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SMU Graduate Award Fulbright Grant (09/07/06)
Vecky Juko, a recent SMU graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to research the democratization of the Croatian society, specifically the decentralization of local government in Rijecka, Croatia.
SMU Students Assist The Dance Theatre Of Harlem (09/07/06)
Associate professor Maria Dixon and the 2006-07 student consultants of the SMU Mustangconsulting group will travel to New York next summer to work with their new client, the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Latest Issue Of American Behavioral Scientist Edited By SMU Faculty (08/31/06)
Caroline Brettell, dean ad interim of SMU’s Dedman College, and Carolyn Sargent, an SMU anthropology professor, edited the September issue of American Behavioral Scientist.
Professors Awarded Grant from
the National Science Foundation (08/31/06)
SMU geology professors Bonnie Jacobs and Neil Tabor have received a $300,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for their paleobotany research in Ethiopia, looking at that area's plant life, geological history and climate 28-27 million years ago.
Former Dallas City Manager Scott Mcdonald Dies (08/28/06)
Former Dallas City Manager Scott McDonald Sr. died Monday, August 28. He was killed in an accident when trying to move a power line that had fallen because of the storm on Sunday. He was 98 years old.
2006-2007 Tate-Willson Lectures (08/25/06)
The 2006-2007 Tate-Willson Lectures at Southern Methodist University will be given by Professor Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology and affiliate professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Geniuses Win $3 Million Treasure Hunter Prize On NBC (08/25/06)
Studying for medical school, balancing social
lives and winning a $3 million prize is all in a year’s work for
three SMU students who recently won NBC’s Treasure Hunters
competition.
SMU Takes the "LEED" with New Environment-Friendly Building (09/05/06)
The first university building in Texas built for gold-level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is now open for classes at SMU. The J. Lindsay Embrey Building houses the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Environmental and Civil Engineering Department in SMU's School of Engineering. A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 11:45 a.m. on September 8.
Workshop for Dallas Regional Science Fair Held at SMU (08/17/06)
The “Get an Edge” workshop on Aug. 26 will help prepare teachers, students and parents for the 50th Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair in March 2007.
Rick Halperin Appointed Director of Human Rights Education Program (08/16/06)
Rick Halperin, a human rights educator and history instructor at SMU, has been appointed the director of the new Embrey Human Rights Education Pilot Program at SMU.
$35 Million Gift to SMU from Ray L. and Nancy Ann Hunt (08/11/06)
Dallas business leader and SMU trustee Ray L. Hunt and his wife, Nancy Ann, have made a $35 million commitment to SMU, the largest single gift in the University’s history.
Troy Behrens Appointed Executive Director of SMU's Hegi Family Career Development Center (08/10/06)
Southern Methodist University has appointed Troy Behrens, Ed.D., as executive director of the university’s Hegi Family Career Development Center.
Diverse Magazine Lists SMU as a Top Producer
of Graduate Minority Engineering Students (07/27/06)
SMU is one of the top five producers of African-American engineering students at the master’s degree level for 2004-05, according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
Halperin Elected Chair of Amnesty International USA Board (07/27/06)
Rick Halperin, a history instructor at SMU, was elected to his third term as Chair of Amnesty International USA, the U.S. section of Amnesty International.
ABA Honors SMU's Ellen Pryor (07/27/06)
Ellen Pryor, SMU's associate provost for honors and international programs and the Homer R. Mitchell professor of law, has received the Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award from the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.
SMU English Professor Wins 2006 American Book Award (07/20/06)
Darryl Dickson-Carr, an associate professor of English at SMU, has won the 2006 American Book Award for his book, Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction.
Perkins Theology Announces Staff Transitions (07/19/06)
Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology announces the following staff transitions effective September 1, 2006.
SMU Professor Uses Fellowship to Enhance Teaching (07/13/06)
Mel Coffee, assistant professor of journalism at Southern Methodist University, was named a 2006 Educator in the Newsroom Fellow by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
Guildhall Director to Give Closing Keynote at UK Conference (07/13/06)
Dr. Peter E. Raad, executive director for The Guildhall at SMU, will deliver the closing keynote address for GAMES:EDU in Brighton, United Kingdom on Friday, July 14.
