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December 31, 2008
20-year lacrosse veteran will help Southwestern build first varsity program in Texas
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December 31, 2008
Career Services Office at Southwestern offers tips for graduates
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December 31, 2008
New program designed to keep students excited about learning between semesters
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December 31, 2008
Southwestern students tackle research project for Williamson County
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December 31, 2008
Fernando Cardenal to lecture on ‘A Jesuit Priest in Revolution’
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December 31, 2008
Southwestern students make time to help others this holiday season
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December 31, 2008
Popular philosophy major killed on University Avenue Dec. 4
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December 31, 2008
After offering men’s lacrosse for 25 years as a club sport, Southwestern will become the first university in Texas to offer it as a varsity sport.
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December 31, 2008
Classes at Southwestern, summer internship further student’s commitment to serve the less fortunate
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December 31, 2008
Audio message from President Jake B. Schrum
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December 31, 2008
2009 Brown Symposium at Southwestern will explore science and religion
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December 31, 2008
Wangari Maathai, first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, gave the 2009 Shilling Lecture on Feb.10.
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November 30, 2008
Two students and a biology professor will be spending Thanksgiving week conducting research in Uruguay
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November 30, 2008
Annual Candlelight Services to be held Dec. 4 in Lois Perkins Chapel
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November 30, 2008
Southwestern students take honors in statewide ethics match.
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November 30, 2008
The Decemberists, an Indie-rock band from Portland, Oregon, opened their latest tour at Southwestern Oct.30.
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November 30, 2008
Student programmers take top honors in regional competition
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October 31, 2008
The Beijing Olympics provided an opportunity for a Southwestern kinesiology professor to expand his research.
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October 31, 2008
Southwestern students organizing an environmental summit for high school students Nov. 15
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October 31, 2008
Students interested in the environment, theatre collaborate on play
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October 31, 2008
Two theatre projects, two physics projects and a proposal for an after-school music program were among the proposals funded this year.
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October 31, 2008
Senior hones political skills on campaign trail with McCain
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October 31, 2008
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend features music and over 100 events.
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September 30, 2008
Southwestern University will host a forum for the candidates running for state representative in Dist. 52 on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Red and Charline McCombs Campus Center ballrooms.
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September 30, 2008
Tibetan writer and filmmaker Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang, commonly known as Jangbu, will speak at Southwestern University Oct. 6-7 as part of a two-day festival focusing on the arts in modern Tibet.
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September 30, 2008
When students leave campus for Fall Break in October, a film crew for HBO will move in to shoot scenes for a made-for-television movie
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August 31, 2008
Southwestern University has selected a new firm to handle the bulk of its nearly $285 million endowment.
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August 31, 2008
With a title like “The Secret History of the 20th Century,” it’s no wonder that Eric Selbin’s First-Year Seminar class is popular.
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August 31, 2008
Everyone knows the Olympics include numerous athletic competitions. Not as well known is the fact that the Olympics also include an artistic component and that many cultural events take place in conjunction with the games.
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August 31, 2008
The French Program at Southwestern University has received an $1,800 grant that will enable it to host its second annual community wide Tournees Film Festival.
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August 31, 2008
Rather than hearing about topics such as sexual assault and drinking from administrators, incoming students attending orientation at Southwestern this year will hear about them from their fellow students – in the form of a play.
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August 31, 2008
Dorothy Manning Lord Residential Center includes Civic Engagement/Green Hall Living-Learning Community.
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August 31, 2008
Suzanne Buchele won’t have much sympathy any more for students who don’t turn their work in on time. Buchele, an associate professor of computer science, returned to Southwestern this fall after two years of teaching students in the West African country of Ghana.
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July 31, 2008
Nearly 250 aspiring Hispanic leaders from the United States and Mexico will be at Southwestern University July 20-27 to participate in the Texas Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session (LDZ) sponsored by the National Hispanic Institute.
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July 31, 2008
Biotechnology experts from across the region will participate in a conference to be held at Southwestern University July 29.
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July 31, 2008
A Southwestern University theatre professor and eight students will travel to Bulgaria this summer to participate in a unique theatre-training program called the Rhodopi International Theater Collective (R.I.T.C.). While there, the group will perform an original multimedia piece titled “Eggther” that they have been researching and studying for the past year.
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July 31, 2008
Romi Burks, assistant professor of biology and chair of the Animal Behavior Program at Southwestern University, has been selected to participate in a national program designed to strengthen teaching and learning in the biological sciences.
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July 31, 2008
The 2008 commencement address given at Southwestern University was selected to be the “Speech of the Month” in the July issue of “Vital Speeches of the Day.”
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July 31, 2008
Carissa Fritz, a junior biochemistry major at Southwestern, has been named an American Chemical Society Scholar.
