Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2022

IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2021, alumni, parents, and friends of Southwestern committed over $1.1 million to endowed scholarships andendowedhigh-impact experience funds in response toananonymous donor’s endowment matching initiative. The initiative was announced in October 2021 as part of a $1 million commitment fromthe donor inhonor of theirmother, a lifelong educator. Twenty-five donors committed at least $40,000 each to the University, qualifying for a $20,000matching donation. Combining the original gifts with the $500,000 inmatching funds, over $1.6millionwill be added to Southwestern’s endowment. Eighteen endowed scholarships and seven endowed high-impact experience funds received donations through the initiative. High-impact experiences include study abroad, funded internships, community- engaged learning opportunities, and student–faculty collaborative research opportunities. Sue Stauffer Harshman ’73 added to her existing endowment, the Sue Stauffer Harshman Endowment Internship Fund. Her endowment provides funding for studentswho take unpaid internships with nonprofits. Harshman is nowretired, but when sheworked at Bank of America, she oversaw interns and could tell what an advantage it was for them to learn about a business. When she heard that she could add to her high-impact experience endowment with the matching gift, she leapt at the opportunity. “To me, it was a no-brainer—particularly the size of the match,” Harshman says. “It was like money from heaven, so I did it.” Kelley Clark ’82, a retired pilot, received a match for his donation to the Earl LeeMoseley Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund, which is awarded to juniors and seniors fromunderrepresented groups who are involved in civic engagement and student leadership. Moseley ’84 was the first Blackmember of Southwestern’s chapter of thePi KappaAlpha fraternity. “Hewas an amazing individual,” Clark says, referring toMoseley. “I’ve been honored to contribute for a while now.” You, too, can support Southwestern students in perpetuity by contributing to the University’s endowment. You can give any amount to an existing fund or initiate your own endowed fund by committing at least $50,000, which can be contributed as a one-time gift or over a period of up to five years. To learnmore, contact theDevelopment Office at 512.863.1211 or gifts@southwestern.edu . THE SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS PRESENTED Seeking Form: Alumni Art Exhibit at the Sarofim Gallery from September 21 throughOctober 31. The exhibit included work by graduates of the bachelor of arts and bachelor of fine arts programs in painting, drawing, and printmaking who have exhibited theirwork as practicing artists following graduation. “There were more artists than we could possibly include in our first alumni exhibit of this type, sowe selected artistswho represent various stylistic and conceptual approaches that demonstrate the versatility of our program and its graduates,” says Professor of Fine Arts and gallery director and curator Victoria Star Varner. The featured artists have either stayed within the field of painting or have ventured out into other artisticmedia using their foun- dational, conceptual education in painting theory and practice. Their works express various contemporary art approaches, including high realism, abstraction, neo- minimalism, conceptual art references, and postconceptual approaches. Several of the artists returned to campus during Home- coming weekend to talk with art students and attend the exhibit’s reception. Anonymous DonorMakes Recognizable Impact Featured paintings included SREWOLF TSOHG by Jake Pawelek '16. SarofimGallery Hosts Alumni Art Exhibit “Tome, it was a no-brainer— particularly the size of thematch,” Harshman says. “It was likemoney fromheaven, so I did it.” 10 SOUTHWESTERN T H E C O MM O N S