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Southwestern University Named One of the Best 386 Colleges by The Princeton Review

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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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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A Change for the Better

A guide to navigating the transfer process to a new university

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Southwestern University Named a 2021 Best College by College Raptor

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Debunking Your Misconceptions about College

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Experience the beauty of Southwestern’s campus through the eyes of one of its students.

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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 8: Apocalypse or Dystopia?

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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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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

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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 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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Changing Course

Five transfer students explain why—and how—they made the switch to 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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Confessions of an Unwise College Applicant

Deciding where to go to college? Learn from the mistakes of an SU senior.

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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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Southwestern University Named a 2021 Best College by College Raptor

SU is recognized as #15 in the college planning platform’s Top 25 Best Colleges in the Southwest.

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Southwestern Named to Money’s Best Colleges 2020 List

SU is recognized for combining quality and affordability.

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Understanding the Ins and Outs of Financial Aid

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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U.S. News and World Report Ranks Southwestern University One of the Top National Liberal Arts Colleges in Texas

SU ties for the #102 National Liberal Arts College in the U.S., according to the 2021 college guide.

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Southwestern Ranked among Best Colleges in Texas 2020 by College Consensus

SU makes the top 10 in the unique ranking system.

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Southwestern Again Lands Washington Monthly’s Top Spot among Liberal-Arts Colleges in Texas

SU earns recognition for promoting social mobility, research, and public service among its undergraduates.

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Pursuing Passion Projects

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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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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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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The Professor Chronicles: Catherine Bourland Ross

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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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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 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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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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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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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.

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Scholarly Perspectives on COVID-19, Part 5: The Politics of a Pandemic

Political communication and political psychology expert Emily Sydnor weighs in on the ongoing outbreak.

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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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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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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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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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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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Life after Southwestern

Three Southwestern alumni divulge the details of their lives postgraduation.

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Southwestern University Partners with OrganiCup to Provide Free Sustainable Period Products to Students

A student-led campaign aims to raise awareness about the social and environmental impacts of single-use menstrual products.

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U.S. News and World Report Ranks Southwestern University One of the Top National Liberal Arts Colleges in Texas

SU ties for the #102 National Liberal Arts College in the U.S., according to the 2021 college guide.

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