Student Clubs

The Adam Smith Society, a project of the Manhattan Institute, is an expansive, chapter-based network of MBA students, professionals, and business leaders who work to foster debate about the moral, social, and economic benefits of capitalism. The Adam Smith Society provides a venue where members can engage in meaningful dialogue about free enterprise with fellow students and professionals as well as prominent figures, journalists, and public officials. Launched in 2011, in partnership with the Marilyn G. Fedak Capitalism Project, the society has grown to more than 30 chapters at elite business school campuses and major cities in the U.S. and abroad.

The Cox School of Business Black Graduate Student Association is a diverse network of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community business partners with a membership that is open to students across all of the Cox Graduate Business Programs. Throughout the year the BGSA hosts networking, professional development and social events. The BGSA has a primary purpose of increasing awareness and facilitating access to professional development and career opportunities for all members.

The Cox Cask & Barrel Club is an educational and social origination focused on increasing students’ knowledge, respect, and enthusiasm for wine, spirits & craft beers in both their professional and personal lives. The club will be an educational and networking resource for students including formal tastings, education, and networking events alongside industry professionals from all areas of Dallas’s professional business community.

The Cox Fellowship is a non-denominational Christian organization open to all Cox MBAs. Our purpose is to foster a sense of Christian community and support through prayer, fellowship and outreach to create a life-long network of Christian business professionals.

Consulting & Corporate Strategy Club

To fulfill the expectations of members of the club, to provide networking opportunities and to provide information on what consulting is all about.

The Cox Energy Club is a student run, cross-concentration organization focused on educating and preparing current graduate students for careers in the Energy Industry (E&P, Power, Marketing, Banking, and Integrated Producers). This done primarily through engaging our Advisory Board of industry professionals in addition to our vast network of industry contacts. Our aim is to create both jobs and internships and to make SMU Cox the premier source of informed and educated MBA talent for the Energy Industry.

The SMU Cox Graduate Entrepreneurship Club, founded in 2000, is a student-led organization dedicated to promoting innovation within the SMU community. The Cox Graduate Entrepreneurship club fosters opportunities for student club members to achieve their goals of starting and launching a viable business, exploring venture capital interest, supporting a startup, or inspiring entrepreneurial thinking. The Cox Graduate Entrepreneurship club provides members with resources, hands-on support from the SMU entrepreneurship community, mentorship, and support from the Dallas startup community.

The Cox Graduate Finance Association educates and creates opportunities, both networking and job oriented, for students interested in investment-related careers and/or corporate finance. Students will learn more about many potential career paths including investment banking, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, investment management, FP&A, corporate development, corporate strategy, corporate/commercial banking, and restructuring/turnaround.

The Finance Association achieves this goal through speaker events, current events meetings, local firm visits, networking and happy hour events, speaker panels and forums, volunteer activities, and organizing or hosting events and competitions on campus.

The SMU MBA Golf Club is a great way to cultivate new and existing relationships over a round of golf. While playing 18 holes is our main focus, we also offer opportunities to take lessons, buy exclusive MBA golf club merchandise, or just get out to the range and practice.

The International Business Club aims to enhance the professional, cultural and social experience of the international Cox MBA Student. Specifically the club aims to:

• Increase exposure of international Cox MBA students to prospective employers.
• Promote and build relationships with companies that are open to sponsoring international Cox MBA students for employment.
• Act as a platform for expressing ideas and voicing concerns for the international Cox MBA student.
• Promote cultural and social understanding among peers, faculty, staff and the community.

The JD/MBA Society is a space for dual degree students, completing the Cox MBA and Dedman Law Juris Doctorate to connect and support one another. No annual dues.

The Latino Business Club is a diverse network of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community business partners with a membership that is open to students across all of the Cox Business Programs. The primary goal of the Cox LBC is to increase networking opportunities among Cox students and the surrounding business community, as well as to increase awareness and facilitate access to professional development and career opportunities for all members.

The Cox LBC hosts networking, professional development and social events throughout the year on and off campus.

The Cox Marketing Club is a community of young professionals who share a strong interest in Marketing across a diverse range of fields such as brand management, consumer insights, healthcare, retail, and consulting. The Cox Marketing Club provides its members with the tools and resources needed to enhance interview and networking skills.

Net Impact is a community of more than 50,000 student and professional leaders creating positive social and environmental change in the workplace and the world (netimpact.org). We promote a triple bottom line as part of business: people, profit and planet. We promote collaboration between business, institutions, non-profits and individuals to advance strategic solutions to global, societal problems.

Cox Net Impact events include the annual, national Net Impact Conference, panel events with area corporate leaders in CSR as speakers, happy hours, and higher level volunteering opportunities.

To provide a forum for networking opportunities, and educate members about career opportunities in technology and operations. Analytics is the new buzz word that every company is using today. We want to teach our members how to utilize data to make important strategic decisions through tangible, analytical skills that will strengthen each member once they return to the professional world. It is our goal to connect students with faculty, alumni, and other professionals in a variety of forums to communicate why analytics is important to SMU students and future business leaders.

This club brings LGBTQ and Straight Allies together to ensure SMU Cox is a supportive educational institution. You don’t have to be LGBT or Q to be involved, we ask only that you come with an attitude of tolerance and acceptance and advocate for those who need a voice.

The SMU Cox Graduate Real Estate Club is an organization for students who are interested in entering the diverse and exciting industry of commercial real estate. Whether you have no previous real estate experience or knowledge, or you are looking for a full-time opportunity after graduation, the SMU Real Estate Club is for you. Careers in real estate are driven by relationships. We strive to provide our members valuable knowledge, connections, and professional opportunities in the commercial real estate world.

We are an association of veteran students and supporters of the veteran community, committed to assisting each other in the transition from the military into a successful career in the private sector. Furthermore, we believe in giving back to SMU’s Cox School of Business and continuing to honor those who serve by assisting local veteran programs.

The Cox School of Business Women in Business Chapter of the Graduate Women in Business Organization strives to be a support network of friendships and resources for women within the Cox MBA Program.