Shannon Sedgwick Davis is an American attorney and activist. She is the head of the Bridgeway Foundation, a philanthropic organization whose goal is "ending mass atrocities" around the world.
31-402: Sedgwick Davis is an honors graduate of McMurry University and Baylor Law School . Prior to joining Bridgeway Foundation in 2007, Sedgwick Davis served as Vice President of Geneva Global, a philanthropic consulting firm that advises individuals, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and corporations on international development, global health, and poverty solutions. Previously, Sedgwick Davis
62-478: A secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions . In Albania the freshman/woman is called "fruth", which literally means "measles". The etymology of it is "a person that has not yet passed the social measles", social measles referring to the transformation of social skills that usually takes place in the first year of university. Freshmen/women are regarded as socially inept. In much of
93-500: A 7–3 win against Wayland Baptist Pioneers . The school officially renamed the field before a home game against the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals shortly thereafter. 32°25′48″N 99°45′00″W / 32.430°N 99.750°W / 32.430; -99.750 Freshman A freshman , fresher , first year , or colloquially frosh , is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually
124-693: A Warlord , the true story of a collaboration to stop the atrocities of the Lord's Resistance Army . The foreword was authored by Howard G. Buffett . Sedgwick Davis received Baylor's Young Lawyer of the Year Award 2011 and, in the same year, the Spirit of McMurry Award, given annually to one outstanding alumnus/a. She is the award recipient of the Nomi Network's 2014 Abolitionist Award and The Rotary Club of San Antonio's 2014 Outstanding Young San Antonian. In 2015, she received
155-472: A period of adjustment as they navigate university life, there are numerous UK websites available that offer support and resources to help freshers with university preparations, such as providing guidance on accommodation, academic advice, social activities, and general tips for a successful start to their university journey. Unlike in Scotland , this term is not used in reference to pre-university education,
186-530: A student to faculty ratio of 13:1. 91 percent of the faculty have earned a doctorate or other terminal degree in their field. McMurry is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The college was initially founded as McMurry College on September 20, 1923. The college was established through the efforts of Methodist minister James Winfred Hunt and
217-472: Is a private Methodist university in Abilene, Texas , United States. It was founded in 1923 and named after William Fletcher McMurry . The university offers forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts , humanities , social and natural sciences , education , business , and religion , and nine pre-professional programs, including nursing , dentistry , medicine , pharmacy , veterinary , and law . In
248-613: Is called Erstsemester , or in short and more common, Ersti , with erst meaning 'first' and the -i adding a benevolently diminutive tone. The plural is Erstis . Unlike the word freshman , which stands for a student in their whole first year , the German word Ersti is exclusively used for students in their first semester . Students of higher semesters are accordingly called Zweitsemester , Drittsemester , Viertsemester etc. and sometimes, but rarely, also Zweitis , Drittis , Viertis , etc. Students at
279-688: Is known as "trote" (lit. "prank") there. The first known hazing episode in Brazil happened in 1831 at the Law School of Olinda and resulted in the death of a student. In 1999, a Chinese Brazilian calouro of the University of São Paulo Medicine School named Edison Tsung Chi Hsueh [ pt ] was found dead at the institution's swimming pool; this has since become one of the most well known episodes of violent hazing and has received extensive national media coverage since that year. The term "first year"
310-466: Is used for a first-year student at university or college. The student orientation period at Canadian universities is often called "Frosh week." Mechón or mechona is used for the first-year students of University of Chile , a term that has spread to the rest of the universities in the country. The term brucoš is used for either first-year college or university students or students who haven't yet passed any exams. Some Asian countries use
341-498: The Arab world , a first-year is called a mubtadi' ( مبتدئ ; plural مبتدئون , mubtadi'ūn ), which is Arabic for "beginner". In Brazil , students that pass the vestibulares and begin studying in a college or university are called "calouros" or more informally "bixos" ("bixetes" for girls), an alternate spelling of "bicho", which means "animal" (although commonly used to refer to bugs). Calouros are often subject to hazing , which
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#1733085023356372-657: The Indian Territory . On May 18, 2006, the NCAA rejected McMurry's appeal to keep their nickname. The school chose to appeal the ruling, and indicated their intention to do so by the June 18, 2006, deadline. According to a press release, "the University’s appeal will be based on the arbitrariness of the NCAA’s decision-making process and the inconsistent results and messages that have come from
403-694: The NCAA Division III American Southwest Conference until 2011. In July 2011, McMurry announced that it had been accepted as a candidate for NCAA Division II membership and joined the Heartland Conference in the fall of 2012. The Board of Regent voted in January 2014 to move back to Division III. The McMurry football team joined the Lone Star Conference in 2014. McMurry University announced October 19, 2016, that
434-566: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) handed down a decision calling for the eighteen universities with Native American mascots to change their names or obtain a waiver from their representative tribe for the use of the mascot name. The McMurry Indians were part of this list. The Indians nickname was chosen as a tribute to the University's first president, J.W. Hunt , who grew up on an Indian reservation in
465-725: The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church , who initially voted to establish the school in 1920. After working with the city of Abilene to acquire the needed land, the charter of the school was ratified on November 21, 1921. Accreditation from the Texas Association of Colleges was received in 1926, the same year the school graduated its first class. The college gained university status in 1990, becoming McMurry University . McMurry's sports teams originally used Indians as their mascot. In late August 2005,
496-623: The ASC Softball Championship Tournament format would shift to eight-team double-elimination with the 2018 tournament. Walt Driggers Field is the home of the McMurry War Hawks collegiate baseball program. The field was designed and built by Anglea Sports Fields, which is headed by former Globe Life Park in Arlington superintendent Jim Anglea. McMurry played its first game at Walt Driggers Field on February 12, 1997, with
