The Tower Center invites you to join leading political minds and share ideas with those influencing public policy today.
Membership in the Tower Center Student Forum gives you the opportunity to be on the forefront of the pressing issues of the 21st century with invitations to compelling conferences, lectures, briefings, and other events with the trendsetters shaping our world.
Emphasizing elevated thinking and informed discussion between individuals from diverse fields of study, the Tower Center and its Student Forum enable undergraduates to contribute an innovative voice to national and global discourses.
Join the Student Forum, attend Tower Center events, and become part of an influential network with exclusive opportunities for private briefings by today’s power brokers, policy makers, and experts from every sector. Recent speakers include Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Colin Powell, and George W. Bush.
The Tower Center and its Student Forum offer prestigious scholarships and fellowships, along with positions in research and writing for undergraduates. If you are interested in learning about more possibilities, please contact us, and open the door to A World of Insight.
For membership in the Tower Center Student Forum, or for all other inquiries, please contact TCSF@smu.edu.
Policy Committees
Join a think tank for a semester: approach a global or local issue, collaborate with scholars and experts, and work towards a solution with the support of the Tower Center. The multi-disciplinary approach of the Policy Committees enables students to produce practical solutions to complex questions—career experience for the policy makers of the future. By blending perspectives and working in conjunction with experts from the field, students can produce research worthy of publication, and perhaps even ideas decision-makers have yet to consider.
Publications
The Tower Center publishes a monthly periodical with commentary on politics and international affairs, including interviews with Tower Center speakers, as well as highlights of undergraduate research. At the conclusion of each academic year, Dialogue: the Tower Center Undergraduate Journal for Political Studies will feature the best research from relevant fields at SMU.
Student Forum Applications
Tower Center Student Forum applications for the school year of 2012-2013 are now public. All SMU undergraduate students are welcome to apply. The application process will require the submission of an application due by March 30th, 2012. Each possible applicant will also be required to interview to be considered. Interviews will occur on April 4th and 5th in the evening. Specific times will be announced after the application submission deadline has passed. Any questions or concerns can be directed to tcsf@smu.edu. The open positions are the following: three Policy Committee Directors, Editor-in-Chief, Copy Editor, Layout Editor, and Director of Public Relations.
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Policy Committee Director
Editor-in-Chief
Copy Editor
Layout Editor
Director of Public Relations