No matter how much or how fast our world changes, one thing remains constant—the need for outstanding leaders: Creating such leaders is the business of SMU Cox.
SMU Cox Career Coach Judi Umali-Rajkumar recently joined @NPR's Here & Now to share career advice for today's graduates and discussed what it takes to navigate a competitive job market.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4uEU5BQ
ALT Graphic featuring Judi Umali-Rajkumar, Director of the SMU Cox Career Management Center, with the SMU Rotunda in the background. Text reads, “Helping Students Navigate Today’s Job Market” and promotes her NPR Here & Now interview.
Launching in 3...2...1... 🚀
Cohort 02 of the Spears LAUNCH Accelerator has officially launched.
Student founders are spending the summer testing ideas and refining business models alongside mentors and entrepreneurs.
📅 Demo Day: August 18
#SMUCox#Entrepreneurship
ALT Members of the Spears LAUNCH Accelerator community pose together at the Cohort 2 kickoff event, bringing student founders and mentors together to support new ventures.
Good business is built on good relationships, and few are more impactful than those between mentors and students.
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Mentor Award recipients: Karla Mantilla, Scott Davey, Russ Patrick, Umair Surani and Mahima Garg.
#SMUCox#SMUAlumni
ALT Scott Davey stands with his student mentee after receiving the Distinguished Mentor Award for the BBA Data Analytics mentorship program.
ALT Mentors and mentees from the Cox Career Management Center celebrate another year of relationships and career support.
Congratulations to the Full-time Two-Year MBA students in the Unbridled Venture Project, where 8 teams transformed early-stage ideas into compelling business opportunities through research, testing and innovation.
🏆 Pharma Dream
🥈 Hydralytics
🥉 Archer
#SMUCox#Entrepreneurship
ALT Pharma Dream founders Maria Pineda Pedraza, Madison Arroyo, Spencer Brooks and Talal Hussain, receive $1500 for their first-place pitch.
ALT Expert judges evaluate and present awards to full-time MBA students at SMU Cox for the Unbridled Venture Project.
Mustangs helping Mustangs 🤝
Help SMU students look their best by donating professional attire to the Career Closet Pop-Up.
We're accepting new gently used business clothing and accessories through Aug. 14 at the Hegi Family Career Development Center
#SMUCox#DressForSuccess
Celebrating the people who make Cox exceptional! 🎉 Nearly 100 faculty and staff came together to honor excellence in teaching, research and service, and the dedication that drives student success. Congrats to our incredible 2026 honorees! 👏 #SMUCox
ALT Scenes from the 2026 SMU Cox School of Business faculty and staff awards, honoring the achievements in teaching, research, service and dedication to supporting successful student outcomes.
EMBA scholars brought 12 ventures to life at the 2026 Business Plan Competition, pitching to top VCs. 👏 Congrats to 1st place team D10 Therapeutics - Kevin Smith, Collins Anaba, Metasebya Solomon & Jose Bolivar!
Register for our EMBA Open House on 6/13. smucox.biz/4xaKqVZ
ALT The winning SMU Cox School of Business Executive MBA student team in the Unbridled Venture Project pitch competition poses with their oversized check award, faculty and judges.
From classroom to career - experience the difference at SMU Cox. 🎧 Tune into the @ClearAdmit MBA Podcast with Folsom Institute Director Joseph Cahoon to hear how hands-on learning, leadership development & Dallas connections prepare you for what’s next. smucox.biz/4emp1Sl
ALT Image of the SMU Cox School of Business David B. Miller Business Quadrangle with the Clear Admit logo and a headshot of Joseph Cahoon, director of the SMU Cox Folsom Institute for Real Estate, layered on top.
We love celebrating BIG wins for North Texas leaders 🎉 Proud to sponsor @DallasBizNews 40 Under 40! Shoutout to eight incredible SMU & Cox grads making an impact 👏 From entrepreneurs to executives, you represent the best of the Mustang network 💙❤️ #SMUCox#DBJEvent
ALT Scenes from the Dallas Business Journal 2026 40 Under 40 awards, sponsored by the SMU Cox School of Business. The award ceremony honors rising leaders in the Dallas community. This year’s awards featured eight graduates of SMU, including five from SMU Cox.
