MEGA ORIENTATION 22 OCTOBER 2011

MEGA ORIENTATION

22 October 2011

This Mega Orientation was organized by Student Services & Administration (SSA) Division for all new and existing students from the various programs in ERCI. This was also the first time that Student Council (SC) members were roped in to help as Orientation Leaders and it proved to be a huge success!

Given an over-whelming turnout of around 160 students, we have a room fully packed with students and a happy problem – not enough chairs for students! The SSA Division started the planning of this orientation a few months before Oct 2011. They wanted to run this orientation different from past ones. With the recent mass recruitment of SCs, it was decided to get the SCs to be involved in this event for the very first time.

Besides the usual academic and administrative briefing, the students went through a half-day of fun with teambuilding games – both indoor and outdoor. They were first divided into different teams in a random order so that they can get to know new friends from different programs. Then they played two indoor games – Transformer and Musical Chair. Rounds of laughter were heard throughout the games as students were amused by the participants of the games.

Then the highlight was the outdoor team challenge – whereby students in their allocated orientation teams, had to undergo three different challenges namely Cuppie Cups, Balloon Belly and Straw It. These challenges aim to build the espirit-de-corp spirit among the students as well as their patience and creativity.

Finally, team DHL emerged as the champion team which all the students in the team took away with them Golden Village movie vouchers! All students who attended the Mega Orientation not only enjoyed themselves thoroughly and had fun, but most importantly, they took away some learning points of building teamwork, perseverance and determination via the team challenge. Indeed this will be a great start to their new academic term in ERCI!

Participants:

160 students

Orientation Leader Mingling with New Students

Our Lecturers Joining in the Fun with Students

Our Principal With Student Council Members

Student Council Briefing before start of event

A Student Trying her very best at Cuppie Cup

Students Enjoying themselves at the Team challenge

Students Getting all excited with Balloon Belly Game

Team HSBC Posing a Shot

PROJECT HAPPY FEET SLIPPER RACE 13 NOVEMBER 2011

Project Happy Feet Slipper Race 2011 is the first-ever non-competitive race in slippers. It was held successfully on 13 November 2011 Sunday at East Coast Park. There were 1,800 registered participants and 250 volunteers with SGD87,000 raised (still counting). 100% of which will be channeled to support education of underprivileged children in Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam.

When the word about this slipper race got to ERCI Student Services and Student Council, we promptly rounded up more than 30 staff members and students to take part. “Project Happy Feet allows students and staff to pro-actively give back to society through a simple, fun-filled event that will also foster the bond and team spirit between the staff and students,” says Mr Ong Han Boon, Group Deputy CEO, ERC Holdings. “Staff and students of ERC Institute are supporting this event because it echoes our values of compassion, action, fun, team spirit and optimism”.

“I am excited and looking forward to this event. Being one of the Student Councils in-charge of this event, it makes me feel proud to be doing something meaningful to help the children across the 3 countries – especially those from Vietnam, my home country,” shares Ms Pham Thi Nhu Quynh Sophia, 22, a student pursuing the Advanced Diploma in Business Administration. “I would like to do this again next year!”

The ERCI team had a morning of fun whereby we walked around 3km on foot with our slippers at East Coast Park. This is to remind ourselves that some of these underprivileged students in Vietnam and Cambodia have to walk miles and miles barefooted to school. With such a meaningful event, ERCI staff and students were indeed proud to say that at ERCI – We Care!

Participants:

23 students; 12 staff

Colorful Slippers

Our Principal Mr Habib with the Students

Staff & Students Leisure Walk Along ECP

Staff & Students With Orange Goodie Bag

Students excited to start the slipper race

Students Posing with the Penguin

The Finishing Line

Warm Up Exercise before the race starts

ERCi Volunteers @ Standard Chartered Marathon!

The Student Council has done it again! This time round it's to support the Standard Chartered Marathon!

Our students were stationed at Sentosa as volunteers which helped out at the water stations for runners. Though they were on duty from 1am - 2pm, they really got a chance to bond together over helping out in the marathon & they enjoyed themselves through this eye opening experience!

Check out some of the pics that were taken on that day itself!

ERC!'s Got Talent! - Registration is now Open!

If you have ever been caught in the following situations:

• Dancing to your favorite beat in the middle of the street
• Singing away in the shower
• Told a joke & all you heard were crickets...

Why not give it a shot up on stage in our Upcoming student activity organised by the ERC! Students Council for both Staff & Students!

So Hurry registrations must be submitted latest by End Jan 2012! 

How to register

1.  Grab the registration form at The Lounge or Reception Desk

2.  Complete the form & email it to ricardojunius@erci.edu.sg or submit it to the Reception desk at either the river valley or bugis campuses

Till then keep boogieing away & singing at the Top of your lungs in the Shower!

BBQ + Sophia's Birthday Celebration on 16th November 2011

Happy Belated Birthday Sophia!

Throught the Rain & Storms that we have been experiencing in Singapore, it was truly a good night to let down our Hair & Thankfully enjoy the BBQ / Sophia's Birthday celebration at our very own River Valley Campus!

We hope that you all enjoyed the night of food, dance & laughter with us as much as we did! We hope to see you all at our next activity!

Here are some photos from the night!

For more photos check us out on Facebook @ ERCi SC http://www.facebook.com/erci.sc

Qian Hu Longkang Fishing Trip

As the saying goes, Give a man a Fish & he will eat for a day; Teach a man to Fish & he will eat for life!

