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Galleries of photos associated with news stories or major events at Southwestern University are posted here. Southwestern employs freelance photographers, therefore rights to all photos are reserved and subject to use restrictions.
Journalists who wish to use photos shown here or elsewhere on this web site must use official, authorized university photography or receive permission prior to doing so. Contact information for the Office of Communications is listed to the right.
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The Class of 2013 graduated from Southwestern on May 11, 2013. President Jake B. Schrum was the commencement speaker. Keep checking back to see more photos! (Photos by Ellen Davis, Lucas Adams and Lance Holt) -
AWOLNATION highlighted Southwestern’s 2013 Clusterfest music festival, which was held on April 26. (Photos by Carlos Barron, Erica Grant and Armando Martinez) -
Members of the Therapy Dogs of Georgetown brought their dogs to campus the week before finals to give students a break from studying. (Photos by Erica Grant) -
Southwestern had two floats in Georgetown’s 2013 Red Poppy Festival Parade. The Pirate Bikes were back for their second year and the football team had its first float. (Photos by Erica Grant) -
More than 150 Southwestern students spent April 6 volunteering in the community as part of The Big Event, an annual event designed to help connect students and the community. Volunteer locations included Forbes Middle School, Getsemani Community Center, the Palace Theater and the Wesleyan senior citizen community. (Photos by Erica Grant and Ellen Davis) -
In September 2012, Southwestern began building practice fields for its new football team, as well as a field house and track that will serve several varsity teams. (Photos by Ellen Davis and Erica Grant) -
Fourteen student projects were displayed at the 13th King Creativity Symposium on April 8, 2013. To read more about the projects that were funded for 2013, go here. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
President-elect Dr. Edward B. Burger made his first official visit to campus on March 19, 2013. He met with local reporters, gave an open forum for members of the campus community, had lunch with students, helped teach a math class, and took his first ride on a Pirate Bike. (Photos by Lance Holt, Lucas Adams and Erica Grant) -
Eight Southwestern students spent their spring break in 2013 helping a family outside New Orleans whose house had been ruined by a hurricane. They helped replace a floor, stained a deck and even washed the family dog. -
Nine Southwestern students spent their 2013 spring break on a service trip to Tucson. They volunteered at a local food bank, met refugees who have been resettled in Tucson by the United Nations Refugee Agency and went on a “Desert Walk” with a group that provides humanitarian assistance to immigrants. -
Twenty-five students spent their 2013 spring break in the Gila Wilderness, which is located in southwestern New Mexico. Some members of the group helped the Forest Service do maintenance on the Zig-Zag trail and others helped fix the trail to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. A video about the trip is available here. -
A group of students from Southwestern visited the San Antonio Museum of Art in February 2013 with art history professors Patrick Hajovsky and Allison Miller. The students toured the museum’s colonial Spanish gallery and got a behind-the-scenes look at some of the museum’s ancient artifacts from China. (Photos by Patrick Hajovsky and Allison Miller) -
Members of the Animal Behavior Society held a “Dog Walk/Cat Walk” on March 6, 2013 to raise money for the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall is speaking at Southwestern April 2 for the 2013 Shilling Lecture. (Photos by Lance Holt) -
Students are building a tower near the garden to provide a home for chimney swifts, which will help keep the insects down near the garden. Senior Erin Johnson received a Student Environmental Engagement and Development (SEED) grant to fund the project. (Photos by Erica Grant) -
Southwestern students participated in a variety of events in January 2013 to celebrate the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photos by Erica Grant) -
Late Night Breakfast is a popular tradition at Southwestern where faculty and staff members serve breakfast at 10 p.m. to students who are studying for finals. The 2012 Late Night Breakfast was held Dec. 11. (Photos by Erica Grant) -
Alumni returned to campus for the 2012 Homecoming and Reunion Weekend on Nov. 2-4, 2012. -
On Oct. 9, 2012, participants attending the 8thinternational conference of the American Society for Shufa Calligraphy Education put on a demonstration in the Fine Arts Gallery. Works created by these calligraphers also were on display in the gallery. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
The Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts kicked off their 2012-2013 season with a presentation on costume design given by Kerry Bechtel, associate professor of theatre and chair of the Theatre Department. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
