Effective February 26, Ashley Wendler assumed the role of Dean of Residence Life & Student Housing (RLSH) ad interim. This transition follows the departure of former Assistant Vice President and RLSH Dean, Melinda Carlson. “I am excited about the opportunity this role presents, and am also hopeful and confident the search process will draw a […]
Author: Sarah Venables
Ryan Leibowitz is an SMU graduate student studying Applied Statistics and Data Analytics and serves as the graduate research assistant within the RLSH’s Office of Academic Initiatives. He began researching with the Academic Initiatives program during his undergraduate career at SMU. “What drew me to this team was the ability to use my data analysis […]
With the promise of food, kegged root beer and a good time, members of the SMU community gathered on Oct. 5 in the Ware/Kathy Crow lawn to celebrate Oktoberfest. An annual Ware Commons tradition aimed at bringing the residential community together, Oktoberfest celebrates all things fall. In addition to a spread of food and drink, […]
SMU Junior Dedeepya Chinnam, member of the RLSH Research Team, has been selected as a NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program (NUFP) fellow! “I found out about the NASPA Program through Dr. Dustin Grabsch while we were applying to present in NASPA Annual Conference,” Dedeepya said. “Dustin spoke about his experiences with the program and the influence […]
The #BlackAtSMU film centers around five tweets posted by Black students about their experiences at SMU in 2020. Each tweet will have its own dedicated chapter in the film and address the topics of police brutality, racism in the classroom, in athletics, and Greek life at SMU through documentary and narrative film segments. The film […]