A U.S. Army veteran himself, Johnathon Melamed ’25 prioritized supporting his fellow student veterans, all while managing his own small business, supporting his family, and revitalizing his community.
more informationEnjoy highlights from the Commencement Convocation Ceremony celebrating the Southwestern University Class of 2025.
more informationWith computer-aided design and 3D printing skills increasingly in demand across a variety of industries, Southwestern University students will soon have another avenue to sharpen their technical knowledge.
more informationSamuel Hoffman ’27 and Ethan Wilcox ’26 were each awarded $40,000 scholarships from The Sumners Foundation for their studies at Southwestern University.
more informationSouthwestern’s new Certificate in Legal Studies is designed to prepare students to engage with questions of the law in today’s society by exploring the applications, contexts, and consequences of law.
more informationSouthwestern students will soon have the opportunity to study abroad at Universidad de la Libertad in Mexico City.
more informationSouthwestern and Texas A&M are teaming up to provide opportunities for SU students interested in pursuing graduate business programs at TAMU.
more informationPre-nursing graduates from Southwestern will now have the opportunity to earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing in as little as 12 months.
more informationAfter nearly a decade of bonding over patty melts and honey bbq chicken strip sandwiches, the Southwestern University football team’s offensive line recently became the star of a national Whataburger marketing campaign.
more informationPillars in the Georgetown community, the Brightwells left a $1 million estate gift to Southwestern University.
more informationMilitary Friendly® has honored Southwestern with a Silver Award to recognize the University’s inclusivity efforts for the military community.
more informationA U.S. Army veteran himself, Johnathon Melamed ’25 prioritized supporting his fellow student veterans, all while managing his own small business, supporting his family, and revitalizing his community.
more informationEnjoy highlights from the Commencement Convocation Ceremony celebrating the Southwestern University Class of 2025.
more informationWith computer-aided design and 3D printing skills increasingly in demand across a variety of industries, Southwestern University students will soon have another avenue to sharpen their technical knowledge.
more informationSamuel Hoffman ’27 and Ethan Wilcox ’26 were each awarded $40,000 scholarships from The Sumners Foundation for their studies at Southwestern University.
more informationSouthwestern’s new Certificate in Legal Studies is designed to prepare students to engage with questions of the law in today’s society by exploring the applications, contexts, and consequences of law.
more informationSouthwestern students will soon have the opportunity to study abroad at Universidad de la Libertad in Mexico City.
more informationSouthwestern and Texas A&M are teaming up to provide opportunities for SU students interested in pursuing graduate business programs at TAMU.
more informationPre-nursing graduates from Southwestern will now have the opportunity to earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing in as little as 12 months.
more informationAfter nearly a decade of bonding over patty melts and honey bbq chicken strip sandwiches, the Southwestern University football team’s offensive line recently became the star of a national Whataburger marketing campaign.
more informationPillars in the Georgetown community, the Brightwells left a $1 million estate gift to Southwestern University.
more informationMilitary Friendly® has honored Southwestern with a Silver Award to recognize the University’s inclusivity efforts for the military community.
more informationA U.S. Army veteran himself, Johnathon Melamed ’25 prioritized supporting his fellow student veterans, all while managing his own small business, supporting his family, and revitalizing his community.
more informationEnjoy highlights from the Commencement Convocation Ceremony celebrating the Southwestern University Class of 2025.
more informationWith computer-aided design and 3D printing skills increasingly in demand across a variety of industries, Southwestern University students will soon have another avenue to sharpen their technical knowledge.
more informationSamuel Hoffman ’27 and Ethan Wilcox ’26 were each awarded $40,000 scholarships from The Sumners Foundation for their studies at Southwestern University.
more informationSouthwestern’s new Certificate in Legal Studies is designed to prepare students to engage with questions of the law in today’s society by exploring the applications, contexts, and consequences of law.
more informationSouthwestern students will soon have the opportunity to study abroad at Universidad de la Libertad in Mexico City.
more informationSouthwestern and Texas A&M are teaming up to provide opportunities for SU students interested in pursuing graduate business programs at TAMU.
more informationPre-nursing graduates from Southwestern will now have the opportunity to earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing in as little as 12 months.
more informationAfter nearly a decade of bonding over patty melts and honey bbq chicken strip sandwiches, the Southwestern University football team’s offensive line recently became the star of a national Whataburger marketing campaign.
more informationPillars in the Georgetown community, the Brightwells left a $1 million estate gift to Southwestern University.
more informationMilitary Friendly® has honored Southwestern with a Silver Award to recognize the University’s inclusivity efforts for the military community.
more informationA U.S. Army veteran himself, Johnathon Melamed ’25 prioritized supporting his fellow student veterans, all while managing his own small business, supporting his family, and revitalizing his community.
more informationEnjoy highlights from the Commencement Convocation Ceremony celebrating the Southwestern University Class of 2025.
more informationWith computer-aided design and 3D printing skills increasingly in demand across a variety of industries, Southwestern University students will soon have another avenue to sharpen their technical knowledge.
more informationSamuel Hoffman ’27 and Ethan Wilcox ’26 were each awarded $40,000 scholarships from The Sumners Foundation for their studies at Southwestern University.
more informationSouthwestern’s new Certificate in Legal Studies is designed to prepare students to engage with questions of the law in today’s society by exploring the applications, contexts, and consequences of law.
more informationSouthwestern students will soon have the opportunity to study abroad at Universidad de la Libertad in Mexico City.
