Latest giving to nus news

• FASS & Tsao Foundation Launch Ageing Research Initiative

  4 September 2009

  Tsao Foundation presents FASS with S$750,000 to conduct ageing-related research with the aim of paving the way for future policy decisions.

• Chasing dreams – Pole position for NUS Engineering students

  16 June 2009

  Going the extra mile in pursuit of a different education has led NUS Engineering students to top spots in international competitions. The NUS Eco-Car got 5th place at the Shell Eco-Marathon while the NUS Formula Race Car was in 19th position overall and the only Asian team in the top 20 at the FSAE competition.

• A Class Act – Pharmacy Class of 2009 garner 100% participation rate!

  16 June 2009

  Joy Yong and Constance Teo, Pharmacy Class of 2009, report on the labour of love of organising a charity run to raise funds for their juniors who face financial difficulties. With a 100% participation rate, they have set one tough class act to follow!

• A friend for all seasons

  16 June 2009

  For 31 years, Mr Chandrasegaran s/o Govindaraju has been more than just a Laboratory Technologist to Engineering students. The loyal friend and adviser to all the classes who passed through his lab since 1978 tells why he believes in supporting the student community.

• Lights, camera, action! – Students put up a fine show for the NUS Arts Festival 2009

  16 June 2009

  NUS students put up a fine show at the NUS Arts Festival, a platform for students to showcase their artistic creativity. It has also become a “boon for professional theatre makers, providing them with a lab for experiment with the raw resources of student talent to draw on for creative energy”.

• NUS Faculty of Law gets new fellowship, thanks to gift of S$1 million

  11 May 2009

  NUS Faculty of Law establishes a new endowed Amaladass Fellowship, set up in memory of the late legal practitioner, Mr M. Amaladass, from a donation of S$1 million from a close friend of Mr Amaladass.

• The late Mr Foo Hee Lim's estate gift of S$1.77m to benefit NUS Business School

  16 April 2009

  The gift will provide financial assistance to academically strong, but financially needy Accountancy students of NUS Business School. A well-respected accountant who strongly believed in the importance of education, the late Mr Foo bequeathed a portion of his wealth to support deserving students so that they, too, can be groomed as professionals and in turn contribute to society.

• New scholarship in memory of alumnus Dr Ong Chit Chung to support outstanding FASS students

  13 March 2009

  To honour the late NUS alumnus, former lecturer and Member of Parliament, the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) hopes to raise S$500,000 to establish the Ong Chit Chung Memorial Scholarship.

• Commencement Class participation in AG grows by whopping 361% YTD!

  13 March 2009

  The number of seniors making a gift as part of their Commencement Class Giving 2008 rose by 361% over 2007. Their gifts totaling S$15,386 go to help their juniors facing financial difficulties.

• Lions Clubs’ 50th anniversary gift to help 22 NUS students in financial need

  6 March 2009

  22 students at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in NUS will benefit from bursaries worth S$2,000 each, thanks to the gift from the Singapore Lions Clubs.

• University Town – an X-factor for Singapore

  6 March 2009

  NUS University Town receives the thumbs up from students and the public at the Singapore Discovery Centre where a model was on display.

• Goh Foundation makes S$12 million gift of life to boost survival rate for children with cancer

  4 March 2009

  Gift to NUS will fund 4 strategic research programmes on treatment of childhood cancer and establish a professorship in paediatric oncology.

• 138 new donors including 127 alumni follow Prof Shih Choon Fong in giving to NOC Odyssey Fund

  10 February 2009

  Since Prof Shih Choon Fong made a gift of S$200,000 in December 2008 to set up the Odyssey Fund to nurture student entrepreneurs at NUS, 138 new donors have made gifts and pledges to bring the Fund size to S$265,350.

• Project Semakau takes off with support from HSBC, NEA and volunteers

  18 December 2008

  Scientists at NUS’ Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research can now do that, thanks to a S$600,000 gift from HSBC. The gift will fund Project Semakau, a three-year census of the abundant flora and fauna at Semakau landfill.

• Prof Shih Choon Fong gives seed funding to nurture student entrepreneurs at NUS Overseas Colleges

  15 December 2008

  A S$200,000 gift from Prof Shih Choon Fong, who was NUS President for eight years, will support programmes at NUS Overseas Colleges that develop students’ entrepreneurial aspirations. Students and alumni will be involved in the awarding of grants from the fund.

• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students get S$250,000 endowed gift to support Chew Teck Neo Bursary

  15 December 2008

  New bursary for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students, thanks to S$250,000 endowed gift in memory of Mdm Chew Teck Neo.

• NUS Lunchtime Forum - Featuring Dr Alan Wallace: Mental Resilience in Times of Crisis

  25 November 2008

  When the going gets tough, the tough relies on mental resilience. Catch Dr Alan Wallace, Founding President of Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies and leading scholar of Buddhism, who will speak at NUS on 10 Dec 2008 on improving mental resilience.
  

• Honouring benefactors – Appreciation dinner to mark opening of Shaw Foundation Alumni House

  25 November 2008

  An appreciation dinner was held on 24 October 2008 to honour and thank the many benefactors who gave to the Shaw Foundation Alumni House, a home on campus for NUS alumni around the world.

• Region’s first state-of-the-art centre for advanced surgical training opens at NUS

  23 October 2008

  The first one-stop training centre to equip surgeons with the latest skills was made possible by S$7 million gift from Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat.

