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Gifts to the ACC Competitiveness Campaign provide enhanced support for our student-athletes and coaches – and ensure we can effectively recruit, retain, train, teach and compete for championships in the ACC. Thank you for investing in the future of SMU Athletics.

The Archaeology Research Collections (ARC) is the home of over 50 years of archaeological research, artifacts and documents produced by SMU faculty and students. We preserve these items for future researchers across the globe and use our collections for education and training of the next generation of museum and archaeology professionals.

Your support of the ARC will go to support our current efforts at rehabilitating and documenting SMU's collections from archaeological sites studied by SMU in advance of the construction of Lake Bob Sandlin in the mid-1970s. We are hoping to obtain at least 10 new high-precision radiocarbon dates to provide a significant reassessment of the archaeology of North Texas.

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The Asian Pacific Islander Alumni of SMU Scholarship Fund was established in 2022. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide current students who are active members of select student organizations with financial assistance for tuition and fees to promote student retention.

Spearheaded by the Asian Pacific Islander of SMU Alumni Board, the scholarship allows students the ability to focus on academic excellence and the completion of their SMU degree.

The Association for Public Interest Law at SMU Dedman School of Law is a group of SMU law students committed to public service. The Association for Public Interest Law at SMU helps raise awareness of public sector jobs through job fairs and speaking events, allowing students to explore how attorneys address social issues such as domestic violence, child abuse and discrimination.

Each year, APIL raises money to provide stipends for law students who are interning for nonprofit agencies or public interest organizations during the summer. APIL stipends allow future lawyers to gain community-minded experience and training and provide much-needed legal assistance to charitable organizations and their clients.

The student-athletes of SMU Athletics represent a diverse subset of the SMU student body. Our unit strives to celebrate this diversity while providing education and training surrounding all aspects of inclusion and equity for all. In addition to programming for student-athletes, the unit provides learning opportunities for coaches, staff and alumni. Our program seeks to partner with other departments on campus to raise the profile of SMU's cultural intelligence efforts. Your support will fund key new programs, speakers, leadership development and new initiatives - such as campus and community collaboration events, education series and more - geared toward advancing our mission.

The BBA Scholars Program provides scholarship support to students in the undergraduate business program. These scholarships are critical to recruiting and retaining top-quality students and ultimately make the difference in these students' lives.

Your gift makes a difference! For more than seven decades, SMU's Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) programs have helped students advance their careers or transition to new ones. CAPE's $7,000 goal will help more students reach their academic and career goals. Your gift will support scholarships for CAPE students to advance their knowledge and build new skill sets in professional development programs. Help us to strengthen connections between SMU and our community with high-quality, accessible continuing education courses. Please consider these gifts to expand CAPE's impact: ¥ $25 will help one student participate in an online professional development course. ¥ $75 will provide course materials for a student transitioning to a new career in law or finance. ¥ $150 will equip a recent graduate with enhanced skills to move from learner to leader. ¥ $ 300 will give an aspiring entrepreneur the tools to launch their own business successfully. ¥ $500 will help one student build their resume with expertise in emerging technologies like generative AI. ¥ $750 will enable a nonprofit organization to support its staff with professional development opportunities at SMU. ¥ $1,000 will help reduce the cost of a professional certificate program for a military veteran or a caregiver transitioning back to the workforce.