Current Adventures

  • Alternative Spring Breaks 2012. (Spring 2012) Celebrating its 25th year at SMU, Alternative Breaks is taking more than 90 students to nine sites during spring break 2012 to perform community service: Atlanta; Boston; Crawfordville, Florida; Denver; Los Angeles; New York; Taos, New Mexico; Window Rock, Arizona; and Quito, Ecuador.
  • Alternative Winter Break and ACE 2012. (Winter 2012) The Dedman College Center for Academic-Community Engagement (ACE) is participating in the Alternative Breaks trip to New Orleans in December. Participants in the trip, which is co-sponsored by ACE and the office of Community Engagement and Leadership, are working with Youth Rebuilding New Orleans.
  • Annamarie, Prague. (Spring 2012) Annamarie is a junior Distinguished Scholar majoring in film and media arts in Meadows School of the Arts and psychology in Dedman College. She is spending spring 2012 in Prague, the Czech Republic, where she is attending the CET Film Production program with SMU Abroad.
  • Ashley, Madrid. (Fall 2011-Spring 2012) Ashley is a junior majoring in Spanish and psychology in Dedman College and an SMU Distinguished Scholar. During 2011-12 she is participating in SMU-in-Spain. She is eager to improve her Spanish, to get to know other students in the program and to explore Madrid and the rest of Europe.
  • Ashley, Germany. (Summer 2012) Ashley is a junior majoring in flute performance in Meadows School of the Arts and environmental studies in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. During summer 2012, she is participating in SMU-in-Germany.
  • Brian, China. (Spring 2013) Brian Fennig, a senior lecturer in the Wellness Department of the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, is traveling to Yangshuo, China, for spring break 2013. While his ultimate destination is a Tai Chi school in Yangshuo, his trip will take him through Hong Kong and Guilin as well.
  • Civil Rights Pilgrimage 2013, the South. (Spring 2013) During spring break 2013, students, faculty and staff are taking a nine-day bus ride through the American South to visit civil rights landmarks and leaders in the movement. Political Science Professor Dennis Simon leads the pilgrimage with the SMU Chaplain’s Office.
  • Clara, Copenhagen. (Spring 2013) Clara is a junior journalism major in the Meadows School of the Arts, and the recipient of the Rotunda Award and Outstanding Scholar Award. During spring 2013, she is participating in SMU-in-Copenhagen.
  • Communication Students, National Conventions. (Fall 2012) SMU students are attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of a political communication studies program in Meadows School of the Arts.
  • Communication Studies, Taos. (Summer 2012) Communication studies students in the Meadows School of the Arts are at SMU-in-Taos, where they are studying nonprofit management and working as interns at nonprofit organizations in the city of Taos. Students will focus on issues involving the environment, the arts, public radio and TV, and nonprofit community outreach.
  • Cox Global Leadership Program. (Summer 2012) Four groups of students are traveling to Europe (Frankfurt, Bratislava), Asia (Tokyo, Shanghai), China (Xian, Shanghai) and Latin America (Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo) with the American Airlines Global Leadership Program at the Cox School of Business.
  • Daniel, Italy. (Summer 2012) Daniel is a junior majoring in art history in Meadows School of the Arts and minoring in Latin, classical studies and photography. He is participating in SMU-in-Italy: Arts and Culture.
  • Dylan, Taos. (Summer 2012) Dylan is a senior Hunt Leadership Scholar and David and Carolyn Miller Scholar. A member of the University Honors Program, he is majoring in English with a specialization in creative writing in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. He was named a Richter Fellow for summer 2012 and is the recipient of an Unbridled Project. He is working on his first novel at SMU-in-Taos.
  • Earth Sciences in Angola. (Summer 2012) Graduate students in SMU’s Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, along with Professor Louis L. Jacobs, are conducting research in Angola in southern Africa during summer 2012. They are members of an international scientific program called the PaleoAngola Project.
  • Earth Sciences in Jamaica. (Winter 2013) Nine students traveled to Jamaica as part of a multidisciplinary Earth Sciences course to conduct geophysical research on earthquake risks on the Caribbean island.
