Welcome

Dear Friends of Stanford,

As the Stanford Club of Singapore embarks on its 27th year, the Stanford community in Singapore has progressed in numbers, network, and importance. To-date, there are over 900 Stanford graduates and program participants from Singapore, making Singapore the second largest Stanford community in Asia Pacific. It is our goal at the Stanford Club of Singapore to not only continue the past success, but also to continuously improve members’ experience and further build on the Stanford strength, spirit, and camaraderie.

Earlier this month, the Club held a successful AGM. We enjoyed an evening of fellowship, while getting lots done on Club matters. In addition to electing the Executive Council and Office Bearers, several constitutional enhancements were passed to support for greater Club efficiency and to promote renewal. On behalf of the new leadership team, I wish to extend our gratitude to past council members who have so generously contributed their time and efforts. We thank you for everything you’ve done.

More excitingly, looking forward, we have many activities planned, and we encourage members' participation and engagement. Very soon, the Club will be launching an improved website. The new website will allow the ease for events sign-up online, locating other members, profile maintenance, among other convenient features. We have engaged with the University's Alumni body and are particularly excited by the prospect of being able to reach out, including regular event newsletters, to Stanford alumni resident in Singapore. The Annual Dinner - a signature Club event - will take place on 30 April 2012, with MOE Minister Heng Swee Keat as our guest of honor and keynote speaker. So mark your calendar! Also in the works, are the Stanford-Berkeley Big Game, admit reception and new student send-off party, Start-up Forum, Internship and Job-posting for Stanford students, and many social activities. We welcome your ideas, participation and engagement. See you at the events!

Best Regards,

Sheila Wang
President, Stanford Club of Singapore

Thanks to all who participated in the Stanford Club of Singapore Annual General Meeting, held on Thursday, 1 March 2012 at Hog's Breath Café, CHIJMES, Singapore. We enjoyed good camaraderie, revisited with old and new Stanford friends, and held a successful AGM. Following, are key points on the results of the AGM.

Elections to the Club's Executive Council

• VP Sheila Wang elected to President
• Returning Executive Council member Goh Puay Guan elected to Vice President
• Sujay Subramanian elected as Executive Council Member
• Joanna Ng re-elected as Executive Council Member

The new elects will join the other Executive Council members who are continuing their terms. All elections are for a term of two years. The Executive Council consists of minimum 8 and maximum 12 members, of whom four are Office Bearers.

Annual Accounts
The Club has a healthy bank balance and contributed a modest surplus during 2011.

Constitutional changes passed (subject to RoS approval)
(7.2) Adjust term limits for Office Bearer Executive Council members to support better renewal
(7.4A) Administrative Improvements for greater efficiency with holding Executive Council meetings and approval of new members
(7.5 and 7.5A) Allow for better ability of the Executive Council to co-opt new members in the event of casual vacancies

Looking Forward
We have many activities planned for the coming year, and we encourage members' participation and engagement. Very soon, the Club will be launching a new website to enhance members' experience with the Club. The new website will allow the ease for events sign-up online, locating other members, profile maintenance, among other convenient features. We have engaged with the University's Alumni body and are particularly excited by the prospect of being able to reach out to some 900 or so Stanford graduates and program participants resident in Singapore to further build and enhance the Stanford network of friends and alumni.

Looking forward, the Annual Dinner - a signature Club event - will take place on 30 April 2012 with MOE Minister Heng Swee Keat as our guest of honor and keynote speaker. So mark your calendar! The venue is at the Cricket Club; registration information will be posted soon. Also in the works, are the Stanford-Berkeley Big Game, Stanford admit reception and new student send-off party, Start-up Forum, Internship and Job-posting for Stanford students, and Social Activities. We welcome your ideas, participation and engagement. See you at the events!

Best Regards,

Sheila Wang
President, Stanford Club of Singapore

The Distinguished Universities Alumni League (DUAL) is the Singapore-based umbrella organization comprising members from some 20 leading university alumni clubs. For information on events and other information www.dual.org.sg.

Please refer to http://www.dual.org.sg/root/events.html for more details.

On April 30, at this year's Annual Dinner, each of our three book prize winners was presented with their Award by our Guest of Honor, Minister of Education, Mr. Heng Swee Keat. Minister Heng also announced the name of the Grand Prize winner who will be next be traveling to Stanford campus for a one week stay. He is Mr. Ryan Chan-Wei.

This concludes the annual Book Prize for 2012, the 16th year of the competition, in which some 140 students from Singapore’s pre-universities competed. The 2013 Book Prize will be kicking off this coming November.

2012 Book Prize Winners:
Ryan Chan-Wei, Raffles Institution Grand Prize Winner
Zhuo Ran, Victoria JC
Joanna Korycinska, National JC

Other Finalists:
Chandini Manoharan, Anderson JC Cheng Chaoyi, Victoria JC Liu Mi Ru, Raffles Institution Novitria Ilmayani, Anderson JC Tu Anh Nguyen, Anderson JC

2011 Stanford Club Book Prize winner Pratyusha Mukherjee reports on her visit to the Stanford campus

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