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$1 MILLION SCIENCE CHALLENGE

Together, we can help Southwestern progress...twice as fast Science has changed. Our facilities have not. Constructed in 1954, parts of Fondren-Jones Science Hall have yet to see renovation. While Southwestern has renowned science faculty, state-of-the-art equipment and eager students, the building itself is in dire need of an update.

A $1 million challenge grant Southwestern received from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., allows gifts of any amount made this year toward Phase I of the science center renovation to be matched dollar-for-dollar.

Make a gift today to help break ground later this year on Phase I of the new science center and help provide an enhanced science program for the students of tomorrow.

Every Gift Matters! Visit www.southwestern.edu/phase1gift to make a gift today!

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Paideia connects the dots between the classroom, the community and the world for a unique interdisciplinary, intentional and integrated academic experience.

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The Association of Southwestern University Alumni presents five alumni and faculty with 2012 distinguished awards.

James W. Hunt, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Beverly Jones, University Chaplain W. Joseph King ’93, Vice President for Innovation C. Richard McKelvey, Vice President for University Relations Pamela McQuesten, Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer Francie Schroeder, Executive Assistant to the President Ronald L. Swain, Senior Adviser to the President for Strategic Planning and Assessment Dave Voskuil, Vice President for Enrollment Services CONTACTS Main: (512) 863-6511 Alumni and Parents: (800) 960-6363 Office of Admission: (800) 252-3166 Southwestern is published semiannually by the Office of University Relations, and printed on Euroart Dull Text by TWG Plus. Bulk rate postage paid at Austin, Texas.

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hirteen years seem to have gone by in the blink of an eye. And yet, so much has happened at Southwestern during my time as President. In a decade bracketed by the tragedy of 9/11 and the stock market crash of 2008, our campus community has, together, been able to accomplish much that is good.

With the “Thinking Ahead” Campaign at just over $144 million, we have received more gifts and pledges than at any other time in our history. As our student enrollment has grown to 1,400 and our alumni annual giving has increased, we’ve built and renovated buildings, endowed the future of Paideia—one of the most distinctive programs in higher education—maintained an “A” rating with Moody’s and balanced the budget each year. We’ve also made real commitments to diversity and sustainability, revised the curriculum, and moved the endowment back onto an upward path.

Satisfaction surveys by Southwestern students are stronger than ever and our ranking is once again moving upward on national lists. We have done all of this by working together for the betterment of Southwestern. While we see even greater possibilities for the future, particularly in the areas of collaboration and innovation, there are still challenges to be met. The financial model for higher education is broken and structural deficits must be tackled.

Although there’s always more to do and more to accomplish, I can rest assured that for the past 13 years, I have poured myself into this work; I have not held back; I have given it my all. Southwestern deserves nothing less.

Thank you for giving Jane and me the opportunity to serve this transformational institution and for giving Southwestern your hard work and devotion.

May the University not only flourish, but also be, as Jimmy Carter stated on April 4, 2001—my inauguration day—a place “that creates an environment which nourishes the soul.”

Truly, our loyal voices have blended to sing of Southwestern’s fame. May our calling to educate the mind and the heart continue for countless years.

Jake B. Schrum ’68 President

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Come Be Southwestern at Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2013! For alumni, it’s the place to rediscover connections to friends, faculty and staff. For parents, it’s an opportunity to interact with the greater Southwestern community. We hope everyone returns November 1–3 and shares their experiences with others! Your lifelong Southwestern Experience continues.

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A VERY PERSONAL LEGACY

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When Jake B. Schrum ’68 became President of Southwestern University in 2000, his executive assistant, Francie Schroeder, quickly realized that the two of them had very different work habits.

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v e r time , that realization became one of her fondest memories. She shares, “I like to keep my desk clear. Jake is what I would call a ‘stacker’; he keeps organized by making stacks of papers. I once asked if he wanted me to clear his desk when I returned from my vacation if he didn’t have time to do it before leaving on his own vacation. He reassured me that his desk would be clean. Lo and behold, when I returned, his desk was clear; not a piece of paper anywhere. Then, I looked down and all around me on the floor were his stacks. I just stood there and laughed.”

Schroeder’s story exemplifies the personal relationships that Schrum is known for developing with nearly everyone he meets.

Caring, genuine, personal, willing and eager, involved, creative, committed, people person, welcoming, thoughtful, passionate about the liberal arts, friend — these are only a few of the ways friends, family, colleagues and community members describe both Schrum and his wife, Jane Woodman Schrum ’70.

Known for his unplanned conversations with students as they walk to class or eat lunch in Mabee Commons, Jake—as he prefers to be called rather than President Schrum—has an unparalleled love for Southwestern, its students and the things that are important to them.

His brother, Everett (Ev) Schrum ’70, says, “Jake is the most caring person I know; he cares not only about his family but about the community, the environment, the world...and especially about the Southwestern students.

One of the first students with whom Jake connected as President was Emily Stewart ’04, a first-year roommate of his daughter Katie Schrum ’04. Prior to arriving on campus, Stewart got a call from Katie saying, “I should tell you that my dad is the new president of Southwestern.” Even so, she didn’t expect that her first meeting with Jake would be when she walked into her room in Kurth Hall and found him vacuuming. “I didn’t even realize it was him,” she

says, “until he said, ‘Hi, Emily, I’m Jake Schrum.’” Now close friends with the Schrum family, Stewart says that whether she is visiting the Southwestern campus or Katie in Atlanta or Libby Schrum ’00 in Maine, “Spending time with (them) always feels like coming home.” She especially likes that “Jake always has a joke for me—usually a pun!”

Audrey Tinsley Hukari ’06 met Jake when she transferred to Southwestern. She recalls that she would see him around campus, always approachable and often striking up conversations with students. “I always felt that even though I was just one of 1,300 or so students on campus, President Schrum cared about my (personal) success and experience at Southwestern,” she says, adding that “Jake and Jane’s love for Southwestern and the students is unparalleled.”

David Briner ’13 had an experience not unlike Stewart’s or Hukari’s some 10 years ago. He says, “President Schrum’s unquestionable commitment to making everyone feel welcome on campus from the moment they arrive until long after they leave has helped to better students’ experiences and is a privilege rarely offered at other prestigious universities.”

Schroeder adds, “Jake is always willing and eager to help students with their career and advanced educational goals; each year he writes numerous recommendations and reference letters and helps arrange contacts for Southwestern students and acquaintances alike.”

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics John Chapman says, “Jake has guided students both in their academic studies and in their community service, indicating relationship between the two. The students appreciate that he makes a point of meeting them as they move into their dorms or eating with them in the cafeteria and showing an interest in their lives.”

Known and loved for his personable nature and sincere interest in the lives of Southwestern students, faculty and staff, “Jake is always willing and eager to help students...” (opposite).

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Jim Walzel, a member of Southwestern’s Board of Trustees, says, “Jake is a great people person and a great spokesperson for the University. He’s accomplished many significant things over the years.”

While leading the largest fundraising effort in Southwestern history—the $150 million “Thinking

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Ahead” Campaign—Jake, with guidance from Provost Jim Hunt, envisioned a unique addition to the curriculum designed to help students integrate what they learn in the classroom with outside experiences such as civic engagement, intercultural learning and collaborative research projects. Jake’s ability to help secure an $8.5 million gift from the Priddy Charitable Trust enabled Southwestern to add the faculty members necessary to implement the original Paideia Program. Now the signature element of the University’s academic program, Paideia will be available to and required of all students in the fall of 2014. (See Page 14.)

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou Jake has also overseen the renovation of several campus buildings, including The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center and the Roy and Lillie Cullen Building, as well as the construction of The Wilhelmina Cullen Admission Center and the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning. Both newly constructed buildings earned LEED certification, exemplifying Southwestern’s commitment to sustainability.

Sustainability has long been a focus of Southwestern students and subsequently of the Schrum presidency. Jake was an early signer of both the Talloires Declaration (an international effort to promote environmental sustainability in higher education) and the College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. Student-led sustainability initiatives encouraged by Jake led to an agreement with the city of Georgetown enabling Southwestern to get all of its electricity from wind power for the next 18 years.

Another priority of Jake’s presidency has been enhancing student life on campus, including the

expansion of Southwestern’s varsity athletics offerings.

Four new teams were started or announced during his tenure—softball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and football.

He has also worked continually on increasing the number of Southwestern students from underrepresented groups. During his 13-year tenure, that number increased from 21.8 percent to 30 percent, and currently includes 18 percent Latino students.

According to Georgetown Mayor George Garver, “Jake has helped lead a great liberal arts university with a gentle manner that radiates courtesy, good listening skills and creative insight.”

Chapman adds, “It has been marvelous to work for and with one who is an intellectual, who understands the liberal arts education, and who is a believer in academic freedom.”

Town/Gown Relations Beyond campus, Jake is a friend of the city of Georgetown. Former Mayor Gary Nelon says as Southwestern’s new president in 2000, Jake “hit the city by storm.” Thinking at the time that Georgetown was a town with a college, rather than a college town, Jake has worked tirelessly during his 13 years as President to improve and maintain close “town/ gown relations” with the city.

Jake’s approachability helped him to “immediately fit right into the Georgetown life,” says Nell Benold ’48.