  • Gail in Thailand. (Winter 2013) Gail is a senior majoring in electrical engineering with a biomedical specialization in the Lyle School of Engineering with minors in math and chemistry. She is a member of the University Honors Program and an Engineering Fellows Scholar. During winter break 2012-2013, Gail received a Richter Fellowship to conduct research in Thailand.
  • Hannah, Ecuador. (Spring 2012) Hannah, a junior President’s Scholar majoring in political science and accounting, with a minor in Spanish, is in Quito, Ecuador, with BCA and SMU Abroad to study international politics, economic development, and social justice in Latin America.
  • Hilltop on the Hill, Inauguration. (Spring 2013) Twenty-one communication studies and journalism students traveled to Washington, D.C.,  as part of the Meadows School of the Arts’ Hilltop on the Hill program.
  • Human Rights, El Salvador. (Winter 2013) Eight SMU students, led by Perkins School of Theology Professor Harold J. Recinos and Embrey Human Rights Program Coordinator Sherry Aikman, traveled to El Salvador to study human rights atrocities that have occurred in the Central American country during the last 40 years.
  • Human Rights, Poland. (Winter 2012) Eighteen professors, academic professionals, students and community members from SMU and across Texas are traveling through Poland with the SMU Embrey Human Rights Program to study the Holocaust.
  • Human Rights, Rwanda. (Summer 2012) A group of 20 SMU students, faculty and staff are in Rwanda in August 2012 with SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program. The SMU group is sharing donated books and classroom and medical supplies with schools and orphanages. They also are visiting genocide sites and meeting with survivors.
  • Janice and Fantine, Vietnam. (Summer 2012) Janice is a sophomore President’s Scholar majoring in biological sciences in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. Fantine is a sophomore President’s Scholar majoring in biological sciences and mathematics in Dedman College. Janice and Fantine are members of the University Honors Program who received a Richter Fellowship to conduct research during summer 2012 in Vietnam.
  • Jewel, Taos. (Summer 2012) Jewel is a sophomore majoring in biology and environmental science in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. A member of the University Honors Program, she is the recipient of the SMU Founders Scholarship and Dedman College Scholarship. During summer 2012, she also received a Richter Fellowship to conduct research at SMU-in-Taos, where she will update “A Guide to the Trees of the Navajo Country.”
  • Joshua in Australia. (Spring 2012) Joshua is a junior business management major in the Cox School of Business and a political science minor in Dedman College. During spring 2012, he is studying abroad with SMU-in-Australia, which includes a study tour in Asia.
  • Katelyn, Costa Rica. (Summer 2012) Katelyn is a sophomore Hunt Scholar and Meadows Scholar who is majoring in journalism in Meadows School of the Arts and Spanish in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, with a minor in political science. During summer 2012, she is participating in SMU-in-Costa Rica.
  • Kimberly, Taos and Guatemala. (2012-13) Kimberly is a junior double major in biological sciences and chemistry in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. As part of SMU Engaged Learning, she is conducting an Unbridled Project in Guatemala during 2012-13. She plans to research health-related traditions, beliefs and practices in the indigenous Mayan community and evaluate how these values and beliefs occasionally clash with Western medicine. Before heading to Guatemala, she is studying at SMU-in-Taos.
  • Lade, Tanzania. (Summer 2012) Lade is a sophomore President’s Scholar majoring in mechanical engineering in the Lyle School of Engineering and mathematics in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, with a minor in art in Meadows School of the Arts. She was awarded a Boren Scholarship to study in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • Mayra, France and Spain. (Summer 2012) Mayra is a senior majoring in Spanish in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. The recipient of a Gilman International Scholarship, she is participating during summer 2012 in SMU-in-South of France and in SMU-in-Madrid.
  • Meadows School of the Art’s New York Colloquium. (Winter 2012) Students are visiting a range of museums, galleries, artists’ studios and other venues during winter break 2012.
