1. School Meeting 21 November 2017
Student Life
School Meeting
21 November 2017

2. Student Wellness & Mental Health Services
NUS moves to strengthen mental health services
Set appropriate homework/assignment load and review the CA submission deadlines for essential modules of the same level are staggered.
Design and allow different pathways for at-risk students to receive education and/or complete assessments.
Academic Units should provide face-to-face consultation when:
Student misses handing in 2 significant assignments/continuous assessments (CA) of a module within a semester
A student’s raw CAP drops by 0.5 within a semester or drops below 2.0

3. Student Wellness & Mental Health Services
All faculty members, students and staff are part of a community that actively looks out for each other. If you notice any student in need, direct them to resources available – Counsellors in CPS/Psychiatrist in UHC/SoC Student Life.
Encourage more academic staff to attend Supporting Individuals During Difficult Times (SIDT) course.
*Academic staff are not expected to be counsellors. If you detect at-risk students, please refer them to the appropriate channels.

4. Internship Updates Coop Programme
17 students signed up for the programme
15 companies on board
TalentConnect
System unable to handle SoC requirements of:
Allocating academic supervisor to students
Monthly report submission and feedback
Input grades
Move to new system may require more human intervention
Coop programme – CFG still negotiating with more companies.
TalentConnect – Grading ‘solution’ is to use IVLE. However, that will require more action from academic supervisor to form sub-classes of students they are supervising.

5. New Computing Club Management Committee

6. Introducing Computing Club 20th Management Committee

7. 20th MC Presidential Cell
From left to right: Yeo Kian Wee (VP External Relations), Joel Sim (VP Student Life), Joel Lim (President), Amanda Tan (VP Internal), Elysia Tan (VP Student Development)

8. Student Activities

9. Inter-Faculty Games

12. Halloween – 31 Oct 2017

13. Events

14. Welcome Back Teas – 21, 22, 24 August
Turnout was not good, but students who did attend found the sessions useful.
Information about internships, exchange, NOC, etc were shared with the students.
Included a talk about Grad programmes in the session for Year 4 students.
Thanks to all the academic staff who supported the event.

15. NUS Day of Service – 9 Sep 2017

17. Commencement Class Giving
First time Computing won the award
Top Achievement Award
Faculties graduating between 400 to 1200 students

18. Class of ‘97 Reunion – 21 Oct 2017
Initiated and organised by a group of alumni from Class of ‘97

19. Community Service

20. Code for Community
Classes still ongoing - 2 Lessons every Saturday (1 class for lower pri, 1 class for upper pri)
Lessons covered:
Makey Makey
mBot
Lego Mindstorms NXT
Microbit

21. Youth Expedition Project
In collaboration with OSA to send SoC students on overseas projects
Projects to India:
Setting up an e-Commerce marketplace for the villagers that will enable them to list and market their products and produce to beyond their local ‘mandi’ or marketplace.
Setting up a Distance Learning centre in the community that enables both children and the villagers to access knowledge and information through MOOCs.
Working in the school to build both English and Computer skills – setting up an English Lab with access to online tutorials and courses and assessments. Setting up a Computer Lab and training both students and teachers in making the best use of it.
Target to make the trip in May 2018

22. Award Nominations

23. Awards that students can be nominated for:
NUS Student Achievement Awards – Individual & Competition
SCS IT Youth of the Year Award
Cybersecurity Awards
Awards that Alumni can be nominated for:
NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award
NUS Outstanding Alumni Award
Outstanding Computing Alumni Award
We seek help to identify and nominate students and alumni who are worthy of the awards when calls for nominations do happen.

24. Upcoming Event

25. Homecoming December 2017
Time
Event
Venue
3.45pm
Registration
COM1 Level 1
4.00pm
Tour
SoC & U Town
5.30pm
Welcome & Presentation of Outstanding Computing Alumni Award
Shaw Foundation Alumni House Auditorium
6.00pm
Dinner & Networking
Shaw Foundation Alumni House Level 2 Foyer
7.30pm
Movie Screening – Logan
We cordially invite everyone to attend Homecoming 2017.
Mark your calendars and join us!

26. That’s all for now! Feedback/suggestions to: SocFamily@comp.nus.edu.sg