Remembering Ebony

A brief history of Black student organizations at Southwestern.

Remembering a 1985 report on the experiences of people of color at Southwestern

Remembering (and Rethinking) the McCombs Frontier Americana Collection

A visual, material, and spatial analysis of who “earns” the right to create the social and cultural image of Southwestern’s place in history

Remembering (and Critiquing) Early Counseling Services at Southwestern

The first versions of Counseling Services reinforced ablelist conceptions of what a "normal" Southwestern student was.

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 Black Room” in Mood Hall

Amid a challenging social climate, early Black students at Southwestern created a space of their own in the dormant Mood Hall that they called “the Black Room.”

Reading the Plaques on the Mood Obelisk

What do you learn--and not learn--when you read the plaques on the F. A. Mood Obelisk in front of Mood-Bridwell?

Phonathon

Pirates connecting to alumni and parents to expand financial access to future pirates.

Mood-Bridwell: The Building's History & Legacy

Mood-Bridwell is undergoing another major renovation. Should we take this opportunity to also change its name?

Mood-Bridwell Hall

Mood Hall was twice a female dorm

Mood Hall is remembered as a male dormitory, but it also sometimes housed female students.

McKenzie Drive as memory place

A campus street named for one of the root colleges with ties to Methodism, the Confederacy, and slavery.