President Bush Nominates SMU Professor to Literacy Board (06/30/06)
President George W. Bush has announced his intention to nominate SMU’s Patricia G. Mathes, TI Endowed Chair in Reading Research and Professor, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board.
SMU Names Interim Dean of School of
Education and Human Development (06/27/06)
U. Narayan Bhat, long-time SMU administrator and faculty member, has been
named dean ad interim of the University's School of Education and
Human Development.
The Guildhall Celebrates Commencement with Game Exhibition (06/08/06)
June 16 and 17 marks a celebratory weekend of accomplishment for students of The Guildhall at SMU, which provides a foundation in game development.
SMU Pom Squad Wins Nationals (06/05/06)
The SMU Pom Squad won the 2006 national championship in the open division of the Chick-Fil-A cheer and dance collegiate competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.
SMU Student Wins Nissan-WWF Environmental Award (06/01/06)
Richard Taplin Moore, an SMU electrical engineering major, was selected as one of 18 college students to research environmental issues in Washington, D.C., and South Africa through a new Environmental Leadership Program.
SMU Hosts Bookbinding Competition and Exhibit (05/25/06)
Bridwell Library in SMU’s Perkins School of Theology will host the Fourth Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Award for American Bookbinding June 1-3.
SMU Professor's Book Honored by Dallas Museum of Art (05/18/06)
SMU’S Randall Griffin, chair and associate professor of art history, was awarded the Dallas Musuem of Art’s Vasari Award for the best art history book authored by a scholar from Texas.
SMU to Host Symposium on U.S. Foreign Aid (05/11/06)
SMU will host a symposium on May 19 to address the issue of foreign aid policy from perspectives of several experts, including Jeffrey Sachs, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
SMU to Award More Than 2,000 Degrees at 2006 Commencement (05/10/06)
Southern Methodist University will award more than 2,000 degrees at its 91st annual commencement convocation Saturday, May 20. Honorary degrees will be conferred upon economist Jeffrey Sachs and medical leader Kern Wildenthal.
$1 Million Gift from Jeanne Roach Johnson
to Support Piano Program (05/10/06)
A gift of $1 million from Jeanne Roach Johnson of Dallas will support the piano program in the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU.
$1 Million Gift from Jeanne Roach Johnson
to Support Piano Program (05/10/06)
A gift of $1 million from Jeanne Roach Johnson of Dallas will support the piano program in the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU.
San Antonio Leader Mark Nerio Elected Secretary of SMU Board of Trustees (05/05/06)
San Antonio business and civic leader Mark Nerio has been elected to a second term as secretary of Southern Methodist University’s Board of Trustees at the Board.
Richard Ware Elected Vice Chair of SMU Board of Trustees (05/05/06)
Amarillo banker and civic leader Richard C. Ware II has been unanimously elected vice chair of Southern Methodist University’s Board of Trustees at the Board.
Carl Sewell Elected Chair
of SMU Board of Trustees (05/05/06)
Dallas business and civic leader Carl Sewell has been unanimously elected chair of Southern Methodist University’s Board of Trustees at the Board.
SMU Advertising Students Win Regional Competition (05/04/06)
A team of students from the Temerlin Advertising Institute at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts won first place in the regional (10th district) division of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) 2006 National Student Advertising Competition held in Corpus Christi, Texas.
SMU Names Interim Provost (05/03/06)
Associate Provost Thomas Tunks has been named SMU’s interim provost and vice president for academic affairs effective June 1, 2006.
SMU Events Calendar: MAY 7 - 13, 2006
Provost to Return to Music Performance
and Administration at Yale (05/01/06)
Letters to the University community from Provost Robert Blocker and SMU President R. Gerald Turner.
Law Professor Named Associate Provost (05/01/06)
Law Professor Ellen Pryor has been named SMU's associate provost for honors and international programs.
SMU Events Calendar: APRIL 30 - MAY 6, 2006
Anthropology Professor Named Acting Dean of Dedman College
(04/27/06)
Anthropology Professor Caroline B. Brettell has been named acting dean of SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, effective from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007.
