Student club leaders and members were out in full force to win other students to their particular sport or activity at the mid-year membership recruitment.

At SIM, there are more than 70 clubs and interest groups for every artistic, sport and intellectual pursuit, whether it be dancing, debating or dragon-boating.

The different CCA activities and events are all conceived, organised and managed by the students themselves.

Check this Web site in the Student Life drop-down menu to learn more…

WHAT BETTER way to understand how Singapore’s economy ticks than to hear from the country’s Chief Economist himself.

So, last year at the SIM student-organised Economics Summit, none other than Mr Edward Robinson, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Policy) and Chief Economist of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), spoke on Singapore’s monetary policy and explained how MAS manages the dollar’s exchange rate.

At the summit, a broad range of issues were also brought up by other leading economists:

Dr Joseph Djiwandono, professor at Nanyang Technological University, gave an insight into Indonesia’s economic outlook and its competitiveness within ASEAN. As the former Governor of Bank Indonesia and Indonesia’s State Minister of Trade, he shared with students his perspectives on areas which Indonesia needs to improve and the nation’s current standing among other countries.

Dr Prakash Kannan, Head of Economics from GIC gave an informative session on how GIC manages Singapore’s reserves and the impact of reserves on Singapore.

Dr Walter Theseira, senior lecturer at UniSIM, spoke on Singapore’s social and welfare policies.

READERS of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland have long been mystified by the fact that when the Cheshire Cat disappears, its smile is still seen. “This is no mystery, really,” says the Cat herself. “It means you remember the smile even when the person is no longer in your presence.”

You can spot these strange Anime characters like the Cheshire Cat (Rebecca Lo) when you wander around the SIM campus. The Cat can be seen with Mad Hatter (Chee Kar Leong), the Red Queen (Catherine Woo Kai Ting), White Rabbit Ryan (Avery Tan), Alice herself (Nang Moung Phoung) and other members of the SIM Anime & Gaming Club.

During that event in October 2015, Alice and her friends served tea, snacks and cakes to raise money for the Red Cross.

EVERY year, SIM sportswomen and sportsmen compete with teams from the other universities and polytechnics. This Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic Games (IVP Games) give participants the chance to develop friendship, discipline and excellence through sports.

The games were recently concluded and we would like to congratulate SIM Sports for their achievements!

SIM student windsurfers won one gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the 7th SIM Windsurfing Championship on 23-24 January.

They competed against windsurfers from Singapore Management University, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore University of Technology and Design.

The annual championship was organised by the Windsurfing Association Singapore (WAS) and the Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF), and sponsored by SIM Global Education. Participants from other countries also took part, including Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Great Britain, Netherlands and Argentina.

The SIM Windsurfing club organised the tertiary competition.

In line with encouraging learning outside the classroom, this is the seventh year that SIM is the title sponsor for one of the largest windsurfing events in the region.

Students representing 6 local universities – NUS, NTU, SMU, SIM, SIT and SUTD. SIM won gold in Badminton Men, 9-ball Pool Mixed, and 10-pin Bowling Men.

SIM also won nine silvers, including Floorball Women, Volleyball Women and Basketball Men. In total, SIM students collected 23 medals.

Representing SIM were students from UniSIM and SIM Global Education. The games were held from August to October, with many matches played in the new SIM Sports Hub.

Left, SIM (silver) in the Men’s Basketball, Zhou Zhen Jie (in black, UniSIM)

SIM (facing) silver in Women’s Volleyball, left, Lim Chien Wen (RMIT), Rosanna Chua (RMIT) and Lim Hui Min (UOL)

Men’s Badminton gold for SIM, left Wyman Yeo (UOL) and Galvin Chua (RMIT)