Temerlin Advertising Institute Launches First Meadows Program in Asia

How do you market fast-food restaurants in a country in which most people eat no beef? How do you market automobiles in a nation in which gasoline costs five dollars per gallon and animal-drawn vehicles share the highways with cars and trucks? SMU students will have the opportunity to explore answers to these and other intriguing questions this summer, thanks to a new study abroad opportunity at SMU: a partnership between the Temerlin Advertising Institute (TAI) and the Mudra Institute for Communications in Ahmedabad (MICA) – and the university’s first program in Asia. Read more

Mark McPhail Named New Chair of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

Mark Lawrence McPhail has been appointed chair of the Division of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs (CCPA) at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, effective July 1, 2007.  Read more.

Meadows graduate crowned at Met Opera National Council Auditions

Stephen Hartley, who earned a Master of Music in vocal performance at SMU in 2001, has won first place in both the district and regional levels for the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Read more.

Temerlin Advertising Institute Ad Named Best in National Contest

The Meadows School of the Arts’ Temerlin Advertising Institute strengthened its position as one of the top advertising programs in the country recently when eight TAI students earned national recognition for their winning entry into a national restaurant chain’s advertising contest. Read more.

Division of Art Helps Develop On-Line Portfolio Management System

The Division of Art, in conjunction with a software developer, has taken a lead in establishing a new service, which became available Jan. 1, through which student artists can better manage their careers and education by organizing on-line versions of their portfolios for submission and review by schools, galleries and potential employers.

The service, which can be accessed at smu.slideroom.com, allows artists to upload as many as 20 images in any of a number of digital-based formats into their on-line portfolio, which then can be sorted, labeled and managed for submission and review. On the receiving end, schools, employers and judges can collect portfolios and view them equally and without having to be in the same location as the artists’ work.

For more information, and to see a model of the site, click here.