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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 s circulating and reference collections contain more than 180 000 items relating to the visual and performing arts it has particularly extensive collections in spanish art and classical music scores and research materials it also houses the media collections for smu libraries it was built in 1990 and named after jake and nancy hamon underwood law library the underwood law library s more than 640 000 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 rees jones library of the american west opening in 2027 the rees jones library of the american west will house the rees jones collection of western americana which consists of thousands of rare books manuscripts photographs maps and other artifacts alongside the holdings of the degolyer library and its complementary special collections publications edit field laboratory discipline botany language english publication details history 1932 1959 publisher smu scholar united states open access yes license creative commons attribution noncommercial 4 0 standard abbreviations iso 4 alt bluebook alt nlm alt mathscinet alt iso 4 field lab indexing coden alt jstor alt lccn alt miar nlm alt scopus w l issn 0096 042x lccn sf98085275 oclc no 2008034 links journal homepage field laboratory was a scientific journal published semiannually then quarterly sponsored by the science departments of the university it was established november 1 1932 and had a total of 27 volumes with volume 17 in 1949 quarterly publication commenced the final issue was published in october 1959 articles are available in pdf format at smu scholar 87 a partnership between smu libraries the office of research and graduate studies and the office of information technology 88 museums edit meadows museum george w bush presidential center located on 23 acres on the east side of the smu main campus the center includes a presidential library museum institute and the offices of the george w bush foundation the library and museum are privately administered by the national archives and records administration while the university holds representation on the independent public policy institute board the center serves as a resource for the study of the george w bush presidency and includes a full size replica of the white house oval office as it was during his presidency together with over 43 000 artifacts almost 70 million pages of textual materials over 3 8 million photographs 80 terabytes of electronic records and over 200 million email messages 89 26 meadows museum the meadows museum s collection was assembled by its founder algur h meadows 90 it houses several collections including a collection of spanish art from the tenth to the 21st centuries the museum holds different exhibits for periods of time every year in 2018 it held the exhibition dali poetics of the small 1929 1936 followed by mariano fortuny y masal s artwork in the fortuny friends and followers exhibit 91 this exhibit will run from february 19 to june 6 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 important figural sculptures by rodin maillol and giacometti are also housed within the museum it is also responsible for the university s art collection including work by several important regional artists pollock gallery 92 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 by outside artists it is located in the hughes trigg student center student life edit student demographics edit student body composition as of may 2 2022 race and ethnicity 93 total white 63 hispanic 13 asian 8 foreign national 6 other a 5 black 5 economic diversity low income b 9 affluent c 91 as of the fall 2020 semester the university s 12 373 students were 6 827 undergraduates and 5 546 postgraduates from all 50 states and 83 countries the leading 10 states of origin of u s residents in descending order of the total undergraduate population were texas 2 932 california 858 florida 264 illinois 194 georgia 155 new york 155 connecticut 149 missouri 131 tennessee 114 arizona 98 colorado 91 louisiana 91 new jersey 91 and arkansas 84 94 95 the university s international student population of 1 117 9 came from 83 countries and includes 392 undergraduate and 725 graduate students the leading 10 countries of origin in descending order for undergraduates were china 204 mexico 26 canada 12 vietnam 10 korea 9 united kingdom 8 brazil 8 australia 6 india 6 panama 5 spain 5 côte d ivoire 4 france 4 germany 4 honduras 4 taiwan 4 united arab emirates 4 venezuela 4 el salvador 3 nigeria 3 peru 3 and saudi arabia 3 in descending order for graduate students the countries are china 288 india 115 saudi arabia 49 mexico 39 iran 25 korea 19 taiwan 18 canada 14 italy 9 and south africa 8 96 31 4 of the student body were members of a minority group while female students constituted 49 of the undergraduate and 48 of the graduate student populations respectively 97 smu s student faculty ratio was 11 1 the average age of undergraduate students was 20 while that of graduate and professional students was 30 and the total average student age was 25 98 99 among students who reported a religious affiliation 25 were catholic 13 were methodist 38 were from other protestant denominations and 15 were from other religions including judaism and hinduism 100 undergraduate housing edit loyd commons armstrong commons one of five residential commons opened in 2014 since the autumn of 2014 southern methodist university s undergraduate housing system has operated on a residential commons model rooted in the colleges of oxford and cambridge universities in england 101 undergraduate students are required to live on campus for their first two years and they must live their first year in one of the eleven residential commons that they are randomly sorted into after enrollment 102 each commons houses a faculty in residence and a residential community director that organize events and interact with the residents 103 the eleven residential commons are armstrong boaz cockrell mcintosh crum kathy crow loyd mary hay peyton shuttles mcelvaney morrison mcginnis virginia snider and ware 104 built in 1926 virginia snider commons is the oldest of the current residence halls it served as a women s dormitory in the university s early years and it later served as the common residence hall for students in the university honors program before the implementation of the residential commons model 105 the youngest commons are those that opened in 2014 armstrong kathy crow ware loyd and crum student organizations edit southern methodist university is home to almost three hundred student organizations including academic professional fraternal sporting ethnic themed religious service and political diversity groups notable examples include the feminist equality movement fem the service organization mustang heroes one of the largest organizations on campus and the embrey human rights program student organizations such as student foundation and program council frequently sponsor all student events on various weekdays and weekends as well as boulevard tents student foundation helps put on popular