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Monash University Alumni Association Singapore (MUAAS)
Special bulletin: April 2008

In this bulletin

News
Alumni set sail on Australia Day
MUAAS event offers learning opportunities
Alumni compete at social sports day

Events
Sports day: Cable ski/wakeboarding
Social event: Paintball and go-karting
Gala reception: Monash University 50th Anniversary in Singapore
Conference: Australian Universities International Alumni Convention

Also making headlines
Champion your passion
MUAAS on Facebook


Bulletin online version

News
 

Alumni set sail on Australia Day
On 26 January, Singapore alumni celebrated Australia Day with an organised sailing trip. Guests took turns at the helm of the 30-footer Maxi 100 yacht 'Impulse'.
     
 

MUAAS event offers learning opportunities
More than 40 alumni attended the MUAAS's recent Business Networking Night where they enjoyed dinner and two interesting presentations.
     
 

Alumni compete at social sports day
On 1 March, Singapore alumni took part in a MUAAS social event. Alumni enjoyed a game of paintball and hit the race track for a session of go-karting.


Events

Sports day: Cableski/wakeboarding
Monash alumni are invited to learn cableskiing at an upcoming social event at East Coast Parkway on Saturday 26 April.
 

Social event: Paintball and go-karting
The MUAAS has organised another paintball and go-karting event for alumni on Saturday 24 May at Johor Bahru, Singapore.
 

Gala reception: Monash University 50th Anniversary in Singapore
Singapore alumni will celebrate Monash University's 50th Anniversary at an event hosted by Monash University Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel AM (BE 1976, PhD 1981) on Monday 9 June.

 

Conference: Australian Universities International Alumni Convention
Alumni are invited to attend this year's Australian Universities International Alumni Convention on 10-13 June in Singapore. Monash staff and alumni will be represented at this event along with alumni from other Australian universities.

 


Also making headlines

Champion your passion
The MUAAS's new 'Champion ur passion' series aims to engage volunteers to co-ordinate events and help form special interest groups. Events in this series include running, sailing, photography and mountain trekking.
 

MUAAS on Facebook
Since MUAAS registered with the online social forum last year, member numbers have increased significantly to over 300. Thank you for your suggestions, feedback and participation.


 

Message from the president

Dear alumni,

The first quarter of 2008 felt too short as we had several engaging events.

Australia Day, on 26 January, kicked off with sailing in Singapore waters on the 26-foot Impulse with everyone learning how to helm and handle the sails. The day ended with a traditional Aussie BBQ, plenty of meat and beer.

For Chinese New Year, we were tossing luck the 'Lohei' way as the messier the table, the better the luck for the year…it was messy! Several of us managed to get tickets for Dim Sum Dollies, a comedy play about the history of Singapore, and it was laughter all round.

Business Networking Night at Café Amigo on 21 February saw almost 40 alumni attending and cheering to the news that Singapore secured the Youth Olympics 2010. We had the honour of having alumnus Carol Yip (BEc(Hons) 1988), of AbacusforMoney, give us an insightful view of career planning.

Saturday 1 March was 'war' amongst alumni with paintball and go-karting, ending with ‘fighting’ over dinner.

We have started the 'Champion ur passion' series, where alumni are encouraged to champion their passions and use the MUAAS group on Facebook to broadcast and get alumni interested. We have commenced with sailing, paintball, fishing, running and hopefully Mountain trekking. I hope to get an interest group up attending local plays as they are well produced.

Monash Alumni Advisory Group will be having its 2nd Summit meeting on the 7–10 June. MUAAS welcomes alumni representatives from Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.

On 9 June, a piece of history will be made when Monash celebrates its 50th Anniversary in Singapore. An event will be held at the Asian Civilisations Museum to celebrate this milestone. If you would like to attend, please register your interest via email. Alumnus and Monash University Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel AM (BE 1976, PhD 1981) will be the host to share with us his vision of Monash for the next 50 years.

AUIAC 2008 will see six Monash alumni as speakers and their synopsis can be viewed on www.auiac2008.org. Register via email with Monash University and you will get to enjoy the group discount for registration.

Live our passion, enjoy our passion, share our passion!

Charles Lee
President
MUAAS

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