TP news. 15 Apr. 2019. Keeping the Engineering flag flying high
Date: 2019
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Description: Catchline: Students exemplify the Engineering spirit at the annual Temasek Regatta event. Find out what happened.
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Bandannas Day : bandanna
Date: 1998
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic's first Bandannas Day, a fund raising drive was held on 6 July 1998. The yellow bandannas was sold at $5 apiece during the Orientation finale and the proceeds from the sale went to four charitable organisations: the Singapore Association for the Deaf, the Handicap Welfare Association, the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped, and the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore
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Freshmen Orientation Camp 1991
Date: 1991
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Description: The Students' Union took over the organisation of the orientation for new students in June 1991. They organised a residential camp which was attended by about 140 students. For the day activities, the average attendance per day was between 250 and 300 students.
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Freshmen Orientation 1990
Date: 1990
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Description: TP inaugural freshmen orientation was held on 12 to 14 July 1990 at the Grange Road campus for 540 first-year students from the School of Business and Design. Dr N Varaprasad, Principal and CEO of Temasek Polytechnic gave the welcome address.
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Tibs great bendy bus squeeze: Guinness world record
Date: 1998
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Description: On 6 July 1998, a Guinness world record was set when 438 Temasek Polytechnic students squeezed into a Trans-Island (Tibs) bendy bus. The record-breaking event was a grand finale to a week-long orientation programme. Tibs bought a bandanna at $5 for every student that squeezed into the bus. Proceeds from the Bandanna sale went to four Singapore welfare organisations - Singapore Association for the Deaf, the Handicap Welfare Association, the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped and the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore.
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Week Zero Orientation: The Final Clash 2001
Date: 2001
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Description: On 29 June 2001, Week Zero Orientation for Freshmen ended with a big bang at the Final Clash 2001. First year students from the five Schools get acquainted with each other while having fun in games such as Save the Bomb, Hey My Balloon, Dress Me Up, Final Battle and Let Me Cross. All five Schools also pitted against each other in the telematch and cheerleading competitions. Temasek Engineering School emerged as the Games Champion.
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Float competition
Date: 1998
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Description: School of Engineering organised a float competition as part of the Freshmen Orientation 1998. Freshmen were given 2 days to design and fabricate their floats based on the themes, "Singapore My Home" or "Technology 2000". They were given only a one-metre wooden pole and a ball of raffia string to start with. Students demonstrated their resourcefulness and creativity by using mainly recycled materials or discarded items to build their floats.
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Recycling and Temasek Polytechnic
Date: 1992
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Description: The Polytechnic's Temasek Green Nature Club organised its first seminar entitled "Recycling and Temasek Polytechnic" to promote "green" consciousness as part of the Orientation programme on 29 June 1992. Key speakers from the Nature Society of Singapore were invited to share their knowledge and experience on the conservation of the environment.
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TP news. 24 Apr. 2019. HSS best spirited school four times
Date: 2019
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Description: Catchline: The enthusiastic Freshies and their dedicated orientation leaders successfully defended the trophy for the fourth consecutive year, a history-making feat for a school in TP.
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Freshmen Orientation Grand Finale 2000
Date: 2000
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Description: The highlight of TP's Week Zero Orientation Camp 2000 was the traditional "Final Clash", which would see students from the four Schools competing against each other in the telematch and cheerleading competition. Temasek Engineering School emerged as the winner for this year. Over 4000 freshmen sold cute little teddy bears by Sasha Bear Company at various locations around Singapore to raise funds for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), National Kidney Foundation's Children's Kidney Transplant Centre, and TP's Campus Care Network. BG George Yeo, Minister for Trade and Industry, was the Guest-of-Honour for the orientation finale held at the Triangular Garden on 30 June 2000. Five confetti canons were fired, and two students abseiled down from the sixth-storey corridor accompanied by fireworks to welcome him.
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School of Engineering Orientation Programme
Date: 1994
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Description: About 1,042 students and staff from the School of Engineering joined hands at Kim Seng Campus to set a world record for the longest human chain. The human chain snaked through the corridors of the campus buildings and the carparks. The activity was part of the School's three-day orientation programme from 4 to 6 July 1994.
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TP news. 10 Apr. 2019. Welcome to the School of Engineering!
Date: 2019
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Description: Catchline: It is the first day of school for more than 1,500 students who join the School of Engineering, as the new semester kicks-off with an Orientation programme.
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Human Wheelbarrow Challenge at TP
Date: 2009
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic set a new Guinness World Record for the largest human wheelbarrow race. A total of 1,378 participants joined the event held on 24 Apr 2009 at the Sports Complex. This defeated the previous record of 1,044 participants set by the Carey Baptist Grammar School of Melbourne on 9 Sep 2008. At the same event, the Polytechnic also made it into the Singapore Book of Records, by setting 4 records for the fastest human wheelbarrow race, fastest human wheelbarrow relay, the longest human wheelbarrow chain, and the longest human wheelbarrow endurance. This event marked the end of freshmen orientation and the beginning of the new academic year. Besides welcoming the freshmen into the TP family, the event also aimed to further strengthen the TP camaraderie.
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