Southwestern University: Right Now at Southwestern

Right Now

What's happening at SU Right Now?

Academics

Southwestern is offering a new minor in Race and Ethnic Studies

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Faculty

Music professor Michael Cooper has completed work on the Historical Dictionary of Romantic Music

Feminist studies professor Alison Kafer has published a new book

History professor Thom McClendon has a forthcoming book on South Africa

Political science professor Shannon Mariotti has a contract to edit a book titled A Political Companion to Marilynne Robinson.

Events

See photos from Clusterfest 2013

Read the text of President Jake B. Schrum’s speech to members of the Class of 2013

See photos from Commencement 2013

Fine Arts

The Theatre Department is featured as Broadway World’s School in the Spotlight

The 2013-2014 Theatre Season has been announced

Students

Senior Colin Berr has received an $8,000 scholarship from the Sumners Scholarship Program to participate in an internship program in Washington, D.C., this summer

The 2013 Shearn Writing Awards have been announced

Four Southwestern students have been selected to receive Sumners Scholarships for fall 2013

Sophomore Adrienne Dodd has been accepted to participate in the Critical Language Program sponsored by the U.S. State Department in China this summer

The portfolio managed by students in Southwestern’s Financial Analyst Program has reached an all-time high

The Office of Civic Engagement has posted videos of students talking about why they are active in the community

Nathan Tuttle has been elected Student Congress President for 2013-2014

See photos from the Destination: Service trips to New Orleans, Tucson and the Gila Wilderness

Juniors Susana Contreras and Nathan Tuttle have been chosen to participate in the American Sociological Association’s 2013 Honors Program

Sciences

The Texas Life Sciences Collaboration Center has announced plans to break ground on its second building

Biology professor Martín Gonzalez is profiled on a website that offers advice to Ph.D. students who are pursuing careers in teaching

Alumni

Southwestern graduate Alan Suderman is writing about money in politics for the Center for Public Integrity

2012 graduate John Grimshaw is working for a software company in Georgetown that provides mobile solutions for physicians and hospitals

2009 graduate Megan McCarty has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in musicology at Duke University

Recent graduate Daniel Roberts has been admitted to the MA/PhD program in English at the University of Washington

The Alumni Office is maintaining a list of Southwestern alumni who have published books

2006 graduate Robert Cates has been accepted to do a residency in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic

1999 graduate Joshua Bowlin has been named to the Texas Rising Stars list of top up-and-coming attorneys in Texas for 2013

Wondering what members of the Class of 2012 are doing now? Read their Success Stories

2002 graduate Jenny Carlson has been awarded one of the 20 national Mellon-CES
Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies for 2013-2014

Local alumni associations are forming in Atlanta, Nashville and New Orleans

Awards/Recognition

Thirty-one members of the Class of 2013 have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
President Schrum surprised those attending the 2013 commencement ceremony by presenting one of the Joe S. Mundy Exemplary Service Awards to popular Sodexo employee Ella Sedwick
Southwestern has been named Volunteer Partner of the Year by the United Way of Williamson County
Senior Kristi Lenderman won second place in the Student Paper Competition at the Southwestern Anthropological Association’s Annual Conference in San Jose, Calif.
Southwestern is the leading user of “Green Power” in the SCAC
Southwestern is one of only 113 schools named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for 2013
Senior volleyball player Rachel Thibodeau has been selected to receive a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
A recent article in the New York Times listed Southwestern as one of the 236 most selective colleges in the country
Southwestern is among the 10 schools with the highest CPA Exam pass rates in Texas, according to a recent report published by the Texas Society of CPAs
Southwestern is one of 40 colleges included in the new edition of Colleges That Change Lives

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On Campus

The alumni center has been renamed in honor of Jake and Jane Schrum

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Georgetown/Central Texas

Georgetown has been named one of the top 10 great small towns by Southern Business & Development magazine

Georgetown is going to be featured on the season finale of “The Day Tripper” show produced by Chet Garner

Georgetown is applying for a Cultural District designation from the Texas Commission on the Arts

36 businesses in Georgetown now accept Pirate Cards

Williamson County is ranked #3 in a CNN/Money Magazine list of “Where the jobs are”

Athletics

Season tickets are now on sale for Southwestern’s 2013 football season

Softball coach Angela Froboese has been named coach of the year for the fourth time in five seasons

Senior golfer James Charles has been named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar

First-year student Kelsey Kingston has been named the SCAC women’s softball Newcomer-of-the-Year

The women’s golf team finished 7th at the NCAA Division III championships

The men’s golf team finished 14th in the NCAA Division III championships

Construction is under way on the new football practice fields, field house and track

Golf coach Dan Ruyle has been named the SCAC women’s Coach of the Year for the fourth time since 2007

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