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SMU hosts series of sustainability events throughout April 2013

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Free campus screenings of two popular environmental documentaries April 4-5 and the return of SMU’s Engineering and Humanity Week April 6-12 are highlights of a month of sustainability-themed events that will underscore the celebration of Earth Day 2013 on Monday, … Continue reading →

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SMU prepares for Founders’ Day 2013, Bush Center dedication

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU President R. Gerald Turner sent the following information to students, faculty and staff regarding SMU Founders’ Day and the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center: April 2013 will be a month for history-making at SMU, as the George W. … Continue reading →

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University completes property swap with Chi Omega

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU has made a property trade with one of its sorority chapters to take effect Monday, April 1, 2013. The Iota Alpha chapter of Chi Omega at SMU will build its new house at 3034 Daniel Avenue, while the current … Continue reading →

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SMU prepares for Spring 2013 prospective-student visits

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Prospective SMU undergraduates from around the nation are visiting the Hilltop throughout March and April 2013. They include visitors in the University’s “Destination SMU” events for accepted prospective students, as well as potential President’s and Hunt Scholars. “Our students, faculty and staff are … Continue reading →

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SMU’s DeGolyer Library celebrates Joe Coomer’s life in letters

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

The career and achievements of acclaimed author and SMU alumnus Joe Coomer is celebrated in a retrospective exhibition running through Friday, May 24, 2013 in SMU’s DeGolyer Library. “Joe Coomer: A Life in Letters” explores Coomer’s creative process using handwritten drafts, … Continue reading →

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LitFest 2013 welcomes established and student writers March 20-23

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

AStudent writers from the Greenhill School, Hockaday, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Yavneh Academy, and Texans CAN Academy will read their works to open SMU’s 2013 Literary Festival on Wednesday, March 20. The Wordspace Student … Continue reading →

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Staff Development Day 2013 takes place Thursday, March 21

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU staff members can learn more about everything from PhotoShop to the Fondren Library media collection at the 2013 Staff Development Day Thursday, March 21 in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Continue reading →

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Nominate staff members for Faculty Senate awards by April 8, 2013

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Nominations are due by Monday, April 8, for the 2013 Faculty Senate Outstanding Staff Awards. The Faculty Senate will present citations and gifts to three exemplary University staff members at its final meeting of 2012-13 at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Hughes-Trigg Student … Continue reading →

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Economic historian Niall Ferguson delivers Tate Lecture March 19

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Kelsey Reynolds

Historian, writer, broadcaster and professor Niall Ferguson is at SMU Tuesday, March 19 for the 2012-13 Tate Distinguished Lecture Series. He will give the Omni Hotels Lecture at 8 p.m. in McFarlin Auditorium. Ferguson’s historical financial and economical knowledge has … Continue reading →

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New pope’s age, name, Jesuit history clues to future, says Curran

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

News that Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would become Pope Francis revealed “two significant surprises,” says Father Charles Curran, SMU’s Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Catholic theology. The first surprise? Pope Francis’ age: … Continue reading →

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