Southern Methodist University
Motto:	Veritas Liberabit Vos (The Truth Shall Set You Free)
Established:	1911
Type:	Private
Endowment:	U.S. $1. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 328 billion[1]
President:	R. Gerald Turner
Provost:	Paul W. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as R Gerald Turner is currently the President of Southern Methodist University (SMU in Dallas TX. Provost is the title of a senior Academic administrator at many institutions of Higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent Ludden
Faculty:	603 (full-time)
Undergraduates:	6,208
Postgraduates:	4,693
Location:	University Park, TX, U.S.
Campus:	Urban, 210 acres (University Park, TX), 295 acres (Taos, New Mexico), 18. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, ( USA) The population was 23324 at the 2000 census Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, ( USA) The population was 23324 at the 2000 census Taos (ˈtaʊs is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico. 4 acres (Plano, TX)
Colors:	"Harvard Crimson" and "Yale Blue"
Nickname:	The Hilltop, SMU Mustangs
Mascot:	Peruna
Athletics:	NCAA Division I, C USA
Affiliations:	United Methodist Church[2][3]
Website:	www.smu.edu

Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU

The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow storm

Southern Methodist University ("SMU") is a nationally recognized, private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas (an enclave of Dallas). Plano (ˈpleɪnoʊ is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Crimson is a strong bright deep Red color combined with some Blue, resulting in a tiny degree of Purple. Yale Blue – the dark Blue Color used in association with Yale University – varies with use and history The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The SMU Mustangs is the name of the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common Peruna is the official mascot of the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, ( USA) The population was 23324 at the 2000 census Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. This article is about the former denomination For individual churches of the same name see Methodist Episcopal Church South (disambiguation The Methodist Plano (ˈpleɪnoʊ is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U Taos (ˈtaʊs is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. ^[4]

Of the University's current enrollment of 11,000, around 6,000 are undergraduates. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. 21. 5% of entering undergraduates classify themselves as "minorities", and more than half of the student body claims a religious affiliation. Only 25% of new undergraduates claim affiliation with the Methodist church. ^[5]

History

The University was chartered by Texas on April 17, 1911 by the five Annual Conferences in Texas (the Methodist equivalent of diocese) of what is now United Methodist Church. An Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church is a regional body that governs much of the life of the "Connectional Church In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States.

At the 1914 meeting of General Conference (the highest governing body of the Methodist Church), it was designated the connectional institution for all Conferences west of the Mississippi River (in effect the official church college west of the Mississippi). Connectionalism is the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity. The following is a list of the Conferences of The United Methodist Church. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to ^[6]

The establishment was in the wake of a 1914 Tennessee Supreme Court decision stripping the church of authority at Vanderbilt University. The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest Appellate court of the State of Tennessee. Vanderbilt University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in Nashville, Tennessee, The church then decided to establish SMU and dramatically increase the size of Emory University at new location in Dekalb County, Georgia. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, DeKalb County is located in the US state of Georgia. In 2000 the population of the County was 686712 ^[7]

Classes began in 1915.

In 1939 it was placed under the South Central Jurisdiction which comprises the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

The city of Dallas has supported SMU since its beginning, when local citizens pledged $300,000 to secure the University's location. In appreciation, SMU named its first building Dallas Hall, which remains the University's symbol and centerpiece. Designed after the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Dallas Hall opened its doors in 1915 and housed the entire University as well as a bank and a barbershop. The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research Because Dallas Hall was built on a hill, SMU was nicknamed "The Hilltop".

The University seal is on the floor under the Rotunda. Dallas Hall is now registered in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

The University's first president, Robert S. Hyer, selected Harvard crimson and Yale blue as the school colors in order to symbolize SMU's high standards.

Academic profile

SMU's has seven degree-granting schools:

• Cox School of Business
• Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
• Dedman School of Law
• Meadows School of the Arts
• Perkins School of Theology
• School of Education & Human Development
• School of Engineering

Endowment

SMU's endowment of $1,327,815,612^[8] makes it one of only 76 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada with an endowment above $1 billion, and is ranked number 54. The SMU Cox School of Business offers a full range of business education programs including BBA full-time MBA Professional MBA (PMBA Executive MBA (EMBA Master of Science in Management Dedman College of Southern Methodist University was named in 1981 in honor of its benefactors Robert H Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law is a Law school located in Dallas, Texas. The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University is well known for its professional music dance theatre art art history arts administration and advertising One of SMU's three original schools the theology school was renamed in 1945 to honor benefactors Joe J The following are three lists of US institutions of higher education by endowment: Largest endowments Largest endowments per student Certain universities College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[9]

Research & graduate studies

During 2004-05, SMU received almost $15 million in external funding for research. Results of the funded research include:

• The introduction of a new fossil species, Dallasaurus turneri, that represents a missing link in the evolution of mosasaurs (prehistoric contemporaries of dinosaurs that started on land but evolved in the seas)

• The discovery of incontrovertible proof of the existence and location of Site Q, a long-sought Classic Maya city, in one of the longest hieroglyphic texts to be discovered in Guatemala in several decades