To this day, he enjoys almost daily visits with patrons of the coffee shop on the Georgetown Square.

An enthusiastic spokesperson for the University, many credit Jake with contributing greatly to connecting Southwestern and Georgetown more closely. “The relationship he helped to establish between the University and the city,” says Nelon, “will continue as a legacy to Jake long after his retirement.”

Chapman and his wife Scherry have been friends with the Schrums since Jake was on the Southwestern staff in the 1970s and Jane taught with Scherry at Annie Purl Elementary School in Georgetown. They say, “We are lucky to have had Jake and Jane as part of our Southwestern life; bringing new programs to the community, supporting the arts, and contributing to the economic and cultural wealth of Georgetown.”

A (short) Presidential Timeline 2000 Jake B. Schrum ’68 is elected Southwestern’s 14th President Statement of Nondiscrimination and Domestic Partners Benefits Policy is added to existing policies in the Faculty, Staff and Student Handbooks as well as the University Catalog Author Joyce Carol Oates is the Writer’s Voice speaker Southwestern is included in an updated edition of the influential book Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope (Southwestern was also included in the original version published in 1996)

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W. Joseph “Joey” King ’93 donates $500,000 to establish and endow the King Creativity Fund to annually support student projects

2001 Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the U.S., speaks at President Schrum’s inauguration; 5,000 people are in attendance. While on campus, Carter speaks on “Moral Leadership in a Global Society” as the Shilling Lecturer Author Russell Banks is the Writer’s Voice speaker Justice for All, a book edited by President Schrum, is published

2002 Southwestern receives $8.5 million from the Robert & Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust of Wichita Falls, Texas to inaugurate the Paideia Program Marian Wright Edelman, William Sloane Coffin and John D. Maguire speak as the Shilling Lecturers Author Michael Chabon, “one of the most celebrated writers of his generation,” is the Writer’s Voice speaker Princeton Review’s college guide rates Southwestern the nation’s 4th “Best Academic Bang for Your Buck” and one of the nation’s best 345 colleges

Garver agrees, “Both Jake and Jane have always been willing to assist with any Georgetown function. We are very thankful for their commitment to the city.”

Leading by Example Over the course of 13 years, Jake received three presidential leadership grants from The Mellon Foundation and helped secure the relocation of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) to Southwestern in 2009.

Gene Tobin of The Mellon Foundation says, “The Mellon Foundation’s association with Jake Schrum began with a new president’s grant in 2001, near the beginning of his tenure. This relationship has evolved into a strong working partnership between the Foundation and Southwestern toward a mutual goal: the advancement, improvement and re-envisioning of liberal arts education for a new era. Jake has passionately supported undergraduate research, encouraged faculty efforts to integrate civic engagement into the curriculum, and actively collaborated with historically black colleges and universities, research universities, and Southwestern’s sister institutions within the Associated Colleges of the South and the Council of Independent Colleges. At a time when our country has most needed thoughtful, persuasive and experienced leaders, Jake has served Southwestern and the higher education community with distinction. We wish him the very best in the next chapter of his career, and know that he will continue to be a strong voice for educational quality and innovation.”

An outspoken advocate of the liberal arts, Jake has written extensively on the topic. His brother Ev says, “Jake’s involvement in higher education comes from his concern that young adults are prepared to be good citizens of our planet. He especially appreciates the approach of liberal arts education that prepares students by teaching them to think and engaging them in the real world through actual contact with persons through projects and field experiences. This is why he is so passionate about our alma mater and why he has worked so hard to continue to help make Southwestern relevant.”

Known also for giving their all to their alma mater— wisdom, time and monetary resources—Jake and Jane often participate in or attend a University event nearly every night of the week, as well as campus

2003 U.S. News and World Report ranks Southwestern as one of “America’s Best Colleges” The Paideia Program is launched in September Jake B. Schrum is elected chair of the Board of Directors of Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas Southwestern faculty adds 10 new members Southwestern is listed in Barron’s 2003 Best Buys in College Education Fiske Guide to Colleges names Southwestern among the best 295 colleges in the country

Jake and Jane take a spin on a Pirate Bike built for two during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2005 (top).

President Schrum dedicates the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning on March 11, 2010 (above).

Southwestern as the nation’s #7 “best value” undergraduate institution

2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner The Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Southwestern receives $3 million gift from The Cullen Trust for Higher Education for the century-old Roy and Lillie Cullen Building restoration Southwestern is awarded a $60,000 grant for collaborative work between faculty and students in the Chemistry and Biology Departments Playwright Tony Kushner is the Writer’s Voice speaker Mike Timlin ’88 helps the Boston Red Sox win the World Series The Princeton Review lists

2005 Pirate Bikes debut on campus in memory of Walter “Wally” P. Meyer ’86 The Perkins-Prothro Foundation gives a gift for the building of the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning Living/Learning Communities are implemented for first-year students Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Novelist Carlos Fuentes is the Writer’s Voice speaker

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Southwestern is one of five schools given full membership to the Institute for the International Education of Students

2006 “Pirate Cards” replace multiple card systems across campus Southwestern joins the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Thomas H. Kean, chair of the 9/11 Commission, speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Poet Robert Pinsky is the Writer’s Voice speaker Southwestern is included in the third edition of the book Colleges That Change Lives

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A chapter of national leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa is chartered at Southwestern Southwestern launches “Thinking Ahead,” the University’s largest-ever fundraising campaign to fund priorities in the 2010 Strategic Plan To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840–2000

by Professor Emeritus of History William B. Jones is published

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President Schrum signs the Talloires Declaration, adding Southwestern to the growing number of colleges committed to sustainable living

James Baker III, former Secretary of State, speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Author Amy Tan is the Writer’s Voice speaker Southwestern is a founding partner of the Texas Life Sciences Commercialization Center in Georgetown Southwestern hosts inaugural Pirate Golf Classic held annually during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend The Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges ranks Southwestern #7 in the country for Best Career/ Job Placement Services The SMArT (Science and Math Achiever Teams) program begins with Southwestern students mentoring local elementary students

2008 Men’s intramural lacrosse club becomes first university team in Texas to advance to the varsity level Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Author Azar Nafisi is the Writer’s Voice speaker The newly opened Dorothy Manning Lord Residential Center receives “Dorm of Distinction” recognition by University Business magazine Paideia scholars begin sending refurbished computers to Honduras The women’s golf team finishes third in NCAA Division III tournament

2009 Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks as the Shilling Lecturer; President Schrum signs the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment during the lecture Southwestern’s first “green” building, The Wilhelmina Cullen Admission Center, opens and earns gold LEED certification Author Tobias Wolff is the Writer’s Voice speaker Southwestern’s new varsity softball team makes its home debut against the University of Dallas The National Institute for Technology

in Liberal Education (NITLE) relocates its headquarters to the Southwestern campus; W. Joseph “Joey” King ’93 becomes the organization’s executive director President Schrum receives Hall of Fame Award from The National Hispanic Institute, founded by Ernesto Nieto ’64 Southwestern students revive the Brooks Prize Debate The Princeton Review’s, The Best 371 Colleges, lists Southwestern one of the “Easiest Campus to Get Around” The Chronicle of Higher Education lists Southwestern as one of 150 Great Colleges to Work For

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and community commitments on weekends. The Schrums also gave Southwestern the gift of the beautiful window over the entrance doors to the Lois Perkins Chapel.

Ev Schrum shares that he was a classmate of Jane’s at Southwestern and says, “Jane has been, in her own right, an advocate of positive causes and a supporter of the things both she and Jake care about. My wife and I consider them to be our best friends; it is good when your relatives are also your friends.”

Jake’s accomplishments during his tenure have made a strong impression even on recent graduates

“No one better embodies what it means to Be Southwestern than Jake and Jane.” — Allison Dickson '02

President Schrum reflects on his relationship with the University prior to his inauguration (top right).

The late Wangari Mathaai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and 2009 Shilling Lecturer, was joyful when President Schrum signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment (lower right).

like Briner, who says, “Leading by example is one of the hardest achievable qualities that any person can hope to accomplish in their lifetime. In my four years on campus, I have clearly seen President Schrum’s unquestionable commitment to every student, faculty member and member of the staff; his leadership has helped to keep the Southwestern community together through turbulent times.”

Colin Berr ’13 says Jake is always open to student ideas. “He invited me to stop by his office any time I wanted to share an idea, so I met with him in my junior year when I worked on the Georgetown public transit effort with Student Congress. He said the University would follow the student lead, as it had with the wind power idea in 2009.” With Jake’s support, Berr and his fellow committee members felt confident they had the backing of the University when it came time to meet with off-campus groups and city officials.

He says, “President Schrum’s ability to keep track of 1,400 students—a quarter of whom are new every year—has a way of making you feel like you matter.

I saw him on campus one time and just said, ‘Hey, Jake’ without thinking; that’s how comfortable he made me feel. It’s meaningful to see how he has impacted the lives of others. Knowing him has made my Southwestern Experience more enjoyable.”

