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|type=Private

|type=Private

|city=University Park, [[Texas]]

|city=University Park, [[Texas]]

|sports=basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, rowing, soccer, swim and dive, tennis, track and field, volleyball<ref>{{cite web|work=Southern Methodist University|title=The Official Site of SMU Athletics|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://smumustangs.cstv.com/}}</ref>

|sports=basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, rowing, soccer, swim and dive, tennis, track and field, volleyball<ref>{{cite web|work=Southern Methodist University|title=The Official Site of SMU Athletics|language=English|url=http://smumustangs.cstv.com/}}</ref>

|colors=red, blue

|colors=red, blue

|mascot=Peruna (Mustangs)

|mascot=Peruna (Mustangs)

|website=http://www.smu.edu/

|website=http://www.smu.edu/

}}

}}

'''Southern Methodist University''' (or SMU) is a [[Texas]] private [[university]] founded in 1911 by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/facts/|title=SMU Facts|format=HTML|work=Southern Methodist University|language=English}}</ref> The school ranked #67 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

'''Southern Methodist University''' (or SMU) is a [[Texas]] private [[university]] founded in 1911 by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu/facts/|title=SMU Facts|work=Southern Methodist University|language=English}}</ref> The school ranked #67 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|language=English}}</ref>

==History==

==History==

The school was founded by what is now the [[United Methodist Church]].<ref name="history"/> It opened its doors in 1915.<ref name="history"/> On February 22, 2008, the school was chosen as the site of the [[George W. Bush]] Presidential Center - the presidential library - partly because First Lady [[Laura Bush]] was an alumni.<ref>{{cite web|work=Reuters|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2260561720080222|title=SMU chosen as site for Bush's presidential library|date=2008-02-22|author=Anna Driver|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>  

The school was founded by what is now the [[United Methodist Church]].<ref name="history"/> It opened its doors in 1915.<ref name="history"/> On February 22, 2008, the school was chosen as the site of the [[George W. Bush]] Presidential Center - the presidential library - partly because First Lady [[Laura Bush]] was an alumni.<ref>{{cite web|work=Reuters|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2260561720080222|title=SMU chosen as site for Bush's presidential library|date=2008-02-22|author=Anna Driver|language=English}}</ref>  

==Athletics==

==Athletics==

The SMU [[football]] program has won 4 bowl games (while losing 6) and 1 national championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/smu_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=SMU FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English|format=HTML}}</ref>

The SMU [[football]] program has won 4 bowl games (while losing 6) and 1 national championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/smu_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=SMU FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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