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If I can vote, you can too

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Oct. 18, Melanie Jackson, SMU Daily Campus staff writer and DIS Study Abroad Copenhagen student who is also a Hunt Scholar, for a piece encouraging SMU classmates to vote no matter the obstacles. Published in the Daily Campus under the heading If I can vote, you can too: https://tinyurl.com/2j9xdd47 ​

 

I just voted in my first presidential election, 5,000 miles across the world from SMU with the help of the United States Embassy. If I can vote in this election, you can too.

Growing up, I dreamed of the moment I’d be able to vote in my first presidential election. I was excited as this truly marked a right of passage into adulthood. I never imagined this moment would have come in Denmark.

This semester I am studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark with DIS. DIS is a largely American program. Out of 1,600 students studying here for the 2024 fall semester, about 90-95% are American.

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Presidential center’s 10 years of impact

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April 29, SMU President R. Gerald Turner and co-author Ken Hersh, president and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, for a commentary on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Center’s decade of partnership after opening in 2013 on the SMU campus. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading Presidential center’s 10 years of impact: Bush Center brings a world of ideas and opportunity to Dallas: https://tinyurl.com/mt9exk4j

It’s been a full decade since the George W. Bush Presidential Center launched to great fanfare on the Southern Methodist University campus. To this day, the recalled image of five living presidents from differing political parties celebrating together demonstrates the spirit of optimism that has been the hallmark of the Bush Center.

President George W. Bush planned for a strong but independent partnership between SMU and the Bush Center that would benefit the university, Dallas, the United States and the world. Ten years down the road, we are grateful for the opportunity and our achievements.

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