• A new model for instruction, integrating academic standards with language skills, that can help children with limited English proficiency develop biliteracy in Spanish and English

• Research into early detection, tracking, and response for cyberattacks that use phishing scams, resulting in software that can help prevent identity theft and other computer crimes

• Study of a mechanical system that simulates the propulsion of jellyfish, which might propel tiny vehicles for microsurgery, undersea exploration, and military surveillance

Special programs

SMU-in-Taos

• SMU's Fort Burgwin campus in Northern New Mexico offers summer credit courses, including the SMU archaeology field school program. Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the ' Meuse river ' in the Netherlands and Greek sauros meaning 'lizard' were serpentine marine The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas The Maya script, also known as Maya hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest In the field of computer security phishing is the Criminally Fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames Passwords Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different basic morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Microsurgery is a general term for Surgery requiring an operating Microscope. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Past archaeological work has included excavations at Pot Creek Pueblo, a 13th-century ancestral pueblo home of both Taos and Picuris Pueblos. Pueblos are traditional communities of Native Americans in the southwestern United States of America. The annual SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute also uses the campus for a weekend of informal classes taught by SMU faculty members. The 2008 Cultural Institute will be held on the Fort Burgwin campus July 17-20, 2008.

Study abroad programs

• International study is offered through 24 programs in 12 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

The University Honors Program

• The University Honors Program in the Liberal Arts serves the highest achieving undergraduate students in all departments and majors across campus. Those invited to participate fulfill a seven-course requirement of their General Education Curriculum in small, often discussion-based classes. The Honors Program hosts many events throughout the academic year. It also offers considerable research grants, exclusive job opportunities, and other selective benefits to its student constituents.

Rankings & recognition

Notable Recognitions Fiske Guide to Colleges commends the Cox School's strong ties with the Dallas business community, claiming, "SMU is all but the official alma mater of the Dallas business and professional elite. "^[10]

• SMU consistently ranks in the top third of national universities in the U.S. News & World Report annual guidebook America's Best Colleges (67th in 2008). USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D

• The Cox School of Business is recognized as a business education leader by BusinessWeek, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal. The SMU Cox School of Business offers a full range of business education programs including BBA full-time MBA Professional MBA (PMBA Executive MBA (EMBA Master of Science in Management BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D

• The Cox Full Time MBA program is ranked among the nation's top schools by BusinessWeek, Financial Times, and Forbes.

• The Meadows School of the Arts is one of only five schools in the country that is top tier in theatre, music, and dance. The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University is well known for its professional music dance theatre art art history arts administration and advertising

Overall University Rankings

• 1st  The University's 10 libraries house the largest private collection of research materials in the Southwest.

• 1st  The Economist ranks the Cox School #1 in the United States for "Potential to Network". ^[11]

• 1st  In the 2005-06 U. S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings, SMU is ranked as the top school in its conference for the eighth consecutive year. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States

• 1st  In the 2003 BusinessWeek ranking of the top 25 Executive MBA programs in the world, SMU Cox was listed #1 for entrepreneurship course offerings. ^[12]

• 4th  In 2005, SMU was named #4 for "Happiest Students" by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company ^[13]

• 4th  In 2005, SMU was named #4 for "Great College Towns" by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company ^[14]

• 4th  In 2004, SMU's "major fraternity and sorority scene" was ranked #4 by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company ^[15]

• 5th  In 2005, Entrepreneur magazine ranked the Caruth Institute #5 among the top 100 entrepreneurship programs in the nation, as ranked by program directors, faculty & alumni. ^[16]

• 5th  BusinessWeek ranks Cox #5 for Global Business as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni. ^[10]

• Top 5  Five Cox School of Business departments were recognized among the nation's top business schools for research productivity based on more than 1. 5 million scholarly citations. Only seven schools ranked in the top 30 in all five categories: SMU Cox, Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, MIT, NYU, and UCLA. ^[10]

• 6th  BusinessWeek ranks SMU Cox #6 for highest SAT scores. ^[10]

• 6th  BusinessWeek ranks Cox #6 for Marketing as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni. ^[10]

• 7th  The Economist ranks the Cox School #7 in the world for "Potential to Network". You'll have unmatched access to professional advice, career networking opportunities, and social connections around the world. ^[17]

• 9th  US News & World Report currently ranks The Cox Professional MBA program (PMBA) 9th in the nation

• 9th  The Princeton Review ranks Cox #9 for best professors, based on interest and accessibility. ^[10]

• 10th  The Cox Professional MBA program (PMBA) is ranked is currently ranked #10 for return on investment by Forbes.