2010 Southwestern signs an agreement with the city of Georgetown that will meet the University’s electric needs from wind power for the next 18 years The Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning opens and earns silver LEED certification Dr. William H. Foege of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Film Director/Writer/Producer Mira Nair is the Writer’s Voice speaker Author John Pipkin is named Writer in Residence at Southwestern A report by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in Cambridge, Mass., states

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that Southwestern is one of the most sustainable colleges in Texas Southwestern commencement participants go green by wearing biodegradable robes Southwestern’s Board of Trustees approves Shaping Our Future: The Strategic Plan for Southwestern University 2010–2020 Southwestern becomes the new home to Georgetown’s Senior University

2011 Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Writer, editor and publisher Dave Eggers is the Writer’s Voice speaker

President Schrum announces the addition of women’s lacrosse and the reinstatement of football to the University’s varsity athletics program Southwestern’s Athletics Department installs lights on the soccer/lacrosse competition field making night games possible for the first time Southwestern receives pledges of $1 million and $3 million respectively from The Fondren Foundation of Houston and The Cullen Foundation of Houston for Southwestern’s planned new science center

Be Southwestern The parent of a Southwestern graduate, Walzel came onto the Board of Trustees during former President Roy Shilling’s term and was asked by then-chair of the board Red McCombs ’49 to head the search for Shilling’s replacement. He recalls, “I was very excited to be the one to make the call to Jake to let him know he’d been elected. Since then, my granddaughter has become a Southwestern graduate, and Jake and Jane have become close family friends.”

Benold reflects, “Jake’s many accomplishments at our beloved University have consistently added to her prestige and effectiveness for which all alumni are thankful.” Her husband, Dr. Douglas Benold ’44, a long-term member of Southwestern’s Board of Trustees, says, “In his role as President of our alma mater and through his establishment of Paideia, Jake has worked hard to impress on students and faculty the need for a combination of learning with a real concern for the good of mankind.”

Another alumna, Allison Dickson ’02, had a unique but no-less-meaningful relationship with the Schrums.

Needing full-time care and assistance due to Muscular Dystrophy, Dickson’s parents had to live on campus with her for four years. During that time, while she became a Tri-Delta sorority sister of Libby, her parents became friends of Jake and Jane. Through that family friendship, Dickson says she “saw firsthand Jake’s leadership skills and learned from him the importance of dreaming big, thinking outside of the box, staying true to one’s core values, and always putting the best interests of current and future SU students first.”

Dickson believes, “No one better embodies what it means to Be Southwestern than Jake and Jane. As students, alumni, parents, administrators, donors and the First Family, they have believed in and lived out our University’s core values in every way … When they look back on the lives they’ve changed—including mine—I hope they are proud.”

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Jake B. and Jane W. Schrum Pa i dei a

The Paideia Program will always be associated with the Schrum legacy at Southwestern. Once an innovative co-curricular program serving roughly 250 students, Paideia will be the core of the Southwestern educational experience for all students, beginning in fall 2014.

The Jake B. and Jane W. Schrum Paideia Fund will support Schrum scholarships and fellowships. Schrum Scholarships will be awarded to students who meet Southwestern University’s requirements for financial assistance. Schrum Fellowships will be awarded to people who have achieved distinction in their chosen career and who agree to spend a period of time on the University campus participating in the Paideia experiences of students.

Note: President Schrum recently announced that he will become president of Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia following his retirement from Southwestern. His term at Emory & Henry will begin Aug. 1, 2013.

2012 New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman speaks as the Shilling Lecturer Playwright and screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks is the Writer’s Voice speaker Southwestern is included in the fourth edition of the book Colleges That Change Lives Forbes magazine ranks Southwestern in the top 100 colleges and universities in the U.S. and second in Texas U.S. News & World Report features Southwestern in its “College Road Trip” series President Schrum announces he will retire in July 2013, culminating 13 years as Southwester’s 14th President

Southwestern is one of 47 colleges selected to participate in a $50 million science education initiative sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

President Schrum receives a third Presidential Leadership Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation For the second year in a row, Southwestern is number one in the SCAC in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s College & University Green Power Challenge Southwestern receives a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help make Paideia available to all students in fall 2014

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2013 World-renowned conservationist and United Nations messenger of peace Jane Goodall is the Shilling Lecturer Southwestern officially launches the HHMI-Southwestern Inquiry Initiative Southwestern receives a $1 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., to help begin building phase one of the new science center Southwestern’s Board of Trustees announces the election of Edward B. Burger as the University’s 15th President

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ACADEMICS IN FOCUS

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BeyondBeta Paideia Connects the Dots

Tradition! Most colleges and universities have their own traditions, and Southwestern is no exception. The University’s rich heritage and storied traditions are what legends are made of. One of those (not so legendary) traditions has been the course registration process.

As recently as eight years ago, students participated in the tradition of gathering in the Corbin J. Robertson Center to register for classes—Black Friday style—to get any course still available that fulfilled a general education requirement.

Beginning in the fall of 2014, the tradition of merely checking off gen. ed. requirements will be a thing of the past at Southwestern.

Paideia is about to become part of every student’s Southwestern Experience, and facilitating a variety of interdisciplinary experiences will become an integral and integrated part of the Southwestern curriculum.

Developed in 2003 by President Jake B. Schrum ’68 and Provost Jim Hunt, the Paideia Program sought to bring together traditional academics with civic engagement and intercultural learning, but to date it has only been available to a small subsection of our students. In an effort to include more students and faculty and to more strongly integrate various aspects of learning, a team of faculty, staff and students formed a committee to develop an idea for a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which is a significant element in Southwestern’s re-accreditation process.

The idea, developed over the course of two years, was a re-imagining of Paideia that would include all students and significantly more faculty members, and would become the foundation for the Southwestern curriculum.

According to Alison Kafer, associate professor of feminist studies, “Contemporary social and political problems require the ability to integrate multiple approaches and perspectives.” However, she says these kinds of conversations have happened primarily in offices or hallways or residence halls. “We haven’t had time or space in the curriculum to build on these conversations with any kind of intentionality,” she says. But faculty and staff across campus are working to change that by expanding the reach of Paideia and by building interdisciplinarity into the heart of the academic program.

Professor of Kinesiology Jimmy Smith explains that Paideia will allow students to take at least three courses intentionally clustered around shared content—a

theme—and a Paideia seminar in the junior or senior year. The initial three themes are “Mediterranean Mingling,” “Representing Gender” and “Global Health.” Faculty from all disciplines teaching courses within each theme will interact with one another to ensure that connections are being made across the classes students are taking in each of the clusters; the seminars will bring all of this together in a culminating experience.

The clustered courses will give students the space and tools to reflect on the overlaps and differences between disciplines, with guidance and support from faculty. The interdisciplinary Paideia seminars will provide the opportunity to individually and collectively reflect on students’ cumulative experiences within the theme. By bringing together faculty from different departments to cover a central question or idea—such as a philosopher and a political scientist, both discussing representations of gender—the seminars will allow students to learn alongside faculty in the classroom; everyone will be bringing different knowledge and experiences to the table.

...In 10 years, any visitor to our campus should know what some of the current Paideia themes are just by walking around, because the entire community will be engaged in various conversations around a handful of topics.

Kafer says that students are excited to talk about how what they’re learning in one class informs or extends the work they’re doing in another class. By intentionally encouraging students to think about how they can ask the same questions across different disciplines, and exploring how their methods, assumptions or answers shift across different sites, Paideia will give students an opportunity to collaborate with each other and with faculty over the course of several years.

“One of the things I most love about teaching at Southwestern is how frequently I am surprised by my students,” says Kafer. “They are always helping me change the way I see the world. What Paideia does is create more such opportunities—now I will have more of these moments with more students as well as with my faculty and staff colleagues.”

Alison Marr, assistant professor of mathematics, adds, “We’re creating a community that understands, respects and appreciates interdisciplinarity. Paideia is no longer for select faculty and students. All students spring 2013 www.southwestern.edu

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One of the coordinators of the Global Health cluster, Associate Professor of Biology Maria Cuevas seeks close collaboration with students in the classroom and in the laboratory (right).

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Forty-six current first-year students have applied for their theme and will begin their clustered courses in fall 2013. First year 2013/14 students will apply as well. Beginning in fall 2014, all Southwestern students will be involved in Paideia clusters.

Global Health How do culture, age and sex shape societal and individual definitions of health? In this cluster, students will explore the factors that lead to health and healthcare disparities within and across nations, as well as develop ideas on how to improve outcomes through interventions at the individual, institutional and governmental levels.

Representing Gender How do sex and gender vary across space, place and time? Why is the world sexed and gendered? What are the consequences of living in a sexed and gendered world? Inside and outside the classroom, students will analyze how gender and sexuality are represented in different disciplines and explore the points of sympathy that exist across different fields of study while developing an understanding of areas of tension and conflict.

Mediterranean Mingling How does a part of the world famous for its wine, olives and cheese, serve as a model for understanding global issues? Studying the Mediterranean—a sea of intersections and fluid borders—will help students see what is at the core of global connection and conflict. The cultural, historical and ecological complexity where Europe, Asia and Africa meet invites multiple perspectives and engages a broad range of interests, from art to food, faith to politics, language to literature.

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and a majority of faculty will be participating, thus creating a campus-wide dialogue on the themes.”

Students will be learning how philosophy and political science sometimes cover similar territory, but that each field formulates its questions differently, or how one can read the same book in both a religion course and a literature course and get something completely different out of it each time. As students and faculty bring different knowledge and experiences to the table, Southwestern brings interdisciplinarity to the heart of its academic program.

