Tag: 2016

Fellow’s Tea with Mr William Chua

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Fellow’s Tea with Mr William Chua
Host: tFreedom

Well versed in art and painting at a tender age, William Chua has never imagined himself to be a professional photographer. But it was these skills of his that helped him progress rapidly in the World of Photography. Graduating with a degree in Banking and Finance, he spent 6 years in the corporate world before he decided to pursue his passion for travel and photography, and has not looked back since. His works are predominantly weddings, portraits, travel and wildlife photography. Whichever genre of photography he does, he brings with him the same passion and professionalism. It is this dedication of this that has won him many awards from WPPI (US), IPA (New York), MPA (London), PX3 (Paris), PDN, and the Black and White Spider Awards (US)

Other notable awards include the following:

–          top 5 International Wedding Photographer in AGWPJA (US) in 2010

–          first place in the Rangefinder Wedding contest (US) for both 2013 and 2014

–          MPA 2011 Far East Convention Grand Winner

–          PX3 Wildlife Category Gold Award winner in 2014

–          3rd placed winner for Singapore in the Sony World Awards in 2015

–          consistently been placed with the Natgeo Editor’s favourites through the years

His works have been published in various publications (including SilverKris Magazine, Asian Geographic, Geographic Magazine (UK), Lux Magazine etc) And they are also being represented by Modern Art Etc (Los Angeles, California)  for sale as Fine Art Prints. Having led Photography workshops to Morocco, Mongolia, Scandinavia, Iceland, Bhutan and Africa, and given numerous talks on photography, he hopes to be able to help photo enthusiast take their photography to the next level.

http://www.williamchua.com/blog/

https://www.instagram.com/william_chua_photography/

6th Sep 2016, 7pm – 8.30pm
Master’s Common Lounge, Tembusu College

IARU NUS Global Summer School Programme 2016

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Deadline Extended, Apply Now!

IARU Global Summer Programme 2016

Hosted by Tembusu College

Now open for application!
Programme Dates: June 27 2016 to July 22 2016
Australian National University
ETH Zurich
National University of Singapore
Peking University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cambridge
University of Copenhagen
University of Oxford
University of Tokyo
Yale University

The IARU Global Summer Programme is an opportunity for students from IARU universities – an alliance of ten of the world’s leading research universities – to take part in an intensive four-credit short course over the summer holiday.

Tembusu College will be hosting the 2016 IARU GSP on Animals and the City (UTC2112)

NUS students are encouraged to apply for this competitive programme for the opportunity to work with outstanding peers from around the globe to explore the challenges faced by animals in a rapidly urbanising Asia.

Apply to dev-tembusu-nus.pantheonsite.io by 8th April 2016

For more information on the programme, please visit: http://www.iaruni.org/home/gei/gsp/gsp-2016/gsp2016-nus2

Deadline has been extended. Apply Now!

Any queries, please email tembusugsp@nus.edu.sg.

Tree Planting Ceremony at The Tembusu

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Special Tour of The Tembusu

Date: 05 December 2016 (Monday)

Time: 4.30 pm

Venue: The Tembusu, 107 Tampines Road S535129

The Tembusu is a freehold development by Wing Tai. Inspired by the origin of the site as Wing Tai’s original garment factory, its architecture embodies the qualities of softness and layering. A total of 337 residential units are housed in 5 eighteen-storey blocks, each aligned to face the north and south direction to maximize solar experience and distant views for the units. The landscape is also an expression of the concept of tapestry and weaving in a celebration of nature and architecture.

Come join Professor Tommy Koh for a special tour of The Tembusu to learn about its architectural innovation. The tour will last 90 minutes, and includes a brief introduction of the development, a tree planting ceremony, and afternoon tea refreshments. Two-way chartered bus service will be provided and the bus will depart Tembusu College at 3.45pm sharp.

Only 30 spaces are available and registration is compulsory.* Please register by 28 Nov 2016.

* If you cannot make it after signing up, please inform the office ASAP.

Master’s Tea with Deputy Assistant Commissioner Arthur Law

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Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) Arthur Law started his police career in 1996 as an Investigation Officer at Ang Mo Kio Police Division.  Subsequently, he joined the Police Special Tactics and Rescue Unit where he held various appointments and led a number of tactical operations culminating in the arrest of armed and dangerous criminals.

In 2007, DAC Law was appointed as Head Operations of the Special Operations Command where he was responsible for the operations planning and deployment of the Police Tactical Troops, also known as the Riot Police.

DAC Law was posted to Police Headquarters as Assistant Director Operations Planning in 2011.  He worked with various government agencies to develop joint operations plans and conduct national exercises to deal with a multitude of contingency events such as armed attacks, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and the haze situation.

DAC Law was appointed as Commander of Central Division on 2 January 2016.  As Commander of Central Division, DAC Law has to ensure the safety and security of downtown Singapore which includes overseeing public order for the many major events such as the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown, Chinese New Year Countdown, Chingay celebrations and Thaipusam.

Master’s Tea with Mr Jason Lai

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Jason Lai is Principal Conductor of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at NUS and Associate Conductor with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. His career was launched after winning the BBC Young Conductors Workshop where he was appointed Assistant Conductor to the BBC Philharmonic. Since then he has conducted orchestras all over the world.

In addition to his conducting, Jason is also a broadcaster and has featured as presentor, mentor and judge on many programmes for TV including Maestro, Classical Star and The Culture Show for BBC 2. His most recent appearance was in Project Symphony for Mediacorp’s Okto channel, where he set up a new orchestra made up of musicians from all walks of life, leading them in a concert after only 8 weeks of intense rehearsals.

His musical life started at the age of 10 when he took lessons on the cello. This led to an intense period in which he immersed himself in music and started also to play the piano and to compose. He was soon accepted into Chetham’s, a school for talented Children in Manchester, UK. After graduating from Oxford University, he continued postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Photography is a huge passion for Jason and he hopes to have his own exhibition soon.

Dragon in Distress

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Dragon in Distress

Komodo Dragons and Conservation in Singapore

Ora Forum

Reading Room

4th February 7-9pm

Moderated by Levonne Goh

Please register at: dev-tembusu-nus.pantheonsite.io

Speakers:

Mr. Jose Cairos

Senior Keeper, Singapore Zoos

Mr. David Bickford

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS

Principal Investigator, The Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Lab

Invited expert, Convention for the International Trade of Endangered Species

Mr. Tan En

Director of Advocacy, Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)

Chairperson, Session on Tackling Wildlife Crime

Project Manager, The Silent Foundation

An initiative by Ora House

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Background image of Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans) flowers and fruits in Leenhouts, P W (1960) Loganiaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. 1, Vol. 6/1, Fig. 6 (CC-BY 4.0).
Background image of Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans) flowers and fruits
in Leenhouts, P W (1960) Loganiaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. 1, Vol. 6/1, Fig. 6 (CC-BY 4.0).