Tag Archives: Residential Commons

Three SMU professors named first Faculty in Residence

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU professors  Mark Fontenot, Robert Krout and Tom Tunks have been chosen to be the first Faculty in Residence (FiRs) for SMU’s Residential Commons experience. All three of the first Faculty in Residence – informally dubbed “the Founding FiRs” by Residence Life and Student Housing … Continue reading →

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Loyds make $5 million gift toward SMU’s Residential Commons

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Paul B. Loyd Jr. ’68 and his wife, Penny Requa Loyd, are continuing their longtime support of SMU with a $5 million gift toward one of five new Residential Commons buildings designed to enhance SMU’s living-learning environment. Their gift was … Continue reading →

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Gift from Crain Foundation to provide Centennial Promenade at SMU

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

A gift from The Crain Foundation will help create a pedestrian walkway linking SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Student Center on the north with the new Residential Commons complex to be built on the southern end of the campus. The Crain Family Centennial … Continue reading →

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SMU centennial party continues with 2012 Founders’ Day festivities

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

SMU celebrates 2012 Founders’ Day Weekend April 20-21 with events ranging from a movie night on the quad to a “Picnic With the Profs” to Family Day at Meadows Museum. The public festivities begin Friday, April 20 with groundbreaking for the University’s new Residential Commons … Continue reading →

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$5 million Armstrong gift will help build new Residential Commons

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Two alumni who lived on campus as SMU students are now making it possible for greater numbers of future students to enjoy the residential experience with new enhancements. Alumni Elisabeth Martin Armstrong and William D. Armstrong (right), of Denver, have … Continue reading →

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Board of Trustees approves new Residential Commons plan

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Kathleen Tibbetts

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