By doing so, Southwestern is striving to make sure all of our students understand how to apply multiple disciplines to a single problem. Marr says, “The student who can walk away with an understanding of how to do that will be more successful in the ever-changing world and will be able to solve problems in a more creative way. The fact is that the ability to think about problems from multiple disciplines is a skill many employers and graduate schools find valuable.”

Katy Ross, associate professor of Spanish and co-coordinator for the Mediterranean Mingling cluster, hopes that Paideia will allow students and faculty to interact in new and dynamic ways and that, by exploring the interdisciplinary nature of ideas, students will be able to view problems—and solve them—in new, unexpected ways outside their university experience.

How will Paideia encompass all of campus, not just faculty and students? Dana Hendrix, head of collection development and acquisitions for the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center, says for example, that she and other librarians plan to “work to connect Paideia students with the resources, concepts and skills they

need for research and exploration as they progress through the program and complete their interdisciplinary Paideia seminar work.”

Civic engagement and intercultural learning will continue to be important aspects of Paideia. Sarah Brackmann, director of civic engagement, is excited that through community-engaged learning, “we’re going to be connecting the intellectual with the action and activism in intentional, integrated and interdisciplinary ways to create relevant opportunities—not just volunteerism but experiential learning experiences—for our students.”

Kim Murphy, assistant dean for academic success and director of records, sees the advising experience being transformed as a result of Paideia as well. “The guided process of pulling together seemingly disparate ideas is healthy and exciting for both students and advisers,” she says.

The general consensus seems to be that Paideia will provide all campus constituents with more opportunities to think critically about how to connect what we do in the classroom to the communities around us.

How can alumni, parents, donors and friends of the University participate? Marr suggests, “Alumni can participate in lecture series, panels and extracurricular events related to the themes. Community members can find ways to connect to themes and suggest possible partnerships for civic engagement projects. Donors can think creatively about ways contributions to Paideia could help strengthen the program (scholarships for study abroad, contributions to the library, funds for themed-based housing, support for additional faculty interested in interdisciplinarity, and more).”

The importance of interdisciplinarity, says Smith, is that “the great issues and problems facing the world cannot be addressed or solved by viewing and attacking them from a single perspective ... and therefore require an approach that embraces the knowledge, methodology and perspectives of several academic disciplines. In other words, they require an interdisciplinary approach.”

Kafer explains, “Clustering courses around themes will enable faculty to develop relationships with each other, to enrich their understanding of interdisciplinary perspectives, and to experiment with teamteaching, collaborative teaching, and creative new pedagogies and methodologies.”

The benefits of Paideia are many. In addition to helping new and prospective students better understand the liberal arts, Kafer says that it also provides a way for students to think about education in terms of what interests them, to address different ideas in different ways, and to learn how they relate. For faculty, she says, “it will provide opportunities to talk about teaching together, to share ideas and teaching methods, and to collaborate. As a faculty member, it is providing me the chance to learn from my colleagues.”

The thought among Paideia faculty is that in 10 years, they will be more conversant with what their colleagues are doing; that students will better understand how classes can and do relate; that more and more, the library will be a place for gathering and

interacting; and that there will be a vibrant culture of civic engagement and collaborative teaching and learning.

Marr suggests that in 10 years, any visitor to our campus should know what some of the current Paideia themes are just by walking around, because the entire community will be engaged in various conversations around a handful of topics.

Though “interdisciplinarity” is a word that is frequently encountered in academia these days, few institutions have made a concerted, university-wide effort to both define interdisciplinarity and to create an academic experience that truly is interdisciplinary in nature.

“Paideia will make Southwestern unique among liberal arts colleges,” says Smith.

While studying abroad in Xi’an, China in spring 2010, Elizabeth Wilson ’11 rode in a camel caravan in the Taklamakan Desert (top).

Twenty-five students, including junior David Boutté, spent their Spring Break in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico as part of the Destination: Service program (above).

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Which of your classmates (and professor)...

had a “Question Authority”

bumper sticker on their Trans-Am?

is now employed by the National Institute for Technology in Education (NITLE)?

was awarded a badge of

honor for preparing soldiers for deployment?

has authored a book translated

into four languages and published in five countries?

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holds two Masters of Divinity

and Theology Degrees and a Ph.D. (with honors) in philosophy and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary?

is

an expert in counter terrorism analysis?

recently moved from a

climate with regular 100+ Fahrenheit temperatures to one known for it’s sub-zero weather?

is a University Scholar?

was a Pirate on the soccer field?

is a member of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity?

is the author of a best-selling book on conservative politics?

is a “force to be reckoned with?”

is a current master’s

degree candidate at Northwestern University, Southwestern’s theoretical “sister school”?

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Be(ing) Southwestern five exceptional pirates sit for a quick sketch Photography by Lance Holt

The theme of Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2012 was “Be Southwestern.” A number of times during the weekend, people asked Southwestern staff members what the phrase means. The answer often began with, “It’s more than a Twitter hashtag.” But, the serious answer is that it means something different to each member of the Southwestern community.

One might “Be Southwestern” by wearing a Pirate Athletics t-shirt; another might be active in his or her local alumni association. You may “Be Southwestern” by giving each year to the Southwestern Fund or by hiring a Southwestern student as an intern in your office. And many believe that to “Be Southwestern” means to take what you have learned into the world and make, as our Core Purpose states, “...contributions toward the well being of humanity.”

The 2012 alumni awards—presented during Homecoming by The Association of Southwestern University Alumni—recognized and honored five such community members who exemplify the University’s Core Values in their everyday lives. They are true to themselves and others. They promote a passion for intellectual growth. They respect the worth and dignity of persons. They encourage activism in the pursuit of justice and the common good. And, they cultivate academic excellence.

Read about these outstanding representatives of Southwestern at www.sualumni.net/awards 1. Farhana Mahmood Qazi ’96

Politics (Comparative Revolutions; Contentious Politics; Latin American and Caribbean Politics; Ideologies); International Politics (Peace and Conflict); and Political Sociology?

in contact with former students long after they graduate?

keeps

name means joyful, happy and

cheerful (in the Muslim culture)?

is a Tri-Delta sorority member?

teaches in the Political Science Department at University of Maryland-Baltimore County?”

also employed

by Southwestern for 14 years?

was

Distinguished Humanitarian

2. Susannah Prucka ’03 Distinguished Young Alumna

3. Jay Richards ’89 Distinguished Professional

4. Georgianne Hewett ’90 Distinguished Southwestern Service

5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 4

is an expert in Comparative

ANSWERS: 3, 4, 1, 5, 3, 1, 4,

5. Eric Selbin, Professor of Political Science and University Scholar Mr. Homecoming spring 2013 www.southwestern.edu

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On Feb. 20, 2013, reknowned mathematician and winner of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching at Baylor University, Edward B. Burger, was named Southwestern’s 15th president.

Burger Elected 15th President Williams College Professor of Mathematics to take helm July 1 “I am deeply humbled and honored by this invitation to serve as president of such a special liberal arts institution—an institution that is able to embrace its noble traditions while reimagining education in this new century with innovation, creativity and wisdom,” said Edward B. Burger on his appointment as the 15th president of Southwestern University.

The Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., Burger received in 2010 the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University, where he subsequently spent a year teaching and a year as vice provost for strategic educational initiatives.

Burger graduated summa cum laude with distinction in mathematics from Connecticut College and has been a faculty member at Williams since 1990. However, he is no stranger to Central Texas, having earned his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has also been a resident of Austin for the past several months while shooting instructional math videos for elementary school students.

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videos accessible to a broad audience through mediums such as CD-ROMs and the Internet. Since then, he has created more than 3,000 such videos covering curriculum from kindergarten through college-level mathematics that have helped millions of students worldwide.

Named to the Huffington Post list of “Game Changers” in 2010—a group of 100 “innovators, mavericks, visionaries and leaders ... who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it”—Burger has also received a number of national awards, including the 2001 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo National Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, and the Chauvenet Prize from the Mathematical Association of America. In January 2013 he was inducted as one of the first Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.

A noted scholar, Burger has authored or co-authored more than 35 research articles (with 15 undergraduate co-authors) as well as 12 books including his most recent, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, co-authored with Michael Starbird from The University of Texas at Austin.

He has delivered more than 400 lectures worldwide and has appeared on more than

40 radio and TV programs. His appearance on an episode of NBC’s “Science of the Winter Olympics” series earned him a Telly Award.

Burger has been described as “an eloquent spokesperson for the liberal arts.” In addition, Elaine Craddock, professor of religion at Southwestern and a member of the Presidential Search Committee, says, “Ed is the quintessential teacher-scholar with sterling academic credentials who publishes widely but who also focuses on undergraduate education. He understands Southwestern’s vibrant interdisciplinary curriculum and how to nurture deeper creativity and innovation.”

Burger says, “Southwestern is a leader in offering profound, life-changing experiences that allow individuals to see themselves and their world in a richer, more focused way. I am excited by the energy and creativity that seems to permeate throughout the Southwestern community, particularly through the evolution of Paideia.”

Burger will succeed President Jake B. Schrum ’68 on July 1, 2013.

