Annual Prize-winning Tembusu Students Announced

Annual Prize-winning Tembusu Students Announced

As is the College tradition, nine student prizes winners were announced at the annual end-of-semester Tembusu College Formal Dinner on 2nd April 2025: Best Essay (3 awards); Best Creative Work (2 awards); Best Other Work (2 awards); Best Year 3 Senior Learning Experience Project (1 award) and Best Year 4 Senior Learning Experience Mentorship (1 award).

The awards showcased a highly diverse and interdisciplinary array of student works across traditional academic, creative, community and pedagogical spaces. Two awards were given to student groups for Communities and Engagement course projects, positively impacting communities in Singapore.

The Best Essay prizes were won by Davina Sitoh Yingrui, Li Zihan and Tan Kangde Andrew for works on smart dining, a footballing scandal and urban planning in Singapore

Davina Sitoh Yingrui, one of the winners of the Best Essay Prize, pictured with the College Rector Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and the College Master Associate Professor Ho Chee Kong

Amanda Lim and the team of Chen Le, He Yuxin, Tan Zhao Yu, Nick and Holmes Thomas Stuart were awarded the Best Creative Work prize for works analysing academic discourse and public space in the city.

The SteetStage public space project by Chen Le, He Yuxin, Tan Zhao Yu, Nick and Holmes Thomas Stuart that enlivened public space in the CBD

A work addressing public salt intake by the team of Huang Jiachang Brian, Leong Jin, Wesley, Lim Ying See Cheryl and Tran Ha Thu was awarded one of the Best Other Work prizes. The second Best Other Work prize was awarded to the team of Audrey Goh Wen Xuan, Lee Jie-Ren Benedict and Ng Yi Jiat for their negotiation case study.

Wesley Liang Jing a member of the group winning the Best Work Prize winner with Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and Associate Professor Ho
Winners of the Best Work Prize Audrey Goh, Benedict Lee and Ng Yi Jiat with Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and Associate Professor Ho

The College’s Year 3 and 4 student leaders were recognised through two prizes. The Best Year 3 Senior Learning Experience Project was awarded to Alan Selvin Anand, Lin Wenkang and Siew Ting Fung for their project analysing global AI futures. Faith Chng was awarded the Best Year 4 Senior Learning Experience Mentorship for her work on optimising feedback to Year 2 students.

Alan Anand, a member of the group winning the Best Year 3 Senior Learning Experience Project Prize with Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and Associate Professor Ho
Faith Chng, the winner of the Best Year 4 Senior Learning Experience Mentorship Prize with Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and Associate Professor Ho

Tembusu College continues to recognise and reward innovative, rigorous, creative and impactful work operating across disciplinary boundaries that is generated through College courses. We look forward to rewarding more such student work in the future!