DUAL events

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DUAL is the Distinguished Universities Alumni League, an umbrella organization comprising members from the following 18 alumni clubs - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Cornell University Hoteliers, Dartmouth College, INSEAD, Johns Hopkins University, London Business School, London School of Economics, MIT, NUS MBA, Oxbridge Society, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.

2. Thursday, 9th February, 7:00pm – 9:00pm – Year of the Dragon Prosperity Trivia Night Hosted by Trivia Veteran David Barker, from IEEC

3. Monday, 13th February, 5:15pm – 6:30pm – LKY School Evening Talk on “U.S. Presidental Landscape Briefing” by Frank Lavin

4. Wednesday, 15^th February, 7:00pm – University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive MBA Information Session

5. Wednesday, 15th February, 7:00pm – 9:00pm – Financial Reform – Will Global Risk be Tamed?

7. Saturday, 18th February, 10am – 12pm – Collaborative Creativity with London Business School

9. Thursday, 23rd February, 5:15pm – 6:30pm – LKY School Public Lecture on “Creating a Supportive Environment for Social Business” by Professor Muhammad Yunus

10. Saturday, 25th February, 8:30am – 3:00pm – “Love on Wheels – Zoom Zoom with a Heart!” Charity Car Drive with the People’s Association Motoring Series

12. Saturday, 17th March, 1:00pm – Duel Day with King’s College London Alumni (Singapore)

14. Career Opportunities - JobStreet.com creates exclusive career website for DUAL members

With "Spring" upon us, DUAL will once again be making love connections through a speed dating event! Our last DUAL Speed Dating event last September was very successful and had a great turnout so please RSVP immediately to reserve your spot! Come alone or with friends – leave with more!

Cost: $25 includes 2 drinks of your choice (beer,wine,juices,soft drinks) and finger food (3 items). Additional drinks and food items can be purchased at the bar (The organizer will collect cash on the spot.)

Heat ultralounge’s lavish set up is a remarkable combination of opulence and finished with a dash of creativity. Socialise in a comfortable, relaxed environment, complete with subdued ambient music for accompaniment. Meet like minded single people from DUAL's society and exchange your views and opinions to gauge your compatibility in a romantic and classy atmosphere.

Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Guys and girls will rotate to meet each other for a series of short 3 minute "dates" to interact and get to know each other. At the end of the event each participant will fill out a form to be handed to the organizers stating any of the guys or girls whom you have interest in for a follow up date. We the organizers will compile the data and notify any matches.

To register, please click the following link to sign up. (If you bring a friend along, please sign up for him/her as well under their own info.)

We will be accepting 20 guys and 20 girls after which any respondents will be on the waiting list. As such please let us know immediately should you need to cancel. Please contact Chirag chiragdesai77@yahoo.com or call at 83314243 should you have further enqueries.

If you are unable to make it, after registering successfully, please inform the organizer as soon as possible so that the spot can be offered to the next person on the waiting list.

2. Year of the Dragon Prosperity Trivia Night Hosted by Trivia Veteran David Barker, from IEEC

So set up your teams and come on out for a great evening of fun and revelry (great way to practice for the upcoming DUAL Trivia Challenge). The categories will be challenging, the beer cold and the mood upbeat as we celebrate the Year of the Dragon.

Don't miss your chance to play, register now.

$42 per person or $240 for a team of 6. Price includes one beer and heavy finger foods.

Click here to register now.

3. LKY School Evening Talk on “U.S. Presidental Landscape Briefing” by Frank Lavin

We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Evening Talk on 13 February 2012 and would like to warmly invite DUAL to this special event:

Speaker : Mr. Frank Lavin, Chairman, Export Now; Chairman, Public Affairs Practice, Edelman Asia Pacific; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

Venue : Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

The lecture will be chaired by Assoc. Prof. Razeen Sally, Visiting Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

As seats are limited, please register your interest in attending at lkyspppl@nus.edu.sg to avoid disappointment.

4. University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive MBA Information Session

Founded in 1898, the University of Chicago School of Business – a Nobel Prize winning powerhouse – created the world’s FIRST Executive MBA program in 1943 to provide senior managers and executives with the most-up-to-date management education. The same EMBA program which connects high powered executives from all over the world (56 countries and counting) and taught only by Chicago faculty is available in our Asia Campus in Singapore.

Please join our staff, current students and alumni at our Singapore information Session, and learn why the Chicago EMBA program provides experienced executives with an unmatched business education and international networking opportunities and exposure like no other programs can.

Furthermore, you can also earn an optional concentration in Finance, Marketing, Strategy or Entrepreneurship that can provide you with additional frameworks which will help enhance or complement your experience.

Find out how you can earn a world-class MBA degree from one of the top US business schools in the world and still work at the same time. And discover how you can be a part of more than 45,000 alumni around the globe, including some 5,500 CEOs and top officers of firms worldwide.

Chicago EMBA program is “Pure Chicago” – One School, One Faculty, One Degree – Worldwide

Please feel free to bring a guest or two to our session. Also reserve your seats ASAP because seats are limited. Kindly RSVP by faxing your details to +65 6238 2103, or email to rsvp@lists.ChicagoBooth.edu for your reservation.

Regulators continue to reshape the banking and financial services industry following the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Indeed, stringent new regulations aim to increase global market transparency and reduce the chance of another financial debacle. Where do we stand? Will proposed reform safen the financial system or create new fault lines? Join Dr. John G. Soss, Director for the Center of Financial Analysis and Risk Management at the Fox School of Business, for an engaging discussion of the possible good and bad of financial market reforms.

