Who is Paulette Taylor?

Paulette Taylor, who has been a crucial player in many events that have linked Georgetown and Southwestern, now plays a major role in centering the African-American experience in the collective memory of Georgetown

Remembering Georgetown's African-American School, Marshall-Carver

The Marshall-Carver School was a crucial educational and social hub for African Americans who weren’t permitted to attend schools in GISD due to strict Jim Crow segregation laws.

Remembering “The Tunnel of Oppression” (2000-2004)

Remembering a unique diversity education initiative of the past to reflect on how affect and embodiment shape an audience’s response to a call-to-action against systemic oppression

Remembering the Evolution of Queer-Centered Organizations at SU

Remembering the Mood Heritage Museum

This space, located in Mood-Bridwell Hall from 1978-1994, was the first systematic attempt to preserve and remember the history of Southwestern and Williamson County.

Remembering the shifting roles of Upward Bound

How has this public service/recruitment program at SU shaped how its participants see themselves and their futures in higher-ed?

Remembering the Gender Awareness Center, or GAC

The Gender Awareness Center (GAC) began in 1989 as the first space at Southwestern University dedicated to gender-related resources, activism, and discussion.

What was Southwestern’s role in desegregating Georgetown public schools?

Who is Betsy Barnhart?

Betsy Barnhart, the Associate Dean of Academic from 1990-1999, was the first advocate for in-class disability accommodations at Southwestern.

What were Operation Achievement and Passport to the Future?

Tracing the history of diversity recruitment efforts and how they were affected by campaigns against affirmative action initiatives over the years.

Remembering the "Wall of Voices" (1997-1998)

Examining the history of an early physical social platform at Southwestern to understand the pursuit and limits of student expression on campus

Who is Dr. Gregory Washington?

We should remember the achievements of Southwestern’s first full-time Black faculty member and first Multicultural Affairs Director, while also considering how the roles he played reveal Southwestern’s culture as a PWI.