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Alumni Profiles Bicycling Through Asia Reunions Class Notes OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY MICA (P) 175/11/2007 Vol 1 December 2007 OneO North The Alumni Magazine of the United World College of South East Asia Alumni profiles Bicycling through Asia Reunions Class notes OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY Number of registered members on the UWCSEA Alumni website (by country of residence) Other countries represented: Albania, Argentina, Bahrain , Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, East Timor, Egypt, Hungary, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Oman, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, St. Maarten, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Alumni services Every student who leaves UWCSEA, re- istered members, post photos and blogs, information to keep you updated and in- gardless of how long they were here, is stay informed about news and events, etc. formed. automatically a member of the UWCSEA alumni community. Some of the services Reunions and get-togethers Career services that we offer alumni include: An annual reunion of the 30 year, 20 year Alumni are welcome to post job open- and 10 year anniversary classes will be ings or your own resumé on the site. One º North held each August, beginning August 2008 The Alumni Magazine of the United World for the classes of 1978, 1988 and 1998. Visits, tours and other requests College of South East Asia is published Alumni from other years are welcome to We are always happy to help in any way twice per year. Please send your contri- register as well. Other class reunions we can. Send your requests to us at butions and/or suggestions to take place in Singapore and elsewhere [email protected]. If you are in [email protected]. throughout the year. Let us help to sup- Singapore and would like to drop in for port and advertise your get-together. a visit or a tour of the campus, we would UWCSEA alumni online community be more than happy to show you around. The UWCSEA password-protected alumni Alumni eBrief website allows you to maintain your own The alumni newsletter is emailed every Please keep in touch! profile, search for and contact other reg- two months, containing brief news and Contents 2 Alumni services 14 Sport at UWCSEA Helping you to stay connected to Sport continues to grow at the UWCSEA and to each other. College. 4 Letter from the Head 15 Class of 2007 graduation Read about UWCSEA's future plans. Photos from this year’s Grade 12 graduation. 5 Note from the Alumni office Welcome to the new alumni 16 Brief history of UWCSEA magazine. A brief description of some College milestones over the decades. 5 Naming of the magazine 18 Travel 5 Values in Practise (ViP) Tim Goulding (Class of 1987) and his partner cycle through Asia. programme An introduction to a new programme. 20 UWCSEA Project Week Project week continues to evolve 6 Profile and grow. An excerpt from the report of a visit to Bosco Boys’ Robert Milton (Class of 1978), Home by Ruchika Tulshyan, business leader. (Class of 2005). 9 The Alumni website 22 Recent class reunions It’s easy to register! A few faces from the reunions of the classes of 1987, 1989 through Global Concerns 1992, 1997 and three UK get- 10 togethers. An update of the ever evolving Global Concerns programme. 24 Class notes 12 Profile Sean Ghazi (Class of 1987), 27 Upcoming reunions international performer. One º North is published by United World College of South East Asia twice per year for alumni, Editor staff and friends of UWCSEA. Reproduction in any manner is prohibited without written consent. Brenda Whately Send your address change to [email protected] and/or update your profile on the Director of Alumni Relations UWCSEA alumni website. We welcome your feedback. Send your comments to [email protected]. Assistant Editor Prapti Sherchan Please send your articles and/or suggestions for articles, as well as your class notes, for the next Alumni Relations Executive edition to [email protected]. Design/Layout Printed by Interprint Communications Pte Ltd Lenca Yew 4010 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Tech Place 1, #03-05, Singapore 569626 Communications Executive Cover photo Tim Goulding not riding his bike in North Yunnan, China! Please send your suggestions for future cover photos to [email protected] Letter from the Head of College Julian Whiteley I have been at the College for almost the Head of a school in Thailand who in Whilst the project won’t be without its three years now and both professionally a former life was a human geographer. challenges, we are confident that we can and personally they have been the most On visiting the College he remarked satisfy all four criteria and are excited rewarding of my career. It is a fascinat- upon the fact that the campus had the about the prospect of being able to provide ing place to be working and I am begin- feeling of a village, by which he meant more students with a UWCSEA education. ning to understand why alumni have it had grown organically, the students such a strong affinity for the College as owning the space which was shared by A major part of our strategy for the fu- it has a very particular ethos and an ex- all age groups as they intermingled. So ture is the establishment of Foundation. traordinary vibrancy, the likes of which often international schools become ster- If we are to maintain our position as a I have not encountered elsewhere. ile environments, as grand buildings are leading educational establishment with erected without consideration for the a worldwide reputation, it is essential that We have been working to consolidate social dynamics. This is a trap we wish we achieve financial security. Money the expansion of the College from an 11- to avoid. raised through the Foundation will be 18 school to one catering for students used to develop the College amenities, across the age range K1-G12. We The demand for places at the College at create an endowment and fund scholar- reached the target set by the Singapore the moment is quite extraordinary – we ships for students whose parents do not government of 2,890 at the beginning of have approximately 2,000 students reg- have the means to send their children to this academic year, some three years istered for entry in August 2008 and even UWCSEA. In addition, some of the funds ahead of schedule, however this has put have students registered for 2016. Con- will be used to enhance our outreach a strain on the facilities. As a result, and sequently, after much deliberation, the programme including, we hope, estab- following extensive consultation with the Board of Governors have determined that lishing schools in undeveloped areas in College community, we have drawn up we will establish a second UWCSEA the region, where teaching staff and other a College Master Plan which will guide campus in Singapore to cater for this members of the College community us as we construct new buildings and demand. A transition Primary School, could spend extended periods working to refurbish others. We will begin in 2009 K1-G4, for 400 students will open in enrich the education of the local populace. by constructing a substantial classroom August 2008 in Ang Mo Kio. In 2010 the block on the site of the hard playing sur- school will move to a purpose-built fa- The presence of students selected by the face near to the boarding houses. On cility and grow into a K1-G12 school of National Committees is a defining char- completion this will be used as ‘shuttle some 2,500 students. acteristic of the College and enhances space’ so that we can move departments the educational experience of all our stu- out of other buildings whilst they are ei- We have been painstaking in our plan- dents. It is, therefore, our intention to ther refurbished or new buildings con- ning for this expansion and have been extend the scholarship provision. Not structed in their place. guided by four principles drawn up by only do we wish to increase the number the Board: of National Committee students, we also It is our intention to retain something of • The new College should further the wish to select students for entry into the character and history of the College Mission of the United World College Grade 8 from some of the many by keeping the Main Hall (which will be movement, organisations with whom we have links refurbished in June 2008) and the two • The two campus should be legally and in South East Asia. original buildings either side of the financially separate (although the new former air-conditioning fountain, which campus will come under the aegis of In closing, it has been a pleasure to meet were constructed in 1964. These will be the Board of Governors of UWCSEA), so many of you at the various reunions refurbished in phase 3 of the plan. In due • The new College should be financially we have held both in Singapore and over- course, full details of the plans will be viable under foreseeable circumstances seas. If you are passing through, please posted on the new College website. and, do drop by the College. December 2007 • The new College should have a At the back of our minds throughout the similar ethos and offer the same OneºNorth process has been a comment made by quality of education. 4 Note from the alumni office I have been at UWCSEA in my alumni role for just over a year now and I have found it to be an extremely dynamic and rewarding one.
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