南卫理公会大学
南卫理公会大学（Southern Methodist University）是一所教会私立大学，占地175英亩。南卫理公会大学是卡耐基基金会指定的一类研究性大学之一；被《US News and World Report》选为二级国家级大学；全美最佳大学排名(America's Best Colleges Nationally )第66位；《US News and World Report》评该校法学院为顶尖级法学院；且该校一直被《商业周刊》《福布斯》《华尔街杂志》评为商业教育的领头者，Cox商学院的MBA被 《华尔街杂志》评为全美区域性商学院TOP26，B.B.A. 学科 被《US News and World Report》评为TOP35。SMU的运动项目在2004年被NCSA排在全国20位。 学校采取小班授课，师生之间互动多，课堂气氛活跃，学生和教师在研究中，对于教学和学习有广泛交流。学生有很多机会参与研究实践，社区服务和实习。
该校40%以上的学生有双学位甚至三学位，超过70%的本科生可以获得经济资助或奖学金。布什夫人劳拉1968年从该大学毕业，获教育学学士学位。此外白宫女法律顾问迈尔斯。
英文版介绍
Southern Methodist University ("SMU") is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas (an enclave of Dallas). Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.
Of the University's current enrollment of 11,000, around 6,000 are undergraduates. 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.
一、Academic
1、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
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development
School of Engineering
2、Research & graduate studies
During 2004-05, SMU received almost $15 million in external funding for research. Results of the funded research include:
（1）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)
（2）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
（3）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
（4）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
（5）Study of a mechanical system that simulates the propulsion of jellyfish, which might propel tiny vehicles for microsurgery, undersea exploration, and military surveillance
3、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. Past archaeological work has included excavations at Pot Creek Pueblo, a 13th-century ancestral pueblo home of both Taos and Picuris Pueblos. 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.
4、Study abroad programs
International study is offered through 24 programs in 12 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America.
5、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.
二、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."
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).
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 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.
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".
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.
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.
4th In 2005, SMU was named #4 for "Happiest Students" by Princeton Review.
4th In 2005, SMU was named #4 for "Great College Towns" by Princeton Review.
4th In 2004, SMU's "major fraternity and sorority scene" was ranked #4 by Princeton Review.
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.
5th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #5 for Global Business as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni.
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.
6th BusinessWeek ranks SMU Cox #6 for highest SAT scores.
6th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #6 for Marketing as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni.
7th The Economist ranks the Cox School #7 in the world for "Potential to Network".
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.
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.
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.
12th U.S. News & World Report ranks Cox #12 in the nation, the highest ranked program in Texas named in the category.
13th U.S. News & World Report ranks Cox #13 in the nation.
13th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #13 in the U.S., praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom.
15th Financial Times ranks Cox #15 in the U.S.
16th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #16 worldwide praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom.
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.
29th The Wall Street Journal ranks Cox #29 regional, and students are commended by recruiters for their ambition and people skills.
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.
46th The Dedman School of Law ranks No. 46 in the U.S. News & World Report guidebook America's Best Graduate Schools 2009.
54th SMU's Endowment of U.S. $1.3 billion 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
三、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.
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. 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. The museum will be joined by the George W. Bush Institute.
四、Student life
In 2008, SMU was named #3 among all U.S. colleges for "Most Conservative Students" and #14 for "Most Homophobic Students" (Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative) by Princeton Review.
1、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
2、Student organizations
SMU boasts nearly 200 student organizations, including academic, professional, fraternal, sporting, ethnic themed, religious, service, and political diversity groups.
五、Athletics
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 school left the Western Athletic Conference in favor of C-USA in 2005. Before that, the Mustangs participated in the now defunct Southwest Conference. The football team plays at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the SMU campus.
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) 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.. 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.
On November 11, 2006, redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Willis broke the single season touchdown pass record held by Chuck Hixson (21). Willis threw for three touchdowns in a 37-27 loss to the University of Houston, setting the new single season record at 23. 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.
On Monday, January 7th, 2008, June Jones was named the head football coach at SMU. 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. He signed a five-year contract worth ten million dollars.
六、Traditions
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." 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. 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.
1、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.
2、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."
3、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. 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.
4、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.
5、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.
6、The Mustang Band - The SMU marching band was the first band to play jazz music on a football field beginning in the 1930s. 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).