Career Services Office at Southwestern offers tips for graduates

New program designed to keep students excited about learning between semesters

Southwestern students tackle research project for Williamson County

Southwestern students make time to help others this holiday season

Popular philosophy major killed on University Avenue Dec. 4

Southwestern president outlines University’s response to the current economic crisis

Classes at Southwestern, summer internship further student’s commitment to serve the less fortunate

2009 Brown Symposium at Southwestern will explore science and religion

Wangari Maathai, first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, gave the 2009 Shilling Lecture on Feb.10.

Two students and a biology professor will be spending Thanksgiving week conducting research in Uruguay

Annual Candlelight Services to be held Dec. 4 in Lois Perkins Chapel

Southwestern students take honors in statewide ethics match.

Student programmers take top honors in regional competition

The Beijing Olympics provided an opportunity for a Southwestern kinesiology professor to expand his research.

Southwestern students organizing an environmental summit for high school students Nov. 15

Students interested in the environment, theatre collaborate on play

Two theatre projects, two physics projects and a proposal to create an afterschool music program for elementary school children in Georgetown were among the proposals funded this year by the King Creativity Program.

Senior hones political skills on campaign trail with McCain

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend features music and over 100 events.

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.

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.

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

Southwestern University has selected a new firm to handle the bulk of its nearly $285 million endowment.

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.

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.

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.

Dorothy Manning Lord Residential Center includes Civic Engagement/Green Hall Living-Learning Community.

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.

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.

Biotechnology experts from across the region will participate in a conference to be held at Southwestern University July 29.

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.

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.

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.”

Carissa Fritz, a junior biochemistry major at Southwestern, has been named an American Chemical Society Scholar.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Five Southwestern students have been selected to participate in summer research programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Two seniors graduating from Southwestern this month have been awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships in Germany.

A class project at Southwestern has evolved into an initiative that could encourage people in Georgetown to rethink transportation and conservation.

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.

Gwen Sherman, a 1980 graduate who serves as director of finance and administration for the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Southwestern University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Houston investment manager Fayez Sarofim has received the President’s Philanthropy Award from Southwestern University.

“What’s in your umwelt?” Those who attend the April 3-4 Brown Symposium at Southwestern University will be able to answer this question.

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.”

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.

Four Southwestern students have been selected to receive Sumners Fellowships beginning in the fall

A Southwestern University astronomy professor is participating in a project that could add to our knowledge about the early history of the universe.

This spring, Southwestern is hosting its first “Engaged Diversity” exchange student.

Georgetown Mayor Gary Nelon and Chamber of Commerce President Mel Pendland were recognized.

Southwestern recognized for innovative and effective community service programs.

Junior receives 2008 Academic Internship Student Achievement Award

Southwestern has received $263,318 in government funds that will be used to launch a new institute for hispanic studies.

Students will be able to work with survivors of domestic violence.

1,500 colleges and universities will conduct a teach-in on global warming.

As levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rise in the 21st century, the nutritional value of many major food crops could decrease.

Class takes an interdisciplinary approach to chocolate.