• 10th  Forbes ranks Cox #10 in the nation for ROI, the only program in Texas and the South on the list. ^[10]

• Top 10  Financial Times also names Cox among the top 10 in the U. S. for enrolling the most experienced students and for highest salaries five years after graduation. ^[10]

• 12th  U. S. News & World Report ranks Cox #12 in the nation, the highest ranked program in Texas named in the category. ^[10]

• 13th  U. S. News & World Report ranks Cox #13 in the nation. ^[10]

• 13th  BusinessWeek ranks Cox #13 in the U. S. , praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom. ^[10]

• 15th  Financial Times ranks Cox #15 in the U. S. ^[10]

• 16th  BusinessWeek ranks Cox #16 worldwide praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom. ^[10]

• 20th  BusinessWeek ranks SMU Cox #20 for sending the most undergraduates to top MBA programs.

• Top 25  Hispanic Trends names Cox one of the 25 best business schools for Hispanic MBAs. ^[10]

• 29th  The Wall Street Journal ranks Cox #29 regional, and students are commended by recruiters for their ambition and people skills. ^[10]

• 30th  The Cox faculty is ranked among the top 30 business schools in the world for research productivity in economics, finance, information systems, marketing, and strategy, according to a recent study by Academic Assessment Services (AAS). Only six other U. S. business schools rank in the top 30 in all five categories.

• 36th  SMU ranked No. 36 out of 98 schools in the 2005 NCSA Division I Power Rankings, which recognizes the nation's best overall collegiate athletics programs. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States

• 46th  The Dedman School of Law ranks No. Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law is a Law school located in Dallas, Texas. 46 in the U. S. News & World Report guidebook America's Best Graduate Schools 2009.

• 54th  SMU's Endowment of U.S. $1. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 3 billion^[18] is ranked #54 in the nation.

• 67th  Southern Methodist University ranks No. 67 in the U. S. News & World Report guidebook America's Best Colleges Nationally 2008

Research and related facilities

Libraries

• Business School Library - Some resources are available to the public.
• Bridwell Library- Bridwell Library is one of the leading theological research collections in the United States.
• DeGolyer Library - DeGolyer Library houses one of the strongest collections in the United States on the Trans-Mississippi West, Texas, the Spanish borderlands, transportation with an emphasis on railroads, and business history.
• Fondren Library - The largest collection of resources on campus, Fondren Library houses materials in the humanities, social sciences and business, as well as government information resources. Its collections include approximately 570,000 books, 4,000 journal titles (including 2,300 current journals and newspapers), 68,000 volumes of bound periodicals, 225,000 U. S. and Texas government documents, and 180,000 microforms. The Fondren Library also houses the Science and Engineering Library which includes collections in biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The library has particularly strong collections in the earth sciences, electronics, general science and technology.
• Edwin J Foscue Map Library - One of the largest map collections in the Southwest.
• Fort Burgwin Library - The Fort Burgwin Library, located on the SMU-in-Taos campus in New Mexico, contains approximately 4500 books and small collections of journals and maps.
• Hamon Arts Library - Hamon Arts Library supports the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Meadows School of the Arts in the disciplines of art, arts administration, cinema, dance, music, and theater. The library houses approximately 90,000 books and scores, 25,000 audio and video recordings, and 100,000 pieces of special collections materials in the arts.
• Underwood Law Library - The Underwood Law Library's more than 550,000 volumes support the instruction and research of the Dedman School of Law and the general SMU community. The Library's collection is particularly strong in the areas of international law, commercial law, securities, taxation, jurisprudence, oil and gas, and air and space law.
• PONI - On line catalog of all SMU libraries

