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RV CIP club aims to instil the spirit of volunteerism and raise awareness of various community needs to RVRC residents. To kickstart the series of volunteering events, the RV CIP Club went for their very first CIP event on 20 July 2022. The CIP Exco members participated in a Bread Walk Distribution under Yong-En Care Centre, which offers elderly care and family…

On the 18th of June, RV FoRestore held their annual Forest Restoration Workshop in conjunction with the National Parks Board (NParks), bringing together participants ranging from schools, to NGOs and NUS students interested in forest restoration work. The workshop started off with an introduction of forest restoration in Singapore by Mr. Lim Jiang Jim from…

RVRC Climate Cafe hosted its inaugural virtual Human Library session on 18th June! The session had 23 participants and was led by Lee Wan Xin (Y2), Andrew Lam (Y2), Kimberly Aw (Y2), Natalie Ong (Y3) and advised by Dr Eunice Ng. To begin, two of our RVRC faculty members, Sadaf Ansari and Graham Wolfe, graciously highlighted how sustainability is pertinent to…

On the May Day long weekend the RV Green Rangers organised a gardening weekend, to which RVRC students were invited to try their hands on working the soil. The event comprised two days of experiential learning. On the first day students went to Patricia’s garden to learn about Gardening for Wildlife, which is one focus of the RV Green Rangers. Gardening for…

On Thursday 24 March 2022 at 7 pm, Ridge View Residential College was honoured to host a talk with Steven Chia, an award-winning journalist with Channel NewsAsia. Mr Chia was happy to meet our RVC1000 How in the world do we get along? students. In front of a full audience, Mr Chia engaged students with his view on culture, experienced through…

The college is pleased to announce the Honour Roll for the RVRC Programme AY21/22. Please join us in congratulating these students, who were selected for their meritorious academic performance, active engagement, and growth. Students listed on the Honour Roll will receive the RVRC Digital badge for ‘Outstanding Performance’, in addition to the RVRC Year Two…

5th of March 2022 was an exciting day for all at Ridge View Residential College (RVRC), for the first time in almost three years, we finally opened our doors for a physical Open House. The team led by Project Director Kim Jin and his team welcomed close to 200 visitors to RVRC. All day RVRC staff and students conducted tours, showcasing what it…

The NUS Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Committee (RCTEC) awarded the Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Award (Team) to the GEQ1917 Teaching Team, in recognition of the team’s excellence in teaching and learning over the past several years. The GEQ1917 team (comprising of Prof. Adekunle Adeyeye, Dr. Chua Siew Chin, Dr. Corinne Ong, Dr. Florence Ng, Mr.…

26 RVRC students, reading the Year 2 Forum titled ‘DISC 2.0: Empowering you to engage, connect, and thrive in teams’ had the opportunity to learn from Prof. Nobuaki Minato of Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Technology Management (Japan). This special collaboration between Mr. Desmond Ng (RVRC) and Prof. Minato enabled our students to learn from…

Amid callings for action and commitments by the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) as well as Clean and Green Singapore, RVRC is in the spotlight with its interdisciplinary approach to foster sustainability education and environmental stewardship. NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye visited the College on 6 Nov and was hosted to a walkabout of…