SMU’s Diversity Efforts Earn National Award (04/27/06)
SMU has become the first Texas university to receive an Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) Award from the U.S. Department of Labor for its equal opportunity programs.
Dedman Center Receives International Masonry Award (04/26/06)
SMU’s Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports was awarded the Honor Award in the Education College/University category from the Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA).
SMU Events Calendar: APRIL 23 - 29
SMU Announces New Dean
of Meadows School of the Arts (04/20/06)
Acclaimed jazz
musician, scholar, composer, and educator José Antonio Bowen has been
named dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, beginning July 1.
SMU Professor Receives Hendrix Alumni Award (04/20/06)
Tom Fomby, a professor of economics at SMU, received Hendrix College’s 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award during the college’s annual Alumni Weekend in Conway, Ark.
Mathes Awarded Albert J. Harris Award for Article (04/20/06)
Patricia Mathes, Texas Instruments Endowed Chair in Reading Research and professor of
education in the School of Education and Human Development, is one of
six academic researchers who have collectively won the 2006 Albert J.
Harris Award from the International Reading Association.
SMU Announces Speakers for 2006-07 Tate Lecture Series (04/19/06)
Broadcast legend Ted Koppel, the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin highlight the 2006-07 season of the Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series at SMU.
H. Ross Perot Jr. to Give 2006 Commencement Address (04/19/06)
Dallas business leader and SMU trustee H. Ross Perot Jr. will give the address at SMU’s 91st annual commencement convocation on Saturday, May 20.
Perkins Appoints Associate Professor of Sacred Music (04/18/06)
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology announces the appointment of Dr. Christopher Anderson as associate professor of Sacred Music.
SMU Events Calendar: APRIL 16 - 22, 2006
Cox School of Business and Dedman School of Law Among Nation's Best
(04/13/06)
U.S. News & World Report released its 2007 “America's Best Graduate Schools” guidebook
which shows two SMU schools increased their rankings.
Renowned Wesley Scholar Accepts Appointment
to Perkins (04/10/06)
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology announces
the appointment of Dr. Ted A. Campbell as associate professor of Church History
with a concentration in Methodist history.
SMU Events Calendar: APRIL 2 - 8, 2006
SMU Receives Recognition From National Security Agency (03/30/06)
SMU has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2006-2009.
SMU Events Calendar: MARCH 26 - April 1, 2006
SMU and UTD Create Joint Laboratory (03/23/06)
In an historic public-private collaboration, SMU and The University of Texas at Dallas have joined to create a gold-standard laboratory for North Texas.
SMU Student Wins Bronze in 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (03/23/06)
Taylor Lipsett, a first-year biochemistry student at SMU, returned from the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, with a bronze medal in sled hockey.
SMU Events Calendar: MARCH 19 - 25, 2006
Perkins Youth School of Theology
Sponsors Annual Youth Forum (03/09/06)
April 8 session brings teens together for discussions on youth culture, societal issues and theological reflection.
SMU Events Calendar: MARCH 13 - 18, 2006
Kresge Foundation Provides Support to SMU School of Engineering (03/09/06)
The Kresge Foundation has made a commitment of up to $850,000 for the School of Engineering at
SMU.
SMU Student in 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (03/09/06)
Taylor Lipsett of Mesquite, Texas, a first-year student at SMU, is competing in the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team.
Perkins to Present Laity Award
to Allen, Texas, Church Worker (03/06/06)
Perkins School of Theology will present its 2006 Woodrow B. Seals Laity Award to Dan David Franck of Allen, Texas, at a noontime luncheon Saturday, March 11, at the annual Perkins Theological School for the Laity.
Larry Diamond to Speak at SMU on the New Iraqi Government (03/02/06)
Larry Diamond, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author, will speak on Wednesday, March 8 about prospects for democracy and stability in Iraq following the U.S. invasion.
SMU Director Wins Albert J. Harris Award (03/02/06)
The International Reading Association awarded the 2006 Albert J. Harris Award to Patricia Mathes, director of SMU’s Institute for Reading Research, and her five co-authors.
