Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Public Lecture by the University of St. Gallen on 7 September 2010

Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez of University of St. Gallen (German-speaking part of Switzerland) will be giving a public lecture on Sept 7 at Singapore Management University on the topic "Financial Markets in Turmoil: How Singapore and Switzerland can be amongst the Winners".

Registration and further details are provided below:

This is an invitation. The Alumni of the University of St. Gallen are organizing the 7th St. Gallen Public Lecture on the topic of: Financial Markets in Turmoil: How Singapore and Switzerland can be amongst the Winners by Professor Dr. Peter Gomez.

Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Location: Singapore Management University
Seminar Room 3-5 (Rm 3023), Level 3, Lee Kong Chian School of Business
50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899
Registration: 7pm
Start of Lecture/Q&A: 7.15pm

About the Speaker
Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez is Chairman of the Board of SIX Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange Group and the Dean of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen. He was President of the University of St.Gallen from 1999-2005. He has published 14 books and over 150 other contributions in the field of strategic management, corporate organizational design, systems thinking in management and societal impact of management. He was senior vice-president corporate planning and organization of Ringier Group, Zurich and was the founding partner of Valcor AG, Zurich, consultants for strategy and M&A.

Synopsis
Prof. Gomez will reflect on why both Singapore and Switzerland are well positioned to cope with the consequences of the financial markets turmoil by analyzing competitive advantages of both countries. He will also address Switzerland’s new financial market strategy against the background of the international financial crisis, a wave of bank customer data hefts, and the pressure from OECD and foreign governments regarding banking secrecy. Finally, Prof Gomez will compare Singapore’s and Switzerland’s stock exchanges and what it takes to prosper in the financial markets.

Please use the attached reply slip or email to ChrissieNg@melchers.com.sg or fax to 6259 9111 by Thursday, September 2, 2010. This is a public lecture and you are invited to forward this invitation to any interested party, but entry is limited to pre-registered guests on a first-register basis (limited seats in the auditorium).

Click here to download the reply slip.

Tandem Program

The German Language Society is running a Tandem Program this semester!

Interested in improving your German?

Join our Tandem Program! We will match you with a German native speaker or a German speaker of a higher standard if it is possible, and in exchange you will practice with them a language you are fluent in and are offering. All you have to do is provide us with your details.

The following details are needed: Name, Contact, Languages offered (eg. Interested in learning German, offering Chinese), and language proficiency (e.g. German 1/2, A Level Chinese etc). If you are offering German, do state how many tandem partners you would like to have.

Please kindly send us your application by next Friday, 10 September 2010, 2359.

As there might be a shortage of German native speakers and German speakers of higher standards, for students applying to learn German, priority will be given to our members.

We would love to hear from you! If you have any queries, feel free to email us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Results for 2nd Elections AY10/11

Hallo everyone!

We had our elections for the second half of the Executive Committee yesterday evening and here are the new additions to the team:

Project Director 1: Royston Lin
Project Director 2: Zhang Lu
Marketing Director: Pau Xi Ling
Editor: Stephanie Low

Gratuliere! Thanks also to everyone who came down for the elections.

Applications for the Sub-Committee are still open. If you are interested, please send us an email at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the email subject "Sub-Committee Application AY10/11" and the following details, by 11:59 PM tonight (28 August 2010).
____________________________________________
Name:
Matric No.:
Past experiences in organizing events (if applicable):

If you love singing, and/or are free on Monday evenings, do join us for the German Choir rehearsals! The next practice will be held on 30 August 2010, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory. Visit the NUS Students' German Choir Facebook group or just take a look at our Upcoming Events sidebar on this blog for further details. Hope to see you there!

Schönes Wochenende!

Stephanie Low
Editor
NUS Students' German Language Society

Friday, August 20, 2010

Message to Members AY10/11 - Updates & Important Information

Dear Members (AY10/11),

Thank you once again for joining the society. Here are a few important pieces of information.

Firstly, the elections will be on 27 August, Friday at 7.30pm at YIH Training Room 4.

Secondly, for those who wish to run for Exco. Please complete the following information about yourself and email it to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the subject "Exco Application AY10/11". Do send by 25 August 2359.

____________________________________________
Exco Application AY10/11
Name:
Matric No.:
Year:
German Level:
Interested Posts: (maximum 2)
Bio:
Experiences and how I can contribute to the society:

The received applications will be posted on the blog so that fellow members can find out more about the potential Exco members. The posts available are:

- Project Director 1
- Project Director 2
- Editor
- Marketing Director

On the election day next Friday, all candidates will have to make a 5 minute speech. After all the speeches, the voting will commence. If two or more candidates have the same number of winning votes for a certain post, the candidates will have to make another short speech and another round of voting will commence until there is a clear winner.

Thirdly, for members who wish to join the sub-committee. Fill in the following details and email to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the subject "Sub-Committee Application AY10/11" by 28 August 2359.

____________________________________________
Name:
Matric No.:
Past experiences in organizing events (if applicable):

Fourthly, the tandem programme is currently under discussion and probably only be opened for application after the elections.

Fifthly, the URL links are

Our blog: http://www.die-deutsche-sphaere.blogspot.com
Our Society's Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55673284001
NUS Student's German Choir: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118469341539308

Lastly, do note that only members are allowed to vote, join the sub-committee and run for elections. Most of our activities are also catered to members only. For those who missed the welcome tea but wish to join our society, you may register with us at our next event. For the applications, only completed ones will be accepted.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

READing! LESung! Ein krasser Sommer 28.08.2010 (Event at Goethe Institut)


Monday, August 16, 2010

Welcome Tea AY10/11

Dear students, members and friends,
We are having a Welcome Tea on this Thursday. More details as follows: -
When: Thursday, 19 August 2010
What time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Where: LT10 (FASS)

We will also be introducing our Executive Committee and opening up some positions for application on that day. Year 3 and 4 students are also welcome to join us, as long as you have passion for German!

As you can see, as long as you have a passion
for the German culture, you are more than qualified to join. We will also be collecting payment of membership fees. So just bring down $10 and you'll be a member for one academic year to enjoy all our activities!
Meanwhile, all the best and we hope to see you soon!

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Message from the President

Dear students and members, past, present and future,

The new semester holds exciting things in store for the Germany society! As president, I would warmly like to welcome all of you to the German society in AY 2010/2011. The German society holds many activities during the semester, and we are going to kick off the semester with our Welcome Tea, where we will update members on the present activities we have, as well as introduce the core committee and announce our elections for the posts of project directors, editor and liaison officer.

We will be coming down to the German classes during the first week of semester to personally say hi to all of you. The German society has always been a place where students who are interested in aspects of German language and culture get to meet German exchange students, hone their German language ability, as well as interact with the German speaking community in NUS. We look forward to meeting you next week during the welcome tea. We will be posting up details of the welcome tea shortly on the website.

Please feel free to email any enquiries you may have to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com. We are always glad to hear from our members.

Regards,
Rachel Tan
President
NUS Students' German Society

P.S. This message has been forwarded to all on our mailing list (members in last AY, sign-ups during matriculation fair and interested students). If we have accidentally left you out of the list, please kindly notify us. Thank you.