TEDxSMU Inside SMU 2015

On Friday, April 17, 2015, the TEDxSMU team partnered with SMU’s Office of Development and External Affairs to present the second annual Inside SMU powered by TEDxSMU during Founder’s Day Weekend!

Founders’ Day is an annual celebration of the founding of SMU and the spirit of the University. The cornerstone of the day is Inside SMU, an open house that highlights all the best and brightest ideas across campus.  The afternoon was hosted by SMU students Ashmi Patel and Richmond Dewan. Subjects ranged from social media, wind power, free speech, philanthropy and cornbread. We would like to thank all of our speakers for sharing their brilliant ideas.

Check out pictures from TEDxSMU Inside SMU 2015 here!

Session One: 1:00 – 2:45 pm

Willie Baronet | Faculty | Meadows School of the Arts | Home. Again.

Milan Sevak | Faculty | Simmons School of Education & Human Development | Why do I need to learn this? Revisiting the purpose of schools

Ulrike Schultze | Faculty | Cox School of Business | How Social Media Shapes Identity

Greg Brownderville | Faculty | Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences | How to Make Up Your Mind (Hint: It Involves Reading Poetry)

Justin Mueller | Student | Simmons School of Education & Human Development | Philanthropy on a Student Salary

Karla del Rosal | Faculty | Simmons School of Education & Human Development | 4.4 Million Reasons to Care…Do We Need More?

Lackland Bloom | Faculty | Dedman School of Law | Why We Should Protect Hurtful Speech

Maya Jones | Student | Meadows School of the Arts | Freedom IS a choICe

Dale Vaughn | Alumni | Meadows School of the Arts | How Great Men Think Alike

Session Two: 3:15 – 5:00 pm

Rochelle Carr | Alumni | Perkins School of Theology | Cornbread, Collard Greens, Chicken and Cake

Mel Fugate | Faculty | Cox School of Business | How to Live and Share the Dream at Work

Quinton Linn | Student | Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences | Intelligence: re-thinking our definition

Ashley Wali | Student | Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts | Where are you?

Thomas Siems | Faculty | Lyle School of Engineering | The Wealth of Innovations

Jonah Kirby | Student | Lyle School of Engineering | Gone With the Wind

Jennifer Jones | Executive Director | Student Life | Shaping SMU World Changers

Robert Hunt | Faculty | Perkins School of Theology | Going Global? You Need to Fall in Love

Jim Hart | Faculty | Meadows School of the Arts | Arts Entrepreneurship & Teaching Through Games

*please note speaking order is subject to change