SMU Receives Largest Single Gift in its History (03/01/06)
The Meadows Foundation has pledged a total of $33 million to the Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts and its Meadows Museum at
SMU.
Senator John McCain to Receive SMU's Tower Center Medal of Freedom (02/23/06)
SMU’s John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies will award Senator John McCain the 5th Tower Center Medal of Freedom on March 6.
Dedman Law Students Win Regional Competition (02/23/06)
Trey Crawford and Duane Galligher, both second-year law students at SMU’s Dedman School of Law, won the 31st Annual National Trial Competition Regional Championship in San Antonio, Feb. 9-11.
SMU Professor Nominated for Grawemeyer Award in Education (02/23/06)
SMU sociology professor Anthony Cortese has been nominated for the Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book,
Opposing Hate Speech.
Student Finds Film Treasure During Black History Month (02/22/06)
In her part-time job archiving theater artifacts at SMU’s Hamon Arts Library, sophomore Emily George found an unexpected treasure: original sketches by director Vincente Minnelli from the 1943 movie “Cabin in the Sky,” one of the first Hollywood-produced films with an entire black cast.
Perkins Theological School for the Laity March 9-11 (02/20/06)
Perkins School of Theology will conduct its annual Perkins Theological School for the Laity, March 9 -11, on the SMU campus, featuring lectures on Christian spirituality and religious literacy.
Gifts from Bobby Lyle to Support Schools of Business and Engineering (02/16/06)
Gifts totaling $3.4 million from energy industry leader Bobby B. Lyle of Dallas will support initiatives in SMU’s Cox School of Business and School of Engineering with a focus on entrepreneurship and leadership.
Leahy Selected in D.C. Fellows Program (02/16/06)
SMU junior Lauren Leahy is one of 65 undergraduate and graduate students selected to participate in the Fellows Program at the Center of the Study of the Presidency in Washington, D.C.
SMU and Dallas Can! Academy Team Up (02/16/06)
A cooperative program launched this spring between Dallas Can! Academy and
SMU is exposing the academy’s students to science and university life.
SMU Dedman School of Law Honors Alumni (02/16/06)
SMU’s Dedman School of Law honored eight individuals at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner on February 11.
SMU Senior Among Nation's "Most Promising Minority Students" (02/09/06)
SMU student Sung Kim has been named by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) as a winner in the AAF’s “Most Promising Minority Students” national competition for 2006.
Library's Exhibition Gears Up for Bookbinding Competition (02/02/06)
For the first time, SMU’s Bridwell Library will devote an exhibition to highlights from its collection of master bookbindings.
Bishop Huie to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award (02/02/06)
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology will honor Bishop Janice Riggle Huie with its 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award.
SMU Receives Prevention Excellence Award (02/02/06)
Outside the Classroom, a Boston-based company that produces alcohol prevention and assessment tools to reduce high-risk alcohol consumption, has honored SMU with a 2006 Prevention Excellence Award.
SMU in Top 25 Most Connected Campuses (01/26/06)
SMU is among the top 25 most connected campuses in the nation, The Princeton Review announced in a study released Jan. 20.
Student Research to be Honored at Regional Conference (01/26/06)
Tierney Epstein’s research paper, “Obstacles to Citizenship Faced by Hispanic Immigrants in Texas,” will be honored at the 17th Annual Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honor’s Conference.
Gift from Custard and Pitts Family to Endow Scholarships (01/23/06)
A gift of $1.2 million from the William A. Custard and L. Frank Pitts family will endow four President’s Scholarships at
SMU.
SMU Students Awarded Dissertation Grants (01/19/06)
Three graduate students in the anthropology department at SMU have been awarded Dissertation Improvement Grants from the National Science Foundation.
Recordings Restoration Lecture Scheduled at SMU (01/19/06)
A new technique for restoring the rich heritage of recordings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries will be presented at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 in McCord Auditorium of Dallas Hall on SMU’s campus.