Research centers and institutes

• Brinker Institute for Hospitality and Restaurant Management - The Institute's goal is to enhance the business acumen, management skills, and leadership potential of the next-generation of industry leaders.
• Business Leadership Center - The BLC encourages MBA students to develop leadership skills.
• Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship - The Institute offers education and training for today's entrepreneur who competes in a rapidly changing, fast paced, technology-driven environment.
• Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility - The Center supports research, writing and teaching in ethics at the graduate and undergraduate level.
• Center for Teacher Education - Workshops and seminars provide lessons that are both useful in instructional delivery and applicable to required professional-development hours.
• Center for Teaching Excellence - Achieving teaching excellence is not formulaic: in diverse areas of the University, different teaching strategies work best. Therefore, the Center encourages dialogs across schools and disciplines.
• Clements Center for Southwest Studies - This center promotes research, publishing, teaching, and public programming in a variety of fields of inquiry related to the American Southwest.
• The Center for Research in Real Estate and Land Use Economics - The Center was created in 1984 as an entity focusing on major issues in the real estate industry.
• Center for Scientific Computation - This interdisciplinary research center is devoted to the application of computational techniques to problems in mathematics, engineering, and the applied sciences.
• Center for Statistical Consulting and Research - Statistical consulting services include statistical data analysis and modeling, interpretation of the results, and presentation of conclusions using state-of-the-art statistical methods.
• Ellen K. Solender Institute in Free Speech and Mass Media Law - Its focus is on media law and issues affecting the free flow of information with some emphasis on problems caused by the differences in the law of various democracies.
• Center for the Advanced Study and Practice of Evangelism - It seeks to accomplish its mission by providing resources within the Field of Evangelism for scholars, local churches, and others engaged in evangelization, and by providing a strategic forum in which scholars and practitioners of evangelism can be in fruitful dialogue.
• The Institute for Engineering Education - The Institute for Engineering Education at SMU has been established to pioneer an array of innovative programs designed to present engineering as a fun, challenging and rewarding career opportunity to a national audience of students in kindergarten through high school.
• The Institute for Reading Research - The Institute's primary mission is to promote reading skills through research in the areas of developing reading interventions for children at-risk for failing to learn to read, children with mild to moderate mental retardation, and children who are either bilingual or who speak Spanish exclusively in the early primary grades.
• Institute for the Study of Earth and Man - The ISEM was established nearly forty years ago to foster interdisciplinary research in geology and anthropology.
• JCPenney Center for Retail Excellence - The JCPenney Center for Retail Excellence is the leading source of academic expertise on consumer shopping behavior and the effects of retailer activities on shopping behavior.
• John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies - The Center was established to support teaching and research programs in international studies and national security policy, focusing upon the institutions that structure national and international decision-making.
• KPMG Institute for Corporate Governance - The KPMG Institute will explore corporate governance and ethical decision making, and how those choices impact the market's perception of a firm and its future.
• Law Institute of the Americas - NAFTA/FTAA-related Legal Studies, Latin American Legal Studies, Selective Canadian Legal Studies, Regional Intergovernmental Institutions, Related Rule of Law and Law Reform Issues, International Economic Law and Development Issues
• Linda and Mitch Hart eCenter - The eCenter provides leadership in the development and use of interactive network technologies.
• Maguire Energy Institute - Studies the economic, policy, marketing and management issues related to oil, natural gas, and electricity.
• Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing
• SW Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) Foundation - Focuses on providing education for all levels of bank officers. Mission Also known as the RCAM the mission of the center is to promote and apply university led advanced manufacturing research and development work
• Temerlin Advertising Institute - The Institute strives to advance the state of advertising communication through partnerships with both industry and government and through programs to blend the research interests of the academy and the profession.

Museums

• Meadows Museum - The Meadows Museum houses several collections including a collection of Spanish art from the 1500s to 1800s. It also includes a sculpture collection including works by David Smith, Henry Moore and Claes Oldenburg, as well as by contemporary sculptors such as James Surls. David Smith is the name of In sports: David Smith (athlete (born 1962 retired British Olympic hammer thrower David Smith (baseball Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a sculptor, best known for his Public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of James Surls (born April 19 1943 is an American Modernist Sculptor. Important figural sculptures by Rodin, Maillol, and Giacometti are also housed within the museum. Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12 1840–November 17 1917 was a French artist most famous as a sculptor. Aristide Maillol ( December 8 1861 &ndash September 27 1944) was a French Catalan sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti ( October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman, In addition it is also responsible for the University's art collection including several important regional artists.
• Pollock Gallery - The Pollock Gallery provides an ever changing display of works by the faculty and students of the Meadows School of the Arts, as well as outside artists.

Bush presidential library

On February 22, 2008, the University trustees unaminously instructed President R. Gerald Turner to enter into an agreement to establish the George W. Bush Presidential Library on the southeast side of the campus. R Gerald Turner is currently the President of Southern Methodist University (SMU in Dallas TX. The George W Bush Presidential Library is the future Presidential library of George W SMU has courted Bush—whose wife Laura is an alumna—ever since Ray Lee Hunt broached the subject with the President a few months after Bush assumed office. Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W Ray Lee Hunt (1943- inherited most of father's HL Hunt Hunt Oil Co ^[19]. The museum is likely to be joined by the George W. Bush Institute.

Donald L. Evans, head of the Library search committee, said they hope to break ground in 2009. Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is the former 34th US ^[19]

SMU had been considered the primary choice for the library since the December 21, 2006, announcement that the school had been selected for the "next phase of discussions" on the library.

The Mission Council of the South Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in March 2007 voted 10-5 with one abstaining in favor of a 99-year lease of 36 acres.

Specifications sent to prospective architects in June 2007 called for a 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m²) library and a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m²) institute to be built in area bordered by SMU Boulevard to the north, Central Expressway to the east, Mockingbird Lane to the south and Airline Road and Dublin Street to the west. The specifications called for the buildings to comply with SMU's "distinct architectural character. "^[20]

However, the library may still face some legal hurdles in litigation from owners of condominiums in the University Gardens apartment complex who claim they were bullied into selling the building to the university in 2005. That case comes up for trial in October 2008. University officials said the library could be built on land not including the University Gardens. ^[19]

The library may also set the school trustees and Methodist Bishops who approved the transaction at odds with the South Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church which is the official governing body for the church in the region which includes SMU.

