Southwestern Magazine | Fall 2019

Lovaas provides career advice and guidance to Southwestern sophomores and juniors on the University’s digital networking platform, PirateConnect ( pirateconnect.southwestern.edu) . “PirateConnect has been a great opportunity for me to stay connected to SU. I have been so fortunate to engage with such inspirational and intelligent students.” Boone and Millikan collaborated at their place of work, Houston Methodist Hospital, to provide Southwestern students access to the Houston Methodist Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program. Internships provide real-world opportunities for students to integrate, apply, and synthesize their learning through a variety of experiences and disciplines. During the summer of 2019, four Southwestern students completed an internship at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, working with researchers, postdocs, and graduate students in state-of-the-art labs. The Ellises engage their peers through regular communications, including announcing campus events, soliciting class notes, and inviting annual donations to Southwestern. By encouraging their classmates to contribute annually to Southwestern, the Ellises affect Southwestern’s rankings in national publications such as The Princeton Review . “SU made a difference in our lives, and we want to help SU to make a difference in the lives of others through our service and gifts.” Southwestern Volunteers More than 1,300 individual alumni and friends strengthened Southwestern by volunteering in the 2018–2019 academic year in roles important to them and meaningful to the University. Consider sharing your time and talents by starting your own journey as an SU volunteer. Learn more about opportunities to lend a hand at southwestern.edu/alumni/how-do-i-/volunteer. 56 SOUTHWESTERN EdEllis ’64 and SuzanneMorrowEllis ’64 serve as class committeemembers. BethLovaas ’94 is amentor in theAlumni NetworkMentoring Program. TimBoone ’77 andCharlesMillikan ’68 are internship hosts. McKinney is leading a working group to support connections between the Alumni Association and first-generation Southwestern students. “The focus on first-generation students seems like important work, because research shows that these students are statistically less likely to enroll and persist in college. Our alumni are generous with their time and resources and are eager to reach out to help these students thrive at Southwestern. By connecting alumni—some of whom also identify as first-generation—we hope to expand networks of support to guide these students to success.” CraigMcKinney ’91 serves as class giving chair on theAlumni Council.