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Undergraduate Education

Students Prepare for the Eighth Battle to Save Lives Case Competition

For the eighth Battle to Save Lives case competition, students in Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Pandemics course are presenting strategies to enhance user safety on the Katy Trail.
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Undergraduate Education

SMU Students Debate Solutions to Reduce Firearm Suicide

Undergraduate students in a public health course at SMU honed their persuasive speaking abilities in a formal debate on reducing firearm suicide. 
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Leadership Training

District Leadership Fellows Gather at Mid-Year Retreat

2022-2023 District Leadership Fellows gathered at SMU for a Mid-Year Retreat to share progress on their individual projects, and to plan for moving forwards in the spring.
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Leadership Training

Applications Open for 2023-2024 District Leadership Fellows

The SMU District Leaders program at its center creates a space for leaders to discuss Problems of Practice that are germane to the conversation happening in the field of Educational Leadership. – Dr. Eduardo Hernandez, Superintendent, Edgewood ISD, Texas 

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Leadership Training

2022-2023 District Leadership Fellows Cohort Convenes

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The 2022-2023 cohort of District Leadership Fellows has begun the year with an in-person meeting at SMU. 

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Institute for Leadership Impact

SMU Institute for Leadership Impact Welcomes 2022-2023 District Leadership Fellows 

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32 school district leaders have been welcomed into the 2022-2023 cohort of District Leadership Fellows, a hybrid in-person and online leadership training program for school district superintendents and executive district leaders run by the Institute for Leadership Impact at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.  

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Leadership Training

District Leadership Fellows Discuss Enhancing the Superintendent – School Board Relationship

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Dr. Chris Moran, Superintendent, Whitehouse ISD

Program alum Dr. Chris Moran shared his wisdom on effectively working with school boards.

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Leadership Training

Creating Impact Serves as Cornerstone of District Leadership Fellows Program

“The District Leadership Fellows Impact Model has been very beneficial for me. It gives me a way to distill big ideas into something that is very concise and easier to communicate.”  Dr. John Tackett, 2020-2021 cohort alum

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Leadership Training

2021-2022 Cohort of District Leadership Fellows Celebrate Program Completion

Gratitude, conviction, execution, growth, intentional, accountable and open are words the 2021-2022 cohort will embody as they move forward on their leadership journey.  

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Undergraduate Education

2022 Battle to Save Lives, a Global and Public Health Case Competition, Returns In-person

The seventh annual Battle to Save Lives case competition was presented by students in Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Creating Impact in Global and Public Health course.