Cost - $20 for pre-registered guest; $30 at the door. 20% discount for DUAL members.

Dr. John Soss leads the Fox School's Professional Masters programs in Investment Management (MSIM), Financial Engineering (MSFE) and Financial Analysis and Risk Management (MSFA-RM). Dr. Soss joined Fox following a dynamic investment banking career in New York and London, including managing derivatives franchise business in North America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, his professional background includes spearheading specialized structured finance and quantitative research teams. Dr. Soss received his Ph.D. in Finance from Northwestern University.

Do come down and join us for DUAL Drinks! It will be a great time to relax, catch up with old friends and meet new people!

Date:    Thursday, 16th February 2012
Time:    6:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: OverEasy
             1 Fullerton Road

             #01-06 One Fullerton
             Singapore 049213
             Tel: (65) 6423 0701
Cost:   From 6pm to 9pm

$12 nett for house spirits, house wine (Wyndham Estate Shiraz and Chardonnay) and Heinken/Erdinger (half pint)

London Business School is organising a talk about creativity in education. Our speaker will be Mr Titus Yong – a fellow DUAL member and a Harvard graduate in education & psychology, as well as an adjunct faculty member at SMU. He is a passionate educator who founded Ingenio, an enterprise that develops interactive technology and innovative programmes. Titus will share about multiple intelligences, learning styles of children with special educational needs, and practical tips on how to foster ingenuity. (I've seen this talk and it's really interesting which is why I asked him to do it for us)

The event will be held at ReDot Fine Art Gallery http://www.redotgallery.com, an Aboriginal art gallery. This morning session will include a quick intro to the symbols of Aboriginal art and a painting session for the kids who come along while the adults attend the talk by Titus. Of course you do not have to have children to participate!

RSVP: To register, please email lbssac@yahoo.com by Fri, 12 February 2012. In your email, list the following:

The chili cookoff is back! Same rules, same competition, same great combo of food, fun and fabulous people. Whether you want to roll your sleeves up, cook a pot of chili and compete against up to 12 teams for the prize of Best Chili; or whether you just want to come by for the event, sample the chili, catch up with old friends and make some new ones – there’s something for everyone at the 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff 2012!

9. LKY School Public Lecture on “Creating a Supportive Environment for Social Business” by Professor Muhammad Yunus

We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Public Lecture on 23 February 2012 and would like to warmly invite DUAL to this special event:

Speaker : Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Pioneer of Social Business; Chair, Yunus Centre

The lecture will be chaired by Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

You may refer to the attached flyer for more information. For those interested in attending, kindly RSVP to lkyspppl@nus.edu.sg.

10. “Love on Wheels – Zoom Zoom with a Heart!” Charity Car Drive with the People’s Association Motoring Series

Please join the People’s Association Motoring Series in a “Love on Wheels – Zoom Zoom with a Heart!” Charity Car Drive. It is a very meaningful event as teams do meaningful activities for a good cause at each checkpoint. Attractive prizes await. Would be fun if a few alumni from a school forms a team.

Date: February 2012 (TBC)
Meeting Point: (TBC)
A rubbish dumping ground, the island of Pulau Semakau receives some 2,200 tonnes of incinerated ash and non-incinerated building debris. Much of the mangrove swamp is now thriving and flourishing with the return of living things including birds. The date and time of event have not been finalised yet and they is subject to change closer to the date. Imperial College alumni and members of the Distinguished Universities Alumni League will get a guided tour of the island.

Duel Day: King’s College London Alumni (Singapore) Society celebrates the foundation of King’s College London. Enjoy an entertaining lunch with good food and interesting talks.

Libraries serve as gateways to learning! You can play a key role in fulfilling the Singapore National Library Board's (NLB) mission of making knowledge come alive, sparking imagination and creating possibilities. The application for NLB’s Scholarship Programme is now open. Be part of a dynamic team that is working towards NLB's vision of “Readers for Life, Learning Communities and a Knowledgeable Nation”. Embark on a rewarding career with a world-class, well-loved public service organization that is distinguished by its innovation and service excellence.

Local Post-graduate Scholarship in Library Science or suitable subject domain relevant to NLB (e.g., Southeast Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, History, English, Chinese, Literature, Geography or Contemporary China).

Upon completion of your studies, you will join a three-year structured Management Associate Programme (MAP) which gives you the opportunity to gain knowledge and professional experience in key NLB functions.

Click here to find out more! A tea session will be held in March 2012 to brief interested applicants! For enquiries, please feel free to contact Ms Chin Wei Ling at Wei_Ling_Chin@nlb.gov.sg.

For graduating students who are keen to join NLB as Management Associates, please note that the recruitment for our MAP is from June to July every year (see attached E-Flyer). Please refer to NLB Corporate Website’s Careers page for more information then.

JobStreet.com is pleased to create exclusively for DUAL members, a new and exclusive career site located at http://sg.jobstreet.com/jobs/dual.htm featuring exciting high-level Public and Private sector jobs in Singapore. This site containing pre-selected jobs, caters to distinguished alumni members like yourself and is designed to save you the time and effort in sorting. This website will automatically be refreshed daily to bring you up-to-date jobs. It will also be featured on the DUAL website.

It is best that you save this link as it will not be featured on Jobstreet.com website.

If you wish to view all other private and public sector jobs, you may browse at www.jobstreet.com.sg .