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IN CAMPUSSeeing the ‘Stories of NIE’By Mr Mohd Firdaus, Chairperson, Stories of NIE 2008In February 2008, NIE’s Bachelor of Arts Club(BA Club) held its inaugural photo contestentitled ‘Stories of NIE’. Contestants wereasked to submit pictures of NIE that theyfound meaningful.Aimed at encouraging the NIE community todevelop a greater appreciation for the Arts, thephoto competition allowed the club to create a‘unique album in which personal stories areshared through photographs’, and to show NIEin a different light.The judges were surprised by the entries, whichhighlighted facets of NIE that few would payattention to, such as the imposing flight ofstairs that links the canteen to the bus stop andthe colourful orchids that line the corridors ofthe offices in the Maths & Maths Education(MME) department.The entries were displayed at both NIE andNTU campuses in August. In case you missthe exhibition, NIE News brings you the topthree entries. Congratulations to PeerapunChutatape, Ng Wen Jie and Muhamad IshamBin Ishak for winning the competition.Do look out for the next competition coming upin January 2009!NIE Grand Welcome 2008By Siti Elfeeza Binte Mohmed Ehsan Ul Haq, Diploma in Education, Year 2Held at the Nanyang Auditorium on 1 August, the NIE Grand Welcome 2008 was a feastfor the eyes and soul. Packed with inspiring speeches and fantastic performances, theevent showcased the best of NIE talents and culture which caught the audience’sundivided attention till the end.Professor Lee Sing Kong, Director of NIE, opened the event with an inspiring and wittywelcome speech which received a warm response from the audience.Three other speakers who graced the event with their heartfelt speeches at the event werethe President of the Trainee Teachers’ Club (TTC), Miss Kimberly Peh Hui Min, NIEAlumus, Ms Renee Yuanna Sulaiman and Chairperson of Club Jeux, Mr David Teo.Kimberly shared her current experience on and off campus while Renee gave aninspirational and emotive speech entitled “I Love NIE”. David, in turn, gave a motivationalspeech to a captivating crowd.The DanceFuzion Club opened the performance segment of the event with an energeticand passionate dance number. This was followed by a cute and vibrant dance item byguest performers from Xingnan Primary School. Members of the Service Learning Club(SLC), led by Faizal from DanceFuzion, presented a light-hearted Teacher CulturePerformance skit-cum-catwalk item which got freshmen and lecturers laughing throughout.2nd Prize : Ng Wei Jie forLook Up!National Day ObservanceCeremony 2008By Jessica Tan - Wong, Assistant Head, StudentDevelopment, Foundation ProgrammesNIE kick-started the celebration of Singapore’s43rd National Day with two exhibitions on 4 August2008. The ‘Living History: Tracing our Customsand Traditions’ exhibition from National Archivesand ‘Get-to-know Singapore’ poster exhibitionbased on stamp-based books by ex-NIE staff, DrTan Wee Kiat. Both exhibitions gave viewers abetter understanding of Singapore’s differentcultures that make the nation unique.1st Prize : Peerapun Chutatape forSpontaneous CombustionOperational Readiness -Better Safe than SorryThe NIE Crisis Management Committeeconducted two exercises on campus, namelythe Contact Tracing Exercise from ‘confirmedAvian Flu cases’ and a Fire Drill exercise froma ‘lab explosion’. Both the exercises wereperformed smoothly and provided valuablelearning insights for NIE. The NIE CrisisManagement Committee would like to thank allfor their active participation and co-operation.3rd Prize : Muhamad Isham BinIshak for LepakOn the eve of National Day, NIE staff and studentteachers celebrated with a Food and GamesGalore in the morning. Following that, staff andstudent teachers dressed in red and white ethnicclothes gathered for the National Day ObservanceCeremony. Following tradition, NIE DirectorProfessor Lee Sing Kong read a speech byMinister for Education and Second Minister forDefence, Dr Ng Eng Hen after the rendition of thenational anthem and the reciting of the national pledge.The formal ceremony gave way to the fun ofProject Runway NIE show. The fashion paradeshowcased garments designed by NIE’s GroupEndeavours in Service Learning (GESL) groups.Audience at the show were entertained by NIE’svery own models sashaying down the runway with‘Olympic Rings’ on the head and skirts tailoredwith ‘recycled bottles’ to reflect the 'Uniqueness ofSingapore' and the Youth Olympics Games’tagline of 'Blazing the Trail'.< The blistering sun was of no hindrance as thefire fighters came forth and staged what goes onthe scene of a fire. Action packed and full ofenergy! Our NIE heroes!!NIE news15