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As teachers, scholars and citizens of SMU, professors shape the learning community

When alumni are asked to recall their fondest memories of SMU, a favorite faculty member always comes to mind. As they probe and provoke, demand and debate, SMU professors make an impact in their own special ways. The faces highlighted in the following profiles exemplify the quality of SMU’s faculty – and are sure to turn up on the list of favorites among future alumni. Read more »

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Objects of Art For SMU visual arts students, the act of creating is anything but neat. Paint drippings and inky blobs, photo chemicals, metal chunks and plaster pieces, in their hands and through their imaginations, become works of art. Read more »
The Education Equation As a teenager Hector Rivera escaped the civil war in El Salvador and traveled alone to Los Angeles, where he lived a double life as a 10th-grader by day, full-time dishwasher by night. Read more »
The Poetry Man Poet Jack Myers loves words – long and short, complex and simple, lovely and lyrical, shabby and flabby. Thus, his love of penning his thoughts in poetry – a medium that can capture life's profound themes in a compact space. Read more »

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