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SoC Student Life Events 2019

Explore a variety of student life events at the School of Computing (SoC) from January to March 2019, featuring collaborations, career workshops, panels, community service projects, awards, alumni engagement, and new initiatives like CAP: Coding to Achieve Potential.

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SoC Student Life Events 2019

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  1. Student Life School Meeting 10 April 2019

  2. Events – Collaboration with Students • Career Launchpad – 23 & 25 Jan (CFG, Comp Club, CR, SL, UG, IMDA) • CV and Interview Workshop • Technical Interview Workshop • Talk on exploring Research as career options • Panel speaker sessions on Future of Computing, FinTech, and AI

  3. Events – Collaboration with Students • Computing Day 2019 - 13 Feb Celebration of SoC with a focus on building a sense of identity and pride amongst SoC Staff and Students) • Celebration of SoCCat’s Birthday • Free Food and Games • Student Interest Group booths • Life Hacks Wall • Get-to-know SoC Staff posters • Photobooth • Social Media Competition + Lucky Draw • Sale of Comp Club merchandise

  4. Comp Club Activities • Sports Carnival – 8 Jan 2019 • To encourage students to participate in sporting activities and encourage a healthy lifestyle • Objective to relieve stress after exams and promote students to participate in IFG • Provide a platform for athletes in computing to showcase their competitive spirit and sportsmanship • Types of sports: • Basketball • Football • Frisbee • Captain’s Ball • Dodgeball • eSports

  5. Comp Club Activities • Elderly Community Service – 26 Jan 2019 • Beneficiaries: elderly under Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities • Spring clean homes of elderly and interact with them • Donate essential food and help the elderly prepare for CNY • Deliver grocery items to homes of the elderly • Angel & Mortals – 11-22 Feb 2019 • Foster new friendships amongst students across different majors in SoC • Keeping at least 15% of the participation for international students to help encourage more integration opportunities between locals and international students

  6. Comp Club Activities • Night Cycling – 22 Feb 2019 • Movie Night (Captain Marvel) – 15 Mar 2019

  7. Leadership

  8. SoC Student Awards • Received 21 Applications • Awarded: • Silver – 2 • Bronze – 11 • Certificate – 4 Some of the awards presented during Computing Day 2019:

  9. Internship

  10. Internship Briefing – 28 Jan 2019 • Second internship briefing. Response from students was favourable. • Will continue to hold it every semester

  11. Alumni

  12. NUS Alumni Awards 2019 Nominations open until 31 March 2019 If you know of any deserving alumni, submit your nomination at https://mysurvey.nus.edu.sg/EFM/se/543BE5C24778FD38

  13. NUS Alumni Awards 2019 Award Categories • Eminent Alumni Award • Alumni who have distinguished themselves nationally or globally for their exceptional and sustained contributions and achievements in public or community service; in the arts, sports, culture or entrepreneurship; or in a profession or scholarly field • Distinguished Alumni Service Award • Alumni who have distinguished themselves and demonstrated tangible impact in their chosen fields, and rendered excellent volunteer service to NUS, its predecessor institutions and/or the community. • Outstanding Young Alumni Award • Alumni aged 40 and below who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. They may also have rendered excellent volunteer service to NUS and/or the community while exemplifying the best attributes of youth in today's world.

  14. Alumni Engagement • SoC CNY Lunch – 11 Feb 2019 • 40 alumni attended • President’s Dialogue Lunch – 21 March 2019 • 10 alumni met with NUS President, OAR Director

  15. Community Service

  16. CAP: Coding to Achieve Potential New Programme: CAP: Coding to Achieve Potential – a Pilot between SoC and Autism Resource Centre (ARC) • Started in March for adult learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) • Aim is to upskill them in hopes that they will be able to secure better jobs • Curriculum plan as follows: • Dash/Dot/CUE lessons x 4 lessons • WebDev x 6 lessons

  17. CAP: Coding to Achieve Potential Lesson with CUE Lesson on Javascript Lesson with Dash & Dot

  18. Code for Community • Programme to teach kids coding at Ulu Pandan PCF is still going strong  Music + Scratch at Upstars Students showcasing Code for Community at OSA/OAR Seeds of Good event

  19. Student Discipline

  20. SOP for Sexual Misconduct Cases • New University SOP for investigation and Disciplinary Procedures for Sexual Harassment Cases. • ALL sexual misconduct cases has to be reported to OCS SOP can be found at: https://share.nus.edu.sg/corporate/forms/discipline_with_respect_to_students/Procedures-for-the-Management-of-Sexual-Misconduct.pdf Definition of Sexual Misconduct can be found under Appendix A at:http://nus.edu.sg/osa/docs/default-source/osa-doc/resources-and-policies/code-of-student-conduct.pdf?sfvrsn=14040e3d_4

  21. That’s all for now! Feedback/suggestions to: • SocFamily@comp.nus.edu.sg • internship@comp.nus.edu.sg

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