All Stories: 107 All Featured Tags Sort by: Title Date Added Filed Under Queer Places & Spaces Remembering the Gender Awareness Center, or GACThe Gender Awareness Center (GAC) began in 1989 as the first space at Southwestern University dedicated to gender-related resources, activism, and discussion. By Antonio Mendiola ‘26 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Institutional DIBE efforts Remembering the shifting roles of Upward BoundHow has this public service/recruitment program at SU shaped how its participants see themselves and their futures in higher-ed? By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Town & Gown Remembering the Mood Heritage MuseumThis 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. By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Queer Places & Spaces Remembering the Evolution of Queer-Centered Organizations at SU By Ella Harmon '25 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Student-driven DIBE efforts 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 By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Town & Gown Remembering Georgetown's African-American School, Marshall-CarverThe 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. By Collincia Agyapomaa ‘27 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Town & Gown 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 By Collincia Agyapomaa ‘27 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Race at Southwestern Who was H. C. Risner?Uncovering the story of H. C. Risner and the deep roots of racial exclusion embedded in Southwestern's institutional culture By Bettina Castillo ’24 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Queer spaces Who are Hans Venable and David Stahl?Their story provides a window into the changing campus climate for LGBTQ+ students from the days of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the 1980s to the present. By Ella Harmon ‘25 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Story Who is Janine Pope Mays? By Bettina Castillo ’24 View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Story Who is Dorita Hatchett?Remembering one of the first African-American students to join a sorority and be a cheerleader at Southwestern, who went on to play a significant role in Student Life as an alum. By Bettina Castillo ‘24 View Story | Show on Map Previous
Filed Under Queer Places & Spaces Remembering the Gender Awareness Center, or GACThe Gender Awareness Center (GAC) began in 1989 as the first space at Southwestern University dedicated to gender-related resources, activism, and discussion. By Antonio Mendiola ‘26 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Institutional DIBE efforts Remembering the shifting roles of Upward BoundHow has this public service/recruitment program at SU shaped how its participants see themselves and their futures in higher-ed? By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Town & Gown Remembering the Mood Heritage MuseumThis 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. By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Queer Places & Spaces Remembering the Evolution of Queer-Centered Organizations at SU By Ella Harmon '25 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Student-driven DIBE efforts 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 By Shawn Maganda '24 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Town & Gown Remembering Georgetown's African-American School, Marshall-CarverThe 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. By Collincia Agyapomaa ‘27 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Town & Gown 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 By Collincia Agyapomaa ‘27 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Race at Southwestern Who was H. C. Risner?Uncovering the story of H. C. Risner and the deep roots of racial exclusion embedded in Southwestern's institutional culture By Bettina Castillo ’24 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Queer spaces Who are Hans Venable and David Stahl?Their story provides a window into the changing campus climate for LGBTQ+ students from the days of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the 1980s to the present. By Ella Harmon ‘25 View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Story Who is Dorita Hatchett?Remembering one of the first African-American students to join a sorority and be a cheerleader at Southwestern, who went on to play a significant role in Student Life as an alum. By Bettina Castillo ‘24 View Story | Show on Map