Ceremony Recording
Watch the recorded livestream of the ceremony on the College’s YouTube channel.
Presiding Officer and Speakers
Presiding Officer
Chair, Yale-NUS College Governing Board
Director, Shangri-La Hotel Limited, Singapore
President, Yale-NUS College
Graduation Speaker
Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz; and
Professor, Aarhus University
Faculty Speaker
Associate Professor of Social Sciences (Environmental Studies), and
Head of Studies (Environmental Studies), Yale-NUS College
Student Speaker
Major in Environmental Studies, Minor in Global Affairs
Award Winners
The Class of 2017 Award for 2023 is presented to Tanya Sharma for outstanding contributions to the College as selected by the senior class. This award is made possible through the generosity of Mrs Doris Sohmen-Pao.
The Emerging Young Leader Award for 2023 is presented to Lim Jingzhou in recognition of outstanding contributions in addressing a local or global challenge to enhance the quality of life in the community. This award is made possible through the generosity of Mdm Kay Kuok.
The Sheila N Hayre Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Law and Liberal Arts for 2023 is awarded to Jiang Zhifeng. This prize is made possible through the generosity of Yale-NUS founding president, Professor Pericles Lewis.
The Bernard Bate Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Anthropology for 2023 is awarded to Jacinto Ma Katrina Beatrice David. This prize is made possible through the generosity of colleagues and friends of the late Professor Bernard Bate.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Arts and Humanities for 2023 is awarded to Liyana June Adnan.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Economics for 2023 is awarded to Muhammad Bin Khalid.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Environmental Studies for 2023 is awarded to Yoon Sun Woo.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Global Affairs for 2023 is awarded to Michael Karounten Sagna.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in History for 2023 is awarded to Dexter Lin Tim Weng (Lian Tianrong).
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Life Sciences for 2023 is awarded to Shen Kai-Lin Selena.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Literature for 2023 is awarded to Muhammad Khairillah Bin Muhammad Irwan.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences for 2023 is awarded to Sewen Thy.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Philosophy for 2023 is awarded to Zeng, Hanming.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Philosophy, Politics and Economics for 2023 is awarded to Choong Ding Yang Nicholas.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Physical Sciences for 2023 is awarded to Phoebe Rosa Virginia.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Psychology for 2023 is awarded to
Liao Yen-Wen.
The Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Urban Studies for 2023 is awarded to Joshua Rommel Hayag Vargas.
Unless otherwise stated, the awards and prizes are made possible through the generosity of Mdm Kay Kuok.
Orientation: Lift Off
Orientation kickstarts the Yale-NUS education for first-year students and provides them with an opportunity to meet their classmates, immerse themselves into the community and the larger campus life, and learn about the resources at the College. In 2019, the theme for orientation was “Lift Off”, which represented the launch of the students’ journey at Yale-NUS, and the aspiration to achieve great heights and aim for the stars.
First Year Assembly ’19
On 8 August 2019, weeks of orientation culminated in First Year Assembly ‘19, an annual ceremony where new students are formally welcomed by the Yale-NUS community. Aside from speeches by key College figures, the ceremony also featured a performance by Betina Choa (Class of 2021) and Carson Huang (Class of 2020), as well as the Yale-NUS Barbershop Chorus.
First Year Voices
In 2019, a few Yale-NUS first-year students vlogged about their first-year experience at the College. Follow their journeys of discovery in this video series.
