Meadows Scholar Rachel Stonecipher has turned a freshman year seminar into a passion for telling the stories of migrant workers and undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. This is her story.

To meet the ever-evolving needs of students in the Division of Theatre, Stan Wojewodski and his faculty have instituted a novel teaching philosophy: Allow students the freedom to choose how – and what – they will build upon their foundational training.

“Education is the ultimate tool for social and economic mobility.”

“You start setting these expectations of your audience, and they don’t always live up to them because they don’t know. It’s not their fault.”

“Society doesn’t want us to be creative ... My goal for this class is to get the students to recognize their inner voices that they’ve been ignoring.”

“A site can be productive when it is unresolved, and Dallas is rife with unresolved sites.”

Whether it’s helping immigrant families get oriented to American life or helping nonprofits stretch their reach, Meadows students are finding ways to make a difference in the world.

Meadows Prize winners Nadia Sirota and Tania Bruguera are on a mission

Journalism’s new Fashion Media program isn’t just following trends – it’s setting them.

Communications major uses voice in order to make others heard

The new National Center for Arts Research will be a catalyst for the transformation and sustainability of the national arts and cultural community

Meadows Alumnus Credits Connections at SMU for Helping Boost Her Career

"What Hurts the Victim Most Is Not the Physical Cruelty of the Oppressor, but the Silence of the Bystander." - Elie Wiesel, Writer and Holocaust Survivor

Creative computation – the blending of art and code – is Meadows’ newest form of artistic expression.

Meadows Scholars Spend Summer Exploring the World

SMU Meadows Faculty Members Make A Mark On Election Year Politics And Take Students Along For The Experience

An Inside Look At Algur H. Meadows

Music an Integral Part of Johnson's Life

Theatre Students Use Art to Examine the Diverse Lives of Teen Girls

Bringing Innovation to the Modern Dance World

With New Director Jim Hart at The Helm, Meadows is Leading The Way in This New And Critical Field By Showing Students How to Turn Their Artistic Dreams Into Bankable Business Plans

This fall, Meadows students will have the opportunity to work with Michael Keegan-Dolar and Enda Walsh, winners of the third annual Meadows Prize.

Wanting to positively impact the world, Nguyen Lee directs a nonprofit that promotes education, cultural awareness and Asian American artists.

The new artist-in-residence in the Division of Music wants his students to learn two things: how to listen to others and how to teach themselves.

Spend a little time walking the halls of the Owen Arts Center – there are plenty of them for you to get lost in – and you’ll hear one word frequently reverberating off the walls, from the Bob Hope Lobby to the third floor offices and back to the Taubman Atrium.

Art major Savannah Niles explores the intersection of art and engineering while remaining involved in the community.

This is not your ordinary college magazine. Because SMU Meadows School of the Arts is not your ordinary arts or communications school.

How a report, a bridge and a hip-hop poet connected SMU with the barrios of West Dallas.

The lights dim. A hush falls over the audience. The orchestra takes the stage, the conductor lifts his baton and the music begins to play. These are not the performers of just any orchestra; they are the students of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, and this is Meadows at the Meyerson.

Dallas Lawyer and SMU alumna is investing in the future of our best students through the Meadows Scholars Program

Dean José Bowen introduces first-year arts students to artistic entrepreneurship, collaboration and elevator pitches.