This conference was jointly organized by University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and the Saw Centre for Financial Studies at NUS Business School, in partnership with State Street Global Markets, the Research Foundation of the CFA Institute, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Prof Quek Ser Aik, Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Studies, during the sharing session with prospective business students.

Assoc Prof Sum Chee Chuong
(Decision Sciences)

Assoc Prof Jochen Wirtz
(Marketing)

Dr Chng Chee Kiong
(Accounting)

Two teams of BBA students have done us proud at this year's L'Oréal Brandstorm National Finals! On 20 May, they battled it out with competitors to come up with creative ideas to develop and launch a brand new product line for MAYBELLINE New York.

Team éclect!que comprising Ritchie Goenawan, Cheryl Lee and Meryl Joan Lee, came in 2nd runner-up and also clinched the 'Viewers' Choice' Award. Another team, Team MAYHEM, comprising Justin Zhou, Carol Gao and Donna Soh, took home the 'Best Presenters - Team' Award.

'Best Presenters - Team' Award winner - Team MAYHEM comprising Justin Zhou (3rd from left), Carol Gao and Donna Soh. Accompanying them were Assoc Prof Tan Soo Jiuan, faculty advisor to the team (extreme left), Dr Helen Chai and Assoc Prof Lau Geok Theng (extreme right).

Held on 5 May at NUS Kent Ridge Guild House, the NUS MBA Farewell Dinner May 2009 was attended by about 70 graduating students, faculty and staff. During the event, Dean Bernard Yeung held a dialogue with the graduating students where feedback was received and issues such as the challenges of current lacklustre economy conditions, the students' employability, were discussed. It was indeed a fruitful session, engaging our graduating students right from the beginning.

Providing an opportunity for pre-tertiary students to learn more about undergraduate business programme at the university, NUS Business School organized the first-ever Business Case competition from 25 to 27 May for Junior College students in Singapore.

Entirely organized by BBA students, nine teams from various Junior Colleges, High Schools, Centralised Institutes and Institutions offering the International Baccalaureate, presented their findings and arguments to a panel of judges comprising NUS Business School academics and industry veterans. After an intense three-day competition, the winning team emerged from St Andrew's Junior College, comprising Anjney Midha, Yveena Mariel U.Chia, Douglas Tan and Fong Kai Yin.

Our MBA students were invited to meet the “Sage of Omaha”, more popularly known as Mr. Warren Buffet, at the Berkshire Hathaway's Annual General Meeting on 2 nd May. Kuruvilla Alexander, Kirti Chopra and Kashif Alam joined more than 35,000 people at the Qwest Centre at Omaha in the USA to listen to Mr Buffet speak and to meet him personally. Various topics across different sectors and economies were discussed. Our students benefited from the knowledge gained and met with different people from all walks of life who were eager to learn and more importantly, share what they had learnt, with others.

From 16 to 19 May, a group of 11 comprising faculty, staff, Executive MBA alumni and students came together to form a team to brave the desert expanse and heat at the 4 th Gobi Desert Challenge. NUS Business School was once again proud to be part of this invitation-only event to compete against counterparts from the world's top business schools. Inspired by the famous Chinese fable, "The Journey to the West" and tracing the lead character Monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage, the 110-km trek across the Mo-Kia-Yen Gobi Desert was a test of endurance amid networking opportunities.

One of the participants, Sophia Luan Jianghong, our APEX-C 12 alumni, started a donation drive amongst alumni, friends and colleagues to set up the Across Gobi - Charity Hiking Foundation. She collected more than RMB50,000 and will be donating the entire amount to the Fujiang Primary School in Jiangyou, Sichuan, to construct a school.

On 19 May, NUS MBA Alumni and CFA Singapore jointly organized an investment forum supported by Distinguished Universities Alumni League (DUAL) and NUS Business School at the SGX Centre. The panel speakers were Mr Lim Chun Shuang from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Mr Ed Cheong from EFG Private Bank and Professor Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance from NUS Business School.