Southern Methodist University

=== Undergraduate housing ===
[[File:Southern Methodist University July 2016 014 (Loyd Commons).jpg|left|thumb|224x224px|Loyd Commons]]
[[File:Armstrong_Commons.jpg|thumb|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 similar systems at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England.<ref>The New Residential Commons at SMU. [http://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/FAQ Frequently Asked Questions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614093253/http://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/FAQ |date=June 14, 2013 }}.</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/Housing/Selection|title=Housing Assignments|publisher=Southern Methodist University|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807094533/https://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/Housing/Selection|archive-date=August 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Each commons houses a faculty-in-residence and a residential community director that organize events and interact with the residents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/FacultyEngagement|title=Faculty Engagement Programs|publisher=Southern Methodist University|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807064232/https://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/FacultyEngagement|archive-date=August 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The eleven residential commons are Armstrong, Boaz, Cockrell-McIntosh, Crum, Kathy Crow, Loyd, Mary Hay-Peyton-Shuttles, McElvaney, Morrison-McGinnis, Virginia-Snider, and Ware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/Explore/InteractiveMap|title=Get to Know the Residential Commons|publisher=Southern Methodist University|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807063924/https://www.smu.edu/ResidentialCommons/Explore/InteractiveMap|archive-date=August 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vscommons.com/about/|title=History|website=Virginia-Snider Commons|language=en-US|access-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143832/http://www.vscommons.com/about/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The youngest commons are those that opened in 2014: Armstrong, Kathy Crow, Ware, Loyd, and Crum.