Southwestern President and Professor Edward Burger announced today the guest speakers he will host as part of his experimental course, “Effective Thinking Through Creative Puzzle-Solving.” Guests will describe the “puzzles” of their professional lives, the practices of mind they use to resolve them, and lead thought-provoking conversations on the meaningful and life-changing experiences that have shaped their lives. The symposium will take place in the F.W. Olin Building, Room 110. It is free and open to the public.

OCTOBER 27. 1:30 P.M.
SUSAN SLAGLE ROGERS ’83 & DOUG ROGERS

Creative power couple—One is a producer at Dreamworks Animation and the other is a Senior Creative Design Lead (imagineer) with Walt Disney Parks.

OCTOBER 30, 7:00 P.M.
VICTOR BAJOMO P’19

Superintendent at an International Oil and Gas Company, chemical and petroleum engineer, and global energy and business manager with interests in environmental sciences.

NOVEMBER 3, 1:30 P.M.
TRAMMELL S. CROW

President & Founder of EarthX (the largest Earth Day in the US), also President of the Crow Family Foundation, which manages The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art.

NOVEMBER 10, 1:30 P.M.
BEN BARNES

Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas, served as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, as well as a United States representative to several NATO and United Nations Conferences.

NOVEMBER 17, 1:30 P.M.
RICKY RAVEN P’20

Partner at the Law Firm of Reed Smith, Director for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and Commissioner of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

DECEMBER 1, 1:30 P.M.
WINELL HERRON

Vice President of Public Affairs, Diversity & Environmental Affairs at the H-E-B Company as well as a member of many boards including the March of Dimes’ Texas Executive Committee.

Southwestern University

Southwestern is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts and sciences university located in Georgetown, Texas. Established in 1840, it is the first institution of higher learning in Texas. Southwestern’s residential campus offers a true liberal arts education with small classes and numerous collaborative undergraduate research opportunities. Its academic offerings include Paideia, an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to study, and close faculty-student collaboration. Students volunteer in the community at more than twice the national average and our scholar-athletes compete on one of 20 NCAA Division III varsity teams. For more information, visit www.southwestern.edu.