The Jurisdiction meets every four years and some bishops have questioned whether a small number interim Mission Council members should have the final say or whether it should be decided at the bigger South Central Jurisdiction level. The bigger South Central Jurisdiction is to have its regularly scheduled four year meeting in July 2008 in Dallas. ^[21] Some bishops in the church have disagreed with Bush over the Iraq War^[22]

Methodist Bishop Scott J. Jones who pushed the library said "Once they are properly informed, they'll support this wholeheartedly. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Scott Jameson Jones (born 23 May 1954) is an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2004 ^[19]

The library and museum would be administered by the National Archives and Records Administration while the institute would be privately maintained. The United States National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged ^[23]. The university will have representation on the Institute board. ^[19]

Student life

• In 2005, SMU was named #4 for "Happiest Students" and #4 for "Great College Towns" by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company
• A student also serves as a voting member of the Board of Trustees.

Student demographics

• 21. 6% of undergraduates claim to be minorities. There can be, in any given year, students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and almost 100 different countries. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

• The largest number of international students come from India, China, Mexico, Panama, Pakistan, Korea, Guatemala, Canada, Japan, Turkey, and El Salvador. International students are Students usually in early adulthood who study in foreign Educational institutions While most universities have official India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America.

• SMU's female to male ratio is approximately 1:1 and its student-faculty ratio is 12:1. The average age of undergraduate students is 20. 6 while that of graduate and professional students is 32. 3.

• Two-thirds of undergraduates and 42% of graduate students report a religious affiliation; 23. 1% are Methodist, and 22. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations 9% are Catholic. Other represented religions include Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation.

Housing

At SMU, the residence halls comprise a variety of room types, bathroom styles, and community areas. All of the residence halls have these common features:

• Carpeted Rooms, Local Phone Service with Voicemail, Computer Connections via Ethernet, Air Conditioning, 24-Hour Security Card Access System, Coed Residence Halls, Laundry Rooms (recently offered at no charge), Soda Vending Machines, Microwave Ovens available in the Hall, Smoke-Free Environment, Resident Assistants and Hall Director

Residence halls

• Boaz, Cockrell-McIntosh, Mary Hay, McElvaney, Morrison-McGinnis, Perkins, Peyton, Shuttles, Smith, Virginia-Snider

Theme halls or apartments

• Daniel House, Hawk, Martin, Moore, Multicultural House, Service House, SMU Apartments, Fine Arts Community

Student organizations

SMU boasts nearly 200 student organizations, including academic, professional, fraternal, sporting, ethnic themed, religious, service, and political diversity groups.

Greek life

In 2004, SMU's "major fraternity and sorority scene" was ranked #4 by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company ^[24]

Southern Methodist University has:

• 9 Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities ( Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha Order)

• 8 Pan-Hellenic sororities (Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma)

• 6 National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta sororities)

• 6 National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) organizations

• One Christian fraternity (Beta Upsilon Chi -Brothers Under Christ-) and one Christian sorority (Eta Iota Sigma)

Student media

• The Rotunda, the official SMU Yearbook. ΣΦΕ ( Sigma Phi Epsilon) commonly Nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social fraternity for male College students in the History Founding Phi Beta Kappa was the first Greek letter organization founded in the United States when it was created on December 5 1776 at the College Sigma Alpha Epsilon (also known as SΑΕ) is a secret letter social college fraternity Sigma Chi ( ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male college Greek-letter social fraternities and a Secret society. Lambda Chi Alpha ( ΛΧΑ) headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC and one of the largest History Pi Kappa Alpha is an international brotherhood composed of 210 student chapters 9 colonies and 120 alumni associations Origins of Phi Gamma Delta Historical sketch of Jefferson College In 1803 only a small percentage of Americans attended college Traditional founding The Kappa Sigma Fraternity claims that its origins can be traced back to Bologna, Italy in 1400. History Kappa Alpha Order was originally founded as Phi Kappa Chi on December 21 1865, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. Kappa Alpha Theta ( ΚΑΘ) is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University. Delta Delta Delta ( ΔΔΔ) also known as Tri Delta is an international Collegiate women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888. Pi Beta Phi ( ΠΒΦ) is an international sorority founded as I Kappa Kappa Gamma ( ΚΚΓ) is a college women's fraternity, founded at Monmouth College, Illinois. Alpha Chi Omega ( ΑΧΩ, also known as A-Chi-O or Alpha Chi) is a women's fraternity founded on October 15 1885. Gamma Phi Beta ( ΓΦΒ) is an international Sorority that was founded on November 11 1874 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New Chi Omega ( ΧΩ, also known as Chi O is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Delta Gamma ( ΔΓ) is one of the oldest and largest women's fraternities in the United States and Canada with its Executive Offices based in Columbus History The National Pan-Hellenic Council was established in an age when Racial segregation and disenfranchisement plagued African Americans, the rise of each Kappa Alpha Psi ( KAΨ) is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ is an international fraternity and was the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ is a predominately African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington D Alpha Kappa Alpha ( ΆΚΆ) is the first Greek-lettered Sorority established and incorporated by African American college women Delta Sigma Theta ( ΔΣΘ) Sorority is a Non-profit Greek letter organization of college educated women who perform public service placing emphasis on the Zeta Phi Beta ( ΖΦß) is an international historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC is an umbrella council for twelve Multicultural Greek Letter Organizations established in 1998. Eta Iota Sigma, or "ΗΙΣ", is a Christian Sorority currently located on the campuses of Southern Methodist University and Texas A yearbook, also known as an annual is a book to record highlight and commemorate the past year of a School or a book published annually
• The Daily Campus, an independent student newspaper since 1915, it is published Tuesday-Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters and monthly during the summer.
• The SMUDailyData, a news and community Web site housed in the Division of Journalism at SMU.
• SMU-TV, a student-run television station serving the Park Cities community.
• HillTopics
• The Mustang Post, an independent, student-run, conservative opinion publication published bi-monthly during the Fall and Spring semesters.
• Espejo, an online literary magazine.
• The Muddler, a satirical newspaper

