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SU rises to #2 among Impact Schools while the Center for Career & Professional Development is recognized as #3 Best Career Services in the nation.
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A graduating senior reflects on what surprised them the most about the college and SU experience.
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Experience the beauty of Southwestern’s campus through the eyes of one of its students.
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LACRELA provides participating institutions with a 12-month curriculum led by racial-equity experts; an online resource library of rubrics, readings, and case studies; guidance on designing action plans; and campus climate surveys for students, faculty, and staff.
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SU is recognized as #15 in the college planning platform’s Top 25 Best Colleges in the Southwest.
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Looking for tips on how to pay for college, especially in the year of COVID-19? We’ve rounded up our suggestions for students and their families.
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A graduating senior reflects on what surprised them the most about the college and SU experience.
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Experience the beauty of Southwestern’s campus through the eyes of one of its students.
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Professor and Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Religion and Environmental Studies Laura Hobgood shares how COVID-19 has shaped the conversation in her Apocalypse seminar.
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Noel Pratts ’21 and Audrey Payton ’21 gain real-world experience in the virtual world.
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LACRELA provides participating institutions with a 12-month curriculum led by racial-equity experts; an online resource library of rubrics, readings, and case studies; guidance on designing action plans; and campus climate surveys for students, faculty, and staff.
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Lara Downes talks classical music, social justice, and her new NPR series AMPLIFY with a Southwestern music literature class.
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Four Southwestern students relate their experiences as community-engaged learning associates with nonprofit organizations during the summer of 2020.
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The student-led Project for Emerging Dialogues promotes open-mindedness through honest discussion about controversial topics.
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The Asian Students Association provides a safe community for Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American students at Southwestern.
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SU rises to #2 among Impact Schools while the Center for Career & Professional Development is recognized as #3 Best Career Services in the nation.
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LACRELA provides participating institutions with a 12-month curriculum led by racial-equity experts; an online resource library of rubrics, readings, and case studies; guidance on designing action plans; and campus climate surveys for students, faculty, and staff.
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SU is recognized as #15 in the college planning platform’s Top 25 Best Colleges in the Southwest.
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Looking for tips on how to pay for college, especially in the year of COVID-19? We’ve rounded up our suggestions for students and their families.
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SU ties for the #102 National Liberal Arts College in the U.S., according to the 2021 college guide.
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SU earns recognition for promoting social mobility, research, and public service among its undergraduates.
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Southwestern’s Lab for Innovative Ventures and Entrepreneurship empowers students to take an idea from concept to business plan.
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Places to eat, hang out, shop, and enjoy the great outdoors in Georgetown—as told by a local!
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The honor places the Sarofim School of Fine Arts among the top-tier art institutions in the nation.
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Professor of Music Michael Cooper reflects on the many ways that the pandemic has affected musicologists and other musicians—and the lessons we can learn about the power of art.
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Sarah Friday ’20 has published original research on art generated by artificial intelligence while double majoring in the seemingly disparate fields of art and computer science.
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Professor of Spanish and Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Endowed Professor Catherine Bourland Ross fosters transformation in her students by focusing on the 5 Cs of language learning: communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities.
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We’ve relied on the arts to help us cope with the pandemic, but will the arts survive COVID-19? Assistant Professor of Art Ron Geibel shares his insights.
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Professor and Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Religion and Environmental Studies Laura Hobgood shares how COVID-19 has shaped the conversation in her Apocalypse seminar.
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Associate Professor of French Francis Mathieu reflects on his love of teaching, delicious food, and history.
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Associate Professor of History Jethro Hernández Berrones discusses the history of epidemic and pandemic disease—and how the future might look back on the present.
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LACRELA provides participating institutions with a 12-month curriculum led by racial-equity experts; an online resource library of rubrics, readings, and case studies; guidance on designing action plans; and campus climate surveys for students, faculty, and staff.
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Lara Downes talks classical music, social justice, and her new NPR series AMPLIFY with a Southwestern music literature class.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Bryan Neighbors reflects on COVID-19, “the most significant natural disaster to strike humankind in all of our lifetimes.”
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Librarian Megan Firestone provides a behind-the-scenes look at Special Collections and the magic of handling cultural artifacts past and present.
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Political communication and political psychology expert Emily Sydnor weighs in on the ongoing outbreak.
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SU rises to #2 among Impact Schools while the Center for Career & Professional Development is recognized as #3 Best Career Services in the nation.
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Sarah Friday ’20 has published original research on art generated by artificial intelligence while double majoring in the seemingly disparate fields of art and computer science.
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German and physics double major Claire Harding ’20 interned with NASA and will be teaching English in Germany as a Fulbright English teaching assistant.
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A new painting by Norma Clark ’97, P’00, specially commissioned by Southwestern University, is now on display in the Commons.
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International studies and political science major Katherine Tanner ’13 helps nourish a community as “the heart” of Hat & Heart Farm.
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SU alumni gather to discuss their experiences as individuals of color following their graduation.
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With her sights set on running her own business one day, Courtney King ’20 shares that making the world a better place is at the heart of all her endeavors.
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LACRELA provides participating institutions with a 12-month curriculum led by racial-equity experts; an online resource library of rubrics, readings, and case studies; guidance on designing action plans; and campus climate surveys for students, faculty, and staff.
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Recent physics graduate Mike May ’20 demonstrates how taking risks by learning outside your major is crucial to becoming a leader in innovation.
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A student-led campaign aims to raise awareness about the social and environmental impacts of single-use menstrual products.
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SU ties for the #102 National Liberal Arts College in the U.S., according to the 2021 college guide.
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