The 2017-18 School Year Starts at SMU

Videos of welcoming remarks, preparations and events that signal the start of the school year at SMU.

Class of 2021

Welcome to a new year on the Hilltop. Watch remarks by ÃÛÌÒ½´officials, highlights of various events, move-in day and behind-the-scenes preparations  for school's start. In no particular order . . . 


A Night at the Club is a great way to meet other ÃÛÌÒ½´students, think about how you want to get involved, and see the range of opportunities.
 
ÃÛÌÒ½´welcomed first-year and transfer students to the Hilltop during Opening Convocation 2017.

ÃÛÌÒ½´Reads welcomed "Evicted" author Matthew Desmond to campus to discuss a widespread problem in America.
 
ÃÛÌÒ½´students were treated to their own personalized poem courtesy of the Typewriter Poet who paid a visit to the campus in support of ÃÛÌÒ½´Reads.

Thousands of students, faculty and townspeople showed up on campus Monday, Aug. 21, the first day of classes, to view the Great American Solar Eclipse.
 
ÃÛÌÒ½´first-year students ventured out on 22 different area excursions as part of Discover Dallas during Mustang Corral 2017.

During the 103rd Opening Convocation, ÃÛÌÒ½´President R. Gerald Turner addressed the incoming class of 2021. .
 
Elena D. Hicks, Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Executive Director of Enrollment Services addressed the incoming class during Convocation.

ÃÛÌÒ½´welcomes new students to campus with move-in day Aug. 16.
 
SMU's first-year students posed for their class of 2021 photo on the Dallas Hall lawn.

Dr. K.C. Mmeje, Vice President for Student Affairs, is excited for ÃÛÌÒ½´students to return to the Hilltop.
 
A behind-the- scenes look at the preparations for the school year.