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August – October 2023 Industry visits bring RVRC students to learn about real-world developments on sustainability and workplace readiness. This semester, RVRC visited Golden Cap Farm, a startup growing gourmet mushrooms, on 28 August. Participants learnt how mushrooms contribute to Singapore’s food security and witnessed the process of cultivating mushrooms in a controlled environment. They…

The College celebrated the achievements of 17 RVRC students who received the NUS Residential College Scholarships! 🎉 These scholarships have been awarded to students for their outstanding academic performance. Several proud parents and students’ families were in attendance for the event, in addition to Fellows and Resident Fellows, where scholarships were awarded by College Master…

As part of the RVN2001: The Great Extinction: conservation and rewilding course’s final project, Dan Soh Yong Xian, Lo Mei Hui, Yeoh Jun Ting, Sarah Heng Chin Yee, and Brian Chow Wei Xuan proposed a rewilding plan for an under-utilised site in Yishun Park. Initially, the team members were convinced that NParks would ignore their…

The college is pleased to announce the RVRC Programme Honour Roll 2023. Please join us in congratulating these students from the RVRC Class of 2023 who have been selected for their meritorious academic performance along with contributions to residential and student life. Students listed on the Honour Roll will receive the RVRC Digital badge for…

RVRC Fellow Sadaf Ansari has won multiple teaching awards both as an individual and as a member of a teaching team. She has consistently struck colleagues, in RVRC and beyond, for her thoughtful, reflective, and proactive approach to her teaching and to her students’ experience. She is a caring educator who is highly attentive to students’…

As part of the RVRC Coastal and Mangrove Cleanup outdoor learning programme, the Green Rangers interest group organised a mangrove clean-up in conjunction with Little Green Men [add hyperlink to https://littlegreenmensg.wordpress.com/ ] on 18th March in Kranji Coastal Nature Park, the extension of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. 20 participants from RVRC, SUSS, and the general public collected a whopping 96kg of marine litter in…

Taking a break from the campus after the gruelling mid-terms, 34 RVRC students visited the Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle @ Lor Tawas, home to one of Singapore’s only two traditional wood-fired Dragon Kilns. As part of the RVRC Heritage Immersion series, organised in collaboration with Artelier, students participated in an educational tour of the traditional wood-fired dragon kiln…

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…

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…

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…