Athletics

Main article: SMU Mustangs

• SMU's athletics teams are known as the Mustangs and participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) as a member of Conference USA (C-USA). The SMU Mustangs is the name of the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The school left the Western Athletic Conference in favor of C-USA in 2005. The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack" was formed on July 27 1962 making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College Before that, the Mustangs participated in the now defunct Southwest Conference. This page is about the now defunct Southwest Conference (SWC For the unrelated and currently still active conference abbreviated as the SWAC see Southwestern Athletic Conference The football team plays at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the SMU campus. Gerald J Ford Stadium is a Stadium in Highland Park Texas, one of the two "Park Cities" that form an enclave of Dallas

• SMU's closest rival in athletics is Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. Texas Christian University is a private, Coeducational University located in Fort Worth, Texas. In football, SMU and TCU compete annually (with the exception of 2006) for the Iron Skillet. In 2005, a nationally unranked SMU beat then 24th ranked TCU for SMU's first win against a ranked team in 19 years (since October 1986). TCU had won the previous seven football games played against SMU

• SMU also competes annually with Rice University in football for the "Mayor's Cup", a traveling trophy that has been created to enhance the Rice/SMU rivalry, which dates back to 1916. William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art ^[25] The home team has won the event every time since 1986 except for the 2003 game in Dallas.

• The Doak Walker Award, an annual collegiate award given to the "most outstanding college running back", is named after SMU Heisman Trophy Winner Doak Walker. Named after the SMU and Detroit Lions football player Doak Walker, the Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990 Ewell Doak Walker Jr ( January 1 1927 &ndash September 27 1998) was an American football player who is a member of the

• The SMU football program has also produced many professional football standouts, such as Don Meredith, Doak Walker, Kyle Rote, Eric Dickerson, Jerry Ball, and Craig James. For Reverend Don Meredith of Toronto see Don Meredith (Canadian clergyman Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith (born April 10, 1938 Ewell Doak Walker Jr ( January 1 1927 &ndash September 27 1998) was an American football player who is a member of the Kyle Rote Sr ( October 27, 1928 – August 15, 2002) was an American football player and Sports announcer. Eric Demetric Dickerson (born September 2 1960) is a former professional running back in the National Football League (NFL who in his career played for Jerry Lee Ball (born December 15, 1964 in Beaumont Texas) is a former professional American football Defensive lineman in the Jesse Craig "Pony" James (born January 2, 1961 in Jacksonville Texas) is an American Sports commentator for games Currently four Mustangs are active in the National Football League. Cornerback Kevin Garrett (Carolina Panthers), running back Keylon Kincade (Dallas Cowboys), defensive back Alvin Nnabuife (Green Bay Packers), and most recently, defensive end Justin Rogers who was selected in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. The Carolina Panthers are a professional football team based in Charlotte North Carolina, representing both North Carolina and South Carolina in the The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. Justin Rogers (born August 31, 1983 in Santa Rosa California) is an American football Linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29 2007 The New England Patriots, commonly called the " Pats " by sports writers and fans are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston

• From 1980–1985 SMU had the winningest program in Division 1A College Football. They posted a record of 55-14-1, and finished as the #21, #7, #2, #19, and #8 in the nation.

• In 1987 the NCAA administered the Death penalty (NCAA) for flagrant recruiting violations. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The death penalty refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's (NCAA power to force United States academic institutions not to compete in certain sports . Components included cancellation of the entire 1987 season, 2-year ban from bowl appearance, 2-year ban from television appearances, a limit of seven games (all on road) during 1988 season, loss of 3 assistant coaching positions for two years, loss of 55 new scholarships over 4 years. Players were allowed to transfer without sitting out one season, per standard requirement. ^[26]

• On November 11, 2006, redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Willis broke the single season touchdown pass record held by Chuck Hixson (21). Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Redshirt is a term used in American College athletics that refers to delaying or suspending an athlete's participation in order to lengthen his or her period of eligibility Willis threw for three touchdowns in a 37-27 loss to the University of Houston, setting the new single season record at 23. The University of Houston (often referred to as " U of H," " UH," or " Houston " is a public doctoral/research At the end of the season, Willis set the new record at 26. He also broke the SMU single season touchdown record accounting for 29 touchdowns. He was named to the Freshman All American team at quarterback. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for

• On Monday, January 7th, 2008, June Jones was named the head football coach at SMU. June Sheldon Jones III (born in Portland Oregon) is an American football coach formerly with the Atlanta Falcons and the University of Hawai{{okina}}i He brings a record of 76-41, all at the University of Hawai'i, where he won more games than any other coach in school history. The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers He signed a five-year contract worth ten million dollars.

