The complex legacy of the Chapel as a place

The presence of the Lois Perkins Chapel on campus forces students and faculty to grapple with difficult questions of tradition and belonging.

Southwestern and Methodism

Southwestern’s complicated relationship to Methodism, past, present, and future.

"Monstrance for a Grey Horse"

In just a few years after it appeared on campus, this enigmatic sculpture has become a good-luck charm and object of worship for many Southwestern students.

Lois Perkins Chapel as Memory Space

The Lois Perkins Chapel, once the heart of the community, is now more of a materialized memory of an older Southwestern.

Construction of the Lois Perkins Chapel

A look into the History of Southwestern’s Central Religious Building.

Who was Lois Craddock Perkins?

Exploring the Life of the Woman who Inspired the Chapel

Charles Umlauf’s “Madonna and Child”

Forgotten Sculpture by Famous Local Artist in the Chapel Courtyard

F. A. Mood Obelisk