Southwestern was formed and located in Georgetown, Texas, in 1872 by consolidating four root colleges--Rutersville, McKenzie, Soule, and Wesleyan--into Texas University, which was eventually renamed…

In 2020, Ernest Kurth Residence Hall was renamed Ernest Clark Residence Hall. Ernest Kurth was a longtime member of the Southwestern Board of Trustees and someone who actively impeded the racial…

Since its early years in Georgetown, Southwestern has enrolled both men and women, but in ways that segregated men from women students in separate and unequal spheres, both literally and figuratively,…

For generations, students have had spaces for them built by university leaders or have claimed other campus public spaces controlled by the adults at Southwestern for themselves. These entries explore…