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Attend alumni events
alumnet.nus.edu.sg/upcoming_events NUS Alumni Relations organises a variety of events to cater to the diverse interests of alumni. Get to know fellow alumni over networking sessions, enjoy complimentary blockbusters, deepen your appreciation of music at concerts, or engage in meaningful community activities to give back to society.
HOMECOMING — KENT RIDGE ALUMNI FAMILY DAY Join in NUS’ biggest homecoming event! Make a date with us on Saturday, 18 August 2018, at NUS University Town. / Movie-on-the-Green — NUS’ largest outdoor movie screening / Music-on-the-Green — featuring talented alumni and students / Interactive Sports Activities / Power of the Movie Mind Workshop / Student Life Fair with hands-on activities / Food Carnival Come as a class for a picnic on the green. Family members are welcome!
DON’T MISS THE UPCOMING BREAKFAST DIALOGUES: Careers in a Jungle Gym – How to Thrive Professionally in a Disruptive Environment The Breakfast Dialogues series is a casual and interactive platform to encourage the exchange of ideas among young alumni professionals, led by experts.
YOUNG ALUMNI MEETUP — THIRSTY THURSDAYS Chill out with your friends and make new ones at this popular young alumni networking session! You will also meet and hear from successful alumni who will share their professional journeys and experiences.
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NUS YOUNG ALUMNI MEETUP
Join us at the NUSS Suntec City Guild House on Friday, 27 July 2018 to hear from Mr Frank Koo (Business '90), Head of Southeast Asia, Korea and Japan at LinkedIn. #NUS2018 graduates will learn unique insights on what makes a winning mindset and get to hear the skills we need to thrive in careers set against a background of fast-changing times. Registration fee is $10 per participant, inclusive of coffee/tea and light bites. Sign up at alumnet.nus.edu.sg/event/
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Lifelong Learning at NUS
scale.nus.edu.sg/AlumniLifeLongLearning All alumni are automatically eligible for the NUS Lifelong Learners (NUS L3) programme, which offers a comprehensive, curated catalogue of skills-based, industryrelevant Continuing Education and Training (CET) courses.
You may choose to stack up these courses into qualifications such as Graduate Diplomas, Bachelor’s or Master’s Degrees. The University will offer virtual vouchers that offset the cost of one NUS CET course to alumni who are new to lifelong learning at NUS. What’s more, your NUS student enrolment is valid for 20 years from the point of your undergraduate admission!
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Your personalised AlumNUS Card is affixed to the cover of this folder. It identifies you as a member of the prestigious NUS alumni family and entitles you to exclusive discounts with popular merchants. You also gain complimentary access to NUS Libraries and facilities at the Shaw Foundation Alumni House.
Apply for an NUS alumni credit card. A portion of your spending will be channelled to support NUS student bursaries and study awards.
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Make your way to Shaw Foundation Alumni House alumnet.nus.edu.sg/facilities
Your Home on Campus. Shaw Foundation Alumni House offers state-of-the-art facilities including a 298-seater auditorium, seminar rooms, dining options and an Alumni Service Centre to serve your needs. An ideal meeting place for alumni events, seminars, reunions and gatherings. Alumni enjoy exclusive discounts! To find out more: sfahvenues@nus.edu.sg 6516 5770
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Nurture the giving spirit in you
alumnet.nus.edu.sg/DOS Together we can make a difference! NUS has a long history of service and giving back to the community. The annual NUS Day of Service brings the whole NUS family together to serve and to give back to the community. Champion or participate in an activity with your friends and fellow alumni, and make a difference to the lives of others.
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ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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Career Resources for Alumni Achieving your career ambitions requires a lifelong journey of personal growth, continued learning, job transitioning and the accruing of skills. The Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) offers a range of career resources to support your journey after graduation.
Employment Opportunities on NUS TalentConnect
Consultation with a Career Advisor
Access NUS TalentConnect as an alumnus to explore graduate employment opportunities across different industries. Opportunities are primarily for students and recent graduates.
Career progression is not always straightforward, and sometimes a conversation with a Career Advisor can help.
Step 1: To login, first reset your password by clicking the “Forgot Password” link on the login page. nus-csm.symplicity.com/students Step 2: Enter your NUS email address (lifelong email) and click “go”. You will receive an email in your NUS email account with a link to reset your password. Once your password has been reset, you will be directed to your account.
Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents have access to career advisory services offered by the Singapore government. Please refer to the websites below for more information. wsg.gov.sg/career-services.html e2i.com.sg/ All alumni may also request an appointment with a Career Advisor from the Centre for Future-ready Graduates at NUS by emailing careers@nus.edu.sg with your full name and your current career focus. You will hear from us within three working days.
STAY CONNECTED ALUMNI GROUPS > alumnet.nus.edu.sg/alumni_groups
DEPARTMENT-BASED ALUMNI GROUPS
NUS CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
NUS ALUMNI nuSTUDIOS NETWORK
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING ALUMNI SINGAPORE Dr Victor Nian victor.nian@yahoo.com
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ALUMNI
Mr Low Beng Kheng lowbengkheng@gmail.com
Mr Wong Kar Hong karhong.wong@alumni.nus.edu.sg
NUS ALUMNI ORCHESTRA
NUS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ALUMNI
Ms Koh Swee Jin sweejk@gmail.com
NUS BLAST ALUMNI MOVEMENT
Ms Claudine Liang claudineliang@gmail.com
NUS PIANO ENSEMBLE ALUMNI Ms Calista Lee gabrielee90@gmail.com
Mr Dennis Koh dennis.koh@stahl.com
NUS ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING ALUMNI Mr Ahmed Mahmood tmsahme@nus.edu.sg
NUS FRENCH DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAMME ALUMNI
NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGES
Ms Wang Zihan zihan@vivaling.com
NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGES ALUMNI
NUS SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT ALUMNI
Mr Ding Yanxing David ding@ceo-s.org
FACULTY-BASED ALUMNI GROUPS FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CHINESE STUDIES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr Frank Fu frank0105@gmail.com
JAPANESE STUDIES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Mr Eddie Tay Cher Soon eddietaychersoon@gmail.com
NUS ALUMNI BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Er Chui Heng Tak she.society@alummail.nus.edu.sg FACULTY OF LAW
LAW FACULTY ALUMNI Ms Goh Mia Yang lawlink@nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
NUS ALUMNI BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Ms Zheng Zhangxin zhengzhangxin@gmail.com
NUS FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME ALUMNI
Ms Zheng Zhangxin zhengzhangxin@gmail.com
Mr Daniel Chia daniel.chia@alumni.nus.edu.sg
NUS ECONOMICS ALUMNI
NUS FORENSIC SCIENCE ALUMNI
Mr Daniel Lo ccdaniello@gmail.com
NUS HISTORY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
POLITICAL SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
A/Prof Stella Tan steltan@hotmail.com
NUS LIFE SCIENCES ALUMNI Mr Lim Miah Kyan dbslmk@nus.edu.sg
NUS SCIENCE YOUTH ALUMNI
Mr Raj Joshua Thomas bohamas@gmail.com
oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
A/Prof Ee Pui Lai Rachel phaeplr@nus.edu.sg
GUILD OF DENTAL GRADUATES SINGAPORE ALUMNI GROUP Dr Alvin Lee Weizhi lvinlee@gmail.com
NUS GRADUATE DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY ALUMNI Dr Jon Paul Seah jonpaul69@gmail.com
PHARMACY ALUMNI PHYSICS ALUMNI
Prof Phua Kok Khoo kkphua@wspc.com.sg
SCIENCE CBLC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr Chua Yunjia oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME
LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL ALUMNI CHAPTER (SINGAPORE)
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME ALUMNI SOCIETY
NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
HALL-BASED ALUMNI GROUPS EUSOFF HALL ALUMNI
Mr Yang Li omkazn@gmail.com
MBA ALUMNI
Mr Thong Yu Jin jamie.yj.thong@gmail.com
Mr Joseph Tan Boon Kiat mbaalumni.admin@nus.edu.sg
Mr Lim Jun An junan1992@hotmail.com
NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
KENT RIDGE HALL ALUMNI
Mr Tan Boon Chin nusbsa.admin@nus.edu.sg
NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL MANDARIN ALUMNI Mr Kwek Chok Ming kwekcm@yahoo.com