Bishop Huie to Receive Distinguished Alumni
Award from Perkins (01/16/06)
Perkins School of Theology announces that Bishop Janice Riggle Huie
of Houston will receive its 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award.
SMU Events Calendar: FEB. 5 - FEB. 11, 2006
SMU Events Calendar: JAN. 22 - JAN. 28, 2006
SMU Events Calendar: JAN. 15 - JAN. 21, 2006
Dedman Foundation Provides Matching Gifts
For Law School (12/15/05)
Continuing a long history of support for SMU, the Dedman Foundation has designated $3 million of its $20 million commitment to the School of Law as a matching grant to attract additional gifts for scholarships and faculty positions.
SMU Board Approves Leadership
Structure for Centennial Campaign (12/09/05)
As part of planning for the upcoming Centennial Campaign, SMU’s Board of Trustees has approved a structure for the top level of volunteers who will help to lead the comprehensive major gifts campaign.
SMU Events Calendar: DEC. 04 — DEC. 10
SMU Events Calendar: NOV. 27 — DEC. 3
SMU Events Calendar: NOV. 20 — NOV. 26
SMU Events Calendar: NOV. 13 — NOV. 19
SMU and Dallas Museum of Natural History
Announce Missing Fossil Link Dallasaurus (11/16/05)
Scientists
identify amateur paleontologist's find as the origin of an extinct line of lizards with an evolutionary twist: a land-dwelling species that became fully aquatic.
James Lindsay Embrey, Jr. - Obituary (11/12/05)
James Lindsay Embrey, Jr., a respected businessman, community builder, and leader of extraordinary vision and dedication who invested his time, resources, and energy in making life better for all who crossed his path, passed away Friday, November 11, at his home in Dallas.
SMU Events Calendar: NOV. 6 — NOV. 12
SMU Events Calendar: OCT. 30 — NOV. 5
Professor Receives Mexico’s Highest Honor for Foreign Nationals (10/26/05)
SMU Dedman Professor of History David Weber has been named to membership in the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca (the Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest award the Mexican government bestows on foreign nationals.
SMU Named “Champion in Health” (10/26/05)
SMU has received a 2005 "Champions in Health" Award from the Tarrant County Public Health Department and the Health Industry Council of the DFW Region.
SMU Professor Speaks to World Trade Organization (10/26/05)
SMU economist Kamal Saggi was invited to speak before the World Trade Organization Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 11.
SMU Honors 2005 Distinguished Alumni (10/24/05)
On November 3, an artist, an engineer, an ambassador, and a journalist will receive the highest honor SMU bestows upon its graduates, the Distinguished Alumni Award.
SMU Events Calendar: OCT. 23 — OCT. 29
SMU Events Calendar: OCT. 16 — OCT. 22
SMU Events Calendar: OCT. 9 — OCT. 15
SMU Events Calendar: OCT. 2 — OCT. 8
SMU Helps Bring the Party Back to Tulane, New Orleans (9/23/05)
Bishop Boulevard, SMU’s tailgate extravaganza, will be transformed when SMU plays Tulane and celebrates the spirit of New Orleans.
SMU Plays
Host to Katrina's Victims (8/30/05)
More than 200 Tulane University students
displaced by Hurricane Katrina – including
the entire Tulane football team – are
being relocated to SMU in Dallas early Wednesday
morning.
Dedman
College Dean Jasper Neel to Return to
Teaching (8/29/05)
Dr. Jasper Neel, dean of Dedman College
and vice provost of SMU, has announced
that he will step down from his
administrative position when his current
contract ends, August 15, 2006.
SMU’S
Perkins Youth School of Theology Seeking
Students Who Want To Be Leaders
(8/22/05)
The Perkins Youth School of Theology at
SMU’s Perkins
School of Theology is accepting
applications from high school juniors who
are interested in becoming youth leaders
in their churches and communities.
SMU’S
Meadows School of the Arts Dean Carole
Brandt to Retire (8/15/05)
Dr. Carole Brandt, dean of the Algur H.
Meadows School of the Arts at SMU, has announced her
plans to retire from SMU effective May 31,
2006.
