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Southwestern alumnus nominated for 2022 Grammy Award
Jason Schayot ’97 named a semifinalist for the 2022 Music Educator Award
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Southwestern alumnus nominated for 2022 Grammy Award
Jason Schayot ’97 named a semifinalist for the 2022 Music Educator Award
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Full STEAM Ahead
Paideia Scholar Lauren Muskara ’21 champions making connections between science, technology, and the fine arts.
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The Professor Chronicles: Thomas Noble Howe
Get to know the professor of art and art history as well as coordinator general of the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Project in Italy.
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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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Norma Clark ’97, P’00 Earns the 2021 Martha Diaz Hurtado College-Town Award
President Laura E. Skandera Trombley presented the Southwestern alum with the honor at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Awards.
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COVID Creativity and Communication
Southwestern STEM students combine science, art, and community engagement in collaborative SciArt projects.
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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 10: A Prolonged Intermission
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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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 9: The Solace of Art
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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Shaping the Future
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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An Award-Winning Guitarist’s Approach to Teaching
Associate Professor of Music Steve Kostelnik shares how he helps SU students become better musicians.
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A Choir That Strikes Accord
Members of the Southwestern University Singers share why finding community in the stress-free and accessible choir is a highlight of their Southwestern experience.
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Internationally Renowned Pianist Visits with Southwestern Students
Lara Downes talks classical music, social justice, and her new NPR series AMPLIFY with a Southwestern music literature class.
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A Summer Well Spent
Four Southwestern students relate their experiences as community-engaged learning associates with nonprofit organizations during the summer of 2020.
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Life after Southwestern
Three Southwestern alumni divulge the details of their lives postgraduation.
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Fat over Lean
Mattie Mint ’22 shares about her journey into the professional world through the Kemper Scholar Program.
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Art & Object Names Southwestern University One of the 10 Best Art Schools in the Southwest
The honor places the Sarofim School of Fine Arts among the top-tier art institutions in the nation.
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Bringing a Decade into Focus: Carlos Barrón ’10
Ten years after graduation, this alumnus and primary photographer for Southwestern events looks back on how his education framed his vision for a successful artistic career.
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It’s Just Not the Same, Part 4
Southwestern faculty reflect on how remote teaching might change how they teach in the classroom when campus life resumes this fall.
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It’s Just Not the Same, Part 3
SU faculty get creative in retooling their classes while students face the many difficulties of distance learning during the pandemic.
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Southwestern University Student Honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Music and political science double major Maureen Rendón ’21 is recognized as a campus leader for her commitment to public service.
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The Abstract Art of Evolving
Painting allows Norma Clark ’97 to express her “personal journey of transformation.”
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Alumnae Art Selected for National Exhibition at America’s Oldest Museum and Art School
Kati Hellmer ’19 and Sophia Anthony ’19 received the honor of having their artwork displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts.
