Join us to ignite the future

For over 100 years, SMU has enriched its students and the broader community through outstanding education, groundbreaking research and active involvement. Furthering these enduring goals, the University’s multiyear $1.5 billion campaign for impact – SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow – promotes new, pioneering research and innovative learning.

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Through their gifts, more than 61,000 SMU Ignited supporters are powering new paths for education, research and community engagement. They will leave a legacy that stretches far beyond SMU’s campus.

 

Strengthening Mustang football
More than 700 SMU alumni and donors contributed to the Garry Weber End Zone Complex – a three-level, 192,500-square-foot expansion of Gerald J. Ford Stadium that increases the functionality, efficiency and overall experience for student-athletes and fans. The new facility opened in fall 2024 as SMU entered the ACC, joining some of the most accomplished universities in the country.

Pursuing meaningful solutions
With the help of a Moody Dissertation Fellowship and support from world-class faculty, biology Ph.D. candidate Kelsey Paulhus ’24 conducts research into the causes of a life-threatening epileptic disorder. Her work may lead to more effective treatments for patients.

Forging the future
Thanks to hundreds of donors, in 2024 SMU opened the David B. Miller Business Quadrangle – home of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business – with the facilities needed to prepare students for an ever-more collaborative and technologically integrated world.

Community effort
On SMU Giving Day, the University’s annual one-day giving challenge, more than 4,100 donors – alumni, students, parents, faculty and staff, and friends – gave over $3.4 million for more than 200 causes across the Hilltop. Their gifts make direct impact on the experiences of students throughout the University.

Thanks to tens of thousands of donors, SMU Ignited has commitments well beyond $1.3 billion.

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Ignite a better tomorrow

We invite you to join us this exciting new chapter of excellence. Our supporters are the reason SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow will create new paths in learning and innovative, world-changing discoveries that leave lasting impacts on SMU, Dallas and beyond.

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