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SMU Student Shares College Friendship Research
With the help of Chrystyna Kouros, SMU associate professor of psychology, and her own research, here are Hurley’s five research-based tips for making and keeping friends in college
College Friendship 101
When SMU senior Page Hurley transferred to SMU in 2015, she didn’t know a soul, but she soon found new friends in her classes.
STEAM
University Park’s STEAM Station Blends Learning and Fun
The interactive STEAM cart is packed with MagnaTiles, TinkerToys, Keva Planks, Zoobs, and Squigz to aid in childhood education and development.
‘Shark Tank’ for the Homeless
The new residential wing of Dallas’ Fannie C. Harris Youth Center is about to receive a total makeover, courtesy of some local students.
GALLERY: Go 2019 Scots
Highland Park High School celebrated on May 31 the graduation of its 2019 senior class at SMU’s Moody Coliseum. Graduates crossed the stage and received their diplomas clad in traditional Highland Park blue and gold.
Hockaday Graduate Honored at 70th Class Reunion
Mary Ann Hyde was the belle of the ball at The Hockaday School reunion – with a caveat attached. This was no ordinary school reunion.
Troops 70, 125, 577 Introduce New Eagle Scouts
These area Boy Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout rank, Scouting’s highest. Doing so typically takes several years and requires earning a combination of 21 or more badges plus a special project.
Academic Decathlon Takes Third Title in Four Years
The Highland Park Academic Decathlon team is accustomed, by now, to winning championships.
Principal To Get Fifth Elementary Ready for 2020
A name for the newest Highland Park ISD elementary school may not be decided until October, but the district wasted no time in choosing a principal for the campus.
Camps
ESD Offers Campers Week at Wolf Run Ranch
When it comes to summer camps, The Episcopal School of Dallas has students covered.
Camps
Camp iHope Offers Freedom, Family, Fun
Each June, campers skim the trees in Anna on a zip line, canoe the lake water, climb the rock wall, and forget about cancer for a week.
‘R Is The Roughest,’ But Not The Only Hard Sound
Cynthia Gould and Michelle Marlow have found a way to impart pronunciation tricks even when a child is not in the middle of a face-to-face session.
‘Roughing it’ on Campus: A University Park Tradition
Camping out on the school grounds has become an annual tradition for University Park Elementary families – one where students don’t mind the extra hours on campus.
St. Mark’s Freshman Photographs Troubled Borders
With politicians debating border security and immigration, a curious St. Mark’s School of Texas ninth-grader picked up his camera and headed to Brownsville.
Camps
CSI: A Camp for STEM Investigation
In a trashed meeting room with papers strewn everywhere, tracks of fresh soil, and a blinking computer screen, teammates donned gloves and carefully searched for clues.
Camps
A Camp For Children Who Like To Make Things
Inventors get the red-carpet treatment from the National Inventors Hall of Fame and then play starring roles in a summer camp curriculum.
Financial Tips For The First Year at College
Whether enrolled in your first year of college, or on your way to college next fall, there is a lot of planning to be done.
Chandler Dykes Award Winner: Dale Petroskey
During icy weather on a recent trip to Washington, D.C., Dale Petroskey’s thoughts turned to warm memories of working for President Ronald Reagan.
SMU Ranks No. 1 in Graduate school Game Design
Neatly tucked within SMU’s Plano campus, students stay busy at SMU Guildhall, The Princeton Review’s No. 1 ranked graduate school for game design.