Welcome to SMU

Anationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located near the heart of Dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs.

SMU is celebrating the centennial of its founding in 1911 and its opening in 1915. As SMU enters a second century of achievement, it is recognized as a university of increasing national prominence.

SMU prepares students for leadership in their professions and in their communities. The University’s location near the heart of Dallas – a thriving center of commerce and culture – offers students enriching experiences on campus and beyond. Relationships in the Dallas area provide a platform for launching careers throughout the world.

The University offers a strong foundation in the humanities and sciences and undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs through seven schools. The learning environment includes opportunities for research, community service, internships, mentoring and study abroad.

SMU was founded by what is now The United Methodist Church, in partnership with civic leaders, and was shaped by the entrepreneurial spirit of the region. The University is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.

SMU FACTS

A nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools (in the humanities and sciences; business; the performing, visual, and communication arts; engineering; education and human development; law; and theology), SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of Dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs. • Students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and approximately 90 foreign countries, and represent diverse economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. • SMU itself is a gateway to the global community, offering access to nearly 150 education abroad programs in 50 countries as well as a unique campus in Northern New Mexico on the site of a historic fort and 13th-century Indian pueblo. • SMU's Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts are listed in

Parade Magazine's 2010 College A-List. • The University's 10 libraries house the largest private collection of research materials in the Southwest. • The internationally acclaimed Meadows Museum houses one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. • As part of SMU's focus on leadership, the Tate Distinguished Lecture Series and Hart Global Leaders Forum bring national and world leaders to campus for lectures and interaction with students. • SMU is one of the few universities to have a voting student member of its Board of Trustees. Nearly 200 campus organizations provide other opportunities for involvement. • Founded in 1911 by what is now The United Methodist Church, SMU opened in 1915 with support from Dallas leaders. The University is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to freedom of inquiry.

PROMINENT ALUMNI

• First Lady Laura Bush • Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio O. Garza Jr. • U.S. House of Representatives members John Culberson, Ralph Hall, Sam

Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson and Lamar Smith • Karen Hughes, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and

Public Affairs • Harriet Miers, former Counsel to the President • Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Cronin • Computer memory pioneer Robert Dennard • Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates • Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley • Emmy Award-winning actor Powers Boothe • Filmmaker-artist-author William Joyce • The late television producer Aaron Spelling • Tony Award winning actor Scott Waara • Robert H. Dedman Jr., chair, ClubCorp International • David Dillon, chairman and CEO of the Kroger supermarket chain • James R. Gibbs, chair, president and CEO, Frontier Oil Corporation • Ray L. Hunt, chair and CEO, Hunt Oil Company • Kenneth R. Morris, co-founder, PeopleSoft • Melissa Reiff, president, Container Store • Angela Braly, president and CEO, WellPoint, Inc. • Helmut R. Sohmen, chair, World-Wide Shipping Group, Hong Kong • Olympic gold medal swimmers Lars Frolander, Steve Lundquist, and Ryan

Berube; and gold medal track and field athlete Kevin Robinzine • The late Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League • The late Doak Walker, recipient of football’s Heisman Trophy • The late Payne Stewart, championship golfer • Pro Football Hall of Fame members Raymond Berry, Eric Dickerson, Forrest

Gregg, Lamar Hunt and Doak Walker • Jerry LeVias, National College Football Hall of Fame and NFL Rookie of the

Year