Mr J Y Pillay served in the Administrative Service as Permanent Secretary of various ministries, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Government Investment Corporation and as Ambassador to the UK.
Dr Sung-Nam (‘Namie’) Cho is Professor at the Department of Sociology, Ewha Women’s University (Korea).
The dinner is to welcome all new and returning students (for this year, there is no returning students).
‘In Conversation’ with Dr Astrid Tuminez, Vice-Dean (Research) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
‘In Conversation’ with Mr Devin Stewart, senior program director and senior fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
‘In Conversation’ with Ms Wang Ya-Hui, Vice President at Mediacorp, heading Singapore’s premier classical music station Symphony 92.4FM.
Mentors from NUSS assigned to Tembusu, Cinnamon/USP and Angsana College were introduced to their student Mentees during the welcome dinner held in Angsana College, as part of the NUSS-UTown Mentorship programme for AY12/13.
‘In Conversation’ with Professor Mary Dalrymple, Professor of Syntax in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.
In AY12/13 Semester 1, Professor Thumboo hosted a dialogue on a different topic on Tuesday mornings.
Based on some 70 years’ experience of life and contacts, the Professor Thumboo discussed how his creative and thematic interests were formed, modified and expanded by various factors and influences.
Our students from Angsana College, a residential college at our University Town, were delighted to make Children’s Day that bit more special for some students from Farrer Park Primary School.
Ian Lubek is a Professor (Adjunct) of Psychology at University of Guelph (Canada) an international advisor to Cambodian NGO Siem Reap Citizens for Health, Educational and Social Issues (SiRCHESI).
ACE week aims to mark the inauguration of community engagement activities in Angsana.
Former Attorney-General (2008-2010) Professor Walter Woon is presently David Marshall at the NUS Faculty of Law and concurrently Deputy Chairman of Centre for International Law, NUS. Professor Woon talked about the process of decision-making in prosecuting an offender, and the framework of Singapore’s criminal justice system.
Dr William Tan is a neuroscientist, medical doctor and paralympian who gave a talk on applying the marathon mentality to overcome challenges and turn setbacks into comebacks.
The Angsana College Student Committee (CSC) organized a Halloween dinner for students, staff and Angsana Fellows.
Mr Oh Joon, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Singapore discussed possible areas where Singapore and South Korea can learn from one another for example in the economic sector and areas requiring creativity such as pop culture.
Professor Sir Roy Calne is a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation who performed the first liver transplantation in Europe in 1968.
Each of the 5 neighbourhoods in Angsana teamed up and competed against one another in the inaugural Inter-Neighbourhood Games 2012 through soccer, frisbee, captain’s ball, floorball, badminton, basketball and table tennis.
Organised by the College Student Committee (CSC)’s Sports Committee, all 5 neighbourhoods in CAPT pitch against one another in a healthy competition of soccer, badminton, dragon boat, captain’s ball, frisbee, basketball, table tennis and floorball.