Contents Message from the Head ........................................... 4 Note from the Alumni Office and physical changes at Dover ............................... 5 My post National-Service experience Nitin Natrajan, Ethan Barnes and Vinay Mitta, ’13 travel to South America ....................................... 6 An interview with Dr Kling Chong ’79 One of only three full-time Paediatric Neuroradiologists in the UK ............... 8 Graduation 2016 500 students across both campuses graduated in May with an impressive average IB score! ...... 10 Adapting Permaculture in Ubud Roku Fukui ’07 introduces a venture by Nathan Pflaum ’07 and Inochi Fukui ’10 ....................................12 These Circuses that Sweep Through the Landscape Tejaswini Apte-Rahm ’91 describes her creative writing journey ...............14 Cover story JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide ’87 returns to UWCSEA and speaks to almost 3,000 students .............15
The path to happiness in a forest monastery Pramoad Phornprapha ’85 ................ 18 From Engineering Physics to Visual Artist Elaine Kuok ’95 ....................................20 Recent alumni events Worldwide alumni get-togethers and Reunion 2016! .............................. 22 From UWCSEA to Entrepreneur in two years! John Nnamchi ’14 creates an interactive and intuitive degreeplanning tool at McGill University ....................... 24 Alumni giving Thanks for the support! .......................................... 26 The human cost of fossil fuels Savannah Carr-Wilson ’08 embarks on a book about the human impact of fossil fuel extraction ...................... 28 In Memory of Kay Louise Everett ’91 A tribute to an amazing human rights lawyer and humanitarian .......30 Upcoming reunions Don’t miss out! ..........................................................31
Year in review A sample of the huge variety of events and activities that take place at the College ...............16
Cover photo: The ‘selfie’ taken by JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide ’87 outside the International Space Station. Photo credit: (c)JAXA/NASA
Editor Brenda Whately Design Nandita Gupta MCI (P) 156/07/2016
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