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Isabelle Galko’s environmental activism sparked study of policy change

SMU News SMU senior environmental science major Isabelle Galko is one of just 41 American university students named a Marshall Scholar for 2022, a prestigious opportunity to pursue graduate studies in the UK for distinguished young Americans with leadership potential. The only student from a Texas university to receive the honor, Isabelle will use the two-year […]

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Advocating For Conservation in Marseille

Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: October 10, 2021 This post was written by Isabelle Galko ’22, a Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar. She is majoring in Environmental Science with minors in Human Rights and Public Policy and International Affairs. She is also a President’s Scholar, a member of the University Honors Program and assistant editor […]

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SMU’s Austin Hickle sees the road to change through public policy

SMU News Originally Posted: June 5, 2021 Receiving a prestigious Truman Scholarship will help SMU student body president fuel the journey Austin Hickle had something of an epiphany last summer: If college campuses like SMU were going to successfully return to on-campus learning in fall 2020, student engagement would be key to compliance with COVID-19 […]

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Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites

Event date: March 16, 2021 Time: 6pm Register for Zoom link: https://smu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wioi_0ZgR1CWZxxqtk_dIQ 

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2020-2021 SMU Tower Center Research Fellowship Recipients

Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: October 2020 Congratulations to the most recent Tower Center Research Fellowship recipients: Bibiana Schindler: Kelli and Gerald J. Ford Scholarship Recipient Varsha Appaji: Edwin L. Cox Fellowship Award Recipient Megan Sham: Henry S. Miller Fellowship Award Recipient Read more about the awards here.

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Dr. Rachel Ball-Phillips credits SMU and Tower Center for enabling international opportunities

Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: Jan 23, 2020 FROM SMALL TOWN TEXAS TO INDIA: HOW AN SMU TOWER CENTER FELLOWSHIP OPENED DOORS Former SMU Tower Center alumna, Dr. Rachel Ball-Phillips, is an adjunct lecturer in History and the Director of National Student Fellowships and the President’s Scholars at SMU. She credits SMU and the opportunities […]

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Tower Center features SMU alumnus Denver Nicks

Tower Center blog Originally Posted: November 2019 Denver Nicks, SMU ’07, a Hunt Leadership Scholars recipient and a Tower Center alumnus, is an award-winning journalist, former staff writer for TIME, and contributor to National Geographic Travel, Rolling Stone, Uproxx, and other publications. He is also the author of the books Hot Sauce Nation: America’s Burning Obsession, PRIVATE: Bradley Manning, […]

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Want to work for the State Department? Here’s how.

Tower Center Originally Posted: November 25, 2019 Diplomat-in-Residence, Kathryn Crockart, came to SMU to present information on how to apply for a career at the U.S. Department of State. The Department of State is the diplomatic wing of the federal government, handling foreign affairs and the promotion of American foreign policy throughout the world. As the […]

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Brexit Symposium

SMU News Originally Posted: July 10, 2019 SMU will be a participant in a symposium held in Oxford, England on July 10 to discuss the ramifications of Brexit and how the negotiations have turned out for the U.K. since the referendum. READ MORE

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SMU Tower Center is in Paris talking Global Migration Trends

Event Date: June 24, 2019 Location: Collège de France.11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France For More information: Bora Laci, 214-768-4716 or tower@smu.edu Immigration Policy in an Era of Globalization and Crisis (Paris, France) – SMU scholars will join other academics from various institutions in Paris, France to discuss “Immigration Policy in an Era of Globalization […]