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News at Southwestern
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Leaving the Nest Despite a Fear of Heights
A Southwestern senior imparts knowledge she wishes she’d known before she began her college experience.
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Countering Terrorism through Research
Meili Criezis ’17 publishes scholarship about extremist rhetoric, terrorist propaganda, and political violence.
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The Wheel’s Still in Spin
First-generation college student and English major Delilah Dylan Dominguez ’09 has three graduate degrees to her name and is now a practicing physician assistant.
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Five Tips for Surviving Senioritis
How (and why) to make your senior year productive—even if you really, really don’t feel like it
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Rare Moments
Transfer student and Sumners Scholar Emily Gilby ’21 shares her experiences working on political campaigns and as a legislative aide.
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The Professor Chronicles: Sherry E. Adrian
SU’s Board of Trustees recently conferred emerita status on the beloved associate professor of education, who will be retiring after 28 years with the university.
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Computers and Creativity
Anna Krolikowski ’20 sees creativity and story as the common denominators of her English and computer science majors.
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Top 10 Questions You May Not Think to Ask on a College Tour (but Totally Should)
The secret to getting the most out of your campus visit
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Dogs Are Man’s Best Friend, but Cats Are a Pirate’s First Mate
Meet Southwestern University’s Cat Partners club and its furry, feline family.
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Holding Her Ground
Sumners Scholar Breely Peterson’s first job out of college? Working as a deputy press secretary for a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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A World Traveler
Fulbright Scholar Brielle Read ’20 has been traveling the world and making a difference since the tender age of 14.
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Southwestern University Earns Its Fourth Tree Campus Higher Education® Recognition
The honor is awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation.
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Capstone in the Time of COVID
A Southwestern senior shares their experience tackling the biggest project of their college career in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Southwestern Undergraduate Recognized as 2021–2022 Newman Civic Fellow
Antonio Esparza ’22 is being honored for his commitment to solving public problems.
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Southwestern University Again Earns Voter-Friendly Campus Designation
SU has been recognized for the third time for supporting civic education and voter participation.
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Debunking Your Misconceptions about College
Wondering what college is really like? Get the inside scoop from an SU senior.
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Subverted Expectations: The Truth about College
A graduating senior reflects on what surprised them the most about the college and SU experience.
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The Beauty of Southwestern
Experience the beauty of Southwestern’s campus through the eyes of one of its students.
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The Professor Chronicles: Catherine Bourland Ross
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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Solving Earth’s Problems from Space
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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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 8: Apocalypse or Dystopia?
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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An Uncertain Semester in DC
Political science and environmental studies double major Keith Rupe ’22 makes the most of an anxiety-filled semester through public organizing in the nation’s capital.
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Southwestern Student Wins Marketing EDGE Scholarship
ThuyMi Phung is the first SU student to receive the prestigious honor.
