giving to Students News

• 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.

• 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.

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

  23 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

  23 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 gives S$50,000 to top up the bursary fund and also makes another gift of S$100,000 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.