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A King Creativity Fund high-powered rocket project launches a student’s interest in aerospace engineering.
more informationSenior kinesiology students’ capstone project assisted older adults and was a finalist at a national conference.
more informationCheck out this video about wellness and counseling services offered at Southwestern.
more informationCheck out this video and photo gallery from the Outdoor Adventure Program’s recent trip to the San Marcos River.
more informationThree rising juniors have been recognized for their academic excellence, civic engagement, and leadership capacity in the realm of political science.
more informationA King Creativity Fund high-powered rocket project launches a student’s interest in aerospace engineering.
more informationSenior kinesiology students’ capstone project assisted older adults and was a finalist at a national conference.
more informationCheck out this video about wellness and counseling services offered at Southwestern.
more informationAs war rages in her home country of Ukraine, seventeen-year-old Yeva-Mariya Hayko ’26 finds a home away from home at Southwestern.
more informationCheck out this video and photo gallery from the Outdoor Adventure Program’s recent trip to the San Marcos River.
more informationAs war rages in her home country of Ukraine, seventeen-year-old Yeva-Mariya Hayko ’26 finds a home away from home at Southwestern.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationA recognized leader in building successful athletics programs, Ken Ralph will join Southwestern University as athletic director effective Sept. 15.
more informationAs war rages in her home country of Ukraine, seventeen-year-old Yeva-Mariya Hayko ’26 finds a home away from home at Southwestern.
more informationThe annual awards recognized students, staff, and organizations making a difference on the Southwestern Campus.
more informationAn assistant professor and a Board of Trustees member collaborate on studying the human-animal bond in stress management.
more informationThe annual awards recognized students, staff, and organizations making a difference on the Southwestern Campus.
more informationAlumna uses her passion for helping others as a lawyer, mentor, and nonprofit founder.
more informationAlumna Amiel Padayhag ’19 has been awarded a research Fulbright to study alternative healing practices in the Philippines. This is the first research Fulbright awarded to an SU student/alumna since 2002. Padayhag was mentored by Senior Associate Director of the Center for Career and Professional Development Alex Anderson, Professor of Anthropology Melissa Johnson, Former professor of Feminist Studies Alison Kafer, Professor of Political Science Eric Selbin, and Associate Professor of Feminist Studies Brenda Sendejo.
—May 2023Associate Professor of Feminist Studies Brenda Sendejo was invited to participate as a faculty mentor in the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Crossing Latinidades engages cross-institutional and cross-regional comparative research, training doctoral students, and new scholarship in emerging areas of inquiry about Latinos. The initiative serves as the anchor of the consortium of R1 Hispanic Serving Institutions at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Sendejo is among a group of Latino Studies faculty across the U.S. who will be paired with doctoral students through the professional mentorship program.
—April 2023Associate Professor of Feminist Studies Brenda Sendejo and Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Lamiyah Bahrainwala attended the El Mundo Zurdo conference for the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa at the University of Texas at San Antonio from November 4-5. The roundtable that Bahrainwala and Sendejo co-organized was titled “Reflections on Radical Love, Care, and Consent: How Anzaldúa Informs Our Liberatory Praxis.” Bahrainwala presented “Pandemic lessons: Consent as anti-Racism,” and Sendejo presented “Movidas of Healing: The Spirit Work of Movement Era Chicanas.” The roundtable was well attended by lead scholars in the field of Anzaldúan Thought.
—December 2022Associate Professor of Feminist Studies Brenda Sendejo attended the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from November 10-13. This year’s conference theme was “Killing Rage: Resistance on the Other Side of Freedom.” Sendejo presented a paper titled “The Spirit Work of bell hooks and Gloria Anzaldúa: Lessons on Radical Love as Resistance,” which drew from her book manuscript in progress.
—December 2022Associate Professor of Feminst Studies Brenda Sendejo was invited to present her research as part of Mexic-Arte Museum’s Chicano/a Art Movimiento y Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s to 1980s exhibit and lecture series. Her paper was titled “The Chicana Movement in Austin: A Legacy of Activism, Feminism, and Intergenerational Encuentros” and drew on themes from the exhibit that intersect with Sendejo’s work on the Chicana/o movement and emergence of Chicana feminist thought in Texas. The lecture series and exhibit were supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
—October 2022