Dr Jo-Yve Wong Belfast City Hospital NHS, UK These past few weeks have been among some of the most challenging and emotional most of us have ever experienced: how the Covid-19 outbreak has changed our daily lives and the jarring impact it's had on everyone around the world. While it has shaken the way we live, it has also highlighted the beauty of uniting in humanity and generosity of kindness. As lockdown measures start to ease, remember to stay alert and continue with precautions...
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At GIS, we always welcome and encourage events organised by our former students and Alumni reunions are definitely a favorite of ours. The Alumni members from Class of 1982 recently had their Alumni Reunion via Zoom Meeting on Friday 15th, May 2020. The event gathered 1982 Alumni, GIS Principal Mr Robert Stitch, former and current teachers,. This reunion sparked a sense of nostalgia for everyone who attended. It was a great evening where everyone enjoyed seeing their teachers, catching up...
Recently we featured a number of different stories of GIS Alumni working in Healthcare and on the frontline of the current health emergency. As we move into different phases of the pandemic around the world, we continue to acknowledge the many sacrifices that healthcare professionals continue to make. Dr Regina Oakes (1985) - Avista Adventist Hospital, Colorado Dr Lawrence Law (1998) - MO at Region of Peel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr Shawn Tan (2012) - Warwick...
Alumna Rebecca Wilkinson shared her diary during her Covid pandemic where she was not able to come back and was under lockdown in Italy - https://bit.ly/30nrfLC “Each day, I note with relief and a subdued happiness that the number of deaths are coming down quite significantly in Italy, and that the numbers are staying low in Malaysia as well. I feel the same weariness I see on Malaysia’s impressive Director-General of Health Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham during his live...
More good news to be shared with our GIS Community - Our Alumnus Taranjeet Singh from Class of 1984 was recently selected as one of the ‘100 Most Inspirational Linkedin Icons In Malaysia 2020’. Taranjeet Singh is highly knowledgeable in business and organisational transformation, performance improvement, value realisation and employee engagement exercises. With 25 years in the Management Consulting world, Taranjeet is the CEO of Quantum Steppe Advisory, a boutique Management...
Lately, we have been receiving great news from our Alumni in terms of their educational or professional journeys and we are truly proud of all our Alumni out there. Recently, Shaun Fendi Gan from the Class of 2017, was accepted into MIT Sloan School of Management for their Business Analytics program. Currently, Shaun is in his final year of BSc Physics at Imperial College London and recently completed an internship at Maxis as an AI & Advanced Analytics Intern. Why...
Recently we welcomed back the Class of 1984! It was the first time most of the group had returned back to GIS since graduating, believe it or not! It was lovely to learn that, during that time, a number of the group have sent (or currently have) their own children at GIS. The group was welcomed by our Principal, Robert Stitch, who brought the room up to speed on the latest school news and developments. The group then enjoyed lunch in the Sally Watkins room, followed by a tour around...
Every year, we have many GIS Alumni graduating from various universities around the world. We are very proud of all their academic achievements across a wide range of disciplines. This week, we shine the spotlight on Alumna Alexandria Wilks (Class of 2016) . Alexandria has recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Immunology and Microbiology from Melbourne University with First Class Honours. Truly a fabulous achievement! Alexandria, can you tell us more about your academic...
We are very proud of GIS Alumna Cassandra Ng (Class of 2003) who recently won the award for Communications Strategist of the Year in the Singapore Media Awards 2019. After completing her A Levels at Garden, Cassie completed an undergraduate programme in Business Administration (Concentration in Marketing) at San Jose University. She now works at PHD Media in Singapore. Cassie, could you tell us more about this award? This award was presented to me at the...
You may recall us sharing how Alumna Gabrielle Tan (Class of 2018) delivered a talk at TEDxVicenza 2019 on 8 June 8 2019. As a member of the World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council, Gabby was invited to join 13 other speakers to speak in front of 1,000 people (with more watching via livestream). Gabby spoke about her environmental advocacy journey, plastic pollution, and climate change, while emphasising the 2019 World Oceans Day theme of "Together We Can". If you’re interested, you can view...