We @ ERCi wish to impart this teaching into each & everyone of our students to provide them with the skills & tools neccessary to begin their own "Fishing" Trip in life!

We organised the Qian Hu Longkang Fishing Trip on 15th October, Saturday & it was truly an enjoyable day for our staff to find out more about our students as we strive to provide you all with an educational experience with a difference!

Thank you all for participating in the event & we hope that you enjoyed yourselves! Look out for our next upcoming student activities by adding ERCi SC htthttp://www.facebook.com/erci.sc to your friends list on Facebook!

Check out our photos of the day here!

Check out ERCi @ Project Happy Feet!

A GREAT BIG Shoutout to all You ERCi Peepz who attended the project Happy Feet Slipper Race @ East Coast Park on the 13th of November, Saturday! ERCi stood out Loud & Proud during the race & showed everyone else how to race in Style with Slippers!

It was an amazing bonding experience with both our staff & students as we came together & did our part to help out the under privileged school children of Singapore, Vietname & Cambodia! When it comes to providing quality education for anyone out there ERCi MEANS BUSINESS!

Check out the Photos from the Day & we hope to see more people in our upcoming student events till then enjoy the ERCi Experience!



Students @ PHF



Posing with the Goodie bag!

Check out how excited Shephanie is!



ERCi @ PHF

ERC Institutes Mega Orientation - Pics of the Day!

THANK YOU to all Staff &Students who participated in the Mega Orientation held on 22nd October, Saturday! It would not have been a success without all the students who attended the event as we formally welcomed each and everyone of you in the ERCi Family!

The day began off with a brief introduction into what ERCi stands for and the experience which we hope that you will enjoy through the time that you will be spending with us! After which began our Group bonding games!!!!

Lets not forget the refreshments! After the enjoyable activities we began with the buffet spread laid out specially for our students & staff!

Here are some pictures from our orientation!

Smiling Before our Jobs Begin!!!

Refreshments @ ERCi River Valley

Our Winner is DHL!

Students & Staff @ One° 15!

If you guys haven't heard by now, we were @ One°15 as part of our student activities!

A Big Thank you to One° 15 inviting us down! It was a fun filled day with Students & Staff!

Stay Tuned for more upcoming student activities!

Proudly Brought to you by the ERCi Family!!!! Hope to see you all next time!

ERCi Student Orientation!

Alright Guys its time to put your party hats on, warm up your hand and give a BIG ERCi WELCOME to our new students who will be joining us in the upcoming year! 

We are proud to welcome our new batch of students who will be joining us & sharing in the same vision & mission that ERCi Strives to achieve! So for all of you out there who are busy studying & have not had much time to interact with our staff or fellow students, come on down & join us for this Orientation!

Hope to see all you students @ the Orientation with us!!!

Go the Distance - Project Happy Feet -

Everyone has heard of a competitive & grueling 42km races that tests the endurance of the mind & body...but what about a casual slipper race! This year Project Happy Feet has organised this event solely for you to show your support for underprivileged kids in a fun filled day full of activities! If you have always pushed yourself to test the boundaries of your mind & body, its time to push the boundaries of your heart & soul through this event!

So come & show your support for underprivileged kids & Register Now!

Registration Closes on the 1st of November!

Project Happy Feet Slipper Race

Calling out to ALL ERCI Students!

If you would like to do your part in helping out underprivileged school Children, show your support by joining us in the Project Happy Feet Slipper Race -an event organized by Project Happy Feet – Singapore’s first-ever non-competitive walking race in slippers, which will support underprivileged school children in Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam. 100% of the registration fees will be channeled to the following beneficiaries:

-          The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (Spore)

-          This Life Cambodia (Cambodia)

-          Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation (Vietnam)

Date      : 13 Nov (Sun)

Time      : 9am – 12pm

Venue  : East Coast Park

More info of the race, pls refer to http://phfslipperrace.org/index.html

Calling all ERCI students for registration by 30 Sep (Fri). Interested students pls email directly to Ricardo at ricardojunius@erci.edu.sg now! 

Singapore Flyers Special Promotion for ERCI Students!

Calling out to ALL Current ERCI Students!!!!
Enjoy a promo rate of S$15 for the Singapore Flyers' ride by just producing your ERCI Student Card at the Counter!!! (Usual Price, S$29.50 for adults - 13
Promotion ends 30th September 2011, Friday
For more information, please contact us at marketing@erci.edu.sg

ERCI Student Orientation on Aug 11

On the 20th of August 2011, ERCI was proud to welcome yet another group of students to the ever growing ERCI Family!

In this half day orientation where "KISS" (Keep It Short Simple) was the theme of the day, we sought to provide an introduction of everything that ERCI stands for! From a short start on the rules regulations....etc. to getting everyone riled up with the games that we planned out for that day!

The 2 games of the Day were:

1) "Find someone Who....."

"Find Someone Who...."

In this game there were 5 Winners:

2)"The Showdown!"

If you want to know what they games were about....come down for the next orientation! Its as 'SIMPLE' as that!!!!

After which we touched slightly on some useful information of the Harvard referencing style which will prove useful to many of the students in their assignments as they progress on together with us in preparing for a bright career in the future! As Always ERCI is proud & honoured to be a part of our students success!

To See more photos, go to our FB page: http://www.facebook.com/erci.fb#!/erci.fb