527-669: The Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their role in funding civilian protection and recovery efforts in Uganda against the Lord's Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony , the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court . The effort, as described in the New Yorker article, has also been criticized for funding mercenaries as a means to end genocide. McMurry University McMurry University
558-859: The Global Human Rights Hero award from Saving Innocence. In 2019, Sedgwick Davis received the distinguished Navy SEAL "Fire in the Gut" Award, and in the same year she was honored at the UNITAS gala. In 2020, Sedgwick Davis delivered the keynote at the Global Girls Summit, where she received their Globally Awesome Girl award. Sedgwick Davis sits on the board of several organizations including The Elders , Humanity United, Charity: Water , and, formerly, TOMS . Sedgwick Davis currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and two sons. Established in 2000, as
589-471: The beginning of their first year of university are often known in England and Wales as freshers ; however, the term ' first years ' is also used. The first week of term before lessons is widely known as freshers' week , when there are usually no classes, and students take part in induction events and fairs; but this arrangement is not universal. As freshers are newcomers to the institutions and often experience
620-518: The charitable giving arm of Bridgeway Capital Management , the Bridgeway Foundation works to establish peace and reconciliation in international communities suffering from oppression, genocide, and other human rights violations. As an attorney and advocate for social justice, Sedgwick Davis has led Bridgeway Foundation in developing solutions in remote environments. Her organization has given financial support to organizations such as Aegis Trust , Resolve Uganda , and Invisible Children . Sedgwick Davis and
651-413: The end of S1. The first year of primary education in Scotland is known as Primary 1 ( P1 ). At the four ancient Scottish universities the traditional names for the four years at university are Bejan ("Bejant" at the University of St Andrews ) (1st), Semi (2nd), Tertian (3rd) and Magistrand (4th), though all Scottish universities will have a "freshers' week" (as with all British universities) and
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#1733085023356682-642: The equivalent terms being year sevens for the first year of secondary school and first years , lower sixths and year twelves used at sixth forms . First year (also known as S1 in Scotland) is the first year of schooling in secondary schools in Scotland and is roughly equivalent to Year 8 (Second Form) in England and Wales and Year 9 (Second Form) in Northern Ireland. Most pupils are 12 or 13 years old at
713-468: The fall of 2023, the university enrolled 2,556 students. Methodist students constitute 27 percent of the student population. Ninety five percent of students are Texan . Minority groups make up approximately one-fourth of the student body. In the freshman class, 98 percent of students receive some financial aid . Fifty-three percent of students live on campus, and 75 percent of students are involved in at least one extracurricular activity . McMurry boasts
744-473: The men, McMurry competes in baseball , basketball , cross country , football , golf , soccer , swimming , tennis , esports, and indoor and outdoor track and field . For the women, McMurry competes in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, esports, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball , in which they won the NCCAA national championship in 2012, and softball . All teams played in
775-476: The process." Other schools, such as Florida State University , made successful appeals by garnering the endorsement of Indian tribes. Although McMurry did not actively seek an endorsement, representatives from the Kaw , Kiowa , and Comanche tribes voiced their approval of McMurry's mascot. In October 2006, McMurry's board of trustees decided that the university would no longer use any names for its athletic teams. Citing
806-511: The same names as used in the United States (freshman, sophomore , junior, senior), among them Malaysia . In some elite institutions in France, freshman/woman is called "cagne", the etymology of which is from Middle Age French, meaning "weighed down by the books", "lame because weighed down by books." In Germany , a first-semester student of a university program (Bachelor, Master, State exam etc)
837-472: The school's 83-year history of honoring Native Americans, the school announced that in spite of no longer using names to designate athletic teams, the school traditions created to honor Native Americans would continue. The school's stadium name was changed from Indian Stadium to Wilford Moore Stadium as of May 13, 2007. Wilford Moore was the most-winning coach in McMurry football history. On March 11, 2011, it
868-635: The sport of softball would be added to its women's intercollegiate programs, beginning in 2018. The addition of softball would bring to 20 the number of sports sponsored by the War Hawks. Softball sponsorship in the ASC would grow to 13 teams and becomes the seventh conference championship sport to be supported at every member institution. Women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, and baseball are ASC sports sponsored by all ASC members. By conference rule and with full member sponsorship of softball,
899-907: The term is as widely used with more traditional terms. Freshman is commonly in use as a US English idiomatic term to describe a beginner or novice, someone who is naive, a first effort, instance, or a student in the first year of study (generally referring to high school or university study). New members of Congress in their first term are referred to as freshmen senators or freshmen congressmen or congresswomen , no matter how experienced they were in previous government positions. High school first year students are almost exclusively referred to as freshmen, or in some cases by their grade year, 9th graders . Second year students are sophomores, or 10th graders , then juniors or 11th graders , and finally seniors or 12th graders . At college or university, freshman denotes students in their first year of study. The grade designations of high school are not used, but
930-476: Was announced that McMurry University's athletic teams would be known as the War Hawks . The new mascot was chosen after a nearly year-long search to find a new mascot to replace the former Indian mascot. The war hawk is meant to represent pride, courage and fierce competition for McMurry's athletic teams. McMurry's school colors are maroon and white . McMurry fields teams in 20 different intercollegiate sports. For
961-664: Was the Director of Public Affairs at the International Justice Mission (IJM) , a human rights agency that focuses on ending slavery, forced prostitution, and illegal land seizures in the developing world. Her work in helping rescue children from sex trafficking in the Svay Pak village of Cambodia was included in the 2005 Emmy award-winning piece, “Children for Sale,” on Dateline. Sedgwick Davis has also written for The Huffington Post . In 2019, Sedgwick Davis wrote To Stop