Dallas mayor, leaders meet at SMU to discuss education May 7
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will join North Texas leaders in a public discussion on the community’s ethical role in supporting public education Monday, May 7, 2012 at SMU. As Mike Miles prepares to take...
View ArticleEight SMU faculty members retire with emeritus status in 2011-12
Eight distinguished faculty members, with more than 215 years of combined service to SMU, have retired or will retire with emeritus status during the 2011-12 academic year. Congratulations to the...
View ArticleLivingston, Rutigliano take new Extended Learning responsibilities
Kate Livingston Kate Livingston, campus director of SMU-in-Plano, has accepted a position as SMU’s Executive Director of Extended Learning. She begins her new responsibilities June 1, 2012. In addition...
View ArticleResearch: After-school programs improve academic achievement
School-age children who participate in structured after-school activities improve their academic achievement, according to new research by SMU faculty members. The study by researchers in the...
View ArticleInitial deadline for SMU J Term 2013 is Wednesday, Nov. 21
Application deadlines for SMU’s 2013 J Term are coming up fast. The initial course selection deadline for J Term courses is 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, the day before Thanksgiving. Late...
View ArticleThree education innovators receive 2013 Simmons Luminary Awards
Educators dedicated to promoting evidence-based change for the betterment of students were honored Thursday, Jan. 24 by SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. The...
View ArticleSMU announces new $25 million gift to the Simmons School
Annette and Harold C. Simmons have committed a new $25 million gift to SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. Harold C. and Annette Caldwell Simmons have committed a...
View ArticleBing joins SMU faculty in concurrent appointment with Bush Institute
Eric G. Bing has joined the faculties of SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences and Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, in a concurrent appointment with the...
View ArticleSMU Honors Day 2013 is Monday, April 15
SMU celebrates the high achievements of students, faculty and staff members with two ceremonies that take place every third Monday of April. This year’s Honors Day Convocation and Awards Extravaganza...
View ArticleThree receive 2013 Distinguished University Citizen Awards
Three faculty members were honored with SMU’s 2013 Distinguished University Citizen Award at the Faculty Breakfast held Saturday, May 18 before Commencement. This year’s recipients are: Robert Kehoe,...
View ArticleProvost announces names of 11 SMU Faculty in Residence
Artist’s rendering of SMU’s southeast campus residential complex, which will help support the University’s Residential Commons experience. SMU Provost Paul Ludden has announced the appointment of eight...
View ArticleTen SMU professors receive 2013-14 Sam Taylor Fellowships
Ten SMU faculty members have received 2013-14 Sam Taylor Fellowships from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund of the Division of Higher Education, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and...
View ArticleJ Term program adds SMU-in-Taos for 2014
After the unprecedented success of the 2013 J Term at SMU-in-Plano, the program is expanding to SMU-in-Taos for 2014. Set for Jan. 6-15, J Term offers more than 50 courses at a reduced tuition rate....
View ArticleMichael McLendon named Centennial Chair in Simmons
Michael McLendon, associate dean of SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, has been named the Annette and Harold Simmons Centennial Chair. McLendon, a noted higher...
View Article2014 Simmons Luminary Awards honor advocates for children
Four organizations that advocate for the education and well-being of at-risk children will be honored Thursday, Jan. 23, by SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. The...
View ArticleSimmons Dean David Chard elected chair of National Board for Education Sciences
David Chard, Leon Simmons Endowed Dean of SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, has been elected by fellow board members as chairman of the National Board for...
View ArticleThree cheers: SMU Honors Day 2014 is Monday, April 21
Every third Monday in April, SMU takes a day to celebrate the high achievements of students, faculty and staff members in two different ceremonies. This year’s Honors Convocation and Awards...
View ArticleThree honored as SMU’s 2014-16 Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professors
The 2014-16 Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professors were honored at a meeting of SMU’s Board of Trustees Thursday, May 8 (l to r): Michael Lattman, Paige Ware and Jaime Clark-Soles. Photo: Hillsman...
View ArticleFive SMU faculty members retire with emeritus status in 2013-14
Five distinguished faculty members, with nearly 200 years of combined service to SMU, retired with emeritus status during the 2013-14 academic year. Congratulations to the following professors: •...
View ArticleSimmons School’s Michael Harris named director of SMU’s Center for Teaching...
Michael Harris, associate professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership of SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, has been named director of the...
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