New MIT Sloan Management Review research from Assoc. Prof. Vishal Ahuja & coauthors shows leaders can design systems for efficiency & resiliency. Key strategies: ✔️Measure what customers value ✔️Use targeted buffers ✔️Balance revenue & risk #SMUCoxbit.ly/4o51lFs
Dallas is on the rise 🚀
At the Southwest Venture Forum, leaders shared why North Texas is becoming a hub for life sciences - driven by a bold “why not us?” mindset and “astronomical potential.”
smucox.biz/3REDcJF#SMUCox#Entrepreneurship
ALT Speakers Bunker Curnes and Katie Cashman Rogers and discussion moderator JR Garcia address the audience at the most recent Southwest Venture Forum co-hosted by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and the Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the SMU Cox School of Business in Dallas, TX.
15 public companies have approved or completed Texas reincorporation since spring 2024. “Y’all Street” is a live governance case study, and through the @SMU Corporate Governance Initiative, faculty helped shape @exxonmobil proxy debate. #YallStreetsmucox.biz/4nRrRlu
ALT A skyward look at the pillars of Dallas Hall on the campus of SMU.
The new Coxyoday is here 🎉 From Dean Milbourn’s vision to bold ideas, research & inspiring stories - see what’s driving momentum at SMU Cox. smucox.biz/4dAG42V#SMUCox#CoxToday#Community
ALT An image of the cover of the latest SMU Cox School of Business Coxtoday magazine, featuring a portrait of Dean Todd Milbourn standing in the David B. Miller Business Quadrangle.
Two celebrations, one big milestone🎓SMU Cox recently honored 14 Don Jackson Associates and recognized graduating Alts students. Congrats to these outstanding Finance Mustangs! Learn more about our finance centers smucox.biz/42ZM6E5 & smucox.biz/4u8zSnS. #SMUCox
ALT SMU Cox School of Business students, faculty, staff and supporters gather at the recognition ceremonies for the Don Jackson Center Associates and the EnCap and & LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center (Alts) finance programs.
Big idea → big win 🥇 The inaugural Folsom Invitational Real Estate Challenge—envisioned by recent grads—brought top programs to Dallas to tackle a complex real-world case. The Cox team took 1st in the final vs. NYU. #SMUCox#RealEstate Check out Folsom: smucox.biz/4wDgvpd
ALT The first place SMU Cox School of Business B.B.A. student team hold a giant check at the inaugural Folsom Institute for Real Estate Pitch Competition.
ICYMI: Still feeling energized from this weekend’s graduation ceremonies - an unforgettable celebration of hard work & achievement. Congrats again grads!🎓 #SMUCox#Graduation
ALT Graduates of the SMU Cox School of Business pose with friends and family in post-commencement ceremony celebrations.
🎓Congrats to the Class of 2026! Your long nights, early mornings & determination paid off. You didn’t just earn a degree, you built lasting friendships & lifelong growth. Wishing you continued success as you put it all into practice. You’ve earned this. 💙
#SMUCox#Graduation
ALT A sea of graduating students from SMU Cox School of Business sit facing the stage in in their caps and gowns waiting for the 2026 Commencement Ceremony to begin.
Congrats to 43 SMU Cox students and Prof. @Allen Gwinn, Jr. on their induction into Alpha Iota Delta - an honor reserved for top 10% performers. 👏And a special shoutout to the 12 standout students recognized for academic excellence! #SMUCoxsmucox.biz/42hdxJf
ALT A group photo of top SMU Cox School of Business Information Technology and Operations Management students at the induction ceremony to the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Iota Delta, an international honor society that recognizes undergraduate and graduate students in the top 10 percent of their class.
Congrats to Dejanae Parkman (MBA ’21, MSM ’20), founder & CEO of Dotted, on a huge night at The Pitch 2026 with @UnitedWayDallas 👏
🏆 Social Innovator of the Year
🏆 Audience Choice
✨ Accelerator Prize
Bold ideas. Real impact. #MustangMomentum 🚀
ALT SMU Cox alumna Dejanae Parkman (MBA '21) accepts the Social Innovator of the Year Award at The Pitch 2026 hosted by United Way.
Marketing Mustangs moment to shine 🎉
Celebrating our 2026 B.B.A. Marketing award winners! 🏆 Congrats to Evelinn Gonzalez, Maddie Miller, Taylor Benoit, Victoria Mawn, Morghyn Moabery, Emma Schellhase & Madeleine Tahl who were recognized for their outstanding work. 💙#SMUCox
ALT Five of the seven SMU Cox School of Business B.B.A. students honored by the marketing department for student excellence pose together, smiling and holding their awards.