  • Megan, Spain. (Fall 2012) Megan is a junior journalism major in Meadows School of the Arts, with Spanish and advertising minors. The recipient of an SMU Abroad scholarship, she is studying abroad in Madrid.
  • Nancy, Taos. (Summer 2012) Nancy is a graduate student in the Master of Liberal Studies program in the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. During summer 2012, she is participating in a course on New Mexico wildflowers at SMU-in-Taos.
  • Political Science, Washington. (Spring 2013) As part of the University Honors Program political science course “Law, Politics and the Supreme Court,” students and Political Science Associate Professor Joe Kobylka traveled to Washington, D.C., to research on Supreme Court cases at the Library of Congress.
  • Raamis, India. (Summer 2012) Raamis is a sophomore President’s Scholar majoring in biology in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. During summer 2012, he is traveling to Aligahr, India, as a Richter Fellow to conduct research on water contamination, child psychology and public health in a slum.
  • Rachel, Australia. (Spring 2013) Rachel is a junior majoring in management science, with a minor in business administration. During spring 2013, she is studying in Perth with SMU-in-Australia and is looking forward to exploring the country.
  • Rahfin, Bangladesh. (Summer 2012) Rahfin is a sophomore President’s Scholar majoring in economics, political science and public policy in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, with minors in religious studies and Arabic. He was named an SMU Maguire and Irby Family Public Service Intern for summer 2012. He is interning at Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, a Nobel Laureate organization that has pioneered microfinance for the poor.
  • Roza, Copenhagen. (Fall 2012) Roza is a senior Hunt Scholar, Mustang Scholar and member of the University Honors Program who is majoring in communication studies in Meadows School of the Arts and political science in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. In fall 2012, she is studying abroad with SMU-in-Copenhagen.
  • Saira, Pakistan and Washington. (Spring 2012) Saira is a senior President’s Scholar majoring in biology and anthropology in Dedman College. She received a Richter Fellowship to travel to Peshawar, Pakistan, during winter break 2012 to research the health of Afghani refugee children. Then during spring 2012, she will intern with the U.S. Department of State.
  • Samantha, Taos. (Summer 2012) Samantha is a senior majoring in biology in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. A member of the University Honors Program, she received a Richter Fellowship for summer 2012 to conduct research at SMU-in-Taos. She is investigating the frequency of ectoparasites in specific habitats by collecting them off deer mice.
  • SMU-in-London: Arts. (Summer 2012) Students are taking courses that explore solo performance and the city as performance. The students will create and perform original works, all against the backdrop of the Queen’s Jubilee and the Summer Olympics.
  • SMU Outdoor Adventures. SMU Outdoor Adventures offers recreational trips and outdoor skills workshops from its “base camp” at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports.
  • South Asia Conference, SMU. (Fall 2012) In September 2012, Asian Studies in SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences and the North Texas nonprofit SARII presented the 7th Annual South Asia Conference at SMU.
  • Stephanie, Spain. (Spring 2013) Stephanie is a sophomore majoring in accounting and Spanish, with a minor in music. During spring 2013, she is participating in SMU-in-Spain and is looking forward to immersing herself in Spanish culture.
  • Student Leadership Initiative, Africa. (Summer 2012) Seven members of SMU’s recently formed Student Leadership Initiative (SLI) are in Rwanda, Uganda and Johannesburg during May 2012. The students are researching human rights issues and empowerment solutions for three African countries recovering from decades of genocide, war, famine, disease and apartheid.
  • Taylor, Italy. (Summer 2012) Taylor is a sophomore Hunt Leadership Scholar and New Century Scholar who is participating in SMU-in-Italy: Arts and Culture during summer 2012.
  • Women in Physics Conference, Austin. (Spring 2013) Two students majoring in physics in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences attended the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference in January in Austin.
  • Vanessa, Taos. (Summer 2012) Vanessa is a senior majoring in biology and anthropology in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. During summer 2012, she is studying at SMU-in-Taos.
  • Virginia, Paris. (Spring 2012) Virginia is a junior majoring in art history, with a minor in French. She is studying in Paris with SMU Abroad and the IES Business and International Affairs Program.