Teambuilding at the Beach With Plastic, Trash and Garbage Bags

For the SOA Teambuilding Event in this year, the faculty and staff of SOA spent the morning together at Changi Coastal Beach, but ditched the typical beach-going activities for a more meaningful cause—a beach clean-up session.

Here’s How This Social Entrepreneur is Unlocking a Chain Reaction of Social Impact

What dreams did you have at the age of 12? For SMU alumnus Gabriel Tan, that was the age when he began the road towards realising the dream of starting his own social enterprise.

‘Keep An Open Mind and Be Ready to Help’: Student Volunteers Share Tips from Their Community Service Experience

SMU undergraduates Nicole Tay, Masturah Bte Sulaiman and Park Ju Hee share with us their experience as regular volunteers at the Harvest Care Centre, and offer tips for students who are new to volunteering.

A Humbling Experience Helping Rohingya Refugees with Project Xing Fu 8

SMU undergraduate and co-leader of Project Xing Fu 8, Muhammad Zhafri Bin Azman, shares his experiences working to help Rohingya refugees in Malaysia.

For Richer or Poorer: How SES Affects the Way We React to Climate Change

When it comes to approaching societal challenges such as climate change, one's socioeconomic status (SES) could lead to vastly different behaviours. SMU Asst Prof Kimin Eom explains more.

From the Eyes of Our Beneficiaries: Fond Memories From StarringSMU

We hear from undergraduate Lee Jin Pin on how volunteering with starringSMU (SMU's largest and longest-running student-led community service project) in her freshman year has impacted her thus far.

Heart Coding: These Students Are Helping Underprivileged Youths Level Up in Coding

Seeing the growing importance of having basic coding skills in this digital age, Zul and Manfred decided to start Project Heartcode—an initiative focused on introducing underprivileged youths to the world of ... Read More

Not Just Clearing Hours: Lessons from Inspirar

SMU undergraduate Elizabeth Quek shares her experience since joining Project Inspirar in her freshman year and how she’s gained so much more beyond just clearing community service hours.

Breaking Down Barriers With Cai Yinzhou

Everyone has the ability to effect positive changes on society if we can first open our eyes to the reality that social barriers are omnipresent. And no one exemplifies this better than SMU Masters student Cai Yinzhou.

The Digital Age is Widening the Inequality Gap

Economists have long been concerned about the widening inequality gap between the wealthiest few per cent and the rest of society, but could the digital age further shift the balance of wealth?

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