GRADUATION EXHIBITION AND FASHION SHOW JUNE 2012: APTITUDE On 18 June 2012, the Graduating Cohort of Raffles Designers and Marketers displayed their talents in the Aptitude Graduation Exhibition and Fashion Showcase. Held in the Fairmont Hotel, the event had also seen 40 collections competing for the “Best Collection” award. The Top Advanced Diploma Awards were also presented to students who have topped their course.
that allows them to study and experience living abroad in Singapore. A “Meet and Greet” session was organised on 19 April 2012 for them. The Raffles Centre of Professional Development (CPD) has also formed a Vietnamese Student Committee Club to organise activities and programmes for its members. It will also provide them with resources to pursue their career goals.
OPEN HOUSE 2012 RCHE held its annual Open House on 18 February 2012. It marks the first time that the newly established Raffles Academy of Continuing Education (RACE) has joined the Raffles family to feature workshops and seminars.
RCHE WELCOMES 202 STUDENTS FROM VIETNAM Visitors participated in various activities around the campus, ranging from hands-on workshops such as jewellery making, fashion styling, model making and digital illustrations, to seminars and workshops on ‘How to be a Billionaire’, ‘Psychological Analysis’ and ‘Certified Ethical Hacker Webinar Training’
Raffles College of Higher Education (RCHE) has welcomed 202 students transferred from Raffles International College (Vietnam) in April and October. They are in a flexible inter-school transfer scheme
SPARKLING JEWELLERY GOES ORIENTAL Raffles Designer Michelle Doho has won second runner up in Category C of the Singapore Jewellery Design Award (SJDA) 2012 with her piece ‘Oriental Chopstick’. The award ceremony was held during the opening of the Singapore International Jewellery Show on 12 July. Her design was also showcased in the Singapore International Jewellery Show, held in the Marina Bay Sands, from 12 July to 15 July.
TRIUMPH INSPIRATION AWARD 2012
For the fifth consecutive year, Raffles Designer has emerged victorious in the Triumph Inspiration Award. Ke Te Hsun has came in first runner up, joining past national winners Ms Afton Chen (2008), Ms Ada Yeong (2009), Ms Grace Eliana Sugiarto (2010), and Ms Winnie Setio (2011). Chua Xiang Ting has also won the Most Popular Lingerie Design with the highest number of online votes cast in Triumph Facebook page, almost twice the number of votes received by the runner up.
ANOTHER WIN FOR JACQUELINE HARLIMAN Fresh graduate Raffles Designer Jacqueline Harliman has done Singapore proud by emerging first runner- up in the Illustrative Geo category of the inaugural Plate Your Design Competition 2012. Her piece ‘Modern Graphic’ features triangles in different hues of grey. She was the runner-up of the “Super Sticky Ties Unite!” Design Contest and also the winner of YourSingapore.com United Buddy Bear Competition 2011, which brought her to Berlin to showcase her winning piece.
SAFETY @ WORK CREATIVE AWARDS 2012 Raffles Graphic Designer Ms Fair Lin Rusli has won the Judges Choice Award in this year’s Safety @ Work Creative Awards 2012 Poster Design Category. Her work will be reproduced into posters to be distributed to industrial companies in Singapore for promotion of work safety.
RAFFLES DESIGNERS WIN IN MONTAGE 2012 Raffles Designers Tay Hui Jie and Siripan Charoenjitsawat have won in the Photo Story Category of Montage 2012 photography competition. They had creatively brought out the message ‘Eating in Moderation’ with a series of three photographs entitled ‘Too Much of a Good Thing’.
DESIGN A MOONCAKE BOX 2012 Raffles Designer Joanne Lee May Teng was crowned the winner of the Design A Mooncake Box 2012 while fellow designer Sherlivia Kurniawan has achieved the merit award. Joanne’s design had also, by receiving the most number of votes, won the popularity contest.
