May Your Holidays Be Merry & Bright

SMU wishes you and yours happiness and peace in this holiday season.

A video card (to your right) includes scenes from the Celebration of Lights, the Advent Service in Perkins Chapel and the Trains at North Park exhibit, with which SMU is affiliated and which benefits the Ronald McDonald House.

Looking for a last-minute present or a good way to spend your gift cards? There are books by SMU faculty, students and staff guaranteed to please. Click here to see a list that ranges from art, history and religion to sweet Texas cuisine and fiction.

For video game players, The Guildhall at SMU has named 10 state-of-the-art titles – ranging from the epic adventures of a Disney icon to the American Revolution seen through an assassin’s eyes – to its 2012 Top 10 Video Games list. Guildhall alumni have worked on 6 of this year’s top 10 games: Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Epic Mickey 2, Halo 4 and Skylanders: Giants.

SMU is celebrating is its founding with The Second Century Celebration. Commemorate your connection to SMU with holiday gifts that include commemorative books showcasing the beauty of the SMU campus, a customized limited edition SMU centennial bicycle, a puzzle, and etched pavers on SMU's proposed Centennial Promenade.

In this season of comfort, kindness and joy, your thoughts may also turn to stress, family, lists and shopping. SMU faculty offer some expert advice for "coping" with the holidays, from nagging children and blended families to wrapping presents and finding a job. And, of course, managing your stress level.

SMU's annual Celebration of Lights kicked off the holiday season on December 2 with the lighting of the campus Christmas tree and Main Quad with more than 100,000 lights. See a slide show  of scenes from the event.