Geography Careers Talk 2012

Dear Geography Majors,

Each year, many Geography majors wonder what career paths are open to them! The Geography Career Talk provides you with some precious insights into the ‘tracks and pathways’ undertaken by young and successful alumni.
We are pleased to welcome all majors to attend the Geography Career Talk 2012 on Wednesday 22 February 2012 4-6pm, LT11 (note that this is during the one-week vacation break). Four alumni will be talking about “how Geography was useful in their job search” and “how geography continues to be relevant in their everyday work”. We are still confirming our alumni speakers right now, but the possible organizations they come from include:
·         Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
·         Housing and Development Board
·         Nokia (Location and Commerce) [Formerly “NAFTEQ”]
·         Ernst and Young

There is no need to register for this event, just come along and bring your friends along too (non-GE majors also welcome, so please let them know of the event)!  A lovely buffet spread is available at 6pm outside LT11.

All the very best, and see you at this event!

Regards, TC
Dr T.C. Chang, Vice Dean (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences);
Associate Professor (Geography), National University of Singapore.

Season Greeting

NUS Geographical Society wishes everyone 新年快乐，学业进步

Deanery Connect with Undergraduates - 6 Feb 2012

To register for the above event – please click HERE!

Deadline for registration will be on 5 Feb 2012.
For further queries, please email Mrs Gayathry Devi at gdevi@nus.edu.sg.

New e-learning module on Oral Presentation Skills for students

Dear all,

We are writing to share with you about our new e-learning module on Oral Presentation Skills for students (http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/presentation-skills/part1/).  This pilot e-module, "Preparing for Successful Oral Presentations", is the first of a 4-part series, developed by CDTL in collaboration with CELC and is aimed at providing a self-assessed e-learning module for students to learn useful techniques and strategies in Oral Presentations.

The following learning activities are included in the e-module:

- A structured and organized module that promotes self-directed learning and allows students to learn at their own pace and convenience;

- Videos of the workshop delivered by the Module Speaker, Mr Patrick Gallo, Associate Director/CELC;

- Self-tests or exercises to encourage students to reflect and practise the learning points;

- A feedback mechanism that allows students to direct any question about oral presentations to the Module Speaker; and

- Summary notes and resources such as presentation slides, answers to self-tests and links to other related oral presentation skills videos.

Please share about this e-module with your students or interested colleagues.

Thank you.

CDTL e-module project team

Essay Clinic: Writing the Right Way

Welcome back to NUS for semester 2 of AY2011/2012!

NUS Geographical Society is organizing an Essay Clinic for all Geography Majors. Come and join in the discussion on how to write better essays and improve your essay writing skills! Hear from three professors with different research interests and raise your essay-related questions. Specially catered to your specific interest, there will be 2 sessions, Human Geography and Physical Geography, for you to choose from.

Human Geography Session

Date: 19th January 2012, Thursday

Time: 3pm-5pm

Venue: Earth Lab (AS2/0203)

Professors present: A/P TC Chang, A/P Godfrey Yeung, Dr. Carl Grundy-Warr

Physical Geography Session

Date: 20th January 2012, Friday

Time: 2pm-4pm

Venue: Honours Room (AS2/0302)

Professors present: A/P Alan Ziegler, Prof Robert Wasson, Dr. Grahame Oliver, A/P James Terry

Interested? Click HERE to send in your questions related to writing academic and exam essays and confirm your attendance NOW! Attendance is on a first-come-first-served basis; there will be a maximum capacity of 40. For any questions, please email togeogsoc.majorswelfare@gmail.com.  So hurry and confirm your attendance by 17th January 2012. See you there! 

Stories Behind Singapore Streets

Dear NUS Geographers,

Even wonder why certain streets have certain names? A/P Victor R Savage will be giving a talk on Singapore street names. 

Friday, 13 Jan 2012

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Possibility Room, Lvl 5, National Library Building

Geog Soc's Sports Day 2012

Hello all Geographers,

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!! :) 

For a start, the Geog Soc would like to cordially invite you to join us in 

Geog Soc's Sports Day 2012! 

Join in the fun with our Captains' Ball and Ultimate Frisbee competitions on
Date: 20th January 2012,
Time: 4pm to 7pm
Place: Multi-Purpose Field 2

Just grab a team of 5 and sign up with us today HERE!

Registration ends 16th January, 2359. 

For more information, please feel free to contact us at 

Jocelyn: 97225956 

Shaun: 96513090 

or email us at: nusgeographicalsociety@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at Sports Day 2012! :) 

Download your indemnity form at bit.ly/Indemnity2012

Overseas Field Trip: Hanoi, Vietnam

For the first time in 3 years, an Overseas Field Trip was organized by the NUS Geographical Society.

Planning for the trip was spearheaded by the Majors' Welfare Cell, namely Flora Toh, Tan Shuming and Cheryl Siah.

Hanoi, Vietnam, was the destination of choice as it is a location that is not only close to Singapore, but also has the perfect blend of Human and Physical Geography learning opportunities. 18 students and one professor. Six days and five nights of learning, fun and discovery.

The highlights of the trip were the breathtaking overnight cruise in Halong Bay, strolling around freely on the bustling streets of Hanoi, learning to navigate and weave through the traffic as the locals do, observing the urban streetscapes of Hanoi, learning about Microfinance through Bloom Microventures, as well as the museum visits throughout the trip.

 

Reflections by some of the participants:

Leong Munkidd: AWESOME! Never thought an overseas trip with schoolmates could be so fun! GEOGRAPHY ROCKS! Dr. Gillen made things easier with his knowledge of Vietnamese too!

Shaun Nah: I feel that the trip fulfilled dual purposes; as an educational experience as well as a relaxing post-exam getaway.

Leon Gaw: Sometimes when I bargain and it really doesn't go my way, I like to take a step back to look at the big picture where those few thousand dongs reduced translates to savings of only one or two dollars. And for people who live on very little a day, what meager savings we achieve for bragging rights means alot to the Vietnamese, like a meal at the table. Thanks for the very eye-opening trip to Hanoi that went without a hitch!

The Society would like to say a huge thank you to all trip participants who made the trip such a success, with special mention to Professor Gillen for generously sharing his knowledge on Vietnam and his guidance, together with our guides from Come & Go VIetnam as well as the passionate people behind Bloom Microventures.

We hope that more majors would be able to join us on future trips, and once again, here's a sincere thank you and shout-out to everyone for their support.

Till next time, cheers!

Cheryl Siah 

Special Projects Executive