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July 31, 2008
A recent letter to the editor of our local paper regarding the role of research at national liberal arts colleges asserted that small colleges cannot contribute to research in a significant way and that colleges of this type should focus all their resources on teaching.
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June 30, 2008
A Southwestern University chemistry professor is collaborating with researchers at UT-Austin to evaluate a new technique that could rapidly predict the anti-cancer activity of new compounds.
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June 30, 2008
In April, Southwestern students, faculty and staff members boxed up approximately 125 computers and monitors to send to children in Honduras. This month, several of those involved with the project will travel to Honduras to help install the computers.
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May 31, 2008
On May 16, Southwestern had its best finish ever at an NCAA Division III Championship, as the women’s golf team placed third in a tournament held in Waverly, Iowa.
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May 31, 2008
Dirk Early has been named associate dean of the Brown College of Arts and Sciences at Southwestern University. He will begin a three-year term in the position at the start of the 2008-2009 academic year.
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May 31, 2008
In the not-too-distant future, people around the world will be able to help with research projects at Southwestern University. This summer, two Southwestern professors plan to set up a computer “cluster” that will enable people to contribute unused computer time to university research projects.
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May 31, 2008
Five Southwestern students have been selected to participate in summer research programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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May 31, 2008
Two seniors graduating from Southwestern this month have been awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships in Germany.
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April 30, 2008
A class project at Southwestern has evolved into an initiative that could encourage people in Georgetown to rethink transportation and conservation.
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April 30, 2008
James Winkler, General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society for the United Methodist Church, will give the 2008 commencement address at Southwestern University. The ceremony will be Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. in the Corbin J. Robertson Center.
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April 30, 2008
1980 graduate is director of finance and administration for the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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April 30, 2008
Southwestern University President Jake B. Schrum has received the Dr. E. Joseph Savoie Chief Executive Leadership Award from District IV of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which includes Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mexico.
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March 31, 2008
After a thorough national search, Southwestern University has hired Jene Baclawski to become the third head women’s soccer coach in program history. She begins work April 14.
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March 31, 2008
The many talents of Southwestern University students will be on display Wednesday, April 9, as the university hosts its 9th annual Student Works Symposium, formerly known as the Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium.
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March 31, 2008
Cake, a California-based alternative-indie rock band, will be the featured performer at the annual Large Act Concert to be held at Southwestern University on Thursday, April 17.
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March 31, 2008
Bill Bradley, an Olympic gold medalist and NBA basketball player who went on to serve three terms in the U.S. Senate, will give the 2008 Shilling Lecture at Southwestern University. The lecture will be held Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Alma Thomas Theater.
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March 31, 2008
Southwestern University will re-establish a local tradition this spring by hosting a mayoral forum for candidates George Garver and Doug Smith. The event will take place on Friday, April 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Red and Charline McCombs Campus Center ballrooms.
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March 31, 2008
Houston investment manager Fayez Sarofim has received the President’s Philanthropy Award from Southwestern University.
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March 31, 2008
“What’s in your umwelt?” Those who attend the April 3-4 Brown Symposium at Southwestern University will be able to answer this question.
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March 31, 2008
The Texas United Methodist Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at Southwestern University March 28 and 29. The theme of the meeting is “The 40th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Central Jurisdiction: The Church Deals with Institutional Racism.”
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March 31, 2008
Senior Sarah Salinas first participated in Destination: Service as a first-year student in 2005. This year, she will be participating as a student leader, accompanying a group of nine students to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, to work with Cornerstone Ministries.
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February 29, 2008
Southwestern University is hosting an “environmental summit” for high school students and interested community members on Saturday, March 8.
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February 29, 2008
Four Southwestern students have been selected to receive Sumners Fellowships beginning in the fall
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February 29, 2008
A Southwestern University astronomy professor is participating in a project that could add to our knowledge about the early history of the universe.
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February 29, 2008
This spring, Southwestern is hosting its first “Engaged Diversity” exchange student.
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February 29, 2008
Georgetown Mayor Gary Nelon and Chamber of Commerce President Mel Pendland receive Southwestern’s 2008 College Town Award
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February 29, 2008
Southwestern recognized for innovative and effective community service programs.
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February 29, 2008
Junior receives 2008 Academic Internship Student Achievement Award
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February 29, 2008
Southwestern has received $263,318 in government funds that will be used to launch a new institute for hispanic studies.
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January 31, 2008
Students will be able to work with survivors of domestic violence.
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January 31, 2008
1,500 colleges and universities will conduct a teach-in on global warming.
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January 31, 2008
As levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rise in the 21st century, the nutritional value of many major food crops could decrease.
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January 31, 2008
Class takes an interdisciplinary approach to chocolate.
