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June 2009SP was appointed as a Continuing Education Training Centre for the InfocommSector by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and the InfocommDevelopment Authority of Singapore. The centre will provide infocomm professionalswith the opportunity to upgrade their skills under the National Infocomm CompetencyFramework of the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualification.SP and 21 secondary schoolsofficially adopted MarinaReservoir at the launch of theSingapore International WaterFestival. Mayor (NorthwestCDC) and Member ofParliament for Bukit PanjangMr Teo Ho Pin, SP PrincipalMr Tan Hang Cheong andPUB Chief Executive Mr KhooTeng Chye launched theadoption.The Flame Igniting Systemconcept designed by theSchool of Mechanical andAeronautical Engineering andCentre for Experience Designwon SP the top honours atthe first-ever Asian YouthGames torch designcompetition.July 2009His Excellency (HE) Sheikh Hisham, Undersecretary, Ministry ofEducation, Bahrain and the Honourable Dave Hancock, Ministerof Education, Canada visited SP on two separate occasions.Duo from Diploma in Creative Media Design course clinchedsecond place at the Imagine Cup World Finals (Photographycategory) in Cairo, Egypt.Chua Koon Ting, Diploma in Biomedical Science graduate, becamethe first polytechnic student to be accepted to read Dentistry inNational University of Singapore under the Faculty’s ExceptionalIndividual Scheme.Chua Koon TingAugust 2009For their “Love IT, Love Timor Leste” project, eight SP studentswere invited to the Presidential Palace to meet HE PresidentJose Ramos-Horta for the symbolic handover of the computerlaboratory and launch of the International Award for Young Peoplein Timor Leste.Five SP students were awarded the National Infocomm Scholarshipout of the 12 scholarships presented to polytechnic students. Itrecognises exceptional students and nurtures them as top talentsfor Singapore’s infocomm industry.14 Singapore Polytechnic Annual Report 2009/10
September 2009Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineeringgraduate, Lee Xun Yong, received the DefenceScience and Technology Agency scholarship.The first Games Resource Centre (Unreal TechnologyLab) was launched on campus in collaboration withEpic Games China. The facility is an extension ofthe Connected Games Programme initiated by IDAto serve as an incubator for game development inSingapore and the region.Cathleen Cheong Mun Ngah gained entry to theprestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT). The Diploma in Civil and StructuralEngineering graduate enrolled for the Bachelor inCivil Engineering course and was offered an MITscholarship.SP swept the top three positions at the NationalManagement Competition, a national businessstrategy contest.October 2009A multi-disciplinary team of SP students,representing Singapore, was the only team froma polytechnic to make it to the semi-finals of theStudents in Free Enterprise (SIFE) World Cupcompetition in Berlin, Germany.The first of its kind in a tertiary institution, the CivilDefence Lionhearters Club was launched on 27 October.Members of the club learn, among other things, to prepare foremergencies and life-saving skills. They also get deployed overseasto undertake humanitarian projects and development programmes.For the second year running, SP’s Media and Communication studentswere responsible for conceptualising, executing and co-producingoktoLIVE! television show specially for children.November 2009Dr Jonathan Loh Yuin-Han, Diploma in Biotechnology graduate, was awarded the Young Scientist Award(Biological & Biomedical Science) 2009 and is now a research fellow at Harvard Medical School.SP topped the education section of the Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore survey conductedby the Institute of Service Excellence at Singapore Management University.SP’s School of Digital Media and Infocomm Technology (DMIT) sealed a strategic partnership with theFaculty of Economics of Japan’s Chuo University (CU). Undergraduates from the university will undertakean IT and E-Commerce module from the Specialist Diploma in E-Commerce Technology offered byDMIT. The module will be offered as an elective in CU’s bachelor degree programmes from April 2010.Singapore Polytechnic Annual Report 2009/1015
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