Eco Dome Takes Top Creativity Prize one structure, multiple uses Sophomores Kelsey Abel, Nathan Balke and Chandler Johnson were awarded the $2,500 Walt Potter Prize for their 2012–2013 King Creativity Fund-sponsored project.

“I was very surprised to hear that we had won, but it was very affirming of what we chose to do,” Abel says. “On a base level, we just made a dome, but perhaps what brought this project to the next level was the focus on what could be done with this design, specifically in the humanitarian aspects of housing the needy.”

Paul Gaffney, dean of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts and coordinator of the King Creativity Fund, says the Potter Prize selection committee chose the low-cost eco dome project because it was a good example of taking a creative new approach to an existing idea. “While geodesic domes have been around for a while, this team took a new approach to figuring out how (they) can be constructed quickly, cheaply and using locally available materials,” he says.

Balke, a physics and German major, says, “I wanted to do something to broaden my experience outside the classroom. Professor of Physics Steve Alexander (suggested) a dome project and it seemed like a good fit.”

Alexander says he challenged Balke with making something that would be more efficient and less expensive than what is currently on the market. Johnson says

the team plans to apply for another King Creativity Fund grant next year to work on developing a marketing plan for the dome.

The King Creativity Fund was established in 2000 with an endowment provided by W. Joseph “Joey” King ’93. It is designed to support “innovative and visionary projects” proposed by Southwestern students.

The Walt Potter Prize is named for Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Walt Potter, who mentored King as a Southwestern student.

Balke enlisted Abel, a physics major, and Johnson, an architecture major, to work with him on the project. He says the team’s biggest challenge was finding the best design for the hubs that would hold the various pieces together (see photo left).

Alexander says the students’ hub design can be used with a variety of different materials, including metal pipe, wooden beams, bamboo or PVC. And, the same hub design can be used to build different types of geodesic domes.

Throughout the project, people suggested numerous possible uses for the dome structure—everything from greenhouses to emergency shelters and storage units to sunrooms.

The trio is currently looking at alternative materials and working on getting their creation into large-scale production.

$1 Million Science Challenge Southwestern plans to break ground on its new science center in late 2013, thanks to a $1 million challenge grant the University has received from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla. If $1 million in matching funds is raised by the end of 2013, the University will have the $8 million needed to begin work on the first phase of the project, which will add 23,700 square feet of space to Southwestern’s existing Fondren-Jones Science Hall.

The second phase will be the complete remodeling of the original 1954 section of the building, followed by a new three-story entrance on the northwest side. When complete, the building will have 103,000 square feet for classrooms, offices, seminar rooms and laboratories. The total cost of the new science center is projected to be $24 million.

Additional gifts have been received to support phase one of the science center project, including $3 million from The Cullen Foundation, $1 million from The Fondren Foundation, $1 million from The Brown Foundation, Inc., and $250,000 from the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation.

To learn more or to make a gift in support of the sciences at Southwestern, visit www.southwestern.edu/giving/sciences/.

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Thibodeau ’13 Garners Top Undergraduate Award As a senior volleyball player, Rachel Thibodeau ’13, received one of only 58 NCAA postgraduate scholarships given across all NCAA divisions to 2012–13 fall sports athletes.

Unsure she was qualified for the award, Thibodeau says she was reassured that she would be a strong candidate by Volleyball Coach Hannah Long and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Glada Munt.

“Knowing that they both thought I was a worthy candidate was an honor in itself,” she says. “When I realized that I was one of only 29 female athletes to receive the scholarship, I was unbelievably honored.”

To qualify for the award, student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, maintaining at least a 3.2 grade-point average, among other requirements. A psychology major and member of the SU women’s volleyball team, Thibodeau

achieved a 4.0 GPA and received numerous athletic awards including SCAC Player-ofthe-Year, CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team and AVCA Third Team All-America.

For Thibodeau, the best thing about being an athlete at Southwestern was having the opportunity to not only compete on a nationally recognized volleyball team, but also to be involved in several campus organizations and to build relationships with students and professors off the court.

“Receiving this award was essentially the culmination of everything I hoped to achieve as a Division III athlete: excelling both academically and athletically,” she says.

Thibodeau says she will use the $7,500 award—given specifically for the purpose of funding graduate school—toward her pursuit of a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology with an emphasis on child development and neuroscience at the University of Alabama.

in which players put their pads, uniforms, hats and gloves for 30 minutes and it kills the bacteria. “That means no more locker room odor, and we’re all happy about that!,” says Munt.

In addition to the field house, the east end of campus will be home to two lighted multi-purpose athletics fields, a throwing area for discuss and shot-put, and a running track. “We have a five-time Olympian as

our track coach and this is the first time we’ve had a track on campus,” Munt says.

“We’re thrilled!”

Further up the hill, where there was once a grassy slope outside the Robertson Center facing the baseball field, will soon be the Coach Jim Mallon Field House (informally called the new baseball locker room). Munt says the building will be ready for use by the fall semester.

Facilities Stay on Target If you’ve been on campus in the past six months—or if you’ve driven past the east side of campus on Highway 29—you have seen some major projects going on.

Where you see the heavy equipment moving around on the former golf course is where the new football field house, athletics fields and track will be.

According to Glada Munt, director of intercollegiate athletics, the project remains on target for an Aug. 1 completion. The field house is near completion and the turf on the practice fields has been rolled out.

The yet-to-be-named field house will include coaches’ offices, a weight room for all Southwestern athletes—set up for strength training, conditioning and power lifting—and a locker room for the football and men’s lacrosse teams. Munt says the new, 30-inch lockers will hold uniforms, pads, helmets and more. “Our current 14-inch lockers don’t even hold a typical men’s basketball shoe,” she explains. Another positive feature of the locker room will be the addition of a machine called an Ozoner, 22

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Singing in the (Locker Room) Shower Swimmers Ivan Cruickshank and Tommy Frashier have combined their love of the water with another unlikely passion— singing. Do they sing in the locker room shower? That’s confidential, but the two did join voices on the pool deck to sing the National Anthem prior to a home swim meet in January.

Frashier, a sophomore business major with a political science minor, says the best advice he’s received to date was given by swimmer Adrian Gomez, who often said at practice, “The best get better by working on what they aren’t good at.” Frashier thinks the worst mistake for new students is to be too worried to do anything but the minimum. “All of the great rewards come from the extras,” he says.

In February, Frashier’s hard work and participation in the “extras” paid off with a 1st place finish in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:39.97, setting a new school record. In addition to being a member of the swim team, Frashier is also a member of the SU Chorale and Student Congress. Off campus, he is a volunteer English as a Second Language teacher at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown.

Cruickshank is a senior biology major and a member of the SU Chorale. He has been a member of Southwestern’s record-breaking freestyle and medley relay teams, as well as a leader in the individual freestyle and backstroke events.

PIRATES ON THE (AIR)WAVES

Ivan Cruickshank and Tommy Frashier make a splash in song as they sing the National Anthem before the start of a January 2013 swim meet. Both are members of the swim team as well as the SU Chorale. See the video at www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=620177592357.

This fall, K-MAC Sports will provide audio and HD video play-by-play action and sports commentary for all 10 (home and away) football games. Log on to kmacsports.com to learn more.

Pirate fans are also able to get in on the action of volleyball, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball, lacrosse and soccer home conference games—audio only via kmacsports.com and video via CollegeTVTicket at collegetvticket.com.

Jim Mallon on Deck Former players receive go-ahead to fund bronze Another “alumni-driven project, supported in spirit by the University,” says Glada Munt, is one that baseball alumni Pat Leonard ’90 and Danny Mickan ’84 conceived to install a life-size bronze statue of the late Coach Jim Mallon overlooking the baseball field. “Looking out over the east side of campus was Coach Mallon’s favorite view,” says Munt. The former Pirates received the blessing of Mallon’s wife and sons for the memorial and are now in the process of funding its cost through donations from other Southwestern alumni. The statue should be installed some time during the 2013–14 academic year. spring 2013 www.southwestern.edu

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REUNION YEAR

The Original Social Network The following Class Notes were submitted June 30–Dec. 31, 2012. Share your accomplishments, achievements and life milestones with friends and classmates! Submit your Class Note by visiting www.sualumni.net. Select “Connect” from the main menu, then “Class Notes.” You may also email your Class Note to alumni@southwestern.edu.

Alumni Council 2012–2014 Blake Stanford ’81 President

Daryl Allen ’93 Class Notes on SUAlumni.net Timely  Searchable by city or category  Exclusive to the SUAlumni.net community  Connected to individual member profiles 

Submit your class note through www.sualumni.net 1.

“Connect” from the menu bar and click on “Class Notes.”

2. Login. Click “Add Class Note.”

3. First-time user? Email alumni@southwestern.edu for your Constituent ID.

1955

1967

President-Elect

The Honorable Sen. Joan Bray, St. Louis, Mo.,

Hector Ruíz ’10

was a 2012 recipient of the Starkloff Legacy Award by Paraquad, a company whose mission is to “empower people with disabilities to increase their independence through choice and opportunity.” The award is presented to an individual who has dedicated their life to promoting positive change for people with disabilities.

