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Calling all Graduate and Undergraduate Students!

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One Heart Source is currently accepting applications for our 2015 Volunteer Programs in South Africa.

In 2015, we are offering a variety of  2 and 4-week programs in Cape Town, South Africa! Programs Offered: April 20 – November 6, 2015.

 We will be hosting live online information sessions Nov. 10, 12, 15, and 18! 

Join us by Registering Here!

 As an OHS Volunteer, you will:

* Integrate yourself into and work closely with members of the local community to create positive social uplift
* Teach primary school students through a mentorship program focused on building strong Math and English foundations, while empowering students
* Exchange ideas and culture with people from around the world
* Lead after-school programs in non-traditional subjects like dance, debate, art, and sports
* Work with a small, dynamic team of international university and graduate students
* Develop empathy, confidence, and leadership skills while pursuing social justice

We at One Heart Source believe in creating lasting social change through education and human connection.

We encourage you to take a step towards providing a more socially just future for some of the most marginalized communities in the world.

 Both Graduate and Undergraduate students are encouraged to

APPLY NOW FOR OUR 2015 PROGRAMS!

Next Application Deadline: November 21st

For more information and to apply visit: www.oneheartsource.org/volunteer/apply/

Please contact volunteer@oneheartsource.org with any questions!

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ONEHEARTSOURCE is a non-profit organization designed to empower young people through education and to provide high quality education and care for vulnerable children in Tanzania and South Africa.

PE Teacher Career Talk by MOE (8th October 2014)

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Dear Students,

If you are keen to be a PE Teacher, join MOE at a talk to find out your prospects with them and speak to one of their PE teachers to learn more about his experiences in the service.

MOE PE Career Talk

Date: 8 Oct, Wednesday
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Venue: Yusof Ishak House, Lv 1 Training Room 1 and 2

RSVP at www.moe.gov.sg/universitytalk

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Calling all Graduate and Undergraduate Students!

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OHS E-flyer 2015One Heart Source is currently accepting applications for our 2015 Volunteer Programs in South Africa.  We are offering a variety of  2 and 4-week programs in Cape Town, South Africa – April 20 – November 6, 2015.

 As an OHS Volunteer, you will:

* Integrate yourself into and work closely with members of the local community to create positive social uplift
* Teach primary school students through a mentorship program focused on building strong Math and English foundations, while empowering students
* Exchange ideas and culture with people from around the world
* Lead after-school programs in non-traditional subjects like dance, debate, art, and sports
* Work with a small, dynamic team of international university and graduate students
* Develop empathy, confidence, and leadership skills while pursuing social justice

We at One Heart Source believe in creating lasting social change through education and human connection. We encourage you to take a step towards providing a more socially just future for some of the most marginalized communities in the world.

 Both Graduate and Undergraduate students are encouraged to

 APPLY NOW FOR OUR 2015 PROGRAMS!

Next Application Deadline: Sept 26

 For more information and to apply visit: www.oneheartsource.org/volunteer/apply/

Please contact asia.region@oneheartsource.org with any questions!

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ONEHEARTSOURCE is a non-profit organization designed to empower young people through education and to provide high quality education and care for vulnerable children in Tanzania and South Africa.

MPA Global Internship Award 2014

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The Maritime Port Authority (MPA) held its first award ceremony for 23 recipients of the Global Internship Award (GIA) on 12 May 2014 at PSA Building.

First introduced in 2013, the MPA GIA partners maritime companies to promote manpower development in the maritime industry. Under this programme, high-achieving undergraduates from local universities are awarded a fully-sponsored, maritime-focused 10-week internship with international maritime companies with the opportunity to spend up to four weeks overseas.

The 10-week internship programme will take the students to 11 different countries covering the Asia-Pacific, Europe and Middle East regions and the United States of America.

A total of 4 NUS undergraduates received the MPA GIA this year, 3 of whom are Economics majors from FASS. Year 4 student Lee Xiang Zachary (Double Degree Programme in Business Administration/Economics) mentioned that he was honoured to be chosen as an intern, and eager to embark on this exciting new journey. He has been assigned an internship with Braemar Seascope Pte Ltd, and also spend 2 weeks at its Melbourne office.

Year 3 Economics major Tobias Leong Zhun Mun (University of North Carolina-NUS Joint Degree Programme) added that he was very grateful to be part of this programme and looked forward to entering the dynamic world of shipping with an internship at Eastport Shipping Pte Ltd. He will be spending a few weeks at the company’s Shanghai office.

