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President's Scholars Calendar
FALL 2011

Date & Time

Event Description

Location

AUGUST

17, Wed., Assigned times


18, Thurs.
       

20,
Sat., 1:00 pm


               Assigned times

                                                

                4:00 - 5:00 pm

                5:00 - 6:00 pm


                          7:00 pm

21,
Sun.,  4:45 pm line-up


22, Mon.

24, Wed., 2 - 6:00 pm       


28,
Sun., 5 - 7:00 pm

Corralers move into dorms
(room #'s given at ck-in)

Students leave for Mustang Corral

Corralers return to SMU


Move in day for those who did not attend Corral
(room #'s given at ck in)

First Year Group Picture

New President's Scholars Welcome Reception

Night at the Club

Rotunda Passage and Opening Convocation

Classes Begin

President's Scholar Portraits
 (first come/first served)

President's Scholars Pizza Party

Residence Halls












TBA


Mack Grand Ballroom
Umphrey Lee Building
 
Moody Coliseum

Dallas Hall/McFarlin Auditorium



Perkins Administration Rm 311

Home of  PS Advisors J. Cook & Kathleen Hugley-Cook

SEPTEMBER

2, Fri., 1:30 pm     


3,
Sat. TBA


5,
Mon., 9:30 pm


6,
Tues., 8:00 pm




7,
Wed, 5:00 - 7:00 pm


10,
Sat., TBA


16-17,
Fri.-Sat.

16, Fri., 3:00 - 4:00 pm


17,
Sat., TBA


22,
Thurs., 5:00 - 6:00 pm

24,
Sat., TBA

Leave for PS Retreat


SMU Football - SMU vs. A&M

Return from SMU-in-Taos Retreat

The  Willis M. Tate Lecture Series - Linda and Mitch Hart:
James Baker, Fareed Zakaria, David Gergen

New PS’s Sponsor Designation Mtg.

SMU Football - SMU vs. UTEP (conference game)

Family Weekend

President’s Scholar Family Weekend Reception

SMU Football
- SMU vs. Northwestern State

President R. Gerald Turner Reception

SMU Football
- SMU vs. Memphis

By the Flagpole(Boulevard)

@ College Station
GO MUSTANGS

 By the Flagpole(Boulevard)

McFarlin Auditorium



Blanton Student Services Bldg, Room 110/112

Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS



Grand Mack Ballroom
 UL Bldg.

Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS

Home of Dr. and Mrs. Turner

@ Memphis
GO MUSTANGS

OCTOBER

1, Sat., TBA

10 - 11, Mon.-Tues.

15, Sat., TBA 



18,
Tues.,   6:30 pm

                     8:00 pm




22,
Sat., TBA
 


29,
Sat., TBA

SMU Football - SMU vs. TCU

FALL BREAK

SMU Football - SMU vs. UCF
(conference game)


 MCCOMAS DINNER

The Omni Hotels Willis M. Tate Lecture: Meg Whitman; former president and CEO of eBay

SMU Football - SMU vs. Southern Miss (conference game)

SMU Football - SMU vs. Tulsa (conference game)

@ TCU
GO MUSTANGS


Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS


 Grand Mack Ballroom

McFarlin Auditorium




@ Hattiesburg
GO MUSTANGS


@ Tulsa
GO MUSTANGS

NOVEMBER

1, Tues., 8:00 pm




4-6,
Fri.-Sun.

5,
Sat., TBA


5,
Sat., TBA


12,
Sat., TBA


 19, Sat., TBA


23-25,
Wed..-Fri.

26, 
Sat., TBA


29,
Tues., 8:00 pm
 

The Jones Day Willis M. Tate Lecture: Neil degrasse Tyson; Astrophysicist; Host of PBS’s NOVA Science NOW

Homecoming Weekend

President’s Scholars Homecoming Tent

SMU Football
- SMU vs. Tulane (conference game)

SMU Football
- SMU vs.
 Navy

SMU Football
- SMU vs. Houston (conference game)

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

SMU Football
- SMU vs. Rice (conference game)

The Tolleson Willis M. Tate Lecture: Katie Couric; Award-winning journalist and renowned broadcaster; best-selling author; activist for colorectal cancer research
 

McFarlin Auditorium






The Boulevard!!


Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS

Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS

@ Houston
GO MUSTANGS



Ford Stadium
GO MUSTANGS

McFarlin Auditorium


 

DECEMBER

TBA
 

4, Sun., TBA

5, Mon.

6, Tues.,

7-14, Wed.-Wed.


15,
Thurs., 10:00 am


17,
Sat.

December 15-January 16

PS Holiday Party


Celebration of Lights

Last Day of Instruction

Reading Day

Exams (No exams scheduled for Sat. or Sun.)

Residence Halls close for Winter Break

December Graduation

WINTER BREAK

LaHopkins home


Dallas Hall












 

JANUARY

3-8, Tues.- Sun.

10, Tues., 9:00 am

16,
Mon.


17,
Tues.
 


24,
Tues., 6:30 pm


24,
Tues.,  8:00 pm



 

27, Fri., 11:45 am-1:15 pm
 

J-Term

Residence Halls Open

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

First Day of Class for Spring Semester


The Frederick M. McComas Dinner

The Anita and Truman Arnold Willis M. Tate Lecture:
Michael Lewis, author and financial journalist

Senior President’s Scholar Luncheon

SMU-in-Plano










Martha Proctor Mack Ballroom

McFarlin Auditorium

 



Perkins Administration Bldg., Room 311

FEBRUARY

13, Mon., 12-2 pm

Regular Action Committee Meeting
 


 

MARCH

1, Thurs., 3:30-5 pm


1,
Thurs., 8:00 pm

 

 

10 - 18, Sat. - Sun.

16,
Fri.


20,
Tues., 8:30-9:30 am
 
22,
Thurs., 7-9:00 pm


23,
Fri.
             

               6:00 pm

             
               6:30 pm

              

               8:30 pm


24, Sat., 12-2:00 pm


27, Tues., 8:00 pm
 

President’s Scholars Usher Student Forum

The Oncor Willis M. Tate Lecture:
Michael Pollan-Best-selling author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma

SPRING BREAK
 
President’s Scholar Early Interviews

Breakfast for Interviewers

Interview Day Welcome Reception

SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEW DAY

Reception prior to Interview Day Dinner

Interview Day Dinner; Hosted by Dr. & Mrs. R. Gerald Turner

Alumni Reception (Pres. Scholar Alumni Only)

Final Committee Selection Meeting

The Lacerte Family Willis M. Tate Lecture:
Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, the Aspen Institute and current chair of Teach for America

Hughes Trigg Ballrooms

McFarlin Auditorium







TBA

.
Hughes Trigg Student Center Ballroom West
Mack Grand Ballroom, Umphrey Lee Bldg

Campus


Pre-function Area/
Hughes-Trigg

Hughes-Trigg Ballrooms


 Faculty Club


Perkins Admin. Bldg., Room 311

McFarlin Auditorium
 

APRIL

6, Fri.


16,
Mon., 5:30 pm

26-30
 

Good Friday University  Holiday (campus closed)

Honors Convocation

Reading Days
 

 





 

MAY

1, Tues.

1, Tues., 8:00 pm



 


2-8

9,
Wed., 1:00 pm


11,
Fri., 2:00-3:00 pm


11,
Fri.

12,
Sat.

Last day of instruction

The Gregg and Molly Engles Willis M. Tate Lecture: Billy Moyers, Award- winning journalist & Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer prize winner

Exams (No exams on Sunday)

Residence Halls close for non-graduating students
 
Senior President’s Scholar Reception

 Baccalaureate

Graduation



McFarlin Auditorium











 TBA

  Classes for Fall 2012 begin on Monday, August 20

Designated Mandatory