SMU Receives 2-yrs Probation

oldsalt · Post by **oldsalt** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:36 am

They've done it again!. The NCAA bloodhounds got the scent of the letters S, M, and U and reflexively gave the school two years probation. Thankfully, it was for Southern Maine this time.

Post by **PonyPride** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:51 am

That's not funny!

OK, yes it is.

mustangbill67 · Post by **mustangbill67** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:00 am

I sure all we will see in the news clips is SMU!

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:07 am

At least they did not go after Singapore Management University. And yes they do have sweatshirts that look like ours - minus the Peruna

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:46 pm

smupony94 wrote:At least they did not go after Singapore Management University. And yes they do have sweatshirts that look like ours - minus the Peruna

are they any good at football?

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:57 pm

ok I am bored today so this is what I found:

The SMU approach to preparing graduates for an era of unparalleled choices is a focused but broad-based education. Modeled after the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA's top business school, SMU's curriculum aims to groom outstanding business leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in a rapidly changing and dynamic world.

SMU is home to over 3,800 students and comprises four schools offering five undergraduate degree programmes: the Lee Kong Chian School of Business; the School of Accountancy; the School of Economics and Social Sciences; and the School of Information Systems, which has a partnership with IT-renowned Carnegie Mellon University. The university offers master's degree programmes in Wealth Management, Applied Finance, Professional Accounting, Applied Economics and in Economics and Finance (by research). The Wealth Management degree is offered in collaboration with the Swiss Banking School and the Wealth Management Institute. The university will continue to introduce new master's programmes and there will also be development of a university-wide PhD programme. SMU also has a dedicated Office of Research and provides public and customised programmes through Executive Education.

SMU has sparked controversy in the local and regional media by establishing its position as being "different" from the local legacy universities, challenging their pedagogy, operations and strategic development. Its advertisements, which feature SMU undergraduates in various acrobatic poses, have served to invoke comments about exactly how different, and how much better SMU graduates are.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:24 pm

Any chance they have an opening in the schedule next year? We could drop TCU and start a rivalry with SMU.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:28 pm

They only play cricket - no football.

Corso · Post by **Corso** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:37 pm

smupony94 wrote:.... SMU is home to .... the Lee Kong Chian School of Business

WHEN DID THE NAME CHANGE?

smupony94 wrote:.... The university offers master's degree programmes in Wealth Management....

DAMN - I knew I should have gotten a different degree.

smupony94 wrote:.... SMU has sparked controversy in the local and regional media by .... how much better SMU graduates are.

Well yeah -- of course.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:52 pm

Dr. Lee Kong Chian

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:32 pm

He was a Rivals 3 star cricket recruit in his day, but his shuttle time kept him out of the BCS schools.

Mustangs35SMU · Post by **Mustangs35SMU** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:36 pm

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:01 pm

jtstang wrote:He was a Rivals 3 star cricket recruit in his day, but his shuttle time kept him out of the BCS schools.

i heard from a reliable source that he got into some trouble with the law

The PonyGrad · Post by **The PonyGrad** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:20 pm

expony18 wrote:
jtstang wrote:He was a Rivals 3 star cricket recruit in his day, but his shuttle time kept him out of the BCS schools.
i heard from a reliable source that he got into some trouble with the law

Got cained for littering. :shock: