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FALL 2014
 
 AUGUST
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 20, Wed.              

  Assigned times

  Corralers move into dorms
 (room #'s given at ck-in)

  Residence Halls
 21, Thurs.

    Students leave for Mustang Corral

  
 23, Sat.

  1:00 pm

  Corralers return to SMU

  
   Assigned times

  Move in day for those who did not attend Corral (room #'s given at ck in)

  
   3:00 - 4:00 pm

  New President's Scholars Welcome Reception

  Palmer Conference Room- Caruth Hall/Lyle Quad
   4:00 - 5:00 pm

  First Year Class  Picture

  Dallas Hall
   7:00 pm

  Night at the Club

  Moody
 24, Sun.

  4:45 pm line-up    

  Rotunda Passage and Opening Convocation

  Dallas Hall/McFarlin Auditorium
 25, Mon.

    CLASSES BEGIN

  
 26, Tues.   

  6:00 - 8:00 pm

  New President's Scholars Dinner

  Home of  PS Advisors J. Cook & Kathleen Hugley-Cook
 27, Wed.

  1:00 - 6:00 pm

  President's Scholar Portraits

 First come first served/ business casual  dress

  Perkins Administration Bldg., Room 311
 29, Fri.

  10:00 am

  Leave for SMU-in-Taos!!!!

  Meet the bus at the Flagpole on SMU Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 
 Date

  Time

  Event

      Location 
 1, Mon.                  

  7:00 pm            

  Return to campus from  SMU-in-Taos Retreat

  
 3, Wed.

  5:30 pm

  First Year PSs to the A-LEC 

  Ford Stadium/Loyd All-Sports Center, room 217
 29, Mon.

  8:00 pm

  The  Willis M. Tate Lecture Series - Linda and Mitch Hart:
Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, David Gergen

  McFarlin Auditorium

 OCTOBER
 Date

 Time  Event   Location
 13 - 14, Mon.-  Tues.
    FALL BREAK

  
 21, Tues.

  8:00 pm

  The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series- Tolleson Family:
Peter Thiel

  McFarlin Auditorium
 22, Wed.

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Annual President's Scholar Reception

  Home of President and Mrs. R. Gerald Turner
 25, Sat.

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  President’s Scholar Family Weekend Reception

  Ernest Young Gallery, Fincher Bldg.

 NOVEMBER
 Date

 Time   Event

 Location 
 11, Tues.

  8:00 pm

  The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series - Omni Hotels: David Brooks

  McFarlin Auditorium
 15, Sat.

  10:00 am - 2:00 pm

  President’s Scholars Homecoming Boulevard Tent for SMU vs. USF football game.

 Main Quad Fountain
 26-28, Wed.-Fri.        

  

  THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
  

 DECEMBER
 Date

  Time

  Event

  Location
 2, Tues.

  8:00 pm

  The  Willis M. Tate Lecture Series - Platon

  McFarlin Auditorium
 7, Sun.

  4:30 am - 6:30 pm     

  PS Holiday Party

  Lawyer's Inn
 8, Mon.

    Last Day of Instruction

  
 9 - 10, Tues.-Wed.

    Reading Days

  
 11 - 17, Thurs.-Wed.   

    Exams (No exams scheduled for Sunday)

  
 18, Thurs.

  10:00 am

  Residence Commons close for Winter Break

  McFarlin Auditorium
 20, Sat.
    December Graduation   

WINTER BREAK     December 18 - January 15

First Day of Class for Spring Term is Friday, January 16

Designated as Mandatory

SPRING 2015

 JANUARY
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 5-14, Mon.-Wed.   
  

  Jan-Term
  SMU-in-Plano or  SMU-in-Taos
 11, Sun.

  9:00 am
  Residence Halls Open

  
 16, Fri.

  

  First Day of Class for Spring Semester

  
 19, Mon.
  

  Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday
  
 25, Fri.
  

  Last Day to Add/Drop and Change Meal Plan

  
 27, Tues.
  4 - 5:30 pm

  President’s Scholars Usher Student Forum

  Hughes-Trigg Ballrooms
   8:00 pm

   The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
 Robin Roberts, co-anchor, ABC News’ “Good Morning America”

  McFarlin Auditorium
 29, Thurs.

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Luncheon for Blanton Scholars

 Home of Margaret McDermott
 FEBRUARY
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 13, Fri.                   

  12:00 - 1:30 pm   

  Senior President’s Scholar Luncheon

  Hughes-Trigg Ballroom West
 24, Tues.
  8:00 pm
  The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
 Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
  McFarlin Auditorium
 MARCH
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 7-15, Sat.-Sun.   
  

  SPRING BREAK

 13, Fri.

  
  President’s Scholar Early Interviews

  Perkins Administration Building
 17, Tues.

  8:30 - 9:30 am        
  Breakfast for Interviewers

  TBA
 19, Thurs.

  7:00 - 9:00 pm  
  Welcome Reception for Prospective Students

  Umphrey Lee-Mack Ballroom
 20, Fri.
  
  SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEW DAY
  Campus
 
  6:00 pm
  Reception prior to Interview Day Dinner
  Prefunction Area/Hughes-Trigg
 
  6:30 pm
  Scholarship Interview Day Dinner
  Hughes-Trigg Ballrooms
   8:30 pm  Alumni Reception (Pres. Scholar Alumni Only)
 TBA
 21, Sat.
  12-2:00 pm
   Final Committee Selection Meeting
  Perkins Administration Building, Room 311
 24, Tues.

  8:00 pm

  The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
 Michio Kaku, Theoretical physicist
  McFarlin Auditorium

 APRIL
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 3, Fri.

  

  Good Friday-University Holiday

  
 13, Mon.             
  5:30 pm         
  Honors Convocation

  McFarlin Auditorium

 MAY
 Date

  Time

  Event

 Location 
 4, Mon.

  

  Last day of instruction

 5, Tues.

  8:00 pm

  The Willis M. Tate Lecture Series:
 Nate Silver, Statisticain and founder
 of FIveThirtyEight

  McFarlin Auditorium
 

   
  Reading Day
  
 6-12, Wed.-Tues.   

  
  Exams  (No exams on Sunday)


  
 13, Wed.
  1:00 pm
  Residential Commons close for
non-graduating students
 15, Fri.

  3 - 4:00 pm   
  Senior President’s Scholar Reception

  TBA
 
 Baccalaureate

  
 16, Sat.
  
  Commencement
  
 


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