stan Rummell, Tom Smith, Stacia Neeley

Alumnus Presents at Accounting Education Conference
Mr. Brian Matlock, BBA/MBA '01, presented “Tweaking the Curriculum for Today’s Accounting Environment” at the 32nd Annual Accounting Education Conference Oct. 20 in Austin. Matlock graduated from Texas Wesleyan’s dual accounting degree program, is a CPA, and is a manager in the Assurance and Advisory Services department at Whitley Penn LLP in Fort Worth.