NUS GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR INTEGRATIVE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (NGS)
NGS ALUMNI CLUB
Dr Priscilla Ang pris.kailian.ang@gmail.com SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
COMPUTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr Ng Chee Chiu cheechiu@websparks.sg SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT
ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Ms Joon Xin Ting joon.xinting@nus.edu.sg
KING EDWARD VII HALL ALUMNI Ms Jacqueline Ang kehsec@nus.edu.sg
RAFFLES HALL ASSOCIATION Mr Sonny Yuen sonnyyuencc@gmail.com
SHEARES HALL & DUNEARN ROAD HOSTEL ALUMNI Dr Loke Weiqiang weiqiang_loke@nuhs.edu.sg
TEMASEK HALL ALUMNI
Mr Najib Indra bin Abdul Majeed najib.indra391@gmail.com
INTEREST-BASED ALUMNI GROUPS AIESEC ALUMNI SINGAPORE Mr Imran Mohamad imran@streetsmartuniversity.info
NS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION
Mr Tan Yen San yensan@yiarchitects.com.sg
Mr Teo Cheng Keng chengkeng@gmail.com
BUILDING & ESTATE MANAGEMENT ALUMNI
NUS ALUMNI ACCENTURE GROUP
Dr Teo Ho Pin teo_ho_pin@pa.gov.sg
MASTER OF SCIENCE (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) ALUMNI
Mr Bu Fan nusmem@alummail.nus.edu.sg SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL ALUMNI Dr Maverick Uy felixmaverickuy@gmail.com
NUS NURSING ALUMNI
Mr Suresh Rajasekaram sureshrajasekaram@yahoo.com.sg
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (SOUTHERN BRANCH) Dr Alvin Tan admin@medicalalumni.org.sg
Mr Bryan Loke bryan.loke@accenture.com
NUS ALUMNI BADMINTON Mr Yeo Yun Han yeoyunhan@gmail.com
NUS ALUMNI CANOEING TEAM Mr Chia Yong Han Timothy tim2chia88@hotmail.com
NUS ALUMNI CHINESE DEBATING SOCIETY Mr Wong Yit Foo yitfoo@yahoo.com
NUS ALUMNI DRAGONBOAT TEAM
Mr Kow Weijie imzbest_88@hotmail.com
NUS ALUMNI PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Mr Nelson Tan nelson88@gmail.com
NUS ALUMNI SING-ALONG Ms Joanna Loo rjyeo@singnet.com.sg
NUS ALUMNI TOASTMASTERS CLUB Mr Guo Cheng guo_chengr@163.com
NUS ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL CLUB Mr Dennis Kwa kwa_1dennis@hotmail.com
NUS CAERUS INNOVATION LAB ALUMNI Mr John Paul Chua john.p.chua@gmail.com
NUS CAMPUS COUPLES ALUMNI Ms Sarah Ong sarahoyx@alumni.nus.edu.sg
NUS CLIMBING ALUMNI
Mr Ben Toh de_philosopher@hotmail.com
NUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP SOCIETY ALUMNI
Mr Kelly Choo kellychoo@gmail.com
NUS NETBALL ALUMNI CLUB
OVERSEAS CHAPTERS > alumnet.nus.edu.sg/overseas_chapters
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Dr Ang Woo Sin nusalumni.melbournechapter@gmail.com
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Mr Thomas Goh Lik Cheng gohtlc@gmail.com
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Mr Jack Tan jtan@coinequities.com.au
TORONTO, CANADA
Mr Tejas Aivalli nusalumnitoronto@gmail.com
VANCOUVER, CANADA Ms Tiffany Chia tiffany.chia@u.nus.edu
Mr Victor Ng Wei Zheng victorng@advisorsclique.com.sg
BEIJING, CHINA
NUS ORION ALUMNI NETWORK
CHENGDU, CHINA
Mr Soh Chang Yuan oan@ceclub.sg
NUS POLITICAL ASSOCIATION ALUMNI Ms Shen Jiayi jiayi.shen@aia.com.sg
NUS POSTGRADUATE ALUMNI Mr Deepak Pitta pitta.deepak@gmail.com
NUS RADIO PULZE ALUMNI Mr Lim Tau Wee daowei@radiopulze.com
NUS SENIOR ALUMNI
oarconnect@nus.edu.sg Mr William Gan Kian Hock willgansg@qq.com
HONG KONG, CHINA Ms Chan Kai Lin ckailin@yahoo.com
SHANGHAI, CHINA
Dr James Geng Jing geng-jing@hotmail.com
XIAMEN, CHINA Prof Li Jing lijing@xmu.edu.cn
NEW DELHI, INDIA Mr Prashant Pundrik pundrik@gmail.com
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS > alumnet.nus.edu.sg/ads_alumnirelations
Appointed Associate Directors for Alumni Relations from the various faculties, schools, halls, colleges and departments to cultivate meaningful and long-lasting relationships between alumni and the University.