1969 Fleming Crim, Madison, Wis., was selected by

the National Science Foundation to serve as assistant director for the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

1979 Shirley Tatum, Stillwater, Okla., earned her Master

Ann Truog Hardy, Colleyville, has won a number of awards in the past year including “Best Painting” in the National Exhibition of American Women Artists and “Best of Show” for 2012 in the Texas and the Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition. She was recently accepted into Western Oil Painters of America, an organization “dedicated to preserving and promoting excellence in representational art.” Ann can be found regularly painting in her treehouse studio and studying to hone her skills.

She is also a mentor for disadvantaged students aged 10–13, teaching them to paint and about the “disciplines of life.” Her work can be seen at www.annhardy.com.

of Library Science degree from Emporia State University in Dec. 2011. She is the Research and Instruction Librarian at Langston University.

1961

1982

William Seale, Jasper, see The Rev. Milton Jordan Jr. ’62.

Robert Coats, Bloomington, is the band director for

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Ed Ellis ’64 Nominations and Awards Chair

Susan Peace Holley ’73 Homecoming and Reunions Chair

Tim Treviño ’93 Local Associations Chair

Harland DeWitt ’92 Alumni Connection Groups Chair

Yesenia García ’03 Assembly Program Chair

Marisela Treviño Orta ’99 Assembly Program Chair-Elect

Ebony Rose ’02 Alumni Communications Chair

Peggy Palmer Francis, San Antonio, was the

recipient of two awards in 2012. She was presented the Nursing Leadership Award by the Medical Center Rotary Club of San Antonio, and the Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award by the Texas Nurse Practitioners.

Peggy is a nurse practitioner with Urology San Antonio.

the Bloomington Independent School District.

1983

The Rev. Milton Jordan Jr., Georgetown, is the

David Menconi, Raleigh, N.C., is the author of “Ryan

co-author of a book published in Oct. 2012 titled “Just Between Us: Stories and Memories from the Texas Pines.” His friend, William Seale ’61, was a contributor to the book. The stories included in the book “are firsthand accounts by those who know the region [East Texas] best, and they serve as glimpses into life in the Pine Belt that to this point have not been recorded or widely shared.”

Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown.” The book is a true story about the rise of the 1990s insurgent-country band “Whiskeytown.” Ryan Adams was a singer-songwriter for the band and Menconi witnessed the band’s rise to fame. Menconi has been the music critic at The News & Observer in Raleigh since 1991. His writing has appeared in Spin, Billboard and The New York Times.

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Class Relations Chair

Cynthia Olson Bourland ’89 Lifelong Learning Chair

Matt ’80 and Donna Carter Worley ’80 At-large Members

Chris Cragg ’83 At-large Member

Pam Slaughter Bush ’76 Trustee Representative

Sarah Puffer, Class of 2014 Student Representative

Karen Hanson-Flowers ’75 Ex-officio, Annual Giving Board Chair

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1984 Terry Whitley, Moody, was appointed a member

of the Board of Trustees of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University in Oct. 2012. The school is a non-profit professional education program for bank officers and is sponsored by the Texas Bankers Association along with 14 other bankers’ associations in southern states.

1985 John Baldwin, McKinney, received his Master of

Divinity degree and graduated magna cum laude from Perkins School of Theology. He is the Senior Minister at First United Methodist Church of Celina.

1986

The Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary! In honor of this occasion, we would like your feedback. Visit www.sualumni.net/AlumniSurvey before June 10, 2013. In the meantime, join us in celebrating some of what we have achieved in 10 years: Dedication of the Jake B. ’68 and Jane Woodman Schrum ’70 Alumni Center.

14 local associations across the country.

19 alumni connection groups.

12 class reunions held annually.

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend record attendance for 7 out of 10 years.

Increasing number of alumni volunteers each year (598 individuals in 2012).

Mark Graves, Plano, and his wife, Michelle, are

adventuring around the South Pacific on their 38-foot sailboat. He remarks, “…we’re sailing west through French Polynesia to the Kingdom of Tonga, and then south to New Zealand. We’ll see where the winds take us from there…” Read about their travels in their blog http://svcheers.wordpress.com/.

1988 Tom Stell, Houston, was listed as one of Houston

Press’ “100 Creatives” due to his work in the arts community as the executive director of Obsidian Art Space, which gives him an opportunity to write, direct and act. He is also a painter.

1989 Jerry Young, Houston, was included on the 2012

Texas and Louisiana Super Lawyers list. He was also selected as a Top 100 Texas Super Lawyer and a Top 100 Houston Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and evaluations, professional achievement and independent research.

1991 William “Bill” Alexander, Houston, see Laura Brown Nelson ‘07.

Danny Cohen, Westport, Conn., has changed careers

from being a commodities trader to being a real estate broker. He joined the company Citi Habitats in May 2012.

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Be Southwestern—Become an Admission Volunteer!

Alumni have the opportunity to volunteer their time and talents in the recruitment of students for Southwestern University through the Admission Recruiting Efforts by Alumni (A.R.E.A.) program. Visit www.sualumni.net/ AREAvolunteers to volunteer, or join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/Southwestern.AREA

BIRTH: John and Jessica Dupont Dapper, Austin, a son, Ryan Douglas, Nov. 10, 2012. spring 2013 www.southwestern.edu

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BIRTH: Michael Rausch and Catherine Pi-Sunyer, Bainbridge Island, Wash., a son, Adam Francis Rausch, Jan. 29, 2012.

1997

’05

With an emphasis on English for Speakers of Other Languages, Eryn’s thesis examined the link between arts-integrated education and increased language proficiency in an immersion classroom.

Brandon Reynolds, San Francisco, Calif., is the

Oh Snap! The 4th annual OH SNAP!

Festival will take place Saturday, July 13, at the historic Scoot Inn in Austin. This benefit concert includes local bands, artists and food vendors; proceeds go to the Sergio Machado ’05 Memorial Scholarship.

Members of the Southwestern community and all music lovers can remember Sergio and contribute to his legacy by attending the festival or by donating to the scholarship fund. For more information and ticket sales, visit www.ohsnapbenefit.com or www.southwestern.edu/ giving/machado.

1992

Eric Batch, Carson, Calif., was presented the Award

of Excellence by the American Heart Association (AHA).

The award is the highest honor given to a staff member and is presented to recognize distinguished service in advancing the objectives of the AHA.

managing editor of SF Weekly, which publishes local public interest stories (including news, food, music and art scenes) and humor columns.

Heather Reynolds, Seabrook, is the senior internal

auditor at Furmanite Inc. in Houston.

Genevieve Durham DeCesaro, Lubbock, is an

associate professor of dance and associate chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University. She has been named a 2012–2013 Integrated Scholar by the Office of the Provost at Texas Tech. She is one of 12 university faculty to be recognized with this distinction.

1998

BIRTHS: Brian and Eryn Kaiser Barker, Portland, Ore., a son, Christopher, Sept. 2, 2012; Michael and Elizabeth Dinn Marsh ’01, San Antonio, triplet daughters, Nadine Elise, Denver Paige and Iyla Dinn, Nov. 20, 2012.

2001 Tricia Mein Bruce, Maryville, Tenn., earned her

Brian Hollis, San Francisco, Calif., has been working

for inRESONANCE, a database solutions company, for the past six years. He implements FileMaker ®-based solutions and trains users in independent school districts globally, allowing him to travel and explore the world.

Joe Wilson, Highlands Ranch, Colo., see Darien Kubik Wilson ’93.

1993 Kate Eliassen Marley, Lincoln, Nebr., is an asso-

ciate professor of biology and science division chair at Doene College in Crete, Nebr. She was named one of the 40 fellows in the PULSE program through the collaborative effort of the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health. The effort supports a yearlong program in which Vision and Change Leadership Fellows consider and recommend models for improving undergraduate life sciences education.

BIRTHS: Kim and Chris Brown, Dallas, a son, Vance Andre, Dec. 31, 2012; Brad Nowak and Teena McClelland, Chicago, Ill., a daughter, Evan Laurel Nowak, July 15, 2012.

1999 Taryn Deaton, Alexandria, Va., earned a Master

of Theological Studies degree in May 2012 from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University in Philadelphia, Pa.

2000 Eryn Kaiser Barker, Portland, Ore., earned a Master

Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006. She is an assistant professor of sociology at Maryville College where her research and teaching includes the sociology of religion, social movements, Catholicism, immigration, organizations and applied sociology. She is the author of a book published in 2011 titled “Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church.”

Brian Burckhardt, Boerne, opened a pottery gallery

in Comfort in July 2012. Hill Country Pottery features Brian’s work as well as that of other local artisans, including painters and metal artists. The opening of the gallery included Americana musician and classmate Eric Hanke.

of Education degree from the University of Portand.

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Lockett Leadership Society*

Hector RuÍz ’10, Brownsville, is earning a Master of Accountancy degree Darien Kubik Wilson, Highlands Ranch, Colo., is

the vice president of Volare Systems, a software development company in Denver, Colo. Her husband, Joe Wilson ’92, is president of Volare Systems. In Oct. 2012, the company sponsored Colorado GiveCamp in Colorado Springs, a “weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for nonprofit organizations.”

1996 Keith McLemore, Buda, is the director of stra-

tegic initiatives for the Texas Nursery & Landscape Association. He fondly remembers his days playing baseball at Southwestern and remarks, “…there is not a weed in [my] yard. It probably looks like a baseball diamond.”

