Southwestern University announces its 2021–2026 Tactical Plan.
more informationParent Leadership Gift Council members and fellow parent volunteers warmly welcome new students and their families to Southwestern at send-off parties across the state.
more informationHang out with SU first-year Aransas as she explores Georgetown.
more informationEmilie Moeller ’18 shares how her time at Southwestern transformed her from a shy Unicorn Handler to a confident sorority president and tennis team captain.
more informationTo give you a glimpse into one student’s recent Friday night, Keyshaan Castle ’20 , takes us behind the scenes of a blacklight dodgeball tournament, hosted by Zeta Tau Alpha and SIRA.
more informationSophomore students participate in a three-day professional development summit.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Sylvia Kerrigan ’86 shares her sorority experience.
more informationThe transformative power of Fraternity & Sorority Life at Southwestern.
more informationNarrowing down your college short list is not easy. Here are six tips to help.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Mary Medley ’74 recalls her time at Southwestern.
more informationBrad Reagan’s ’94 journey from Southwestern to The Wall Street Journal.
more informationKarim Clarke ’26 shares his eye-opening Houston Methodist Research Institute internship journey.
more informationSouthwestern University announces its 2021–2026 Tactical Plan.
more informationQuincy Holland ’19 is the nineteenth recipient from SU to earn the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators
more informationAlejandro Medina ’24 demonstrates outstanding potential in computing research by the Computing Research Association.
more informationStudent’s study unveils the connections between education, gender, and belief in conspiracy theories.
more informationSophomore students participate in a three-day professional development summit.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Sylvia Kerrigan ’86 shares her sorority experience.
more informationThe transformative power of Fraternity & Sorority Life at Southwestern.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Mary Medley ’74 recalls her time at Southwestern.
more informationBrad Reagan’s ’94 journey from Southwestern to The Wall Street Journal.
more informationKarim Clarke ’26 shares his eye-opening Houston Methodist Research Institute internship journey.
more informationSouthwestern’s Late-Night Breakfast is the ultimate study break.
more informationChris Vela will study the Southern Hemisphere’s skies and environment.
more informationSouthwestern University announces its 2021–2026 Tactical Plan.
more informationParent Leadership Gift Council members and fellow parent volunteers warmly welcome new students and their families to Southwestern at send-off parties across the state.
more informationEmilie Moeller ’18 shares how her time at Southwestern transformed her from a shy Unicorn Handler to a confident sorority president and tennis team captain.
more informationTo give you a glimpse into one student’s recent Friday night, Keyshaan Castle ’20 , takes us behind the scenes of a blacklight dodgeball tournament, hosted by Zeta Tau Alpha and SIRA.
more informationAlejandro Medina ’24 demonstrates outstanding potential in computing research by the Computing Research Association.
more informationSophomore students participate in a three-day professional development summit.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Sylvia Kerrigan ’86 shares her sorority experience.
more informationThe transformative power of Fraternity & Sorority Life at Southwestern.
more informationNarrowing down your college short list is not easy. Here are six tips to help.
more informationKarim Clarke ’26 shares his eye-opening Houston Methodist Research Institute internship journey.
more informationSouthwestern’s Late-Night Breakfast is the ultimate study break.
more informationSouthwestern University announces its 2021–2026 Tactical Plan.
more informationAlejandro Medina ’24 demonstrates outstanding potential in computing research by the Computing Research Association.
more informationThe University will receive over $1 million to support the humanities curriculum.
more informationSU celebrates four campus community members with the 2024 Mundy Awards and recognizes those who have achieved milestone anniversaries with the University.
more informationSouthwestern’s Late-Night Breakfast is the ultimate study break.
more informationSU Business Club collaborates with Houston Methodist Hospital in annual case study competition.
more informationEmbark on a transformative academic journey where excellence meets experience.
more informationA group of students attended a conference focused on empowering and developing Hispanic leadership.
more informationA conversation with Associate Professor of Art Heidi Hogden.
more informationLearn more about Cooper Philips’ research on insect biodiversity.
more informationLearn more about this collaborative student-faculty SCOPE project.
more informationStudents work with faculty and staff to create an interactive digital map of Southwestern’s campus.
more informationSouthwestern University announces its 2021–2026 Tactical Plan.
more informationParent Leadership Gift Council members and fellow parent volunteers warmly welcome new students and their families to Southwestern at send-off parties across the state.
more informationSophomore students participate in a three-day professional development summit.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Sylvia Kerrigan ’86 shares her sorority experience.
more informationBoard of Trustees member Mary Medley ’74 recalls her time at Southwestern.
more informationBrad Reagan’s ’94 journey from Southwestern to The Wall Street Journal.
more informationAn alumna advocates for women, giving back, and making a lasting impact.
more informationAn alumna’s journey from student to architectural conservator and historian.
more informationA conversation with Associate Professor of Art Heidi Hogden.
more informationLearn more about this collaborative student-faculty SCOPE project.
more informationStudents work with faculty and staff to create an interactive digital map of Southwestern’s campus.
more informationDean of the Faculty and Professor of Political Science Alisa Gaunder published a book review of Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracy by Mikiko Eto in Social Science Japan Journal, 2023.
—May 2023Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty Alisa Gaunder published the second edition of her book Japanese Government and Politics with Routledge in February 2023. The second edition includes new information on party realignment, elections since 2017, the effects of the global pandemic, and Japanese foreign policy.
—April 2023Professor of Biochemistry and Garey Chair of Chemistry Maha Zewail-Foote, Cargill Endowed Associate Professor of Education Alicia Moore, and Professor of Political Science Alisa Gaunder co-presented a virtual session for the Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2023 Conference on Diversity, Equity and Student Success. The mission of the AAC&U conference was to explore the complexities of truth within higher education while examining institutional structures and beliefs that impede diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. The presentation, titled “Cross-Institutional CONNECTions: Mentorship, Truth, Belonging, and Retention,” provided an overview of Southwestern’s ACS-funded FOC CONNECT project, which seeks to dismantle barriers to success experienced by early-career faculty of color (FOC) in the academy. The project supports a cross-institutional faculty mentoring program that connects these scholars with senior faculty of color from other ACS institutions.
—March 2023Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Political Science Alisa Gaunder participated on a panel titled “Fostering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Faculty Evaluation Processes” at the 2023 American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) annual meeting in San Francisco, CA, January 18-20, 2023. The panel included deans and faculty development and assessment professionals from Furman, Rhodes, Rollins, and Southwestern who shared how the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) addressed the following challenge: how do we honor the complexity of faculty work, the principles of DEI, and the distinctiveness of institutional context while implementing faculty evaluation processes that are, on the one hand, robust, rigorous, and systematic, and on the other, holistic, developmental, and fair? The ACS tackled this challenge through an Arthur Vining Davis grant devoted to improving faculty evaluation processes to, among other things, mitigate bias in student evaluations of teaching, adopt multiple measures of teaching, and assess faculty workloads for equity. The panel shared key lessons learned from developing a faculty evaluation toolkit and some of the strongest resources that support more holistic, authentic, transparent, and equitable faculty evaluation.
—February 2023Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Political Science Alisa Gaunder and her co-author Karine Moe published the lead essay “So You are Going to Be a New CAO: Strategies for Success” in the fall edition of The ACAD Leader sponsored by the American Council of Academic Deans.
—November 2022