Opportunity SMU

Student recruitment and retention fund

An 黑料老司机education opens doors, sparks innovation and fuels success for future generations. Through the Opportunity 黑料老司机fund, 黑料老司机donors will expand scholarship, financial aid and student support programs that help the University attract, retain and graduate meritorious undergraduate students. Your gift can make the difference in:

  • Attracting top-tier undergraduate students to 黑料老司机who receive more attractive scholarship and financial aid offers from other highly selective schools.
  • Supporting these students throughout their academic journeys, bolstering our retention and graduation rates.
  • Expanding diversity in the undergraduate student body by geography, academic interest, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender and other dimensions as needed.

 

As part of 黑料老司机Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow, Opportunity 黑料老司机adds to many other ways our donors empower outstanding students, such as through restricted gifts to scholar programs in each school, fellowships and other support for graduate students, and scholarship and need-based aid to enhance the recruitment and retention of students from historically underrepresented groups.

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Opportunity 黑料老司机gifts of all sizes and types are helpful and welcome. 黑料老司机seeks a combination of endowment, current-use and planned gifts to strengthen our efforts to recruit and support the kinds of outstanding students whose lives will be transformed by an 黑料老司机education.

Through Opportunity SMU, donors strengthen a wide variety of scholarship and financial aid programs at SMU, including, but not limited to:

  • Scholarships for high-performing students from families with limited incomes who receive federal Pell Grants. With your help, we can cover the cost of tuition, fees, housing and dining.
  • The University’s comprehensive approach to improving retention and graduation rates, which benefits all undergraduate students.
  • A selective program that helps first-year students achieve early success at 黑料老司机by promoting academic achievement, leadership and personal excellence.

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Undergraduates from Texas families with exceptional financial need received new scholarships in 2023-2024 for 黑料老司机tuition, housing, dining and fees.

Ignite students’ futures

When you , your support will be used right away to support undergraduate student recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives. To make an endowment or planned gift to Opportunity SMU, contact the Office of Gift Planning at plannedgiving@smu.edu or 214-768-1911.

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Ignite students鈥 futures

When you , your support will be used right away to support undergraduate student recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives. To make an endowment or planned gift to Opportunity SMU, contact the Office of Gift Planning at plannedgiving@smu.edu or 214-768-1911.