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Military and Veteran Students

SUPPORT VETERAN STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARHIPS

Scholarship funds help to cover tuition, fees, and living expenses enabling SMU's Veteran students to focus more on their education and less on holding down a job or taking out student loans.

In the words of a student:

As a Veteran, I suffer from many service-related disabilities which sometimes make me feel like I’ll never be good enough. Rest assured, SMU faculty, and especially the DPT faculty, have been patient, understanding, caring, and accommodating to situations that arise from my disabilities. They don’t take it easier on me, I wouldn’t want that, but instead, they give me the opportunity to constantly prove that I am better than what my service-related disabilities are trying to tell me, and more importantly, they keep me in the “fight.” 

Some days are hard to break my military mindset, but SMU welcomes it and allows me to use my training to try and think “outside” of the box.  SMU was able to reignite the flame to my purpose, the same flame I had when serving all over the world and not even having tomorrow as a promise. They helped me to hang up one uniform of service, to work towards my next uniform of service. I selected SMU because they selected me; they selected the Airman and Soldier the military shaped me to be, and the physical therapist they are forming me to be.

Additional funding for Veterans helps to alleviate even the smallest amount of stress. It instills a positive influence in us as students by letting us know that someone believes and invests in us and our successes. It gives us hope during challenging times, that “sigh” of relief, to be able to breathe.

- Jason Do, DPT '25

$20,000
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Final Push Challenge (Nursing)
An anonymous College of Nursing donor is encouraging us all to give by surpassing the 56 gifts for Nursing in 2024's Giving Days. If we pass 56 gifts we will unlock an additional $20,000 for Nursing! Let’s uplift students together!
Completed
$15,000
SMU New Oakland Campus Challenge
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: One of our generous Board of Regents is challenging us to reach 100 donors! If we reach 100 donors before 11:59pm on May 14th, we will unlock a $15,000 donation to benefit our new New Oakland Campus.
Completed
$10,000
Borgeson Family Strong Start Challenge
5:00PM DEADLINE: Our generous supporters Gerry (DIP ’68, Nursing) and Phil Borgeson are challenging us to give early! If we reach 50 donors before 5:00pm on May 13th, we will unlock a $10,000 donation to benefit student scholarship this year.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Final Push Challenge (All Programs)
An anonymous donor is encouraging us all to give by surpassing the 135 gifts raised in 2024's Giving Days. If we pass 135 gifts we will unlock an additional $5,000! Let’s uplift students together!
Completed
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