Posts by Hafsah Begum
RV Climate Cafe Dialogue Sessions
RV Climate Cafe (RVCC) interest group hosted two dialogues in the 1st half of semester 2. On 26 January, RVCC invited Gavriel Tan from Altimate Nutrition to talk about his food sustainability start-up that uses crickets to make protein bars. Students learned about the urgency to improve food security worldwide alongside the need to destigmatise the consumption of…
Read MoreRVRC Walk for Rice 2023
The Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) has been organising an annual college walk across the Southern Ridges since 2016. Spanning over eight kilometres, the walk typically begins at the RVRC Lawn, through Kent Ridge Park, Telok Blangah Hill, Henderson Waves and ends at Mount Faber. An additional “Sunset View” route, which is eleven kilometres long, has been conceptualised by the RV Explorers…
Read MoreRVRC Welcome Back Carnival 2023
On 12th January 2023, RVRC CSC held an uplifting and warming Welcome Back Carnival to kick start the new semester. RVRC residents had to complete their bingo cards to redeem food, cute keychains or a polaroid at the photo booth. There were multiple game stations, such as the popular gladiator dome, fast hands and darts. Long queues could be…
Read MoreEmbracing the imperfections of paint (and life)
RVRC ArtJam was conceived as interactive and hands-on art therapy sessions, conducted during Reading Week (Nov 2022) to enable our students to take a break from studying for finals. The art form used is called Acrylic Pour Painting, a technique that works well for students with no prior painting skills and can be offered at a beginner level to…
Read MoreExchange-ing ideas on the RVRC Heritage Walks
Exchange students residing at RVRC participated in a specially curated series of walks during October and November 2022 to local heritage conservation zones. Our first visit was to Little India, where students got the chance to experience the resplendent Diwali Street Market and lights along Serangoon Road, participate in the evening prayer ceremony at the Sri Veeramakaliamman…
Read MoreHalloween at RVRC
This year, The RVRC Halloween celebrations took a special twist, as all Residential Colleges (RCs) collaborated to organise the Inter-RC Horror Night 2022 with the theme of “Fairytales Gone Wrong”. Each RC had chosen a fairytale and RVRC’s was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”. Participants needed to figure out the mysterious identity of the killer of Snow White. RVRC…
Read MoreRVRC x MND for the Singapore Kindness Movement
Students and staff from the Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) were invited to participate in the Ministry of National Development’s (MND) ‘Singapore Kindness Movement’ with a gift of 10 mini Singa Statues, to be painted and displayed under the theme of kindness. Painted collaboratively by around 40 enthusiastic residents from RVRC, the engaging and…
Read MoreRVC1000 Let’s Talk: Singapore Culture
On 18 October 2022, RVRC was privileged to host a panel talk on “What Makes Singapore ‘Singapore’?” for RVC1000 students. Three distinguished speakers made up the panel: Mr Steven Chia from Channel NewsAsia, Mr Malminderjit Singh from Hume Brophy, and Associate Professor Elmie Nekmat from NUS. Held at the University Hall Auditorium, the panel spoke…
Read MoreRV Climate Café: Kin Yan Agrotech Farm Tour
On 20 September 2022, RV Climate Café (RVCC) invited students to participate on a journey to Kin Yan Agrotech, Singapore’s largest wheatgrass and mushroom farm. RV students went on a guided tour to learn about Singapore’s local food production and Agritech scene, which will enable Singapore to meet 30% of its nutritional needs by 2030. Kin Yan…
Read MoreRVRC hosts the TLRC 2022
RVRC hosted the Teaching and Learning at Residential Colleges Colloquium 2022 (TLRC 2022) on 22nd September. The annual colloquium is a collaboration amongst the NUS Residential Colleges. TLRC 2022 aimed to provide a platform through which educators and students of Residential Colleges (RCs) at NUS can share their teaching, living, and learning experiences in RCs, engage in scholarly conversations centred on teaching and learning practices in RCs, and discuss their…
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