NUS recipients of the MPA Global Internship Award (from Left): Tobias Leong, Zachary Lee, and Alex Huang (BBA Accounting).
NUS recipients of the MPA Global Internship Award (from Left): Tobias Leong, Zachary Lee, and Alex Huang (BBA Accounting).

New Student Exchange Opportunities in Korea!

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Wednesday, 30th April 2014

From the left: Prof Soontae An (Associate Vice-President for International Affairs), Prof Dong-Sook Park (Dean of the College of Social Science), Assoc Prof Paulin Straughan (Vice Dean for International Relations and Special Duties), Prof Sung-Nam Cho (College of Social Science), Prof So Hyun Joo (Associate Dean of the College of Social Science).
From the left: Prof Soontae An (Associate Vice-President for International Affairs), Prof Dong-Sook Park (Dean of the College of Social Science), Assoc Prof Paulin Straughan (Vice Dean for International Relations and Special Duties), Prof Sung-Nam Cho (College of Social Science), Prof So Hyun Joo (Associate Dean of the College of Social Science).

To create more opportunities for FASS students to go on student exchange in Korea, the Faculty recently signed a student exchange agreement between College of Social Sciences, Ewah Womans University.

Ewha Womans University is a private women’s university in central Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the city’s largest institutions of higher learning and currently the world’s second-largest female educational institute. It is one of the best-known universities in South Korea, also considered to be one of the top universities in Korea.  As of 2012, it is ranked 40th in Asia and 341st in the world according to QS World Universities Ranking. Ewha is Korea’s only Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) partner.

With a broad spectrum of courses being taught in English, this will certainly in line with the many majors and interests of FASS students seeking to study abroad at Ewha. Their teaching and research strengths include English Language & Literature, Chinese Language & Literature, Public Administration, Women’s Studies, Media Studies and Law. Although a women-only university, they do welcome male exchange students.

Hochstadt Scholarship commemorates family’s dedication to education

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Ms Sylvia Yap, Mr Hochstadt and NUS President, Prof Tan Chorh Chuan 

“The wise old saying, ‘Give the man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’ always rings true to me,” says Mr Herman Ronald Hochstadt, who established the Hochstadt Scholarship in The Humanities at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS).

Indeed, education has a special place in the lives of many members of the Hochstadt family. Mr Hochstadt’s father dedicated his entire working life to education in Singapore, serving as a school teacher, then school principal, and finally, as a senior Ministry of Education official. Mr Hochstadt’s three sisters were also all school teachers, as was his daughter, initially. He worked briefly as a tutor himself in the University of Malaya in Singapore and later University of Singapore, both predecessor institutions of NUS, from which his wife graduated and where she served as chief librarian. Mr Hochstadt later became permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and deputy chairman of the Vocational & Industrial Training Board.

Mr Hochstadt attributes his success to his family’s help and support and wants to commemorate the family name with the Scholarship, which will benefit outstanding students majoring in Humanities subjects including English Language, English Literature, Theatre Studies, History and Philosophy.

“I was taught from young by parents, other family members, and teachers at St Andrew’s School where I had my primary and secondary schooling, that I should contribute whatever I could and whenever I could to deserving causes. And I have been doing so ever since I started working,” shares Mr Hochstadt.

“It is only fitting, in fondness, gratitude and memory, to give in my retirement to NUS which since its predecessor days, nurtured me, my late wife, my daughter and her husband, and my son into  whatever we did become and helped us achieve whatever we did achieve. And especially for me to give back in support of undergraduate study of the Humanities at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from which Peggy, Karen Lynn, Erwin Wei-Sung and I all graduated ourselves.”

For information on making a gift to NUS, contact us at 1800-DEVELOP (1800-338-3567) or email askdvo@nus.edu.sg.

If you have a story to share, please contact us at whatsyourstory@nus.edu.sg.

Article reproduced with permission from NUS Development Office.

Career in Government Information Service – Talk by MCI

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Calling all FASS students who are interested in a career in Government Information Service!

Don’t miss this career talk on the prospects of being an Information Officer on Tuesday 1 April 2014, organised by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI).

Please register at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ARY9IOK_CdIV5URCI3JUiMdOv3h3xfoWcZXQOXga3xM/viewform

Additional details:

Time: 2.30 – 4.30pm
Venue: Yusof Ishak House, Level 1, Training Room 1 & 2

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