The 2017-18 School Year Starts at SMU
Videos of welcoming remarks, preparations and events that signal the start of the school year at SMU.
Welcome to a new year on the Hilltop. Watch remarks by SMU officials, highlights of various events, move-in day and behind-the-scenes preparations for school's start. In no particular order . . .
A Night at the Club is a great way to meet other SMU students, think about how you want to get involved, and see the range of opportunities. |
SMU welcomed first-year and transfer students to the Hilltop during Opening Convocation 2017. |
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SMU Reads welcomed "Evicted" author Matthew Desmond to campus to discuss a widespread problem in America. |
SMU students were treated to their own personalized poem courtesy of the Typewriter Poet who paid a visit to the campus in support of SMU Reads. |
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Thousands of students, faculty and townspeople showed up on campus Monday, Aug. 21, the first day of classes, to view the Great American Solar Eclipse. |
SMU first-year students ventured out on 22 different area excursions as part of Discover Dallas during Mustang Corral 2017. |
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During the 103rd Opening Convocation, SMU President R. Gerald Turner addressed the incoming class of 2021. Read the transcript. |
Elena D. Hicks, Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Executive Director of Enrollment Services addressed the incoming class during Convocation. |
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SMU welcomes new students to campus with move-in day Aug. 16. |
SMU's first-year students posed for their class of 2021 photo on the Dallas Hall lawn. |
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Dr. K.C. Mmeje, Vice President for Student Affairs, is excited for SMU students to return to the Hilltop. |
A behind-the- scenes look at the preparations for the school year. |