Carolyn L. and David B. Miller BBA ’72, MBA ’73 have made history with a $50 million gift to SMU. This unprecedented commitment will drive innovative education in SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business. It also builds on the Millers’ decades-long support for academics, athletics, student scholarships and other areas to benefit generations of world changers.
As we launch our second hundred years, SMU Cox continues to strive for excellence in the business education we offer and in the future leaders we help develop. We are committed to further growth by concentrating on academic excellence and collaboration among faculty members, the SMU campus, the City of Dallas and the global community.
Jennifer Pérez, BBA '19, grew up in Tela, on Honduras’ Caribbean coast, near a popular botanical garden and nature preserve. Like many of her peers, she dreamed of going to college in the United States, but faced obstacles – a complicated college application process, academic preparation and tuition.
It will soon be time to reconnect with your fellow SMU Cox alumni and faculty at Homecoming 2019. In addition to SMU’s homecoming and reunion events, Cox is starting a new tradition of hosting class reunions just for our MBA and MS alumni. For 2019, we’ll have a weekend of reunion activities for MBA and MS alumni from the classes of 2014, 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994 and so on!
SMU Cox Distinguished Alumni Award winners are: Steven J. Lindley and Bruce Robson, both BBA ‘74. The Cox School’s 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni honorees, also alphabetically, are: Courtney Caldwell, BBA ’00, and Ryan Dalton, BBA ’01.
Neha Husein and Samuel Jacobson, both SMU Cox BBA ’19, are listed among 100 of this year’s “Best and Brightest” BBA students in the nation. Poets and Quants for Undergrads profiles students from the top 50 business schools in this annual feature.
Business-minded high school graduates now have a better shot at entering Cox as freshmen than ever before. Earlier this year, in preparation for the class entering in Fall 2020, SMU Cox launched the Direct Admit enrollment program.
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Event Proceeds Benefit Energy Student Scholarships
The state-of-the-art Sheffield Lab will give students a unique experiential learning opportunity as they prepare to enter the energy industry. The hands-on learning space is dedicated solely to the advancement of energy investment-related education.