The New York Times23d
Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?
By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a battle over whether Southern Methodist University can separate from the United Methodist Church. The university ...
Inside Higher Ed23d
SMU Wants to Separate From the Church but Keep the ‘Methodist’
A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...
KERA News22d
SMU challenges authority of Methodist Church in Texas Supreme Court hearing
Southern Methodist University and United Methodist Church have been in a legal battle over the university's authority since 2019. In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church ...
Courthouse News Service23d
Southern Methodist University urges Texas Supreme Court to let it split from church
Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out ...
Dallas Morning News27d
SMU has the right leader in Jay Hartzell
University of Texas President Jay Hartzell stood outside Dallas Hall after a press conference announcing him as the new Southern Methodist University ... by the Editorial Page Editor.
Dallas Morning News22d
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in case likely to determine control of SMU
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case pitting Southern Methodist University against a regional body of the United Methodist Church.(Ryan Michalesko / Staff Photographer ...
WFAA822d
SMU challenges United Methodist Church's control of university in Texas Supreme Court
DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court Wednesday heard a case that could determine whether or not SMU can sever ties with the United Methodist Church. The case stems from a lawsuit the United ...
D Magazine25d
University of Texas President Jay Hartzell Takes Same Post at SMU
Southern Methodist University has named its successor to current president Gerald Turner in the wake of his retirement, naming current University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell to the ...
abc1329d
UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell will leave to lead SMU
AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell said Tuesday he is leaving the UT System's flagship school to become the next president of Southern Methodist University ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education25d
Transitions: Dillard U. Interim President to Become Permanent; Southern Methodist U. Names New President
Jay Hartzell, president of the University of Texas at Austin, has been named president of Southern Methodist University. Tim Casper, executive vice president for student affairs at Madison College ...
The New York Times5d
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
By Ethan Singer More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies ...