A vibrant student life awaits
From trying out a new sport in student-run Interest Groups (IGs) to gaining new insights in our Perspectives sessions and Cognitio Pods, there's never a boring day in RC4!
Cognitio Perspectives
Cognitio Perspectives will offer a platform for students to interact with guests from different facets of society. Guests will share about their work, life and views on topic(s) of their specialisation/interest with students. The background of guests and topics discussed in the tea sessions will be diverse. The sessions would last for about 1.5 – 2 hours.
Formal Dinner 2024: Oscar’s Big Birthday Celebration
Residential College 4 staff, faculty, and residents, dressed in their best formal attire, gathered to celebrate the end of a fulfilling academic year with heartwarming speeches and captivating performances by the college's talented residents. The Farewell Formal Dinner of AY2023/24 was held on 17 April 2024 with the theme “Oscar’s Big Birthday Celebration”.
[Perspectives] The NUS Student Entrepreneurship Voyage
On 4 April 2024, Residential College 4 (RC4) had the privilege of having two distinguished entrepreneurs from The HANGAR by NUS Enterprise - Daryl Lim of Augmentus and Qi Herng Kong of Moonbeam Co. This session provided an invaluable opportunity for RC4 residents to gain insights into the journeys of these founders and gain inspiration for their own entrepreneurial endeavours.
[Perspectives] The Reality of Navigating Wicked Problems in Public Policy
On November 7, "Perspectives" hosted government officers Mingjing Lim from the Ministry of Finance and Jian Wei Heng from the National Climate Change Secretariat. Their talk provided a snapshot of Singapore’s approach to environmental goals and healthcare improvements, examining the practicalities and hurdles in adopting complexity science within the civil service.
[Perspectives] So You Think You Would Like to Start-up?
On 17 Oct 2023, we were inspired by a panel of RC4 alumni- Lawrence Xiao, Ryan Chong, Danish Lukawski, Lexdan Lim and a special guest Jerrick Tee from Action Community for Entrepreneurship. Our distinguished panel members are all successful founders of various start-ups.
[Perspectives] RC4 STEER Himalaya Forum
The STEER-Himalaya Forum brought together previous cohorts of the RC4 STEER Himalaya program, fresh candidates, experts from the region and the Associate Vice President of NUS-GRO. The RC4 STEER team demonstrated how fieldwork and Systems Thinking can be blended to co-create knowledge targeting mutual learning among students, educators, and community development practitioners.
