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Developing SMU into an Internationally recognized…

Developing SMU into an Internationally recognized University

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 16:51 +08

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I remember that I had a conversation with Ho Kwon Ping, fairly late in the process that we were interacting with each other and where I basically said, and I paraphrase…
05:15

Maintaining SMU's Competitive Edge

Maintaining SMU's Competitive Edge

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:50 +08

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When I go back to 2010-2011, that first academic year, where I had to learn a lot about the university, one of my observations was that probably the undergraduate…
03:18

SMU Research and its impact on Society in…

SMU Research and its impact on Society in Singapore

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:40 +08

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I had after a few months that I was here at a lunch with Tommy Koh, and he may not remember it anymore, but he asked me during that lunch, “Does SMU do any…
03:53

Renovating Campus Green

Renovating Campus Green

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:37 +08

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The two other ones that I personally invested a lot in and is that one, I felt that our Campus Green was not very well used. In fact, it was told to me by many other…
01:47

Renovating Prinsep Street Residences

Renovating Prinsep Street Residences

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:33 +08

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The third infrastructure change was of, course, the renovation of the Prinsep Street Residences. We have these residences with about, in those days about 270 beds. But…
05:10

SMU-X Building

SMU-X Building

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:29 +08

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And now, we did the ground-breaking a few weeks ago of what will be the SMU-X building which we will call the Tahir Foundation Connexion. Why that building? Well, as you…
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Designing SMU-X Building

Designing SMU-X Building

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:21 +08

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Design - it is going to be very interesting design for three reasons. That first of all, together with BCA, and I should say that the Building and Construction Authority…
05:17

Goals as President

Goals as President

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 14:13 +08

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First of all, I believe that a president is only a first among equals at a university. To some extent, a university is an organization or even an organism I would say,…
02:15

Building a Culture of Sustainbility

Building a Culture of Sustainbility

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 13:45 +08

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So while at the same time I refer to the building, the Tahir Connexion, the Tahir Foundation Connexion Building that will be zero net energy, we also will put…
01:57

Support from the Government

Support from the Government

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 13:43 +08

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Frankly speaking, SMU would not be where it is after 18 years, if it would not have been for the unwavering support by the government. Yes, they are challenging and they…
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Grasping Opportunities

Grasping Opportunities

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 11-Jan-2019, 13:42 +08

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Advice, for our alumni, yes, it’s what I always say to the students when they come for the sandwich lunches. Very often, they sort of ask, one way or another, the…
01:08

Cherished memory of a conversation with professor

Cherished memory of a conversation with professor

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 17-Apr-2017, 13:54 +08

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I remember it was in Year Three; I was having a casual conversation with Professor David Smith after we discussed the outline of my research paper. He was just asking me…
01:15

Interaction between LLB and JD students

Interaction between LLB and JD students

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 17-Apr-2017, 13:45 +08

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So I think they appeared in our third year. At that point in time, after two years in law school, we were quite comfortable with each other. Some students were more…
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Advice for students

Advice for students

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 17-Apr-2017, 13:34 +08

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I recall my days at SMU to be…I remember the students around me were very competitive and it was stressful four years. But I would say to prospective law…
01:10

First job of a SMU law graduate

First job of a SMU law graduate

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 17-Apr-2017, 13:34 +08

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Actually the first job I had was at Rajah & Tann Shipping. I met my employers there through a shipping course that I did during my 4th year. So SMU actually engaged…
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Challenges of pioneer students

Challenges of pioneer students

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _ on 17-Apr-2017, 13:31 +08

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I guess some of the challenges would be not having seniors above us. We didn’t know who to go to when we had difficulty understanding the subject. We only had each…

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