We talked to graduating Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Bradley Potts about…
Category: Scholar Spotlights
Scholar Spotlight | What the City of Dallas can do to go Green
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Evan Snyder ’19 spent a semester conducting…
Scholar Spotlight | SMU Senior Spends Semester on Project for AT&T
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Zach Miller ’19 conducted his senior year…
Scholar Spotlight | Studying Policy and Medicine Goes Hand in Hand
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Noelle Kendall ’19 is majoring in biological…
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Noelle Kendall ’19 is majoring in biological sciences and earning minors in chemistry and French in addition to her Tower Scholars Program minor in public policy and international affairs. We asked her about her experience as a Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar and about why science and public policy matter to her.
Scholar Spotlight | My SMU-in-Normandy Experience
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we talked to senior Highland Capital Management…
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we talked to senior Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Tim Smith ’19, recipient of the Marian Tower Scholarship, about his experience on the inaugural SMU-in-Normandy: History of D-Day & Europe’s Liberation study abroad program. Smith is majoring in political science and history with minors in philosophy, international studies, and public policy and international affairs.
Scholar Spotlight | Using Technology for Social Development
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Visakh Madathil ’21 spent his summer in…
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Visakh Madathil ’21 spent his summer in Washington, D.C. as a data-science/ software engineering intern with the Chief of Technology Officer and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We asked him about his experience.
Scholar Spotlight | A Student’s Push to Make SMU’s Campus Stronger
HCM Tower Scholar and Student Body President David Shirzad has dedicated his…
HCM Tower Scholar and Student Body President David Shirzad has dedicated his time at SMU to making the school a better place. He’s been a Peruna handler, a member of the Mob (a group of high-spirited students guaranteed tickets to men’s basketball games), a student representative to the Board of Trustees and more. His latest mission is to give students more opportunities to have their voices heard. For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we talked to David about his time at SMU and what advice he has for younger and incoming scholars.
Scholar Spotlight | Jump-starting political organizations on campus
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we interviewed SMU Senior and HCM Tower…
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we interviewed SMU Senior and HCM Tower Scholar Drew Wicker about his political activism on campus. Wicker is majoring in finance and plans to attend graduate school after graduating from SMU in May.
Scholar Spotlight | Why I go on Mission Trips
HCM Tower Scholar Brian O’Donnell has gone on three mission trips to…
HCM Tower Scholar Brian O’Donnell has gone on three mission trips to Mexico and South America. Most recently he traveled to Mexico City over fall break and worked with an organization called Hope for the Poor. The Tower Center sat down with Brian to hear about his experiences.
Tell us about working with Hope for the Poor.
Hope for the Poor, founded by Craig Johring, works with three main communities in Mexico City.
One is a community living in the city dump —
it’s a place of last resort for families if the father doesn’t want to turn to criminal activity to make money. The people living there scavenge for things they can sell. Craig goes there and brings food and sets up soccer for the kids.
Scholar Spotlight | Getting Students Involved in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
The Tower Center interviewed HCM Tower Scholar Isabelle Gwozdz about her senior…
The Tower Center interviewed HCM Tower Scholar Isabelle Gwozdz about her senior year practicum as an intern with the Embrey Human Rights Program and her involvement in establishing the SMU Chapter of the Student Alliance Against Human Trafficking. Gwozdz is majoring in political science with minors in history, French and English, and will graduate in May.