Members of the Class of 2012 received their degrees on May 5, 2012 (Photos by Ellen Davis and Lucas Adams) -
Students who received grants in 2011-2012 from the King Creativity Fund showed off their projects in the Campus Center April 2, 2012. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts gathered at Greg and Linda Austin’s lovely house in Old Town for dinner after the March 4, 2012 production of “The Beggar’s Opera.” (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
On Nov. 18, 2011, 18 student organizations and athletics teams held a shopping cart parade and food drive to benefit The Caring Place in Georgetown. Prizes were awarded to the organization that collected the most food, the best decorated cart as determined by the crowd, and the best decorated cart determined by a panel of three judges. The event collected total of 509 pounds of food. (Photos by Lucas Adams and Ellen Davis) -
The Friends of The Sarofim School of Fine Arts heard a lecture by Art Professor Mary Visser and viewed the gallery exhibition Visser curated titled Full Circle: The Art of Materials, Research, and Creation in Rapid Prototyping -
Here are some of the pop-up books made by students in Theatre Professor Desi Roybal’s First-Year Seminar titled “Pop-Up Books: Manipulating Life Through Discovery and Ingenuity.” The books represent an interest, curiosity or passion of the students in the class -
Workers began installing lighting for the varsity soccer/lacrosse field on Sept. 27, 2011 -
For the final event of the 2010-2011 season, Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts learned about the project to install LED lights in Heather Hall. -
Congratulations! The Class of 2011 graduated from Southwestern on May 7, 2011. Photos by Lucas Adams, Carlos Barron, Ellen Davis and Armando Martinez -
Members of Friends of Sarofim School of Fine Arts enjoyed a dinner at the San Gabriel House following the March 6 production of “Into the Woods.” (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts enjoyed a reception in the Mood Hall atrium following the April 9 performance of the SU Chorale. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
Twenty-one students spent their 2011 spring break doing trail maintenance for the U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness. The group put in water bars along the Zig-Zag Trail and did several projects on the trail to the Gila Cliff Dwellings (Photos by Ellen Davis) -
Student Foundation sponsored a “Style Your Sole” party on Feb. 17, 2011 in advance of Blake Mycoskie’s visit to campus for the 2011 Shilling Lecture (Photos by Shelley Dormont). -
Keep checking here for photos of the ongoing renovation of the historic Roy and Lillie Cullen Building. (Photos by Ellen Davis) -
Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts heard a program related the exhibit “Central Texas Collects: The Ceramic Spectrum” on Nov. 11, 2010. Several of the collectors were present for the event. (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
Photos from Homecoming and Reunion Weekend held Nov. 5-7, 2010 -
Students in Fumiko Futamura’s First-Year Seminar, “Hidden Perspectives: Mathematics in Art and Art in Mathematics” made these origami pieces while learning about the application of math to art. -
On Sept. 30, 2010, Students in Professor Elizabeth Green Musselman’s First-Year Seminar on knitting “yarn bombed” the campus with works they had knitted for class. -
Friends of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts kicked off their 2010-2011 season Sept. 19 by watching Lois Ferrari demonstrate how she rehearses the SU Orchestra and then enjoying a New Orleans-themed reception in the Prothro Center. -
Members of the Class of 2014 signed the Honor Code on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 -
Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail visited Southwestern on May 8, 2010, to deliver the 2010 Commencement Address. Here are some photos from his visit. -
From barefoot to high heels, graduates had everything on their feet -
Southwestern University graduating Seniors participated in their Commencement ceremony. See more photos. -
Southwestern celebrated its 166th Commencement on May 8, 2010 (Photos by Ellen Davis and Lucas Adams) -
Grammy Award-winning rapper Common performed at Southwestern on Feb. 26, 2010 as part of the Large Act Concert series (Photos by Amanda Figueroa and Carlos Barron). -
On April 13, 2010, members of the Student Foundation rolled out the next generation of Pirate Bikes (Photos by Carlos Barron) -
Photos from the Destination: Service trip to New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness in March 2010. Students helped the Forest Service clear and reroute several trails in the area. (Photos By Amanda Figueroa, Kate Steinbach and Ellen Davis) -
Snow falls in Central Texas -
Photos showing construction of the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning 2008-2010 (Photos by Lucas Adams) -
The Decemberists, an Indie-rock band from Portland, Oregon, played in the Large Act Concert at Southwestern Oct. 30, 2008. -
Southwestern celebrated 40 years of African-American alumni achievement during a special event on Nov. 6, 2009 (photos by Lucas Adams)