SMU’S Perkins
School of Theology Announces New
Faculty Members (8/12/05)
Rev. Dr. Elaine A. Heath has joined the faculty as the
McCreless Assistant Professor of Evangelism. Dr.
Valerie Karras has been named assistant professor of church
history, with a special responsibility for the history of the early
church. And Dr.
Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner has become associate professor of pastoral
care.
SMU Hosts Event On Survey of Mexican
And U.S. Attitudes (5/18/05)
A survey of Mexican and Americans in 2004
found that despite significant
geopolitical, social and economic
differences separating the U.S. and
Mexico, citizens on both sides of the
border tend to agree on fundamental
issues.
SMU Marks 50th Anniversary Of First
African-American Graduates (5/12/05)
SMU will mark the 50th anniversary of the graduation
of its first African-American students during Saturday's commencement with special
recognition of the Rev. James V. Lyles of Culver City, Calif., and the Rev.
A. Cecil Williams of San Francisco.
Engineering Green: SMU Breaks Ground
On First Sustainable Building (5/12/05)
Every year as much as 45 percent of the nation's energy output is
consumed by buildings; lighting alone accounts for 20 percent of U.S.
electrical output.
SMU Announces Speakers For 2005-06
Tate Lecture Series (4/18/05)
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, journalist Christiane Amanpour and architect
Frank Gehry highlight the 2005-06 season of the Willis M. Tate Distinguished
Lecture Series at SMU.
Perkins To Host Hip-Hop Worship Service
(4/13/05)
SMU's Perkins School of Theology will host an outdoor Hip-Hop Worship Service
at 11:30 a.m. Thursday (April 21) on the steps of Perkins Chapel. Christian
hip-hop recording artist, La Crea, of Denton will perform, and Rev. Tiate Carson,
senior pastor of Bethel AME Church in San Antonio, will preach.
Spanish Architect-Artist Santiago Calatrava
To Give SMU Commencement Address; Three Honorary Degrees To Be Conferred
(4/5/05)
Internationally renowned Spanish architect, engineer and sculptor
Santiago Calatrava, whose designs range from the 2004 Olympic Stadium
to Dallas' Trinity River bridges, will give the address at SMU's 90th
annual commencement Saturday, May 14.
National Geographic's Wade
Davis At SMU April 12 (4/5/05)
Wade Davis, renowned anthropologist and author of The Serpent and the Rainbow,
will participate as part of the 2004-05 Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture
Series at SMU.
SMU Names New Vice President (4/4/05)
Dana Gibson has been named vice president for business and finance at
SMU. Gibson has a strong background in academic administration and
teaching in the fields of accounting and information systems.
$1 Million Gift From Stemmons Foundation
To Support New Engineering Building At SMU (3/31/05)
The Stemmons Foundation has given $1 million in support of the new J. Lindsay
Embrey Engineering Building at SMU's School of Engineering.
In recognition of this gift, SMU will name the building's atrium in memory of
prominent Dallas developer John M. Stemmons.
Dr. Mark A. Roglán Named Interim
Director Of The Meadows Museum (3/18/05)
Dr. Mark A. Roglán has been appointed interim director of the Meadows
Museum at SMU, effective May 1, 2005.
Yale Dean Named SMU Provost (3/9/05)
Yale University Dean Robert Blocker has been named provost and vice president
for academic affairs at SMU.
Spring Youth Forum For Perkins Youth
School Of Theology (3/9/05)
Dallas-Fort Worth area youth interested in community service or the ministry
will gather at a Spring Youth Forum on Saturday, March 19 on the SMU campus.
SMU Forms New School Of Education and
Human Development (3/7/05)
The SMU Board of Trustees has voted to create a new School of Education and
Human Development, to fill critical needs in the advancement of teacher training
and research on language acquisition and literacy.
First-Ever Women's Video Game Scholarships
Awarded (1/7/05)
The Guildhall at SMU and WomenGamers.com have announced recipients of the first-ever
women's only, industry-funded scholarships to attend the school, a one-of-a-kind
digital games education program. Three newly enrolled and two existing female
Guildhall students have received a total of $14,000 through the new scholarship
fund.
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