more informationSouthwestern and Texas A&M are teaming up to provide opportunities for SU students interested in pursuing graduate business programs at TAMU.
more informationPre-nursing graduates from Southwestern will now have the opportunity to earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing in as little as 12 months.
more informationAfter nearly a decade of bonding over patty melts and honey bbq chicken strip sandwiches, the Southwestern University football team’s offensive line recently became the star of a national Whataburger marketing campaign.
more informationPillars in the Georgetown community, the Brightwells left a $1 million estate gift to Southwestern University.
more informationMilitary Friendly® has honored Southwestern with a Silver Award to recognize the University’s inclusivity efforts for the military community.
more informationA U.S. Army veteran himself, Johnathon Melamed ’25 prioritized supporting his fellow student veterans, all while managing his own small business, supporting his family, and revitalizing his community.
more informationEnjoy highlights from the Commencement Convocation Ceremony celebrating the Southwestern University Class of 2025.
more informationSamuel Hoffman ’27 and Ethan Wilcox ’26 were each awarded $40,000 scholarships from The Sumners Foundation for their studies at Southwestern University.
more informationAfter nearly a decade of bonding over patty melts and honey bbq chicken strip sandwiches, the Southwestern University football team’s offensive line recently became the star of a national Whataburger marketing campaign.
more informationPillars in the Georgetown community, the Brightwells left a $1 million estate gift to Southwestern University.
more informationThe field at the new multi-purpose sports complex will be named in honor of Kevin and Elizabeth Dice for their generous donation to the facility.
more informationErika (Sehne) Munch, M.D. ’04 has helped hundreds of patients experience the joys of parenthood through her role as a reproductive endocrinologist at Texas Fertility Center.
more informationSouthwestern’s unique approach to a liberal arts education, paired with passionate faculty and small class sizes, has put countless students on a path to success in law.
more informationA new era for Pirates men’s basketball is underway as Matt Streich takes the helm, bringing over a decade of coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level to Southwestern.
more informationGarey Chair and Professor of Mathematics Alison Marr uses her own experiences as a female mathematician to inspire the next generation of learners while also playing a pivotal role in enhancing the Southwestern community.
more informationAfter celebrating 20 years with the American Heart Association and moving into a new national role, political science major Eric Batch ’97 looks back at his time at Southwestern and how it inspired him to change the world.
more informationSociology students and faculty members attended the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting in Charlotte, NC from April 9-12. Five sociology seniors presented their capstone research: Catherine Angell presented “Presidency or Penitentiary: Exploring Americans’ Attitudes Towards Felons’ Right to Vote;” Isabella Bahamon presented “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Choice: Predicting Americans’ Attitudes Towards Abortion Rights,” which won the 2025 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper; Emily Dimiceli presented “‘Obama was voted president by white people’: Predictors of Americans’ Perceptions of Racism;” Mary Kate McAdams presented “‘It seems like the system has a few favorites’: Factors that Affect American Attitudes about Racial and Economic Bias in the Criminal Justice System;” and Chelsey Rocha presented “‘DEI is just racism against white people’: Americans Attitudes About Anti-DEI Bills in Higher Education.” In addition, faculty and students presented on their collaborative research projects. Assistant Professor of Sociology Amanda Hernandez and environmental studies major Sarah Ventimiglia ’25 presented their co-authored study titled, “Hashtag Blessed: Performances of White Femininity and Consumption on TikTok.” Professor of Sociology Maria Lowe presented her collaborative study (with co-authors Dr. Reginald Byron of the University of Denver, Brigit Reese ’24, and Carson Maxfield ’24) titled, “Residents of Color in non-Predominantly White Neighborhoods: Are They More Likely to Worry about Racialized Surveillance Than White Residents?”
Professor of Sociology Maria Lowe, sociology and business graduate ThuyMi Phung ’23, and sociology and art history graduate Katherine Holcomb ’23 presented their co-authored paper titled “The Interaction of Race and Racial Grievance: Predictors of American Attitudes about Critical Race Theory” at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in Boston from March 6-9.
—March 2025Isabella Bahamon ’25 was selected for the Southern Sociological Society’s 2025 Howard Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper for her capstone project titled, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Choice: American Attitudes about Abortion Rights in the United States.” Professor of Sociology Maria Lowe supervised Isabella’s project during this year’s sociology capstone class.
—March 2025Sociology and business alumna ThuyMi Phung ’23 has published an article with Professor of Sociology Maria Lowe titled “The Armed Home and Support for Trump: Predictors of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Gun Violence” in the Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. This work represents ThuyMi’s first peer-reviewed publication and stems from her Fall 2022 capstone project. The article can be found here. ThuyMi continues her research on attitudes about gun violence at the University of Washington where she is completing her Master’s in Public Health.
Sociology major Elena Clark ’24 was selected as the first place winner in the prestigious Alpha Kappa Delta national undergraduate paper competition for her capstone project titled “‘Freedom of the streets’ or ‘Barriers to success?’ Factors that Predict Attitudes About Homelessness In The United States.” Elena competed against sociology majors from R1s, liberal arts universities, and other schools across the country. Her award comes with a cash prize and travel money to the August 2024 American Sociological Association (ASA) meeting in Montreal, Quebec, where she will participate in the ASA Honors Program, present her paper, and receive her award at the AKD Awards Ceremony. Professor of Sociology Maria Lowe served as Elena’s faculty mentor for this project.