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Date	News
Dec 2006	Programme to develop government IT manpower SMU Office of Executive Education will develop a curriculum on strategic change management in partnership with HP aimed at senior civil service executives. Public Sector Technology & Management, p 12
Dec 29, 2006	SIS Associate Dean Desai NARASIMHALU gives an analysis of impact on businesses due to the Internet outage caused by the earthquakes in Taiwan. Aired on Channel NewsAsia
Dec 28, 2006	SIS Dean Steven MILLER talks about how this new wave of Internet movement is an unprecedented phenomenon where Internet users are creating and consuming content for the web. Published in myPaper
Dec 5, 2006	SMU is one of the local universities that offers fast-track degree options. SIS student, HUANG Liang, who takes up the fast-track degree option, will be going to the US next month for the master's leg of his IT course. Published in The Straits Times
Sep 2006	Standard Chartered partners iLab@SMU Published in SMU Hub Sep 2006 issue See related articles here.
Sep 17, 2006	First overseas recipient of national infocomm scholarship - Third-year information systems management student Huang Liang is the first overseas recipient of the National Infocomm Scholarship. Published in Lianhe Zaobao
Sep 16, 2006	Masters' in just 4 years - Four foreign students have been granted a National Infocomm Scholarship for the new fast track Singapore Management University (SMU)-Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) programme, which will take them 4 1/2 years to complete. Published in The New Paper
Sep 7, 2006	SIS student Leonard LIN (pioneer cohort, 2003 entry) and his company Tyler Products is nominated for the Spirit of Enterprise Award.
July 23, 2006	Meat is Sweet? SMU SIS student Tafadzwa Marasha, from Zimbabwe, mans the campus gym reception to help with his daily expenses.
July 5, 2006	Challenge Faced by Argentinean Leaders. SMU SIS student Shashank Nigam wrote on the challenge faced by Argentinean leaders to buy or to develop technology in a paper he presented at the South American Business Forum 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and which was selected by the jury as the best essay in the worldwide competition.
June 12, 2006	SMU trains Information Systems Students with Mercury Performance Center.
June 12, 2006	SMU's School of Information Systems will be hosting the iX2006 Academic Forum with speakers from Google, BBC and Wikimedia. Published in Business Times
June 6, 2006	Interview with SIS 4th year student Shashank Nigam - New Menews Contributor Published in MENSA Singapore
May 30, 2006	SiTF and SMU Announce Winners of "Speak Out on ICT" Oratory Contest More information on Speak Out on ICT Oratory Contest
May 29, 2006	Standard Chartered Bank Partners Singapore Management University to Establish Innovation Lab. SCBiLab is sited at SIS. Published in SMU Hub Sept (2006) Published in TODAY (08 Jun 06) Published in The New Paper (05 Jun 06) Published in The Straits Times (05 Jun 06) Published in Business Times (29 May 06) Published in Lianhe Zaobao (29 May 06) See pictures of the SCBiLab here.
May 18, 2006	SMU and Oracle launch Asia's first Grid Certification.
Apr 20, 2006	SiTF and SMU Introduce "SPEAK OUT ON ICT" ORATORY CONTEST, Announce iX 2006 ACADEMIC FORUM for Students to discuss Infocomm Technology Trends with Industry Experts. iX2006 Academic Forum Speak Out on ICT Oratory Contest
Mar 26, 2006	Study and work at the same time in universities (with translation) Published in Lianhe Zaobao
Mar 18, 2006	Faster broadband network need not stifle creativity Published in the Business Times
Mar 16, 2006	New Fast Track SMU-Carnegie Mellon Programme offered under National Infocomm Scholarship Click here for other related news about SMU-Carnegie Mellon Fast Track Programme.
Mar 4, 2006	100 More Infocomm Scholarships Worth S$30m. Published in the Straits Times
Feb 21, 2006	SMU has extended its Advanced Placement Programme this January to top polytechnic students to allow them to take business IT classes. Published in Lianhe Zaobao
Feb 18, 2006	SMU undergrad Chiam Hui Ting, a National Infocomm Scholarship holder, can choose to work with Intel or serve as an infocomm professional in Singapore. Published in The Straits Times
Feb 16, 2006	DFS launches a new scholarship programme at SIS. DFS Scholarship Announcement
Feb 7, 2006	SMU SIS student and accidental entrepreneur Leonard LIN feels more like a full-time businessman and part-time student. See his video interview.

Last updated on 17 March, 2008 by School of Information Systems.