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SMU will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day weekend

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College grads, take heart: You’re entering best job market in years

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: May 24, 2016 On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the denizens of Southern Methodist University’s campus seemed to move at a leisurely pace. A few cyclists clicked along the pathways and the stately brick buildings, with their bright white colonnades, were quiet. Commencement had taken place a few days earlier. But […]

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Seven Dedman College students awarded prestigious national fellowships and awards for the 2015-16 academic year

SMU News Originally Posted: May 17, 2016 Congratulations to the Dedman College students recently awarded prestigious national fellowships and awards for the 2015-16 academic year, including Fulbright Grants and a fellowship to the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Hena Rafiq, graduated May 14 with degrees in human rights and political science and has earned […]

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Celebrating Dedman College Faculty Books

The Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute and Dedman College hosted the inaugural SMU Faculty Bookfest on Tuesday, May 3 in the Dallas Hall Rotunda. Remarks and presentations were made in celebration of books published by SMU faculty in 2015. View a slideshow of the event photos here. For more information on Dedman College faculty books, click here.

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May Commencement Weekend

Congratulations to all the Dedman College graduates. Looking for the latest schedule of events? Read More 

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SMU’s May 14 Commencement celebrates academic achievement

SMU News Originally Posted: May 3, 2016 SMU will celebrate the academic accomplishments of more than 2,500 students at its 101st annual Commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14, in Moody Coliseum. Guests are urged to arrive early as seating in the coliseum is limited to four guests per student. Additional seating will be […]

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George Holden, Psychology, corporal punishment legal but “damaging”

Daily News Originally Posted: April 15, 2016 Horrified viewers watched video of a Georgia principal paddling a 5-year-old boy as punishment — a legal but controversial action that has sparked a conversation about the effects of corporal punishment on children. It is still legal to strike kids as a form of punishment in public schools […]

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Associate dean for General Education addresses questions about UC-2016

SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: April 16, 2016 By: Peter Moore, associate dean, General Education Let me take a moment to address the issues Noah Bartos raised in his editorial regarding UC-2016. Noah is rightly concerned about the potential headaches various groups will face regarding two very similar curricula (UC-2012 and UC-2016). We are too. […]

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Dedman College students Aubrey Chapman, Carly Shuttlesworth, and Hannah Dudley discuss early graduation

SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: March 28, 2016 Aubrey Chapman, a junior double majoring in psychology and religious studies, is looking forward to graduating in May of 2016, a year earlier than her peers. After graduation, Chapman will immediately move on in her studies and get her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy at […]

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Congratulations to Psychology graduate students Margaret Sala and Rose Ashraf

Margaret Sala has been awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship. This is a three year award and very competitive. Rose Ashraf won the award for best graduate student paper at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development held in Denver on March 17-19.