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Giving Report 2010/2011 Report Giving Medicine Engineering Public Policy Music Business Law Arts and Social Sciences National University Singapore of GIVING REPORT 2010/2011 GIVING REPORT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE National University of Singapore Shaw Foundation Alumni House 2010/2011 #03-01, 11 Kent Ridge Drive Singapore 119244 t: +65 6516 8000 / 1-800-DEVELOP f: +65 6775 9161 e: [email protected] www.giving.nus.edu.sg PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT Dear alumni and friends, Your support this past year has provided countless opportunities for the National Science University of Singapore (NUS), particularly From music to for the students who are at the heart of our University. For example, approximately medicine, your 1,700 students received bursaries. Around 1,400 of these were partially supported by gift today makes the Annual Giving campaign and about 300 are Named Bursaries. Thank you for Computing a difference to a making this possible. student’s tomorrow Our future is very exciting. NUS University Town will open its doors in the coming months and the Yale-NUS College will follow a few years later. These new President’s Statement........................................... 01 initiatives will allow NUS to continue pursuing its goal of offering students, Thank You For Your Contribution.................... 02 from the entire NUS campus, a broader Education { 02 } education that will challenge them and Research { 06 } position them well for the future. Service { 10 } Design and Environment Through these and other innovations, Annual Giving – NUS is also breaking new ground in Making A Difference Together......................... 14 higher education, both in Singapore and the region. The NUS experience will Strength In Numbers............................................. 16 ensure that local students will no longer need to study overseas to enjoy a rich Permanent Source Of Support.......................... 18 transformational education. Development Volunteers..................................... 20 However, further philanthropic support for bursaries, scholarships and the introduction of new programmes will New Gifts, New Naming Opportunities........ 20 be necessary for NUS to continually Dentistry enhance and transform this student Donor Wall............................................................... 21 experience. I hope we can rely on your generosity again this year. Lifetime Contributors............................................ 22 On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Honour Roll 2010/2011......................................... 24 the University community, I would like to Alumni { 24 } thank you for your confidence in NUS. Commencement Class { 50 } Friends { 59 } Organisations { 69 } The NUS Giving Report 2010/2011 summarises all charitable gifts received by the University during Financial Year 2010 (FY2010) which qualify for a PROFESSOR TAN CHORH CHUAN (’83) tax deduction. President, National University of Singapore 2 3 NUS Giving Report 2010/2011 Thank You For Your Contribution EDUCATION “Without the bursary, it would be very difficult as it helps to pay for my books, daily expenses and transport. When I am a teacher, I will tell my students who are facing financial hardship not to despair as there is help out there. I would like to raise awareness about financial aid and also look out for signs of financial constraints among my students. I know what that’s like as I’ve experienced it myself.” KASTHURI D/O MAHANTHRAN Kasthuri d/o Mahanthran, NUS Bursary recipient, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, is a Fourth Year English Literature student who comes from a single- parent family. Kasthuri is heading to the National Institute of Education this year to train as a teacher. 4 5 EDUCATION NUS Giving Report 2010/2011 NUS UNIVERSITY TOWN TO PROVIDE NEW AppROACH STUDENT BURSARY TO UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING EMBODIES ALUMNUS’ SPIRIT OF COMPASSION When NUS University Town opens have the chance to have enriching its doors in August 2011, this trail- discussions and sharing sessions over “If you think only of yourself, you will blazing initiative will distinguish NUS meals with residential and visiting always be unhappy.” This was the belief by providing a fresh approach to fellows, as well as our peers. It’s that the late Mr Wan Boo Sow, an undergraduate teaching and learning. like learning being brought to alumnus of King Edward VII College of However, for this ambitious project to your doorstep,” she says. Medicine, NUS’ predecessor institution, Kenny Cheok Qiyuan be more than just residential halls, NUS lived by. Mr Wan’s children set up the and Chan Jia Min can is relying on philanthropic donations Dexter Tan, a Second Year Wan Boo Sow Charity Fund to honour now focus on their for its new programmes and student Communications and New Media their parents’ lives and their philosophy studies thanks to the support, such as the recent generous student, shares Bernice’s views. of helping others. The Fund supports Wan Boo Sow and gift from the Ngee Ann Kongsi, which He says, “Students will benefit