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Oral History Collection

2014

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Oral History Interview With Kirpal Singh: Growing Smu, Kirpal Singh Apr 2014

Oral History Interview With Kirpal Singh: Growing Smu, Kirpal Singh

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The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, risks, admissions process, first priorities, core curriculum, general electives, creative thinking program, student projects, parent interaction, cross-cultural studies, Wee Kim Wee Centre, writers festivals, humanities, arts and culture management, students.

Biography: In recent years Creativity Guru and poet Dr Kirpal Singh has come to be regarded as one of the world's sharpest Futurists, charting territories yet uncharted but certain to materialize in the not-too-distant futures. Dr Singh believes that thinking of the future in the singular sense is no longer going to hold because the Future will be made up of several futures, …

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Oral History Interview With Sharon Tan: Growing Smu, Sharon Tan Mar 2014

Oral History Interview With Sharon Tan: Growing Smu, Sharon Tan

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The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, risks in joining a new university, roles and responsibilities for corporate communication, first advertising campaign, branding SMU, Bukit Timah campus, first commencement, city campus, Advancement Office, endownments, Lee Kong Chian gift, alumni.

Sharon Tan was the Director of Corporate Communications and Director of the Office of Advancement and Alumni in SMU until 2014.

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