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!