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at The University of Texas-Pan American and is a research assistant with the school’s Office of Rural Enterprise Development. Hector serves Southwestern as the Class Relations Chair on the Alumni Council for The Association of Southwestern University Alumni, a role he was appointed to in September 2012 to help strengthen alumni and student engagement. Similarly, his classmates elected him the Class of 2010 Delegate on the Alumni Assembly for The Association in spring 2010. He keeps his classmates informed about each other, the University and The Association through the “Southwestern University – Class of 2010” group on Facebook. Hector’s interest in strengthening student relationships with alumni is exhibited through his work with Latinos Unidos and the Hispanic Alumni Connection Group, another affiliate of The Association.

Most recently, he has collaborated with the Office of Admission to coordinate a recruitment event in the Valley as a volunteer with the Admission Recruiting Efforts by Alumni (A.R.E.A.) group. Hector remarks, “Being a member of the Southwestern family has opened my eyes, mind and heart. As an alumnus, my ongoing Southwestern Experience plays a role in my everyday life as I continue to learn and love within our close-knit community. We keep inspiring each other to value our diverse ways of thinking, respect all people and appreciate life.” *The Lockett Leadership Society recognizes alumni who serve Southwestern University and share the spirit of volunteerism demonstrated by McKenzie College alumnus and former Southwestern Trustee, Melville B. Lockett.

The Locket Leadership Society was established Jan. 29, 2011.

BIRTHS: Michael ‘00 and Elizabeth Dinn Marsh, San Antonio, triplet daughters, Nadine Elise, Denver Paige and Iyla Dinn, Nov. 20, 2012; Jenny Cuevas Tschirhart, Pflugerville, a daughter, Emmalyn Grace, Sept. 26, 2011.

2002 Melissa Iyer, Phoenix, Ariz., was named shareholder

in July 2012 at Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., the law firm where she has worked since 2006 representing governmental institutions and their elected officers. The firm remarks, “Melissa is a tremendous attorney and has had a prodigal career to date, including a key role in a landmark case before the Supreme Court of the United States [Horne vs. Flores]. Her abilities and intuitive insight about the law make her a tremendous asset to her clients and to the Firm.” Melissa was also selected as a Rising Star in the 2012 edition of Southwest Super Lawyers.

Ebony Rose, Fort Worth, is the assistant director of

the Texas Christian University Leadership Center. She oversees campus-wide educational programming and engagement opportunities for students to help develop their leadership potential in and out of the classroom.

2003 Tony Bonds, San Diego, Calif., is the author of “The

Moonflower King” and the prose editor for the anthology “A Year in Ink, Volume 6.”

BIRTHS: Anne Boswell and Gena McKinley, Austin, a son, Oliver Jude Boswell-McKinley, Sept. 23, 2012; Chris and Bethany Smith Scully, Falls Church, Va., a daughter, Lila Francis, Sept. 9, 2012.

2004 Scott Rocher, Atlanta, Ga., is a co-founder and chief

technology officer of Tonx, a subscription coffee service based out of Los Angeles, Calif.

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Proud Pirates! Laura Brown Nelson ’07, Houston, is an assistant director of development at MD Anderson Cancer Center. In a twist of fate, Laura joined a group of Southwestern Pirates in the same office. William “Bill” Alexander ’91 has been at the Cancer Center for five years and is a senior associate director of development. Laura’s classmates Kendall Pace Monroe and Kate Bizzell are also assistant directors of development. This group of “four proud SU [alumni are] working to fight cancer” by raising money for research programs specifically for the Cancer Center. Laura says, “We all knew that, much like our experience at Southwestern, we wanted to work and learn somewhere that would challenge us, but also fuel our desire to give back to our community. All having our own personal stories and connections to the world of cancer, we each found ourselves at the number one cancer center and could not be more thrilled. We all agree that because of the individual attention, specialized classes and incredible culture we had access to at Southwestern, we are better professionals and community members.” and Marcela Berdión-Straub, Houston, a son, Felix Pedro, July 12, 2012.

MARRIAGE: Kelsie Alstead to Michael Kiser on May 5, 2012, living in Houston.

2006

BIRTH: Michael and Kelsie Alstead Kiser, Houston, a daughter, Rylie Hope, Jan. 26, 2012.

Aubrey “Aubbie” Alexander, Salt Lake City, Utah,

MARRIAGE: Aaron Johnson to Kristin Grance ‘07 on June 23, 2012, living in Austin.

BIRTHS: Teague and Kim Hull Bodley, Columbus, Miss., a daughter, Arden Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 2012; Sean ’05 and Ashley Still O’Neil, Jonestown, a son, Gavin James, Sept. 5, 2012.

2005 Blithe Casterline Rocher, Atlanta, Ga., is working

as a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University.

is a full time teaching assistant at the Violin Making School of America (VMSA). She graduated from VMSA with honors in 2011.

Jim Silliman, Houston, has been selected by the

State Bar of Texas, Law Student Division (LSD), to receive the 2012-2013 Legal Professionalism Award, which promotes professionalism among LSD members by “rewarding participation in activities that further the administration of justice, enhance responsibility and provide service to the public.” Jim is finishing his third year of law school at the University of Houston Law Center.

Lynn Tarkington, Houston, earned a Ph.D. in organic

chemistry from the University of Houston in Aug. 2012.

BIRTHS: Beth Freed, Plano, a son, Eli Roger, May 30, 2012; Sean and Ashley Still O’Neil ’04, Jonestown, a son, Gavin James, Sept. 5, 2012; Christof Straub

Morgan Stewart, Mansfield, earned her Master

of Science Education degree with an emphasis in environmental education from Texas Christian University in 2012.

2007 Michael Maine, Seattle, Wash., is one of nine

selected artists to be featured throughout 2013 through the Community Supported Arts (CSA) program. The CSA’s mission is to “empower creativity by connecting art lovers with local artists, building a vibrantly creative community of thinkers, dreamers, artists and appreciators.” Michael uses photography, video and audio to empower people to find, develop and share their stories.

MARRIAGES: Kristin Grance to Aaron Johnson ’04 on June 23, 2012, living in Austin; Kendall Pace to William Monroe Jr. on Jan. 28, 2012, living in Houston.

2008 Dominique Bertrand, Buffalo, N.Y., earned her

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primatology from the University at Buffalo—The State University of New York.

Andy Lee, El Paso, has been working at the El Paso

ESPN radio affiliate KROD since 2008. In July 2012, ESPN El Paso launched “Sports Spin,” a two-hour local sports talk show hosted by Andy.

2009 Marie Franki, San Antonio, see Kelly Holt ‘11.

Jaclyn “Jaci” Kramer, Austin, graduated from

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing in July 2012.

She is a registered nurse working in a critical care unit at St. David’s Medical Center.

Rachel Rigdon, Chicago, Ill., earned a master’s

degree in rhetoric and public culture in Aug. 2012 from the School of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. She is working toward a Ph.D. at Northwestern.

MARRIAGE: Rachel Rigdon to Michael Morgan on March 16, 2010, living in Chicago, Ill.

2010 Teryl Henderson, Austin, is the annual giving

Graduates of the Last Decade, You Are as Good as GOLD! In 2013, GOLD alumni can double their gift-to-SU dollars through the GOLD Matching Gift Challenge. And, who doesn’t like a two-for-one deal?

Support scholarships, student organizations, the Schrum Fund for Paideia, an academic department or an athletics team—your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar. And, if you support the new Science Center, your 2013 gift will be quadrupled through the Mabee Foundation challenge grant.

Because Graduates of the Last Decade make up more than a quarter of all Southwestern alumni, GOLD gifts are especially valuable! Don’t miss out on the GOLD Rush.

Please make a gift today at www.southwestern.edu/giving.

Every Gift Matters!

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development specialist and phone program manager at The University of Texas at Austin. She manages more than 100 student callers, provides strategic insight to Colleges and Schools at UT, plans and creates yearly fundraising goals, and helps execute all annual giving campaign initiatives. Teryl continues to Be Southwestern by serving as the Class Agent for the Class of 2010.

Allison Noblitt, Austin, see Kelly Holt ‘11.

Jennifer Tindle, Houston, graduated with a Master

of Accounting degree from Vanderbilt University in May 2012. Since completing her CPA exam in the summer of 2012, she has worked as an assurance associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

2011 Tiffany Brigham, Denton, is pursuing a master’s

degree in higher education from the University of North Texas. Recently, she was the Graduate of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D.) guest speaker at the Southwestern Snapshot – Dallas event co-hosted by The Dallas Association of Southwestern University Alumni and Southwestern’s Office of Admission.

Mayra Gonzalez, Georgetown, is a financial accoun-

tant at My Plates, a Texas-based company contracted by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to design, market and sell specialty license plates in the state of Texas.

In Memoriam

Kelly Holt, Houston, has created The Austin Phoenix,

a quarterly magazine dedicated to the promotion of individual people and local entrepreneurs who are professionally pursuing their passions in life. Other contributors to the Austin-based publication include Marie Franki, Jack Frazee, Sarah Woolley ’09, Allison Noblitt ’10 and John Grimshaw ‘12.

Tyler King, The Woodlands, see Jessica Hughes ‘12.

None of us is replaceable and we are diminished by any who are absent from us. For the lives of all members of the Southwestern University community who have died, we give thanks.

