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• SMU Opens New Centennial Quadrangle, Exhibit
• Armstrong gift to support new SMU living-learning community
• New gift establishes first Endowed Centennial Chair at SMU
• Moody Foundation gift to drive major Moody Coliseum renovation
• Millers commit $10 million toward Moody Coliseum renovation and expansion
• Campaign Q&A: Richard Ware '68
• Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall dedicated
• Hart gift supports engineering leadership
• Renovated Mack Ballroom opens
• President's Message: 'Moving Us Forward'
• The George W. Bush Presidential Center breaks ground at SMU
• 2009-2010 Campaign milestones
• Year two of campaign marked by giant strides
• President's Message: School of education one of the campaign's most outstanding successes
• Caren H. Prothro talks about her new role as Board chair
• Campaign Leadership and Steering Committees report major progress
• SMU-In-Taos Student Casita Earns “Gold” for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
• The Second Century is now a global campaign
• President's Message: Campaign has received more than $317 million commitments in quiet phase
• Liz Armstrong '82 discusses her family's special connection to the Taos campus
• Campaign strengthens teaching, faculty, research
• Vision inspired new Caruth Hall
• New gifts support Dedman Law
• President's message
• $1 million gift will fund atrium in SMU building
• Back to school at SMU's new Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall
• Fabacher Professor of Alternative Asset Management
• Alumni Board President's Scholarship
• Distinguished Chair in Art History
• Belo Corp. Donates Archives
• Reports Highlight Campaign Momentum
• Dedman College Initiative: Focus on Scholarships, Academic Programs
• Bequest Will Establish President’s Scholarship
• Endowed Faculty at Work: William B. Brueggeman and Elaine A. Heath
• New Hunt Institute to combat poverty
• Nationally Recognized Expert Joins Simmons School, Bush Institute
• Hart Leadership Center to develop the New American engineer at SMU
• Hawaii Bowl Victory Highlights SMU Momentum
• Fighting Poverty with Engineering: Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
• SMU names Robert S. Hyer Lane
• Initiative Supports Mustang Band
• Enhancing the Campus Environment: Mustang Plaza and Mall
• New Regional Committees
• Schools’ Scholarship Programs Boost Recruitment
• New Caruth Hall extends SMU engineering outreach
• Watch the SMU year in review
• Special celebration in Denver
• Special celebration in New Orleans
• Q&A with Paul Loyd, Jr. '68
• Mustangs' success boosts campaign
• Campaign progress felt throughout the Hilltop
• Volunteers report progress across campaign
• Belo Corp. donates historical papers to SMU
• Campaign expands to St. Louis and San Francisco
• Dedman College Initiative: Focus on scholarships, Centers of Excellence
• Supporting Scholarships
• An important milestone: Campaign exceeds the halfway mark toward $750 million goal
• Boosting recruitment: Gifts help SMU draw top students to the Hilltop
• SMU students win national fellowships
• Endowed faculty at work: David Chard and Brian Stump
• Acclaimed general and professor joins faculty of Lyle School
• Conference USA titles highlight success
• Exploring the global economy: William J. O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom
• Anthropology professor elected to National Academy of Sciences
• Hamilton Scholars gain research experience as undergraduates
• 2008-09 Campaign highlights
• Taos construction enables first fall semester
• Providing an environment for art: New Meadows Museum entry plaza
• Providing free legal services: Dedman School of Law's Small Business Clinic
• "Remember the ladies!"
• Special celebration in San Francisco
• Meadows Museum unveils new plaza
• Belo Corp. donates historical papers to SMU
• Special celebration in St. Louis
• SMU passes halfway point in Second Century campaign
• SMU dedicates Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall
• Campaign endowments at work
• Campaign makes history: Momentum propels campaign into year two
• Campaign milestones: 2008-09 timeline
• Campaign Update September 2009
• Faculty & staff join the Unbridled commitment to SMU
• Volunteers report on campaign progress
• Horsepower end-of-year challenge
• Fiscal year ends strongly thanks to spring gifts
• Annual giving strengthens campaign, scholarships
• SMU dedicates the Val and Frank Late Fountain
• Broadcasting history online: Central University Libraries
• New late-night programs create opportunities for fun and friendship
• Endowed faculty at work
• Launching a new era in ministry: Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall
• Work begins on Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall
• Noel Family endows SMU law school deanship
• SMU breaks ground for new home of Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development
• Off and running!
• SMU names Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, launches new initiatives
• Hats off! SMU launches The Second Century Campaign
• Gifts of more than $4 million to support facilities improvements at SMU-In-Taos
• $1 million gift to SMU from John And Debbie Tolleson to support scholarships in Cox School Of Business
• $10 million gift to SMU from Roy Huffington endows SMU's Department of Earth Sciences
• SMU Perkins School of Theology receives $1 million gift for new endowed professorship
• New director a strong example for engineering education
• SMU alumni backing degree
• $3.6 million Prothro gift to support biological sciences teaching and research at SMU
• $3.3 Million Gift To Benefit SMU English Department
• $20 Million Gift From Harold And Annette Simmons Supports SMU School Of Education And Human Development
• $5 Million Gift to SMU from Edwin L. Cox to Fund Scholarships in Cox School of Business
• $10.1 million Caruth gift offers opportunity to inspire
• New Research Endowment Fund To Honor Smu Anthropology Professor
• $1 MILLION CHALLENGE GRANT FROM TEXAS METHODIST FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT BUILDING PROGRAM AT SMU'S PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
• $6 Million Gift to SMU from Perkins-Prothro Family to Launch Perkins School of Theology Building Program
• $2 MILLION BEQUEST SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EAST TEXAS STUDENTS
• $10 MILLION GIFT TO SMU FROM ROY HUFFINGTON OF HOUSTON TO ESTABLISH FUNDS FOR FACULTY COMPENSATION AND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
• $2.2 Million Gift to SMU From Embrey Family Foundation Supports Human Rights Program and Athletics
• SMU Takes the "LEED" with New Environment-Friendly Engineering Building
• SMU Confirms $35 Million Gift from Ray L. and Nancy Ann Hunt
• $2.5 Million Gift To SMU from David and Carolyn Miller To Support Business Professorship and Sports Facility
• $1 Million Gift from Jeanne Roach Johnson to Support Piano Program in SMU's Meadows School of the Arts
• KRESGE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO SMU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
• SMU RECEIVES LARGEST SINGLE GIFT IN ITS HISTORY: $33 MILLION GRANT IS LARGEST TO BE AWARDED BY MEADOWS FOUNDATION
• $3.4 Million from Bobby Lyle to Support SMU Schools of Business and Engineering
• $1.2 MILLION GIFT FROM CUSTARD AND PITTS FAMILY TO ENDOW FOUR PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIPS AT SMU

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