Almost every week, members of Tembusu College are invited to meet and chat with guests – both local and international – through a variety of hosted events. There is a huge diversity of backgrounds amongst our visitors, who range from politicians to diplomats, artists, writers, poets, and academics. Select an event category on the left to find out more.
As a Residential College, residents of Tembusu College live and learn together with their peers under the same roof. Integral to the learning is the University Town College Programme (UTCP) where residents read five Seminar-style Modules over their two year residency. Find out more About the Programme or browse available modules on the left.
Concerned about the workload? Find out How UTCP Fits with your faculty-based degree programme at NUS.
Living and learning together at Tembusu happens as part of our ‘Out-of-Classroom Teaching‘ programme.
Keen to continue residing at the college after completing the UTCP? Find out what lies ahead in the Senior Learning Experience.
Dr Gene Segarra Navera is Deputy Director and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communication. Gene has served the University Town Academic Curriculum since 2014 by offering ideas and exposition modules on Oratory and the Public Mind and Discourse, Citizenship and Society. He also teaches a critique and expression module titled Citizen Speak: Persuasion and Polarization in Society at the Ridge View Residential College.
Gene has more than 18 years of experience in university teaching, research, and extension. He holds a PhD in English Language Studies from NUS, and writes in the areas of rhetoric and public address, critical discourse studies, and writing and speech communication pedagogies. Before coming to Singapore to pursue his doctoral studies in 2007, he taught speech communication and argumentative writing courses in the University of the Philippines Los Baños where he was Outstanding Teacher in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2004.
Gene has published papers and book chapters on Philippine presidential rhetoric and facilitation practices in writing and communication instruction. He is the author of the book The Rhetoric of PNoy: Image, Myth and Rhetorical Citizenship in Philippine Presidential Speeches (2018).
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