SMU Circle Fund: SMU25 Special for Alumni
For the past 9 years, graduating seniors have marked the next phase of their SMU journey by giving to the SMU Circle Fund (formerly known as Leave Your Mark) — supporting SMU students and sharing a personal quote on a commemorative plaque on campus.
In celebration of SMU’s 25th anniversary, we invite all alumni to join in this tradition. Whether you graduated last year or 25 years ago, your message — and your gift — can help shape SMU’s future.
Share your story, leave your mark and invest in the next generation
With a minimum gift of $250 to the SMU Circle Fund, you can share a personal quote — a reflection of your hopes, lessons learned, or words of inspiration — engraved on a commemorative plaque bearing your name, class, and year of graduation.
These plaques will be permanently installed in seminar rooms across campus, where your words will inspire future generations of students who walk the same halls and sit where you once did.
This is a one-time opportunity available to alumni from 30 July 2025 - 31 December 2025.
How it works
- Make a gift of at least $250 to the SMU Circle Fund by 31 December 2025.
- We’ll be in touch within a month to collect your quote.
- Timeline:
- For quotes collected by 30 November 2025, plaques will be produced and installed approximately April 2026.
- For quotes collected after 30 November 2025, plaques will be produced and installed approximately April 2027. - We’ll share the location of your plaque and a photo with you once it’s been installed.
Plaque dimensions
90mm (length) x 35mm (height) x 1mm (width)
Quote guidelines
✔️Maximum 100 characters
✔️Use sentence case
✔️Keep the content secular and respectful
❌Quotes will not be accepted if they contain:
- Defamatory remarks against a person or an organisation
- Political content, or mention of any political party
- Explicit, vulgar, inflammatory, or threatening language
- References to unlawful activities or violence
- Product advertisements, marketing, or promotional content
- Instagram handles (personal or business)
- Only symbols or emoticons.
SMU reserves the right to decline any quotes deemed inappropriate.
Questions?
Contact the Annual Giving team for more information.