DEPARTMENT NUS CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Ms Mary Loh cfalohck@nus.edu.sg
NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGES Ms Mak Hui Min makhuimin@nus.edu.sg
FACULTIES/SCHOOLS ALICE LEE CENTRE FOR NURSING STUDIES A/Prof Liaw Sok Ying nurliaw@nus.edu.sg
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL Dr Mara McAdams mara.mcadams@duke-nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES A/Prof Loy Hui Chieh fasloyhc@nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY Dr Betty Mok Yuen Yue denmokyy@nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
A/Prof Subramaniam Velusamy velusamy.subramaniam@nus.edu.sg
FACULTY OF LAW
Dr Rosemary Khoo rmkhoo@gmail.com
JAKARTA, INDONESIA oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
Ms Jo-Ann Chan joann.chan@nus.edu.sg
NUS SOCIETY
TOKYO, JAPAN
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
NUS SPORTS CLUB ALUMNI
KUCHING, MALAYSIA
INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
Mr Eddie Lee Choy Peng eddie@nuss.org.sg Mr Ahmad Tashrif Bin Sarman tashrif@gmail.com
NUS VOLUNTEER NETWORK ALUMNI
Mr Lee Ming Yong mingyong240@hotmail.com
NUSSU ALUMNI
Mr Soh Yi Da sohyida@gmail.com
SINGAPORE-MIT ALLIANCE ALUMNI CLUB Mr Zhang Endong malcomzhang@hotmail.com
THE ASSOCIATION OF NANYANG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
Mr Takefumi Ota takefumi.ota@nusmba.biz Mr Paul Kho Hang Kwang Integra.paul@gmail.com
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Mr Ee Chiong Boon nzalumnus@outlook.co.nz
LONDON, UK
Dr Sharon Heng london@alumni.nus.edu.sg
A/Prof Chan Woon Khiong dbscwk@nus.edu.sg
Ms Angelia Tay angelia.tay@nus.edu.sg
LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Ms Kartini Binte Abdul Rahman Kartiniar@nus.edu.sg
NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
BOSTON, USA
Ms Ng Pheck Choo biznpc@nus.edu.sg
SAN FRANCISCO, USA
NUS GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR INTEGRATIVE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Mr Robin Low Boon Peng robinlow@yahoo.com
oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Ms Wendy Tan Mei Ling wendy_tan@nuhs.edu.sg
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING A/Prof Gary Tan dcstansh@nus.edu.sg
SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT
A/Prof David Cheong Kok Wai sdeckw@nus.edu.sg
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME A/Prof Albert Teo uspteocy@nus.edu.sg
YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Prof Wong Peng Cheang obgwpc@nus.edu.sg
YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Mr Tan Wei Boon mustwb@nus.edu.sg
HALLS/RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES EUSOFF HALL Mr Mark Teng fastmk@nus.edu.sg
KENT RIDGE HALL
Ms Joon Xin Ting joon.xinting@nus.edu.sg
KING EDWARD VII HALL Dr Chen Zhi Xiong kehcz@nus.edu.sg
RAFFLES HALL
A/Prof Yap Von Bing stayapvb@nus.edu.sg
SHEARES HALL
Dr Loke Weiqiang weiqiang_loke@nuhs.edu.sg
TEMASEK HALL
A/Prof Dinesh Srinivasan antdine@nus.edu.sg
COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN Dr Joelle Lai Chiu Yun chiuyun@nus.edu.sg
TEMBUSU COLLEGE Dr Kuan Yee Han yeehan@nus.edu.sg
YALE-NUS COLLEGE
oarconnect@nus.edu.sg
Ms Gloria Chen ngscheng@nus.edu.sg
Mr Chia Ban Seng banschia@gmail.com
THE NANYANG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ACADEMIC SOCIETY Dr Choong Chow Siong cschoong5r@gmail.com
Information is correct as at June 2018. Refer to nus.edu.sg/alumnet for updates.