Will Hoon, our club President, a 2009 George B. Morgan '20 Award Recipient!
The George B. Morgan '20 Award recognizes ongoing excellence in all aspects of Educational Council activity. This includes dedication to MIT, an abiding concern for the interests of prospective students, and exceptional standards of achievement and professionalism in meeting Council responsibilities.
http://alum.mit.edu/volunteering/RecognitionAwards/AnnualAwards/
MIT has done it again in the U.S. News & World Report University Rankings!
MIT has done it again!
In the annual U.S. News & World Report university rankings, MIT has retained high marks and gained new ground. The Institute is once again ranked fourth among national universities and, for the 20th year, named top in undergraduate engineering. Top spots went to the departments of aeronautics and astronautics, chemical, electrical and computer science, and materials engineering. Mechanical engineering also took a top spot, rising from fourth last year.
In management, the undergraduate program tied for second with UC Berkeley, and these specialties were ranked number one: production and operations management, management information systems, quantitative analysis, and supply chain management. In broader categories, MIT tied for second in selectivity and for fourth in economic diversity of students.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=erKMJXOCIcLQIeI&s=egLUL6NCLcIMIWNEIrE&m=ktIOJ4OLLjI8H
In graduate school rankings reported in April,
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hkISK6POLfKXKoL&s=egLUL6NCLcIMIWNEIrE&m=ktIOJ4OLLjI8H
MIT took the top spot in engineering and economics as well as nine specialties in the two fields. Three of Sloan's specialty programs were ranked as number one and the management school overall took the number five spot. In other rankings, MIT tied for first in doctoral programs in chemistry and physics.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=cpLIJRNuEbKFI0I&s=egLUL6NCLcIMIWNEIrE&m=ktIOJ4OLLjI8H
New Markets, New Ideas, New Products - Speech by Dr Tony Tan
Dr Tony Tan gave a speech at the Economic Society of Singapore on Aug 6, 2009. He mentioned that Singapore must continue to master the development of new markets, new ideas and new products in order to thrive in an economy that is no longer bounded by old economic certainties. For more on what he said:
http://www.gic.com.sg/PDF/ESS_Dinner_Speech_by_Dr_Tan-6Aug09.pdf
MIT Club of Singapore 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner
The MIT Club of Singapore celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Tuesday, 20th January 2009 with a magnificent gala dinner held at the Four Seasons Hotel. Distinguished guests invited to the dinner included Dr. Tony Tan, the Club Patron, MIT President Susan Hockfield, Professor Claude Canizares, VP for Research and Associate Provost, Professor Ernest Moniz, the Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and former Under Secretary of the US Department of Energy, as well as the Deans of the Science and Engineering schools, Professor Marc A. Kastner and Professor Subra Suresh.
Guests at the dinner recollected the last 25 years of stellar progress with the current Club President, Mr. Will Hoon, were rejuvenated by the light-hearted encouragement of the Club Patron, and were reminded of the MIT mission to be ýpractical visionariesý by MIT President Hockfield. Dr. Hockfield went on to describe the current role of MIT faculty and alumni in dealing with the global financial meltdown, as well as in leading cross-disciplinary research and work done to develop cures for cancer.
The MIT Club of Singapore has grown by leaps and bounds since its inauguration in June 1983, with a current membership of more than 250 members, many of whom hold prominent leadership positions in business, public service and academia. The Club hosts regular activities such as get-togethers, dinner talks with invited speakers, breakfast meetings as well as sporting and networking activities with other alumni clubs in the Distinguished Universities Alumni League (DUAL).
Beaver Cup 2008
Keeping with the tradition, the MIT Club of Singapore organised 2008's Beaver Cup on 18th October!
Six teams competed for the Beaver Cup this year: MIT, Michigan/Yale, Penn, SMA, Columbia and Chicago GSB. After two rounds of intense competition, the SMA team managed to reclaim the trophy from the MIT team, which won in 2007.
Results
1st: SMA [1269 pts]
2nd: Michigan Yale [1195 pts]
3rd: MIT [1188 pts]
Top Male Bowler: Steve (Penn team) [340 pts]
Top Female Bowler: Dawn (Penn team) [262 pts]
MITCS: Welcome and Send-off Party
The MIT Club of Singapore held its annual Welcome and Send-off Party on July 26, 2008. This year it was a BBQ hosted by Amerson Lin at Hume Park II. Approximately 40 people showed up for the event and we were able to welcome a number of '08 alums returning from MIT and send-off almost 10 newly admitted undergraduate and graduate students.
SINGAPORE-MIT ALLIANCE (SMA) GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP: SMA is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. SMA offers DUAL DEGREES: either a Masters degree from MIT and a Masters degree from NUS/NTU; or a Masters degree from MIT and a PhD from NUS/NTU; or a PhD DEGREE from either NUS or NTU.
SMA Graduate Fellowship:
ý Full support for tuition and fees at MIT and either NUS or NTU
ý Monthly stipend of up to S$3,000
ý Roundtrip airfare between Singapore and Boston
ý Additional living allowance during residency at MIT
ý Reimbursement of acceptance, TOEFL and GRE fees (terms & conditions apply)
Five programmes will be offered by SMA for the July 2009 intake. To find out more on the programmes, requirements and application deadlines, please click http://web.mit.edu/sma/students/programmes/index.htm
Application opens: From October 2008 onwards
Application deadlines: Between January to March 2009
For enquires, please contact us at Tel: (65) 6516 4787, Fax: (65) 6775 2920, E-mail: smart@nus.edu.sg, Website: http://www.sma.nus.edu.sg
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