Southwestern Magazine | Fall 2019

FALL 2019 Departments 4 OPENING SHOT New Beginnings 6 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Always Looking Forward 7 EDITOR'S LETTER With Apologies to Ovid and Ka‰a 8 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Leaving Your Legacy 9 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT AmandaMcMillian ’95 10 THE COMMONS 14 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Kandace Lytle ’07 16 THE PROFESSOR CHRONICLES 25 A HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP 38 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Norma Clark ’97 44 CLASS NOTES 46 2019 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING 51 NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS 51 IN MEMORIAM 52 PARENT RELATIONS Georgetown: Opportunity Just beyond Campus 56 SOUTHWESTERN VOLUNTEERS 58 THEN AND NOW A Dynamic Landscape Contents 28 40 34 18 3 SOUTHWESTERN On the Cover President Edward B. Burger has changed the land- scape of Southwestern University in many ways (see “President Burger’s Paideia Moment”)—including through his personal philanthropy. Here, he leans against one of his recent gifts to SU: the four-dial public clock, given in honor of his parents, that graces the new Jones Plaza. THE GIFT OF A L IFETIME Southwestern celebrates the newGarey School of Natural Sciences and the completion of the Fondren–Jones Science Center. by Debbie Ritenour SHIFTING NARRATIVES Southwestern’s English faculty help majors tout career skills. by Barbra Rodriguez INTERNS IN TURN Southwestern students convert internships into postgraduate jobs. by ClaraMcMichael ’17 PRESIDENT BURGER'S PAIDEIA MOMENT SU bids a fond farewell to our 15th president.