The New York Times26d
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 ...
KERA News25d
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 Ed26d
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 ...
Courthouse News Service26d
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 Names New Dean of Perkins School of Theology
Bryan P. Stone, a 1992 SMU Ph.D. graduate and associate dean for academic affairs at Boston University School of Theology, will be the new dean of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology.
Dallas Morning News25d
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 ...
WFAA824d
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 ...
SMU’s Turkish duo finding home away from home as they chase basketball dreams in Dallas
Senior forward Tibet Görener’s and freshman center Samet Yiğitoğlu’s basketball journeys brought each of them 6,000 miles ...
D Magazine27d
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 ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education28d
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 ...
Longview News-Journal25d
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 ...
Reuters2d
SMU athletic director Rick Hart to step down
February 7 - SMU athletic director Rick Hart announced ... His departure coincides with that of university president R. Gerald Turner, who announced last summer that he would leave the school ...