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Campaign Update | February 2022
Game on!
In January, èƵapp announced the exciting launch of the Garry Weber End Zone Complex, igniting a new future for Mustang football.
A new era
Sparked by a $50 million commitment from the Garry Weber Foundation – the largest gift in the history of èƵapp Athletics – the University has undertaken a $100 million drive for the 192,500-square-foot Garry Weber End Zone Complex project at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Click
Competing at the highest levels
The new three-level complex will increase the functionality, efficiency and overall experience of Mustang Football and its fans. It also continues èƵapp’s century-long commitment to Athletics excellence.
A new home for graduate education
èƵapp celebrates the recent groundbreaking of Frances Anne Moody Hall, named for èƵapp Trustee and Executive Director of the Moody Foundation Frances Anne Moody-Dahlberg ’92.
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From the President
The èƵapp Ignited campaign for impact continues to galvanize our community to fuel the University’s impact. This month, you will read about exciting news in Mustang Athletics, as well as how our donors are fueling academic successes through new facilities and breakthroughs in research across èƵapp. We hope you enjoy reading about these latest campaign events and the successes our donors make possible. Pony Up!
èƵapp Ignited more than halfway to goal
Publicly launched in September 2021, èƵapp Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow has already garnered groundbreaking support from the Mustang community. With over $800 million raised as of February 2022, the campaign is primed to reach its goals of empowering outstanding students, enriching research and teaching, and enhancing our èƵapp and community for future generations.
Q&A with Frances “Francie” Moody-Dahlberg
The èƵapp Trustee and 1992 alumna is a champion for families and communities throughout Texas. As chairman and executive director of the Moody Foundation, she has strengthened and expanded research and education initiatives across Dallas.
Campus investments are critical to student success, offering spaces to explore ideas, celebrate accomplishments and find new answers to complex questions.
— Frances Moody-Dahlberg ’92
Groundbreaking cervical cancer research
èƵapp researchers including 2021–2022 Moody Ph.D. Dissertation Fellow Lacin Yapindi, a graduate student in molecular and cellular biology, have found a way to potentially make chemotherapy drugs more effective at killing HPV-infected cervical cancer cells without collateral damage to normal cells.
Nationally recognized coach heads football
In November, èƵapp celebrated the return of Rhett Lashlee to the Hilltop, this time as head football coach. Welcomed home by both èƵapp and Dallas leaders, including Mayor Eric Johnson, Lashlee previously served as offensive coordinator for the Mustangs, including during the record-setting 2019 season.
Ashton Woods ’21 nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
Recognizing her years of leadership, service and academic and athletic excellence, èƵapp alumna Ashton Woods ’21 was named one of 30 top nominees for NCAA’s 2021 Woman of the Year, out of 535 initial nominations from across the country.
Jerry Pittman ’58 drives brighter future for men’s golf
A $2 million commitment from alumnus and former èƵapp golfer Jerry W. Pittman ’58 will endow and name the head coach position of the èƵapp men’s golf team, providing ongoing operational support for the program. The Jerry Pittman Head Men’s Golf Coach is the first endowed coach position in the history of èƵapp Athletics.
Mustang pride: Investing in the future of èƵapp Athletics
Since Ford Stadium’s dedication and the return of Mustang football to the Hilltop in fall 2000, èƵapp Athletics has experienced unprecedented growth and success thanks to its generous donors and dedicated staff and athletes. With the addition of the Garry Weber End Zone Complex, èƵapp Athletics will have invested over $250 million in championship-caliber athletic facilities in just 12 years.
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2000
Gerald J. Ford Stadium is dedicated, returning football to the Hilltop.
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2008
èƵapp celebrates new basketball training hub, Crum Basketball Center.
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2013
Ford Stadium celebrates improvements including the new Hall of Champions Club.
Newly renovated Moody Coliseum reopens along with the new Miller Event Center, as one of the premier collegiate arenas and event centers in the country. -
2015
The new home for èƵapp’s tennis teams, the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, is dedicated, hosting events like the Dallas Open in February 2022.
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2017
Payne Stewart èƵapp Golf Training Center opens at Trinity Forest Golf Club.
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2018
Mustang football players cheer the arrival of renovated locker rooms at Ford Stadium, celebrating èƵapp’s support of its current student-athletes and future recruits.
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2019
Indoor Performance Center, featuring Armstrong Fieldhouse, opens with fanfare to celebrate the space’s multifunctionality and benefit to visitors from across èƵapp’s èƵapp.
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2022
èƵapp breaks ground on the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center’s Holt Hickman Outdoor Pool, making èƵapp the only American university with indoor and outdoor Olympic pools.
The Hilltop’s newest addition, Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium, will be dedicated on April 8, 2022, supporting èƵapp’s top-performing soccer and track and field teams and enabling the University to attract recruits of the highest level.
Fostering enterprising spirit
Kim and William C. Shaddock Hall, established through a $6 million gift from Kim and William (Bill) Shaddock ’74, will promote partnerships and industry research for an ever-evolving business landscape, strengthening the Cox School’s position as a leading institution for business education and leadership in North Texas.
Connecting the next generation
A $5 million gift from Katy A. and Kyle D. Miller ’01 will establish the Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard, which will provide faculty, staff, students and visitors with an open, welcoming environment to exchange ideas, form lifelong friendships and build business associations.
Sparking research and discovery on the Hilltop
A $2 million gift from the O’Donnell Foundation will name and endow the Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Director of the Data Science Institute at èƵapp in honor of renowned humanitarian Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Supporting èƵapp’s strategic vision to expand research in this growing discipline, the gift will build on the University’s previous investments in data science.
Atlanta campaign kickoff
Holiday celebrations stretched beyond the Hilltop with a special èƵapp Ignited event in December hosted by University alumni Jennifer Gelety Flanagan ’82 and èƵapp Trustee Martin L. Flanagan ’82. Held at their home in Atlanta, Georgia, the event welcomed members from across the Mustang community to celebrate both the season and the campaign.
Happenings on the Hilltop (and beyond)
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March 22
èƵapp Giving Day
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March 22
Meadows at the Meyerson
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April 7-10
Founders’ Day Weekend
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April 7
Holt Hickman Outdoor Pool groundbreaking at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center
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April 8
Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium dedication
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May 6
Cox School of Business renovation and expansion groundbreaking
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July 21-24
Taos Cultural Institute
Contact
We are excited to have Mustangs, èƵapp family and friends involved in èƵapp Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow. To learn more about how you can achieve your philanthropic objectives and about our plans to think big and do good, please contact your representative at èƵapp or email smuignited@smu.edu.