Our first full days at SMU were spent doing a tour of campus and the surrounding area, including the new city being built nearby, Lingang. The different colleges’ buildings are located on one side of campus and the dorms and cafeterias are located on the other side of campus. There is a man-made river though the middle of the campus and it divides the areas. The school gymnasium is about a 10 minute walk from our dorms and is very nice. We have been given access to the weight room and the pool during the week. The library on campus is unbelievable. COSCO (China Overseas Shipping Company) sponsored 7 million dollars to the building of the campus library and their logo is on the roof. We have a pretty good view of the library from my bedroom balcony and a good view of the auditorium and the remainder of the dorms on campus from my study’s balcony. We also went to the Lingang City to see what is under construction there. China will be having a World Expo while we are here (in May) and it is expected that 70 million people will be in attendance. They are doing a lot of construction all over the city in preparation for the Expo.This picture is from the 7th floor balcony of the library. It is overlooking some of the dormitories; on the left of the building that looks like a ship (which is actually the student service center) on the right side are classroom buildings. The water that you see from the balcony is the man made river that runs through the campus.
Myra Shannon is a 1/c cadet and 6th Company Adjutant majoring in the IMBU program
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