from bursaries for deserving NUS students. Annie Tan Bursary. will fund scholarships, bursaries and a learning experience unavailable distinguished professorships. anywhere else in Singapore. Interaction Thanks to the Wan Boo Sow and Annie hard to put himself through college. Sow and Annie Tan Bursary, is keen to with a greater variety of students, Tan Bursary, Kenny Cheok Qiyuan, a This Bursary has instilled a sense of give back to society. Jia Min chose to NUS University Town will include faculty and graduates will allow us First Year Law student at NUS, and a gratitude in me. It has made me think study Social Work as she wanted to educational, sports and cultural to expand our horizons and appreciate bursary recipient, can focus his time about giving to society. I want to make “reach out to families like mine, which centres, and amenities such as different aspects of life and cultures. and energy on his studies. He no longer a modest living and allow my parents struggle to make ends meet”. One bookshops, retail outlets and eateries. I will be able to create expansive needs to give piano lessons to make to live comfortably. I wish to be a of three siblings, the daughter of a But, more than new facilities, NUS networks that I can fall back on ends meet. responsible member of society. The technician and a stay-at-home mother, A gift from Ngee Ann Kongsi will allow University Town will feature, for the after graduation. And, I will be able Bursary is helping me work towards that.” Jia Min says, “The Bursary has been of students like Bernice Gan and Dexter Tan to first time in Singapore, a model of to partake in academic topics outside He says, “Mr Wan Boo Sow was a great assistance.” It enables her to take benefit from NUS University Town. teaching and learning that is integrated my chosen field, allowing me to truly person who saw the value of education Chan Jia Min, a First Year Social Work care of some academic expenses and in a residential college system. learn more.” and lifelong learning. He worked major, who also receives the Wan Boo also pay some of her family’s bills. Students at NUS University Town’s residential colleges will benefit from RICH UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE PROMPTS ALUMNA TO CHAMPION BURSARIES a carefully thought-out curriculum, emphasising communications skills, During her final semester at NUS, at Chapel Hill, says, “I benefited Shafiqah was also touched by interactive peer-group learning, Shafiqah Nadiah Song was moved to tremendously from the opportunities the generosity of others. She says, interdisciplinary learning, small class volunteer as a Commencement Class that were available to me when I was “I was extremely heartened to see sizes and interaction with students Champion as she wanted others to a student at NUS. It gave me a great such a warm response from the from many different Faculties. enjoy a university experience similar education both in Singapore and people around me. It just goes to The curriculum and pedagogy will to hers. As a Faculty of Arts and abroad, and I wanted other students show that a combined effort, no encourage students to constantly Social Sciences Commencement to have similar opportunities. matter how big or small the gift question and present their own views. Class Champion, Shafiqah raised amount is, counts towards something funds for bursaries for deserving “I am especially passionate about that means a lot to students with Bernice Gan, a First Year Business students through the Annual raising funds for student bursaries and financial constraints.” Administration and Economics double Giving campaign. scholarships. University, to me, was the degree student, looks forward to best time to try learning in different She is currently training to be a the move with anticipation. “To Shafiqah, who graduated from the environments. I am keen on doing my bit teacher, and continues to give back to me, NUS University Town will offer NUS Joint Bachelor of Arts Programme to make these programmes accessible her alma mater through Annual Giving. the opportunity to live and learn Shafiqah Nadiah Song raised funds for bursaries with the University of North Carolina to a much wider group of students.” simultaneously on campus. We will to give others access to a university experience. 6 7 NUS Giving Report 2010/2011 RESEARCH “Coupled with the knowledge and research skills acquired in the Life Sciences programme and in Prof Halliwell’s lab, I believe that my undergraduate education at NUS has shaped me into a well-balanced individual, who is capable of contributing actively to scientific research and back to society.” FONG SHENG Fong Sheng, a Life Sciences and University Scholars Programme graduate, is currently carrying out research into the mechanisms of ageing under Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor Barry Halliwell, before beginning his Doctor of Medicine studies at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in July 2011. 8 9 RESEARCH NUS Giving Report 2010/2011 NEW NATURAL HISTORY of Biodiversity Research (RMBR) at cats, with the oldest dating back to “Students will have access to more MUSEUM TO OPEN UP WORLD NUS.
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