Traditions

• Peruna -

Main article: Peruna

The SMU Mustang mascot came into being when President Hyer's assistant, Dorothy Amann once noted that SMU football players looked like a "bunch of wild mustangs. Peruna is the official mascot of the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. Peruna is the official mascot of the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. " The term "Mustangs" became official upon its approval by a student vote. SMU's official mascot was named after an early 20th century patent medicine, Peruna Tonic, which was popular for its highly alcoholic "kick. " Peruna is a black stallion Shetland pony that attends all home football games. The Shetland pony is a breed of Pony originating in the Shetland Isles. Peruna I was introduced in the 1930s by an early director of the Mustang Band, Cy Barcus. Peruna is accompanied to games by "Peruna Handlers", students who are trained to lead Peruna across the field after every touchdown.

• The Boulevard - Before every home football game, SMU students, faculty, staff, and alumni gather along Bishop Boulevard (SMU's main street) for pregame picnicking and festivities. The North end of the Boulevard hosts the tents of student organizations, including almost every fraternity and sorority on campus. Other groups such as Student Council, Program Council, and the Student Senate have traditionally participated. Many tents offer free food and drinks. Many fraternities hire bartenders and serve beer to those students and visitors who are 21 and older. The South end of the Boulevard usually hosts the tents of alumni groups and groups from various departments of the school. It is not uncommon to see pets, alumni, and children of all ages with their parents, all walking along the Boulevard. Booths offer face and body painting and give away SMU gear such as pom-poms, stickers, and temporary tattoos. North of the Boulevard, SMU's Main Quad is made available to tailgaters from the opposing team.

• The "M" Award - This award--given to students, faculty, staff, and administrators in recognition of exemplary service to the University--is SMU's most highly coveted recognition.

• "Pony Ears" - Mustang fans show school pride by raising two bent fingers, a gesture known as "Pony Ears", during school songs, chants, and cheers. In the 1950s, the football team held two fingers up in the air as a sign of unity. The symbol was meant to represent a 'V' for victory. By the mid-1970s, the hand symbol became more curved to represent mustang ears "which are kind of floppy. "^[27]

• Celebration of Lights - This winter tradition is a candlelit ceremony of songs and readings, held each December. The SMU community gathers on the Main Quad of the campus for this popular event. Traditionally, the Christmas story is read from the Bible by the University's president. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Those who attend sing Christmas carols led by choirs from the Meadows School of the Arts and nearby high schools. The Christmas lights that decorate Dallas Hall and the surrounding trees are lit during this time.

• Mustang Corral - This retreat in the Texas Hill Country is for entering first-year students. Student leaders, alumni, faculty, and staff welcome new students to the SMU community while sharing the rich history of spirit and traditions. Students meet professors, get to know each other, perform skits, and learn the school's cheers. They also compete in various events such as tug-of-war, sponge racing, and water balloon throwing in a camp-wide event known as The Olympics. The team that wins the Olympics receives the coveted Golden Rake.

• Red and Blue Fridays - On the Friday before football games, SMU students wear red or blue shirts to show their support for the team. On game days, students and fans wear red. In the past, the University has sold an "official game day shirt", which is always red and usually features a clever saying or play on words relating to SMU's mascot, the Mustang.

• The Mustang Band - The SMU marching band was the first band to play jazz music on a football field beginning in the 1930s. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States From 1959 forward, the band's instrumentation was designed to mimic that of a jazz band, consisting only of brass instruments, drums, and saxophones. And, the band began to use actual jazz arrangements instead of imitation jazz pieces written specifically for marching bands. The band has a unique uniform style (coat and tie) which evolves over each season. The band wears different combinations of uniform parts for the first half of the game, switching or adding parts for the second half, and not repeating any of these combinations for the entire season. The available parts include: coat (red, blue, or candy-striped), vest (red, blue, or candy-striped), button-down shirt (white or blue), pants (white or blue), bow tie (red or blue), and long tie (red or blue).

• Varsity (Alma Mater)

Oh we see the Varsity, Varsity, Varsity,
As she towers o'er the hill over there.
And our hearts are filled with joy, SMU, SMU,
Alma Mater, we'll be true forever.

• Peruna

Peruna is the official SMU fight song. It is based on the classic tune "She'll Be Comin' Around The Mountain". While officially wordless, the fight song is sometimes sung in parody as "She'll be loaded with Peruna when she comes".

• Pony Battle Cry

The Pony Battle Cry is SMU's official battle cry. The lyrics are:
Hail to the red and the blue
We’re the Mustangs from SMU.
Give a cheer, show your might,
Get the victory in sight.
For our battle cry will be:
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Spirit's the best in the land,
And right to the end we’ll stand
For the M-U-S-T-A-N-G-S!
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

• Mighty Mustang Thunder

Mighty Mustangs Thunder through the canyon on the hill
For red and blue and SMU Mighty Mustangs always
Will fight! Fight! Fight!
Mighty Mustang Thunder from Peruna's heart within,
Fighting back, fighting on, fighting hard,
Fighting strong,
Mighty Mustangs will win!

Notable people

Main article: List of Southern Methodist University people

Pop culture

• On the Showtime series "Weeds", Agrestic Councilman Doug Wilson is an SMU graduate. The list of Southern Methodist University people includes alumni faculty and former students of Southern Methodist University. He supports the war in Iraq, because, while he was at SMU, he bought marijuana from Laura Bush. Doug Wilson is played by actor Kevin Nealon.
• President Dwight D. Eisenhower once quipped that "an atheist is a guy who watches a Notre Dame-SMU football game and doesn't care who wins. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in "^[28]

• The book "A Payroll to Meet: A Story of Greed, Corruption, and Football at SMU" is a literature account of the recruiting scandals and violations that ultimately led to the famous "Death Penalty" being instituted. ^[29]
• In the television show Dallas the character of Lucy Ewing was a student at Southern Methodist University, and several scenes were shot on location in the main quad. Dallas is a highly popular long-running American prime-time television Soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991 There was also a Memorial Scholarship mentioned in honor of Jock Ewing to SMU.

• While students at SMU, siblings Bill and Julie Ann Brice founded I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!,^[30] a chain that grew to more than 400 locations throughout the United States and 17 foreign countries.

• A scene from Oliver Stone's film Born on the Fourth of July was shot around the exterior of the west wing of Dallas Hall. William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 Film adaptation of the Autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran ^[31]
• In a scene from Brokeback Mountain, Anne Hathaway's character Lureen briefly discusses with a female friend (the friend's) days at SMU. Brokeback Mountain ( 2005) is a romantic - Drama film that depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the

• The Fox Broadcasting Company show Prison Break had an episode filmed at SMU for its 2006-2007 Season. Prison Break is an American action / Serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29 2005 ^[32]

• The 1978 film The Seniors, a low-budget comedy starring Dennis Quaid, was filmed at several campus locations and featured students as extras. Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American Actor. ^[33]

• A scene from the Oliver Stone film Talk Radio was filmed at an SMU basketball game. Talk Radio is a 1988 film starring Eric Bogosian as a controversial " Shock jock " ^[34]

• In the television show The West Wing, former Vice President John Hoynes is a graduate of SMU. John Hoynes is a Fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American Television series The West Wing. ^[35]

• Nearly 100 SMU Mustang Band members & alumni, cheerleaders, and pom squad members performed in the George W. Bush 2001 Inauguration Parade. Cheerleading is a Sport that uses organized routines made from elements of Tumbling, Dance, jumps and stunting to direct spectators of events George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. An inauguration is a ceremony of formal Investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power ^[36]

• A group of 18 SMU Corporate Communications and Public Affairs students worked as volunteers for the George W. Bush 2001 inaugural events. In addition, a photograph of Laura Bush taken for SMU Magazine by university photographer Hillsman S. Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W Jackson was chosen by her as her official inauguration photograph and appeared in all inauguration publications.

• In the 2006 NBC reality television show Treasure Hunters, the victors of ten competing three-person teams were the members of team Geniuses, a team wholly composed of SMU students which won $3 million in the largest reality show prize ever to date. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Treasure Hunters is a Reality television series on NBC (US and Global Television (Canada in which ten teams of three solve puzzles ^[37]

• Thurston Howell III (from Gilligan's Island fame) claimed to have attended SMU (Southern Millionaires University), a nickname for Southern Methodist University meant to highlight the affluent communities of University Park and Highland Park that surround the University. Gilligan's Island is an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, ( USA) The population was 23324 at the 2000 census Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States.

• Professor Roy Hinkley (another character from Gilligan's Island) also claimed to have attended SMU. Gilligan's Island is an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. In a line of dialogue obviously geared to make fun of academic abbreviations, the Professor stated his academic credentials as "a B. A from USC, a B. S. from UCLA, an M. A. from SMU, and a Ph. D from TCU. "^[38]

• The second season female winner, Cher Tenbush, from Beauty and the Geek graduated from SMU. Beauty and the Geek is a Reality television series on The CW. "^[39]

References

External links

Scholastic links

• Southern Methodist University
• SMU Dedman College
• SMU Cox School of Business
• SMU School of Engineering
• SMU Dedman School of Law
• SMU Underwood Law Library
• SMU Meadows School of the Arts
• SMU School of Education and Human Development
• SMU Perkins School of Theology

Programs

• SMU-in-Legacy
• SMU-in-Taos
• SMU Study Abroad Program
• SMU University Honors Program in the Liberal Arts
• Mustang Band