Benefits costs are rising and account for as much as one-third of payroll costs, but there are still opportunities for employers to provide current benefits more efficiently and to provide attractive benefit packages that appeal to employees without greatly increasing payroll costs.
ExpEriEncE SMU. SMU is celebrating the centennial of its founding. in 1911 and its opening in 1915. As SMU enters a. second century of achievement, it is recognized as a. university of increasing national prominence. SMU prepares students for leadership in their. professions and in their communities.
R. Gerald Turner. As president of SMU since 1995, R. Gerald Turner is leading an era of unprecedented progress, including a $1 billion major gifts campaign that surpassed its goal by raising $1.15 billion from 2008 to 2015. SMU is now among 34 private universities nationally to raise a campaign amount of $1 billion or more.