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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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Stories from 2020
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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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Think Globally; Act Locally
International studies and political science major Katherine Tanner ’13 helps nourish a community as “the heart” of Hat & Heart Farm.
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Finding Strength in Diversity during Times of Adversity
SU alumni gather to discuss their experiences as individuals of color following their graduation.
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A Future CEO
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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The Professor Chronicles: Francis Mathieu
Associate Professor of French Francis Mathieu reflects on his love of teaching, delicious food, and history.
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The Internship Must Go on
Noel Pratts ’21 and Audrey Payton ’21 gain real-world experience in the virtual world.
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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 7: A Panorama of Pandemics
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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Southwestern University Nominated for a 2020 AASHE Sustainability Award
Selected from more than 400 applicants, SU is a finalist for the award based on its published research regarding the sustainability of higher-education institutions.
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Southwestern University Joins Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance
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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Things You Didn’t Expect to Learn during College
Here are seven unexpected lessons from college that will stick with you for life.
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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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Southwestern University Celebrates Texas Arbor Day by Planting Oak Tree
The event fulfills SU’s commitment to the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus Higher Education program.
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Self-Care in the Age of COVID-19
Here are our tips for preserving mental health during the pandemic.
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Southwestern Students Engage in Difficult Dialogues
The student-led Project for Emerging Dialogues promotes open-mindedness through honest discussion about controversial topics.
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A Place to Be
The Asian Students Association provides a safe community for Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American students at Southwestern.
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With Energy to Spare
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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Southwestern University Recognized in the The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition
SU is determined to be a significant environmentally responsible college according to The Princeton Review.
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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 6: The Psychology of a Pandemic
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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Across the Aisle
Southwestern University students reflect the nation’s diversity of political stances.
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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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The Romance of the Archive
Librarian Megan Firestone provides a behind-the-scenes look at Special Collections and the magic of handling cultural artifacts past and present.