Category Archives: For the Record

Barnard, Ehring, Sverdlik receive 2012 Godbey Authors’ Awards

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Three SMU faculty authors were honored for outstanding books published in 2011 at the 2012 Godbey Lecture Series Authors’ Award Luncheon. The 32nd annual presentation took place Wednesday, April 25. The Godbey Authors’ Awards are presented by the Godbey Lecture Series in SMU’s Dedman … Continue reading →

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Dean David Chard named to national education post

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

The U.S. Senate has approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of David Chard, Leon Simmons Endowed Dean of SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, to the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences. The … Continue reading →

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Dean Geoff Orsak named president of the University of Tulsa

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Geoffrey Orsak, dean of SMU’s Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering for the past 8 years, will become president of the University of Tulsa on July 1, 2012. The University of Tulsa Board of Trustees announced that Orsak will be their university’s … Continue reading →

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Engaged Learning announces 2012-13 Unbridled student projects

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

In the coming academic year, 37 SMU students from throughout the University will take on special projects of their own design in research, civic engagement, creative work and internships. They are all part of the 2012-13 Unbridled Project, part of the … Continue reading →

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Chaplain’s Office presents 2012 Peace & Justice honors April 25

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Rev. Bruce Buchanan, associate pastor of community ministries in Dallas’ First Presbyterian Church, will receive SMU’s 2012 Robert O. Cooper Peace and Justice Fellowship during an 11:30 a.m. lunch and reception Wednesday, April 25, in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom. He will … Continue reading →

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Art History Chair Roberto Tejada wins Fulbright Distinguished Chair

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Roberto Tejada, Distinguished Endowed Chair in Art History in SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, has been named the 2012-13 recipient of the Fulbright-FAAP Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts. The award from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program will allow Tejada to … Continue reading →

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SMU honors outstanding achievement at 2011-12 Extravaganza

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU faculty, staff, administrators and students were recognized with teaching awards, service honors and the University’s highest commendation, the “M” Award, at the 2012 Awards Extravaganza Monday, April 16. On the same day, the University honored its best students at … Continue reading →

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For the Record: April 11, 2012

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Anthony Cortese, Sociology, Dedman College, has published an entry, “Advertising” (pp. 8-13) in the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by George Ritzer (New York: Blackwell, 2012). He participated in The Social Construction of Femininity and Self-Objectification at the Pacific Sociological Association in San … Continue reading →

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Will Power joins Meadows theatre faculty as Artist-in-Residence

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Meadows Prize-winning playwright and performer Will Power has been named to a new position as Artist-in-Residence in the Division of Theatre in SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, beginning with the Fall 2012 semester. A veteran of theatre, film and … Continue reading →

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Condoleezza Rice will be SMU’s 97th Commencement speaker

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will deliver the address at SMU’s 97th Commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Moody Coliseum. SMU expects to award approximately 2,100 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in the University-wide ceremony. … Continue reading →

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