Jean Meyer Riley ’37, Georgetown,

Feb. 15, 2013

Barbara Wolfskill Bahrt ’54, Richmond,

Jan. 13, 2013

Rose Spacek Byrd ’38, Austin, June 7, 2012

Larry M. Freeman ’54, Salado, Jan. 15, 2013

Sierra Perez, Austin, is pursuing a master’s degree

Geraldine Davis Fox ’39, Granger, May 21, 2012

Mary Janice Powell Gore ’54, Austin,

in science with an emphasis in social work from The University of Texas at Austin.

Edward R. Stanford Jr. ’40, Gaithersburg, Md.,

2012 John Grimshaw, Round Rock, see Kelly Holt ‘11.

Jessica Hughes, Austin, has been in a number

of theatrical performances including the Hyde Park Theatre production of “Middletown” in Sept. 2012, the Austin Shakespeare Company’s production of “Pride and Prejudice” in Nov. 2012 and a variety of children’s plays with the Pollyanna Theatre Company. Her most recent project was co-directing a play with Tyler King ’11 titled “Austin Is a Place” through Theatre En Bloc. The play discussed all things Austin ranging from the effects of expansion to breakfast tacos.

Aug. 9, 2012 Rae Hoyt Calvert ’42, Houston, Oct. 15, 2012 Posey Baggett Smith ’43, Andover, Kan.,

Nov. 17, 2012

working in the Keep Austin Housed program as a Housing Specialist Aid. Placed at the Goodwill Career Academy, she works to create housing stability for Travis County residents in financial crisis.

Dec. 10, 2012 Richard H. Jackson ’57, Claremont, Calif.,

Aug. 10, 2011

Charles P. Godbey ’44, Dallas, June 18, 2012

Lou Birdwell Parris ’57, Houston, Oct. 31, 2012

Dorothea Bishop Noonan Cubberly ’45,

Genevieve Linnens Richardson ’57,

Rosenberg, Oct. 8, 2012 Evelyn Pranglin Galloway ‘46, Pearsall,

Jan. 5, 2013 Elizabeth Knox Hardy ’46, Lawton, Ok.,

May 24, 2012 Naida Richards Gibson ’47, Paducah,

March 13, 2013 Clarence C. Schultz Jr. ’47, New Braunfels,

Sept. 30, 2012 Bettye Jo Bjella ’47, Corpus Christi,

Meagan Moore, Austin, is an AmeriCorps member

Dec. 25, 2012 Martha Pecora Cameron ’57, Austin,

Dec. 24, 2012 Max Curtis Jones ’47, Clute, Jan. 17, 2013 Mary Blunt Sherman ’48, Freeport,

Jan. 17, 2013 James R. Underwood Jr. ’48, Austin,

May 16, 2012 Photo by Lance Holt

Earl C. Hancock ’49, Waco, June 4, 2012 Bettye Crow Lindenberg ’49, Seguin,

Nov. 9, 2012 Louis Pitcock Jr. ’49, Dallas, March 22, 2013 Ralph H. Poteet ’49, Mesquite, Sept. 23, 2012 Tassie Barton Edwards ’50, Lufkin,

Dec. 8, 2012 Dr. John W. Foster Sr. ’50, Midland,

Oct. 19, 2012 Sherman R. Huie Jr. ’50, Dallas, Sept. 24, 2012 Henry F. Sheppard ’50, Cuero, Dec. 24, 2012 Marlee Baker ’51, Austin, May 19, 2012 Matt M. Dees Jr. ’51, San Antonio, Aug. 2, 2012 Mignonne Cloud Gaskey ’51, Houston,

June 7, 2012 Fannie Janette Bowmer Holleman ’51,

Burnet, May 3, 2012 Mary Marney Baltzelle ’52, Pompano Beach, Fla.,

Dec. 12, 2012 Elaine Broadwell Adair ‘52, Marshall,

Dec. 21, 2012

Huntsville, Oct. 29, 2012 Patricia M. Quested ’57, Dallas, June 29, 2012 Warner T. Dahlberg ’58, Austin, Sept. 25, 2012 Jane Hiller Lamm ’60, Houston, Dec. 24, 2012 Windle J. Taylor ’60, Jarrell, July 19, 2012 Ralph D. Love Jr. ’61, Andice, July 24, 2012 Julie Johnson Poteet ’61, Lake Jackson, Oct. 3, 2012 Herman Bulman ’62, Houston, Nov. 11, 2012 Nancy Hart Dickinson ’62, Clarksdale, Miss., Aug. 11, 2012 Wilson E. Whitmire III ’65, Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 26, 2013 William Lee Carter III ’66, Dallas, Dec. 16, 2012 Ronald H. Bearden ’67, Round Rock, Nov. 29, 2012 Richard O. Luderus ’70, San Antonio, Sept. 5, 2012 Hugh M. Parrish ’72, Austin, Sept. 18, 2012 Pamela D. Whitfield ’72, East Tawakoni, June 6, 2012 Marcia Jean Mason McKemie ’75, Dale, Aug. 21, 2012 Carol Storter Masi ’76, Austin, Dec. 14, 2012 Doris Vinson Moran ’86, Rockport, May 31, 2012 Beth C. Pittman ’92, Cary, N.C., July 11, 2012 Christopher C. Kennel ‘94, San Antonio, Feb. 4, 2013 Jennifer Murphy Martz ‘94, N. Richland Hills, Feb. 28, 2013 Gabe W. Lawson ’98, Midland, Dec. 2, 2012 Wade Tyler “Ty” Wilson ’02, Dallas, Sept. 13, 2012 Bethany Leidlein Deaton ’09, Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 30, 2012 Camille Blackmore Garey, Georgetown, Nov. 9, 2012

Gloria Chamberlain Dorris ’52, Victoria,

Nov. 22, 2012

Notices received after March 27, 2013, will be listed in the next issue.

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the last word

The Pledge Katherine Tanner ’13 Masters Candidate, Royal Holloway University of London

T he day I became a Southwestern student was full of excitement, unknowns and a bit of nervousness.

My fellow first years and I filed into the Matriculation Convocation ceremony, gathering together for the first time as the Class of 2013. President Schrum, in his black and gold robe, encouraged and challenged us to “Be Southwestern.” In response to his challenge, we recited in unison, “We commit ourselves to the University as a place and time of personal growth and joint endeavor; to learn and to teach; to discover what is strange and make it our friend…to gain knowledge and passion for lifelong learning as a means of loving the world and its people…” …and during the last four years, that is exactly what happened.

‘Home’ is relative and ‘family’ is ever growing.

The Southwestern Experience is one of relationships and discovery. During my time here, this proud 7th generation Texan fell in love with the world and learned that ‘home’ is relative and ‘family’ is ever growing.

Southwestern is “a place and time of personal growth and joint endeavor.” The first moment I walked onto campus as a prospective student, I knew Southwestern was home. It was so real, so genuine. I hit the ground running with a desire to live college life to its fullest, quickly discovering the benefits of Paideia—a unique

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cross pollination of academic disciplines that allows students to share questions, passions and service in a joint endeavor of self-discovery. And, the value of collaboration with peers and professors became significant as we each charted our individual path.

Through study abroad semesters in Freiburg, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey, the opportunity “to discover what is strange and make it my friend” transformed my sense of home and community and led me to know that the best souvenir is a friendship.

It’s amazing how stepping off an airplane without knowing anyone, deciphering a foreign language, and navigating a new routine can change one’s life.

Through constant determination, occasional confusion and a lot of smiling, strangers from the corners of the world have become lifelong friends.

Ultimately, the lessons I learned, the people I met and the discoveries I made as a student at Southwestern have collectively inspired my “passion for lifelong learning” in the classroom and in the world. I have learned to ask ‘what else?’ and I am ever eager for ‘what’s next.’ I look forward to even more Southwestern-inspired experiences as a graduate student in London.

After four years of personal growth, learning, teaching and opening my mind to knowledge and passion, I gathered together with my class for the last time at our Commencement ceremony. President Schrum was in the same black and gold robe, but this time we encouraged each other as we all commenced together to the next step in this journey of lifelong learning, friendships and discovery.

Every Gift Matters

Nelson Durst ’36 and Annie Bishop Durst ’36

“ My dad, Nelson Durst, always spoke of Southwestern University as ‘hallowed ground’.”

Growing up, we were aware of our parents’ financial commitment to Southwestern University. They established two endowed scholarships: one in the name of their parents, The Bishop-Durst Memorial Fund, and one through a bequest to honor former Southwestern Economics Professor M. L. Williams.

I give regularly to Southwestern, have included a bequest in my trust, and urge others to remember the value they received while at Southwestern and to do likewise.

— Janet durst sweet nichols ’66

Estate planning can be a complex endeavor, but one that can bring great rewards as well. For useful tools and resources, please visit www.southwesterngift.org. If you would like to discuss your options in providing for the future of Southwestern, contact Justin Gould ’98 at 800-960-6363 or justin.gould@southwestern.edu.

Photo by Lance Holt

Class of 2013 Raises the Bar Graduates Kadidiatou Magassa, Austin Painchaud and David Briner present the largest-ever Senior Class Gift in the amount of $111,331.32, representing record class participation of 76 percent.