Category: Sociology (Student)

Calendar Highlights: Back to school in brief, Fall 2016

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date August 22, 2016

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Kathleen Tibbetts Welcome to the 2016-17 academic year! Here are a few Fall 2016 dates to remember: Opening Convocation and Common Reading discussion: Sunday, Aug. 21 First day of classes: Monday, Aug. 22 General Faculty Meeting: Wednesday, Aug. 24 Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 5 (University offices closed) First Faculty Senate Meeting of 2016-17: Wednesday, Sept. 7 Family Weekend: Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24 Fall Break: Monday-Tuesday, […]

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

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 25, 2016

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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Congratulations to John Kalkanli, graduating in May with dual degrees in International Studies and Markets and Culture with a minor in human rights

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 10, 2016

This week we are sharing some powerful SMU stories from the class of 2016… John Kalkanli has never seen the campus of SMU, but he says he loves it none-the-less. John Kalkanli is blind. Born in Turkey with a disorder that robbed him of his sight from day one, his family brought him to Dallas […]

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May Commencement Weekend

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 9, 2016

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

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 4, 2016

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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Associate dean for General Education addresses questions about UC-2016

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date April 18, 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

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date April 4, 2016

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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Sociology Students Meet the Steampunk Poet

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 15, 2016

Students enrolled in Dr. Nancy Campbell’s SOCI 4335: Social Movements and Collective Behavior course had the opportunity to meet Steve Sanders, a Steampunk poet. Mr. Sanders provided the class with a rich history and description of the Steampunk community (Steampunk involves 19th Century dress and literature with a Sci-Fi twist) and shared several of his original poems