Friends of SMU Libraries awards $45,500 in scholarships and grants

  • Publication date May 13, 2025
  • Categories: Giving, News

A true friend of SMU Libraries The Friends of SMU Libraries had another successful year of programming and raising funds to support SMU Libraries. At this year’s Annual Dinner and Meeting, Friends director Amy Carver announced the organization has awarded $45,500 to vital projects and programs at SMU Libraries. The Friends celebrated this achievement and…Continue Reading Friends of SMU Libraries awards $45,500 in scholarships and grants

Art donation on display at Fondren and Hamon Arts Library

Fondren and Hamon Arts Library display works of art The Modern Masters Tapestries series, which hung in the DeGolyer Library Reading Room before a renovation of Fondren was completed in 2016, are on display in Fondren’s Collaborative Commons and other areas of the library. Now, Hamon Arts Library plans to install several remaining items from…Continue Reading Art donation on display at Fondren and Hamon Arts Library

Breaking ground on the Rees-Jones Library of the American West

Forging ahead to a new frontier in scholarship SMU broke ground on the Rees-Jones Library of the American West on May 1, forging ahead to a new frontier of research, discovery and scholarly impact at the University. The library will enhance SMU’s ability to promote teaching and research on the American West, housing the world-class…Continue Reading Breaking ground on the Rees-Jones Library of the American West

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2025

Queen Mary & Normandie [No. 27], 1936, DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In April 2025, SMU Libraries uploaded 416 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 115 negatives, ca. 1936-1937, from the Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs collection. Highlights include 5 photographs from Merchants Distilling in Terre Haute, Indiana and a series of 32 images depicting the steamships RMS Queen Mary and SS Normandie, which were the…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: April 2025

Say “neigh” to stress with SMU Libraries!

Finals season is tough, but taking a break can help you recharge and refocus. That’s why SMU Libraries is giving you a fun reason to step away from the books: a campus-wide stress ball hunt with prizes! From April 28 to May 2, we’re hiding Peruna-shaped stress balls throughout Fondren Library, Hamon Arts Library, and…Continue Reading Say “neigh” to stress with SMU Libraries!

This is War! (Corporate War Games, That Is)

Competitive Success book

We interviewed best-selling author and marketing consultant Arjan Singh about his latest book, “Competitive Success: Building Winning Strategies with Corporate War Games.” Q: What inspired you to write about corporate war games? Mr. Singh: Corporate war games are a powerful tool for businesses to prepare for the future. I was inspired to write about them…Continue Reading This is War! (Corporate War Games, That Is)

In focus: Student film curators Jenna Healy and Manny Santoya

Meet The Mind of Nolan film series curators, Jenna Healy and Manny Santoya A student-curated film series, funded by the Friends of SMU Libraries and in partnership with the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at Hamon Arts Library, continues with a screening of The Dark Knight on April 10 at the Angelika Film Center….Continue Reading In focus: Student film curators Jenna Healy and Manny Santoya

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2025

Prisoners Released from San Juan de Ulua, ca. 1914, DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In March 2025, SMU Libraries uploaded 322 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 18 programs, 1976-2007, from SMU’s annual literary festival were added to the SMU Campus Memories digital collection. These programs list a schedule of events and have short biographies of the many significant poets, novelists, and other literary figures who visited…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: March 2025

SMU Literary Festival celebrates 50 years

1982 Literary Festival program

Celebrating the written word SMU’s celebration of the written word organized by students and SMU Program Council began in 1975. Former SMU English professor Jack Myers recalls the early years in his essay, “Personal recollections of the SMU Literary Festival: 1975-1995,” which was published in From High on the Hilltop: Marshall Terry’s History of SMU….Continue Reading SMU Literary Festival celebrates 50 years

Jacob Lawrence and Art as Storyteller

Detail of Jacob Lawrence Migration panel 23

In 1996, SMU honored one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century, Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), with the Algur H. Meadows for Excellence in the Arts Award. The prize and week-long campus events highlighted his prolific and extensive career as a painter, muralist and storyteller. Jacob Lawrence started his artistic career by painting a…Continue Reading Jacob Lawrence and Art as Storyteller

 

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