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Construction improves SMU
Maniel Harris, Contributing Writer, mharris@smu.edu
Issue date: 7/1/09 Section: News
Another new addition to the SMU curriculum will be the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Development, located across from Fondren Library.
An open lot behind Fondren Library and the Dedman Life Sciences Building was previously a focus of much speculation for the SMU community regarding how it would be put to use. With the announcement of the new Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall, which will become the home of SMU's blossoming education program upon completion, the speculation ends.
Set to open its doors in the Summer of 2010, this hall is designed to be welcoming to students and visitors and includes classrooms, research laboratories and other facilities designed to give those who intend to make the field of education their academic focus the resources they will need to be successful.
SMU also continues to invest in new additions with the purpose of simply making on-campus life easier and more enjoyable. For example, the M Lounge, located in the Hughes Trigg Student Center, opened in April to much fanfare.
Here, students can try out the latest video games from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo, watch their favorite shows on HDTV and relieve some of the stress that comes from studying.
Also new to the university is the Binkley Parking Garage that has helped to relieve parking problems on campus. Both of these areas have been well received by the SMU community.
Other projects to look for are:
The Meadows Museum, noted for the world's largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain, is in the process of transforming the entrance plaza into a more open area for visitors, complete with extensive landscaping and a brand-new overlook for the outdoor sculpture known as Calatrava's Wave. These changes will be complete in Fall 2009.
Built as the centerpiece of the plaza that will lie between the Dedman Life Sciences Building and the Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall, the beautiful, oval-shaped Val and Frank Late Fountain attracts a great deal of attention with its lights and dancing water.
With seating all around the structure itself, students have another area to relax alone or gather with friends. Seeing the Late fountain during the day is certainly wonderful, but things become even more spectacular at night when the fountain changes colors and gleams in the night sky.
SMU has never stopped looking for ways improve, and at no time has this been more apparent than the present. The new construction is an invitation for the SMU community to stick around and experience what is in store.
An open lot behind Fondren Library and the Dedman Life Sciences Building was previously a focus of much speculation for the SMU community regarding how it would be put to use. With the announcement of the new Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall, which will become the home of SMU's blossoming education program upon completion, the speculation ends.
Set to open its doors in the Summer of 2010, this hall is designed to be welcoming to students and visitors and includes classrooms, research laboratories and other facilities designed to give those who intend to make the field of education their academic focus the resources they will need to be successful.
SMU also continues to invest in new additions with the purpose of simply making on-campus life easier and more enjoyable. For example, the M Lounge, located in the Hughes Trigg Student Center, opened in April to much fanfare.
Here, students can try out the latest video games from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo, watch their favorite shows on HDTV and relieve some of the stress that comes from studying.
Also new to the university is the Binkley Parking Garage that has helped to relieve parking problems on campus. Both of these areas have been well received by the SMU community.
Other projects to look for are:
The Meadows Museum, noted for the world's largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain, is in the process of transforming the entrance plaza into a more open area for visitors, complete with extensive landscaping and a brand-new overlook for the outdoor sculpture known as Calatrava's Wave. These changes will be complete in Fall 2009.
Built as the centerpiece of the plaza that will lie between the Dedman Life Sciences Building and the Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall, the beautiful, oval-shaped Val and Frank Late Fountain attracts a great deal of attention with its lights and dancing water.
With seating all around the structure itself, students have another area to relax alone or gather with friends. Seeing the Late fountain during the day is certainly wonderful, but things become even more spectacular at night when the fountain changes colors and gleams in the night sky.
SMU has never stopped looking for ways improve, and at no time has this been more apparent than the present. The new construction is an invitation for the SMU community to stick around and experience what is in store.
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