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Issue #7, June 2009

News

Chasing dreams

Going the extra mile in pursuit of a different education has led NUS Engineering students to top spots in international competitions. The NUS Eco-Car got 5th place at the Shell Eco-Marathon while the NUS Formula Race Car was in 19th position overall and the only Asian team in the top 20 at the FSAE competition. Read on about their journeys to the winner's circle.
 

NUS Formula Race Car

Special!

Hard times


Developing an undefeated mind” – the latest in the NUS Lunchtime Forum series has A/Prof Goh Lee Gan and A/Prof Cheong Pak Yean from the Psychological Medicine Dept. present powerful tools to defeat negative thinking and power up on mental resilience. View the video.


After class
Lights, camera, action!
NUS Arts Festival 2009

NUS students put up a fine show at the NUS Arts Festival, a platform for students to showcase their artistic creativity. It has also become a “boon for professional theatre makers, providing them with a lab for experiment with the raw resources of student talent to draw on for creative energy”.

Commencement
A class act
Pharmacy Class of 2009 Charity Run

Joy Yong and Constance Teo, Pharmacy Class of 2009, report on the labour of love of organising a charity run to raise funds for their juniors who face financial difficulties. With a 100% participation rate, they have set one tough class act to follow!
Staff Giving
A friend for all seasons
Mr Chandrasegaran

For 31 years, Mr Chandrasegaran s/o Govindaraju has been more than just a Laboratory Technologist to Engineering students. The loyal friend and adviser to all the classes who passed through his lab since 1978 tells why he believes in supporting the student community.
Giving does matter ...
"The experience you gain, the people you meet and the fun you have on the NOC programme is absolutely priceless. Giving back to the programme in terms of mere money hardly seems fair enough!"

Mr Chua Ruiwen ’08 went to NUS College in Stockholm, part of the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC).

For you
Tell us which is your favourite story in this issue and why and you could win one of five NUS management journals.

We look forward to hearing from you!
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