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What is Engaged Learning at SMU?

Students taking an active role in their education, learning beyond the classroom, tackling real world issues, using the tools of the classroom, exploring potential career paths...

Engaged Learning Blogs about student projects and experiences

ANNOUNCING THE 2012 UNBRIDLED PROJECTS; Click here to view students and projects

  • Unbridled Learners
    Senior business marketing, photography and art history major Colby Kruger empowered young women to define "beauty" in their own way by teaching them photographic skills and developing a creative perspective.

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    Junior business marketing, photography and art history major Colby Kruger empowered young women to define
  • Unbridled Learners
    Senior statistical science and mathematics major Michael McCarthy built an information database needed to improve home care services for veterans with spinal cord injuries.


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    Junior statistical science and mathematics major Michael McCarthy built an information database needed to improve home care services for veterans with spinal cord injuries.
  • Unbridled Learners
    Senior dance performance major Lindsay Abigail Sockwell served as a 2011 intern for Family Legacy Missions International, introducing music and dance to orphaned children in Zambia.

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    Junior dance performance major Lindsay Abigail Sockwell served as a 2011 intern for Family Legacy Missions International, introducing music and dance to orphaned children in Zambia.

THE UNBRIDLED PROJECT is the distinguishing feature of Engaged Learning. The project is student-developed and student-driven. It takes Engaged Learning to the next level, challenging students to connect their learning in the classroom with career realities. All projects are eligible for funding. Students who successfully complete projects receive recognition on their SMU transcripts.

 


ENGAGED LEARNING HAPPENS AT SMU. Students participate in undergraduate research and service projects. Students engage in internships and co-ops. Students take courses that require community engagement. SMU students are entrepreneurial; they identify pressing issues in communities and come up with solutions.

The Office of Engaged Learning coordinates information about student engagement beyond the classroom, provides Engaged Learning services and Unbridled Project programming, works toward deepening partnerships between SMU and organizations locally and globally, and celebrates students’ success.

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