FASHION STEPS OUT 2012 In an exclusive collaboration with the Orchard Road Business Association, Raffles Design Institute had created dazzling, larger-thanlife fashion installations based on the theme The Lighter Side of Fashion. Each intallation stood at three metres tall and reflected the unique fashion trends over the years. They were displayed in front of Mandarin Gallery at Orchard Road.
100 YEARS WITH NESTLE Raffles Design Institute was specially invited by Nestle to create the Singapore Skyline using only Nestle products. In two weeks, 32 students from the Graphic Design, Multimedia, Games and Animation programmes created The Merlion, Fullerton Hotel, Changi Airport’s air control tower, Marina Bay Sands and The Esplanade. The work was displayed at the National Museum of Singapore for Nestlé’s 100th year anniversary celebration.
HSBC CADDY BIB DESIGN CONTEST 2012 Raffles Designer Michelle Darmawan was crowned winner of the HSBC Women’s Champion Bib Design Contest 2012, making it the third consecutive win for Raffles Design Institute for this annual contest. This edition had seen 60 entries, double the number of contestants in the 2011 edition. The winning design was worn by the HSBC Caddy of the Year Jason Hamilton during the HSBC Champions tournament weekend.
Location: Tarumanegara University, Jakarta Date: July 5-7, 2012
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS CONTINUE TO GET INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION! Selected students from Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Psychology have recently attended international conferences to present their research proposals to an audience of fellow psychology students from all over the world.
3rd Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2012: Working Together Towards a Sustainable World Location: Osaka, Japan Date: May 3-6, 2012
The Effects of Communication Patterns in Social Interactions Team Members: Amanda Ong, Erny Feberina & Michelle Lo Chia Yee Gratitude and Materialism Across Culture Team Members: Ang Zhi Xiang, Lee Sheue Yee & Gabriella K. Singgih
LAUNCHING ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN CLOUD COMPUTING & IT SECURITY
Cultural Dimensions of Self Regulation and the Five Factor Personality Traits in 3 Countries Team Members: Goh Wan Yi & Ng Cherry
The Advanced Diploma that is designed with Microsoft inputs, which grants you additional 10 professional certificates* to enhance your employability! Intake starts in October 2012 Term! For more information, please email: enquiry@rafflescollege.edu.sg Friendship and Gender in Five Cultures Team Members: Amanda Ong & Erny Feberina 4th Asian Psychology Association: Mindfulness, Well Being, and Positive Psychology
*Subject to the passing of all required examinations, including 9 Microsoft professional certificates and 1 Certified Ethical Hacker certificate
SALVAGING SALVATION ARMY
signing ceremony between RACE and its programme partners Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and Singapore Workforce Development Agency; as well as established industry partners in Singapore marks the start of this new collaboration. RACE strives to provide training for more than 60 Apprentices and to equip them with essential job skills to prepare them for the Fashion industry.
Raffles Fashion Designers and Fashion Marketers were invited to participate in a makeover of the Salvation Army Thrift Store. 130 students from the Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing courses had joined the project launched by a programme from Mediacorp’s Channel NewsAsia (CNA), Invest in Me. They successfully re-launched Praisehaven Family Thrift th Store on 16 March 2012, in conjunction with the 10 anniversary of Salvation Army Red Shield Industries.
KICK-OFF OF FASHION APPRENTICESHIP CLASS IN JULY 2012
LAUNCH OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME IN FASHION
The first batch of students from the Professional Diploma in Fashion Design; and Professional Diploma in Fashion Marketing & Management programme started their class in the first week of July 2012. Due to overwhelming response, Raffles Academy of Continuing Education (RACE) will be offering a second intake in Oct 2012, on top of the next intake in Jan 2013.
Raffles Academy of Continuing Education (RACE) celebrated the launch of 2 new Apprenticeship programmes - Professional Diploma in Fashion Design; and Professional Diploma in Fashion Marketing & Management on 18 June 2012. A