events such as family weekend the tate lectures celebration of lights homecoming and perunapalooza 106 religious life edit the office of the chaplain and religious life house religious organizations on campus there are multiple christian organizations hillel and a muslim students association the south asian student association hosts a diwali celebration yearly 107 there is a catholic center on campus 108 student media edit the daily campus was the independent student newspaper between 1915 and 2018 the frequency of the publication changed throughout the years and with the change in semesters publishing less frequently over the summer for example the board of directors of the student media company the independent nonprofit that at one time oversaw all student media including ksmu and rotunda voted to dissolve due to a lack of funds in april 2018 although still publishing in digital format the newspaper lost its independent status in may 2018 other student media include the rotunda the official smu yearbook smu tv a student run television station serving the park cities community the daily update a weekday morning newscast that airs on smu tv and smudailymustang com hilltopics a publication sponsored by the university honors program that publishes periodically the muddler a satirical newspaper smu look a student run fashion magazine website instagram tiktok and youtube channel smu style a student run fashion and lifestyle blog as of may 2018 the daily campus was placed under the control of the school s journalism department 109 ksmu a student radio station operated from 1964 to 1989 it broadcast as a carrier current and fm station in the 1980s it was restricted to broadcasting within the student center and via local cable the call letters were changed to kpni which operated from 1995 to 2011 in the latter days it was a digital streaming station and moved from management under the auspices of the student media co to the department of journalism the university radio station was shuttered in 2011 due to a lack of funding 110 111 112 greek life edit southern methodist university has approximately 43 of its undergraduate student body affiliated with its greek system 113 starting in 2010 the npc sororities began updating and rebuilding their older sorority houses the multi million dollar projects was received critically by some praised by others the first house rebuilt was pi beta phi 114 followed by kappa kappa gamma delta delta delta 115 chi omega 116 117 kappa alpha theta 118 alpha chi omega smu has a zero tolerance stance against hazing and has suspended organizations for violations 119 alpha phi alpha was suspended in 2004 due to hazing rituals during which a student went into a coma four members of the fraternity were expelled from smu as a result 120 121 in 2018 phi gamma delta was ordered to cease all organizational activity pending a university investigation into hazing pi kappa alpha received a similar notice that year 122 on march 26 2018 pi kappa alpha was officially suspended by the university until the fall of 2022 this was the second suspension of a greek life organization in the 2017 2018 academic year after kappa alpha order was suspended in october 2017 123 kappa alpha theta was suspended in 2022 and entered a mutual agreement with smu through may 2025 after allegations of hazing new members new members were pressured to consume large amounts of alcohol on february 10 2022 and were exposed to other activities that endangered their safety and mental health after kappa alpha theta s suspension members established the 501 c 3 nonprofit the society the society recruits new members has a house off campus and participates in mixers with fraternities just as kappa alpha theta did smu added a provision to its student code of conduct warning of disciplinary action towards students who affiliate with unrecognized student organizations such as the society 124 athletics edit main article smu mustangs southern methodist university s athletic teams are known as the mustangs and participate in the ncaa s division i with the football team competing as a member of division i fbs the football team plays at gerald j ford stadium on the smu campus the mustangs compete in the atlantic coast conference acc as of the 2025 26 season prior to that the mustangs played in the american athletic conference previously named the big east conference and now known as the american conference the now defunct southwest conference and the western athletic conference smu football fans smu s closest rival in athletics is texas christian university tcu in fort worth texas in football smu and tcu compete annually with the exception of 2006 and 2020 for the iron skillet 125 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 126 from 1980 to 1985 smu had one of the strongest programs in division i a now fbs they posted a record of 55 14 1 and finished these seasons ranked no 21 no 7 no 2 no 19 and no 8 in the nation these winningest years concluded with on february 25 1987 due to repeated violations conducted by boosters the ncaa administered the death penalty for repeated flagrant recruiting violations components included cancellation of the entire 1987 season a two year ban from bowl appearances a two year ban from television appearances a limit of seven games all on road in the 1988 season a loss of three assistant coaching positions for two years and a loss of 55 new scholarships over four years players were allowed to transfer without sitting out one season per standard requirement smu responded to the combination of these conditions by canceling the 1988 season outright 25 marching band edit main article southern methodist university mustang band smu s marching band plays at football and basketball games performing big band and jazz music 127 the approximately 80 member ensemble is nicknamed the best dressed band in the land due to its variety of uniform combinations 128 in 2001 the band performed at the first inauguration of george w bush 129 notable people edit for a more comprehensive list see list of southern methodist university people notes edit other consists of multiracial americans those who prefer to not say the percentage of students who received an income based federal pell grant intended for low income students the percentage of students who are a part of the american middle class at the bare minimum references edit southern methodist university international association of methodist schools colleges and universities iamscu archived from the original on october 20 2007 retrieved june 29 2007 investments investments office southern methodist university retrieved july 25 2026 2024 2025 financial information office of the provost southern methodist university retrieved november 6 2025 1 2 instructional faculty smu university decision support southern methodist university retrieved november 17 2025 university employees smu university decision support southern methodist university retrieved november 17 2025 1 2 3 student enrollment smu university decision support southern methodist university retrieved november 17 2025 1 2 smu today a 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