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TheNUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yi sas t ude nt r un or gani z at i on t hatai mst oe nc our ageandc ul t i v at ei nt e r e s tf or hi s t or yamongNUSs t ude nt sandt hege ne r alpubl i c .I t sme mbe r si nc l udeal lHi s t or yandEur ope anSt udi e smaj or s ,wi t hme mbe r s hi pandpar t i c i pat i onope nt oot he ri nt e r e s t e ds t ude nt s . Pe opl ewi s e , NUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yi spr i mar i l yc ompr i s e dofi nt e r e s t i ngi ndi v i dual sandhe ar t war mi ngi nt e r ac t i ons .Conv e r s at i onsout s i det heHi s t or yHonour sRoom,whi c hhasbe c omeawar m andf ami l i ar hi de outf orme mbe r soft heHi s t or ySoc i e t y ,r angef r om s c hool r e l at e dt opi c sl i ker e v i e wi ngmodul e sand e s s ayque s t i ons ,gos s i pi ngaboutt hel at e s tc onf e s s i ononNUSWhi s pe r st oany t hi ngunde rt hes un,bei t t heGe ne r alEl e c t i onsorPi xar ’ sl at e s tt e ar j e r ke r .Wi t hs uc has mal lme mbe r s hi p,i ti si ne v i t abl et hat s t r ongbondsar ef or ge dwi t hi nt heHi s t or ySoc i e t yc ommuni t y . Ont hef i r s tofSe pt e mbe r , NUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yc al l e df ori t sAnnual Ge ne r al Me e t i ng( AGM) , whe r eane w bat c hofExe c ut i v eCommi t t e e( EXCO)wasal s oe l e c t e d.He r e ’ swhatt heout goi ngandt hene wl ye l e c t e d Pr e s i de nt shav et os ay ! Fi r s tandf or e mos t ,onbe hal fofmyEXCO,wewoul dl i ket hanky ouf oral ly ourc ont r i but i onsands uppor tf orNUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yi nt hepas ty e ar .Whe t he ri twashe l pi ngoutas as ubc ommi t t e eme mbe rorasapar t i c i pantf oroure v e nt sort hos ewhohe l pe dt os har e aboutNUSHi s t or ySoc i e t y ,t hanky ouv e r ymuc h. I thasbe e nanhonourt os e r v eal ongs i demyEXCOme mbe r s , ast hePr e s i de ntofNUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yf orAc ade mi cYe ar201 4/ 1 5.Thej our ne yf ort heEXCO hasnotbe e ne as y . Fr om t hes t ar t ,myt e am hashadt ode alwi t hmanypr e s s i ngi s s ue swhi c hhads ur f ac e d e ar l i e r .Col l e c t i v e l y ,wemadede c i s i onsonr e c har t i ngt hedi r e c t i onoft hes oc i e t y ,aswe l l asr e v i s i t e dandr e v i s e dt hes oc i e t y ’ ss ov e r ni ngc ons t i t ut i on,i nt hehope sofbr i ngi ngt he s oc i e t yt ogr e at e rhe i ght s .I twasal lt hemor et or t ur i ngf ormewhe nwehadt ode c l i nec ol l abor at i onr e que s t sandi nv i t at i onsdur i ngt her e s t r uc t i ngpr oc e s s .Ne v e r t he l e s s ,Ihank e v e r y onewhohass t oodbymyEXCOandmedur i ngt hepas ty e ar .Looki ngbac kIc annot s ayf ors ur eIwi l lnotr e gr e tt hos ede c i s i ons ,butIbe l i e v emyEXCO wi l lagr e et hatwe madet hebe s tpos s i bl ede c i s i onsgi v e nt hec i r c ums t anc e sandl ai das t r onge rf oundat i on f orNUSHi s t or ySoc i e t yuponwhi c hf ut ur ege ne r at i onsc anbui l dupon. The r emaybet i me swhe nt hes oc i e t yf ai l e dt ol i v eupt ot hee xpe c t at i onst ot heme mbe r s , andf ort hos et i me s , Ic anonl yapol ogi z eandl e av ey ourf e e dbac kf ort hef ut ur ege ne r at i on t owor kupon.Wear eaf t e ral l ,bui l di ngt hi ngsf r om s c r at c h.Ias s ur ey ou;howe v e r ,my EXCOhast r i e dourbe s t .Pl e as edof or gi v eusi fwehav ef ai l e dt ol i v eupt oy oure xpe c t at i ons . Las tbutde f i ni t e l ynott hel e as t ;Iwoul dl i ket ot hankmyEXCO f ort hehar dwor kt he y hav eputi n.ToHuiShan,Ras y i dah,ZhiWe i ,Dar y l ,Pe ar l y n,Chr i s t abe l l e ,Ji ngJi e ,and Ce l e s t e ,t hanksf orput t i ngupwi t ht hepai nf ulde c i s i onswhi c hIhadt omakes ome t i me s . I thasbe e napl e as ur et os e r v ewi t hy ou.Al lt hebe s ti ny ourne xtl ap,anddoc omebac kt o t hi sne wf oundhomewhi c hwehav epai ns t aki ngl ybui l tup. Andt oe v e r y one , l e t ’ sc ont i nue t omakeHi s t or yawar m andi nc l us i v ef ami l yt hati sadmi r e dbyot he r s . Out goi ngPr e s i de ntofAY1 4/ 1 5,WangWe iQuan,Se bas t i an
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