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| 7.00pm: | Registration desk opens |
| 7.20pm: | Audience to be seated at Tembusu College's Multi-Purpose Hall |
| 7.30pm: | Start of Tembusu Conversations |
| • Keynote address by speaker | |
| • Question & Answer session with students | |
| 9.00pm: | End of dialogue and group photo-taking session |
Mr Judd Siow Rui Bin
Prof Kishore Mahbubani is a former President of the United Nations Security Council, as well as the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS. He received the Foreign Policy Association Medal in New York (2004), where he was described as “a gifted diplomat, a student of history and philosophy, a provocative writer and an intuitive thinker.” Among Prof Mahbubani’s many accolades, he has been listed among the top 100 public intellectuals in the world (Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines, 2005), the Top 50 individuals who would shape the debate on the future of capitalism (Financial Times, 2009), and the top 50 world thinkers (Prospect magazine, 2014). In 2019, he was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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!
| 7.00pm: | Registration desk opens |
| 7.20pm: | Audience to be seated at Tembusu College's Reading Room |
| 7.30pm: | Start of Tembusu Conversations |
| • Keynote address by speaker | |
| • Question & Answer session with students | |
| 9.00pm: | End of dialogue and group photo-taking session |
Mr Jeremy Too Yun An
Mr Aaron Tan is co-founder and CEO of Carro, Asia Pacific’s Largest Online Car Dealership. Founded in 2016, Carro has since raised over US$600M (~S$800M) from investors including Softbank Vision Fund, Temasek, and Jardines. The company is present in 10 countries across Asia Pacific and has over 4,000 employees worldwide. Aaron started his career as a venture capitalist – having invested in over 100 startups around the world, he has a strong track record of investing and partnering a tech startup and building it up from the ground up to a unicorn. Aaron is also an active community leader, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Library of Singapore and Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
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✨ JOIN US FOR TEMBUSU COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE 2025 ✨
Why Tembusu? 💭
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Discover more about what makes us unique during Tembusu College’s Open House on 8th March, from 9am – 6pm! 🙌
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Let us walk you 🐾 through Residential Life 🏡 and the Academic Programmes 📚 at Tembusu College, along with the vibrant Student Life we offer – there’s something for everyone! 😊
Want a taste of our talented Tembusians’ creativity? Enjoy LIVE performances throughout the day as well! 💃🏻🕺🏻✨✨
❗️Did you know? 🧐 Tembusu College is the closest Residential College to the University Town Bus Stop, making it incredibly convenient for getting to classes! 🚌🚶♂️
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| 7.00pm: | Registration desk opens |
| 7.20pm: | Audience to be seated at Tembusu College's Multi-Purpose Hall |
| 7.30pm: | Start of Tembusu Conversations |
| • Keynote address by speaker | |
| • Question & Answer session with students | |
| 9.00pm: | End of dialogue and group photo-taking session |
Mr Wesley Leong
Ambassador Chan Heng Chee is Ambassador-at-Large at Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, SUTD Honorary Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Deputy Chair of the Social Science Research Council, and Member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights in Singapore. She serves as Trustee of the University of the Arts Singapore. She is Global Co-chair of Asia Society and a Board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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