Longtime SMU athletics director to depart amid university leadership change
SMU athletics reached new heights under Rick Hart with its entry into the Atlantic Coast Conference and the football team's ...
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CLCS Director Visits Southern Methodist University
Dr. Erika Almenara, Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program, visited SMU last week to deliver a talk on her book The Language of the ...
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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 ...
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New Perkins Theology dean comes from Boston University
Southern Methodist University has named Bryan P. Stone dean of its Perkins School of Theology, a flagship UMC seminary.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Inside Higher Ed28d
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 ...
Dallas Morning News27d
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 ...
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Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University clash over control reaches Texas Supreme Court
A six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is reaching the Texas Supreme Court today. The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its ...
Longview News-Journal27d
Texas high court hears arguments in SMU-Methodist church case
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether the United Methodist Church controls Southern Methodist University. SMU changed its governing language in ...
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Bills' Kaiir Elam: Plays reserve role in Buffalo
Elam tallied 26 total tackles (17 solo) and two passes defended over 13 regular-season games in 2024. Elam, a 2022 first-round pick from Florida, has started just 12 regular-season games for the ...
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Former Dallas musicians perform at inauguration in 'President’s own' U.S. Marine Band
Monday's inauguration will be her seventh. Barrett is one of at least two Southern Methodist University graduates in the prestigious band; trumpeter James McClarty is another SMU grad who’ll be ...