Veritas Singapura
As the official club of Harvard alumni in Singapore, the objective of the Harvard University Association of Alumni in Singapore (HUAAS) is to advance the mutual welfare of Harvard University and its alumni in Singapore. Our motto is “Veritas Singapura” combining the ethos of our alma mater and referencing the national anthem of Singapore. The association’s activity will be focused on three areas: Programming, Outreach, and Structure.
Rebecca WOO, AB ’89, President (Term Ending 2021)
Titus YONG, EdM ’03, Vice President (Term Ending 2020)
Andrew NAI, GMP ’14, Treasurer (Term Ending 2020)
Allen Chu, AB ‘92, Secretary (Term Ending 2021)
En-Ming ONG, AB ’11, Member (Term Ending 2021)
“KC” CHEW Kheng Chuan, AB ’82, Member (Term Ending 2021)
Michael KOH, MDes ’93, Member (Term Ending 2020)
Nadine YAP, AB ’92, AM ’95, Member (Term Ending 2021)
Stephen JACOB, MPP ’00 , Member (Term Ending 2021)
Join a group in an epic head to head battle of mini-golf against our arch rivals from New Haven, CT. Two teams enter. One team leaves. $20 Cash to play (pay Ming at the event) Each team will be capped at 6 players each. RSVP to On En Ming by Tuesday 20 August Organisers On En Ming (ongem3 at gmail.com)
Find out more »RSVP: https://lnkd.in/fYD8FUG The Harvard Business School Club of Singapore invites HUAAS members to a discussion with INSEAD Professor (and HBS PhD) Jasjit Singh. This event is organised in collaboration with the INSEAD Alumni Association in Singapore. Prof Singh will talk about how market outcomes do not always align with societal objectives, such as on issues like environmental degradation or social inequality. Who should be addressing these challenges? We will argue that different kinds of organizations, such as non-profit vs. for-profit,…
Find out more »Please join us in welcoming the Class of 2019 this fall! The College Classes of 2005-2019 will be coming together for Welcome to Your City on October 2. These events are a fun, informal way for recent graduates who may be new to town to connect with other local, recent Harvard alumni. Register with your LinkedIn profile and other social media accounts to see who's coming and connect with other attendees before, during, and after the event. Ticket includes open…
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Greetings fellow alums and members of HUAAS! I have more than “three points” to share with you, but here are the three most important ones: The date of our upcoming AGM and Annual Dinner for you to mark in your calendars and sign up to attend.Our Inaugural HUAAS Fellow AwardCommencing the collection of membership dues from 2019 Third HUAAS AGM and Annual Dinner To the first point — our...
We hosted a lovely intimate evening discussion on Nov 13th, 2018 with Professor Karen Thornber on her latest research project “Women and leadership in Asia”. Many interesting statistical observations were made and there was lovely debate over whether some of the phenomenon was historically gender-stereo-type based (from all sides) or whether this was self perpetuated or not; and what has been...
A very successful inaugural Ivy League Ball in Singapore!! We held our own in both table decorations and the fight song rendition … looking forward to the next one in 2019!
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HUAAS had a very successful joint panel discussion with the Columbia University Club of Singapore and our gracious hosts the SP Jain School of Global Management. We thank our panelists from Columbia: Brian O’Dwyer, Wendy Goh & Tang T. Heng, and Harvard: CJ Meadows – who collectively provoked and challenged the incumbent concepts of education and proposed different alternative...
Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival for the Kids!!HUAAS VP Rebecca Woo hosted some HUAAS & HBS Club families to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with moon-cake making, bubbles, paper lantern-making and the final lighting of lanterns of all shapes and sizes – dragons, rabbits, pandas, chickens, butterflies – whilst looking for the full moon in the Singapore sky, all the kids left happily...
HUAAS members and friends were privy to a bespoke guided tour of the special Angkor exhibition at the ACM where highlights from the Guimet Museum were shown; some of which had never before been brought outside of France. We had an incredibly knowledgeable docent as a guide who really made the exhibition come alive. Many thanks to the staff at the ACM for making the arrangements!
Aug 28: Where to Find Value in Fintech? The discussion was very lively that evening at The Straits Clan, with over 60 in the audience. Panelists Pietro Ventani of APP Advisors (Harvard MBA ‘93), Neil Davidson of Coda Payments (Harvard AB ‘03, MBA ‘09) and Chandrima Das of Bento – spoke about their own experiences, what major trends they felt would drive the industry longer term, the...
The Harvard Prize Book has been presented annually to deserving high school students since 1910. Students from nearly 2,000 high schools all over the world are recipients of the Prize Book, including the US, the UK, China, Taiwan, India, Croatia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. HUAAS has decided to participate in this tradition starting this year. Invitations have been sent to local pre...
Dear Alumni, It is hard to believe that just over a year ago we were celebrating Your Harvard: Singapore. Since then it has been great to witness how our alumni community in the country has grown even stronger thanks to the work of our officially recognized Clubs, the Harvard University Association of Alumni in Singapore (HUAAS) and the Harvard Business School Club of Singapore (HBSCS)...
As you are aware, in November 2014, an organization called Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard, alleging that our alma mater discriminates against Asian-Americans and seeking to stop Harvard College and other colleges from using a diverse admissions process that considers the candidate holistically. The following is a message from our President Drew Faust regarding the upcoming lawsuit...