Southern Methodist University

== Organization and resources ==
=== Institutional organization ===
[[File:Cox SMU.JPG|thumb|The [[Cox School of Business]]]]
SMU has eight degree-granting schools each headed by a dean, with all undergraduates entering the university in the [[Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences]] as pre-majors:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU|title=About SMU|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127200910/https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU|archive-date=January 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Cox School of Business]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cox.smu.edu/home|title=Cox School page|website=Cox.smu.edu|access-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316193937/http://www.cox.smu.edu/home|archive-date=March 16, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences]]
* [[Dedman School of Law]]<ref name="smu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://smu.edu/dedman|title=SMU Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences - Dedman College - SMU|website=Smu.edu|access-date=October 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101141215/http://www.smu.edu/dedman/|archive-date=November 1, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Lyle School of Engineering]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://Awww.smu.edu/en/News/2008/engineering-announcement-17oct2008.aspx|title=SMU Names Engineering School, Launches New Initiatives|access-date=August 3, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Meadows School of the Arts]]
* Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/moody|title=About SMU|access-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194214/https://www.smu.edu/moody|archive-date=December 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[Perkins School of Theology]]
* Simmons School of Education and Human Development<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smu.edu/SecondCentury/Priorities/SimmonsEducation.aspx|title=Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development – SMU|website=Smu.edu|access-date=November 5, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823152230/http://www.smu.edu/SecondCentury/Priorities/SimmonsEducation.aspx|archive-date=August 23, 2011}}</ref>

=== Endowment and financial resources ===
[[File:Southern Methodist University July 2016 064 (Gail O. and R. Gerald Turner Pavilion and Blanton Student Services Building).jpg|left|thumb|The Laura Lee Blanton Student Services Building with the Centennial Quadrangle in the foreground]]
Southern Methodist University's 2019 [[List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment|endowment]] of $1.664 billion ranked 67th largest among the endowments of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and it is one of only 110 institutions with an endowment greater than $1 billion as of June 30, 2019.<ref name=endowment>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.smu.edu/investments |title=Southern Methodist University Investments Office |publisher=Southern Methodist University |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928173721/https://www.smu.edu/investments |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 26, 2016, SMU announced that "The Centennial Campaign" which concluded on December 31, 2015, had raised $1.15 billion, the largest fundraising campaign of any institution in [[North Texas]]'s history, the largest total for a private Texas university, and the fourth largest of any university in [[Texas]]. The Centennial Campaign, coinciding with the 100-year anniversary of the university's founding in 1911 and opening in 1915 also made SMU one of only 34 private colleges and universities in the United States to complete a campaign of $1 billion or more.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20160225-1.15b-raised-by-smu-is-largest-total-for-a-private-texas-university.ece|title=$1.15B raised by SMU is largest total for a private Texas university|year=2016|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|access-date=February 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227114404/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20160225-1.15b-raised-by-smu-is-largest-total-for-a-private-texas-university.ece|archive-date=February 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/News/2016/campaign-success-26feb2016/|title=SMU sets record for Texas private university fundraising with $1.15 billion campaign total|year=2016|publisher=SMU News|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185410/https://www.smu.edu/News/2016/campaign-success-26feb2016/|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.smu.edu/forum/2015/09/24/smu-reaches-1-billion-second-century-campaign-goal-announcement-made-during-centennial-convocation/|title=SMU reaches $1 billion Second Century Campaign goal; announcement made during Centennial Convocation|year=2015|publisher=SMU Forum for Faculty and Staff|access-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301042854/http://blog.smu.edu/forum/2015/09/24/smu-reaches-1-billion-second-century-campaign-goal-announcement-made-during-centennial-convocation/|archive-date=March 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20150924-southern-methodist-university-reaches-1-billion-fundraising-goal.ece|title=Southern Methodist University reaches $1 billion fundraising goal|year=2015|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|access-date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127211142/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20150924-southern-methodist-university-reaches-1-billion-fundraising-goal.ece|archive-date=January 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.smu.edu/apps/100pavers/|title=Crain Family Centennial Promenade|publisher=Southern Methodist University|access-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730172533/https://sites.smu.edu/apps/100pavers/|archive-date=July 30, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Its previous fundraising campaign, "A Time to Lead", which concluded in April 2002 and raised $542 million was the largest fundraising campaign in the school's history at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2015/june/smu-gerald-turner-president-big-man-on-campus|title=SMU's Big Man on Campus|year=2015|publisher=D Magazine|access-date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203193950/http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2015/june/smu-gerald-turner-president-big-man-on-campus|archive-date=February 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Under [[R. Gerald Turner]]'s leadership and through two successive campaigns in under 20 years, SMU has received well over $1.6 billion in commitments in support of institutional priorities.

By 1986 as the university neared the 75th anniversary of its founding, SMU's endowment had grown from $60 million a decade earlier in 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1976/september/can-smu-get-it-together/|title=Can SMU Get It Together?|year=1976|publisher=D Magazine|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185221/https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1976/september/can-smu-get-it-together/|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> to nearly $325 million, at the time the 27th largest in the country. the previous "The Design for the Third Generation" fundraising campaign, which had been concluded in May 1983 raised nearly $120 million in gifts and pledges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/04/magazine/is-there-life-after-football.html|title=Is there life after football|year=1987|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185016/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/04/magazine/is-there-life-after-football.html|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00114/smu-00114.html|title=L. Donald Shields papers|year=1986|publisher=Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225024659/https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00114/smu-00114.html|url-status=live}}</ref>