Shaping leaders
SMU students prepare for leadership by:
- Serving on governing boards
- Leading student organizations
- Participating in internships
- Volunteering locally and abroad
Meeting leaders
World leaders in commerce, government, media and the arts visit SMU through various public lectures and academic programs to engage students and the community in dialogue surrounding timely issues.
Becoming leaders
SMU alumni have reached the highest leadership levels, including:
- First Lady of the United States
- Leaders in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of national and state governments
- U.S. ambassadors
- Chief executive officers
- Church officials
- Nobel and Pulitzer Prize honorees
- Academy, Tony, Peabody and Emmy Award winners
- Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame members
- U.S. Open golf champion
- Olympic athlete
SMU prepares students for leadership in their professions and communities. Our location in the heart of Dallas – a thriving center of commerce and culture – offers students challenging new experiences, on campus and in the community. As coursework lays a strong intellectual foundation, extracurricular programs help students hone leadership skills. Intercollegiate athletic programs give student-athletes the opportunity to develop athletic, teamwork and leadership skills while generating school spirit among classmates and alumni.
For SMU to continue to develop these opportunities, we must invest in new programs and resources that provide students with broader perspectives and foster extraordinary achievement beyond the classroom.
Featured Stories
SMU students are addressing key Dallas issues with innovation, energy and ambition through a new undergraduate research program, Big iDeas, sponsored by the Provost’s office. More » |
Construction will begin in 2009 on the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development building at Airline Drive and University Boulevard. More » |
If you have visited campus recently, you may have noticed that the venerable lions on Binkley Avenue have relocated. The stone animals that flanked the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house moved when the fraternity built a new house several blocks away, just north of SMU Boulevard. More » |
To honor SMU Law alumna Louise B. Raggio and her achievements, SMU and community leaders established the Louise B. Raggio Endowed Lecture in Women’s Studies in 1997. |
New head football coach June Jones sees something he likes at SMU: a community committed to success. More » |
When Dallas real estate legend Ebby Halliday speaks, the 96-year-old attracts standing-room-only crowds. Now, her papers are part of a collection that includes letters, documents and diaries of more than 150 women and women’s organizations. More » |
The legacy of the late Jim Caswell (’63, ’66, ’70), former vice president for student affairs, is being honored with a gift to nurture future campus leaders. More » |
The Hegi Career Center – the vision of Jan (’66) and Fred Hegi (’66) – offers help ranging from career planning to job search tools to interview counseling for both students and alumni, in addition to holding recruiting events and free job listings for employers. More » |
Rising next to Moody Coliseum, the $13-million, 43,000-square-foot Crum Basketball Center will give the Mustangs basketball and volleyball teams dramatically more space and flexibility for practice and training. More » |
Not long after President George W. Bush took office, SMU began researching presidential libraries, recognizing that such an asset on campus would provide valuable resources for research. More » |