• Birthday wish results in S$14,600 gift towards Tay Teck Eng Dental Bursary Fund

  23 October 2008

  The Fund, named in honour of the late dental surgeon Tan Sri Dr Tay Teck Eng, gets a S$14,600 boost, thanks to gifts from family friends.

• Wan family makes S$518,000 gift to encourage bilingualism

  23 October 2008

  The gift will support the Wan Boo Sow Medal and Prize and the Annie Tan Medal and Prize to recognise and encourage linguistic proficiency in Chinese and English at NUS.

• New Cancer Research Centre of Excellence: Targeting cancers afflicting Asians

  16 October 2008

  Centre will focus on cancers afflicting Asians, says Centre Director and Saw Swee Hock Centennial Professor in Medical Sciences Prof Daniel Tenen.

• Lifetime achievement award for free radical research

  16 October 2008

  Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor Barry Halliwell wins lifetime achievement award for work on free radicals by the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) in the US.

• S$7 million gift for Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, thanks to business leader

  7 October 2008

  Business leader Oei Hong Leong’s gift to Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) will be used to set up the Oei Hong Leong Scholarship for LKYSPP students from China.

• New $250,000 gift to fund up to 10 bursaries annually

  7 October 2008

  NUS alumnus honours late parents with the endowed gift to the University. The gift will be used to set up the Gan Eng Teck and Maria Tan Ah Ho Bursary. Up to 10 students stand to benefit each year.

• NUS announces new Vice-President (Endowment and Institutional Development) date

  1 October 2008

  Mr Wee Sin Tho, currently the University’s Chief Strategist, Endowment Programme, will succeed Mr Chew Kheng Chuan, who will be leaving NUS to pursue other career opportunities.

• New Yong Pung How Professorship for Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

  September 2008

  The S$3 million gift from the Yong Shook Lin Trust will be used to set up Yong Pung How Professorship.

• Far East Organization makes S$325,000 gift to Children’s Cancer Centre at NUH

  September 2008

  The gift will support the work of the Viva-University Children’s Cancer Centre, a world-class research and treatment centre for childhood cancers.

• Mr Lim Joo Hock makes a S$250,000 gift to support the Lim Hong Chin Memorial Scholarship at the School of Computing

  September 2008

  The Scholarship, named in honour of Mr Lim’s father, is the first named scholarship at the School of Computing.

• Temasek Foundation gives S$850,000 to enable top undergraduates to experience student exchange cum community service

  August 2008

  Top undergraduates from NUS and the region get student exchange cum community service experience, thanks to the grant.

• NUS Libraries receives S$30,000 gift to fund newspaper digitisation project

  July 2008

  NUS Libraries’ Lat Pau digitisation project has received a boost, thanks to the gift from the family of former University librarian Mrs Wang-Chen Hsiu Chin. Lat Pau, the longest running Chinese daily in pre-war Singapore, is an invaluable historical resource for research on pre-war Singapore, as well as on overseas Chinese during that era.

• Swissco’s S$200,000 gift makes possible new bursary fund for medical students

  June 2008

  The Swissco International Bursary will benefit two students every year.

• Leading cancer researcher named Saw Swee Hock Centennial Professor and Director of Cancer Research Centre

  June 2008

  Prof Tenen will lead the Cancer Stem Cells Programme which focuses on cancers that affect Singaporeans.

• Great Eastern marks centennial with $500,000 gift to support bursaries in honour of late chairman Howe Yoon Chong

  April 2008

  The gift, named in honour of its late chairman Mr Howe Yoon Chong, will benefit up to 20 students every year.

• Surgery students get new resource centre, thanks to gift from renowned plastic surgeon Dr Khoo Boo Chai ’54

  April 2008

  Dr Khoo makes a gift of shares valued at S$1,064,800 and rare medical books to help set up the Khoo Boo Chai Athenaeum which will help advance medical research in the field of surgery.

• Alumni, legal professionals and law firms make gifts totaling S$330,000 to the Law Faculty

  April 2008

  The gifts will go towards setting up new scholarships, bursaries and prizes at the Faculty.

• World dental body helps dentistry students spread wings overseas

  April 2008

  A gift of $250,000 from World Dental Education Society will support up to 10 dentistry students on the Overseas Enrichment Programme each year. They will get to experience learning in renowned dental schools worldwide.

• Yong Loo Lin Trust makes S$25 million gift to Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

  March 2008

  The gift in support of scholarships and special projects at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music will allow the Conservatory to help raise Singapore’s profile as a city of the arts.

• Lien Foundation, Duke-NUS Medical School collaborate to set up Asia’s first palliative care research and training centre

  March 2008

  The Lien Centre for Palliative Care will fill a vacuum in end-of-life knowledge and training that Singapore currently faces.

• Singapore doctors raise funds to help financially needy medical students cover living expenses

  March 2008

  Thanks to the Singapore Medical Association’s (SMA) gift of $186,770 to Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, money worries will be far from the minds of financially-needy medical students as they prepare for their final exams.

• 40 and counting – more students to benefit as Woh Hup makes second gift to NUS

  March 2008

  Woh Hup makes second gift of S$100,000 to top up the bursary fund so even more students can benefit. It also makes a gift to set up the Woh Hup Scholarship.

• Ngee Ann Kongsi makes possible first NUS-wide emergency fund for students

  February 2008

  Ngee Ann Kongsi’s gift of $50,000 will help set up the first NUS-wide emergency fund for students who need urgent financial support due to unforeseen circumstances.

• The write way

  January 2008

  A bursary allowed writer Goh Sin Tub to go to university. More than 50 years later, his story comes full circle, as his widow makes a $150,000 gift to support student bursaries at NUS.