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Watch Doug Parker's speech at SMU’s May Commencement
Doug Parker, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines Group Inc. and its subsidiary, American Airlines, was the featured speaker during SMU’s Commencement Convocation on Saturday, May 18, in Moody Coliseum.
Watch the full May 2019 Graduation Ceremony
Watch the full SMU May Graduation Ceremony where honorary degrees were presented to Dallas historic preservationist Virginia McAlester and Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya.
SMU Cox honors alumni business success
The SMU Cox School of Business honored four alumni at the school’s annual Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards Luncheon on May 10. Two Distinguished Alumni Awards and two Outstanding Young Alumni Awards were presented at the luncheon ceremony in the Collins Executive Center on the SMU campus.
Hart gift to benefit U. S. Marine Corps vets
Military veterans aspiring to SMU’s innovative graduate education in engineering and business have a new scholarship opportunity with The Milledge A. Hart, III Scholarship Fund for Veterans of the United States Marine Corps.
NPR asks Peter Weyand “How do pro runners run so fast?”
If you’ve ever watched any races with the Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, you may have wondered just how he was able to run so fast.
“It’s surreal. It’s like a pop-up book: we had the exhibit laid out on paper, and then you walk in and see all the work that’s been done. It’s so cool to see a specimen that you’ve spent so much time with lit up and on display.”
Campus Events
May 21: The Secret Service: Protecting the President Everywhere -With Joe Clancy, Nick Trotta, Spence Geissinger.
May 27: Memorial Day – University Holiday (offices closed)
July 4: Independence Day – University Holiday (offices closed)
July 18-21: SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute
Campus Exhibits
Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library Second Floor — through August
Modern Masters Tapestries, Fondren Library — through May
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Bridwell Library — through June 15
Goya’s Visions in Ink: The Centerpiece of the Meadows Drawings Collection, Meadows Museum — through November 3, 2019