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Engineering Class of 1982 celebrates its 30th Anniversary Date : 1st Jan 2012 Time : from 6:30pm Place : Guild Hall, Kent Ridge Guild House (next to Shaw Foundation Alumni House) Cost : $70 per head Theme : “Eng82@30 and in the pink of health”
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Last year, the Engineering Class of 82 set up the Engineering Bursary Fund with more than $300,000. This year, any extras collected from
fees after defraying costs will go to the Bursary Fund. Sponsors for beer, wine, door gifts and gifts for lucky draw are most welcome. In keeping with the theme, sponsors from the healthcare business are also welcome to contribute in any way. To book a place, send in a cheque, for $70 per head, crossed and made payable to Ng Hui Lan, to 12 Park Villas Green, Singapore 545440 or make an auto transfer to her POSB account 106-26913-0.
88th Medical Alumni Reunion This year the medical alumni reunion will be held at the heritage city of Georgetown, Penang. The Class of 1961 will also celebrate their 50th anniversary. Date : 25th–27th Nov 2011 Venue : G Hotel, Gurney Drive The programme includes singing, dancing, eye-catching performances, a tour of heritage sites including Heritage Enclave, shopping and hawker food galore at the New World
Park. Sunday 27th November is left free for your own ventures or class reunions. Hotel accommodation is stylish and strategically located on the Penang’s famous Gurney Drive. Contact Ms Adeline Tong at the Alumni Association office (admin@medicalalumni.org.sg; Tel: 62234680 Fax: 62248374) or your branch chairman for the registration forms. Organising Chairman: Dr P P Shah
Date: 1 November 2011 Time: 7.00pm to 10.00pm (Cocktail reception starts at 6.30pm) Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Island Ballroom
Indicate who you are paying for. If you are making payment by auto transfer, please send Angie Ng an email <angie@iesnet.org.sg> or sms at 96286872, on who has made the transfer.
Guest-of-Honour: Mr. Lim Swee Say, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office Please call 6796 9340 or email issalumni@nus.edu.sg if you have any queries.
Committee members include Seah Cheng San, Edwin Seow, Sim Chay Eng, Chew Soon Hoe, Liew Kian Heng and Angie Ng Hui Lan.
NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) Celebrates 10th Anniversary Alumni Dinner and Dance 2011 Date : 8th October 2011 Venue : Stamford Ballroom, Raffles Convention Centre, Swissôtel Entertainment will include exotic belly dancers, exciting games and a lucky draw with prizes such as a 3D LED TV, iPad 2 and Xbox360. Please visit nocdnd.wordpress.com for more information. For ticketing and enquiries, please contact the NOC Dinner and Dance Committee 2011 at nocdnd@nocalumni.org.
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Dress Code: Long-sleeve shirt with tie (Gentlemen) Evening dress (Ladies)
Calling all innovators and entrepreneurs 2012 Innovation & Enterprise Awards Nominations and applications for the 2012 Innovation & Enterprise Awards (I&E Awards) are now open! This award recognises individuals and companies within the NUS community who have made significant accomplishments in, or contributed to, the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Singapore in recent years. This award also serves as a platform to raise greater awareness of interesting NUS-related inventions and technologies that have been commercialised, leading to significant benefits for society. NUS Enterprise and the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) are co-organisers of the I&E Awards, also supported by the National Research Foundation’s University Innovation Fund. The two categories of the I&E Awards are: • Outstanding NUS Innovator Award: This is for NUS staff / ex-staff, students or alumni who have been involved in licensing or commercialization of innovations in recent years. The recipient will receive a cash prize of $10,000 and a trophy. Entry is via nomination by a third party.
• Promising NUS Start-up Award: This is for innovation-based ventures in Singapore that demonstrate some NUS linkage, such as utilization of NUS technologies, incubation by NUS Enterprise or being founded by an NUS staff / ex-staff, student and alumnus. The recipient will receive a cash prize of up to $100,000 and a trophy. Entry is via application by a member of the company’s management team.
The closing date for nominations/ applications of the I&E Award is Feb 15, 2012. Please Contact: Mr Wong Sang Wuoh NUS Enterprise, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Level 5, 13 Building, Singapore 119613 Tel: +65 6516 5461 Email: nvswsw@nus.edu.sg