SMU Social Impact Catalyst’s Post

Hello everyone :)) I am happy to share that SMU SIC is halfway through the academic year of AY24/25! My journey at SMU SIC has been enriching and purposeful. Thus, here is a short reflection on what we did this sem! SMU SIC started the year with an enriching 7-week session on our experiential track and brought new friends to the family! Welcoming over 25 SMU students (undergrads and postgrads) and over 10 industry professionals to share their experiences with our members. We'd like to thank Sean Tan, President of our very own parent organisation, Social Impact Catalyst, for starting the first session with a BANG! Not missing one of the biggest industry players in the social entrepreneurial landscape, Alwyn Ang and Erwin Chan, PhD from raiSE SG, sharing meaningful insights with our members. Also, Nuryanee Anisah from Commenhers shares the highlights of her startup as a student entrepreneur, and lastly, Fion Mak from We Are Caring on their unique take on their perspective of how we can each do a part in the migrant community! We also invited our top 2 groups (Retrory- Vycus S. Kirthi Vasshni L. Janelle Tan and Avocuddle - Hui Min Leong Chloe Ng Ancina Pang) on our graduation day for our experiential track aka Social Sharing Day, to share their ideas during our flagship networking event - Social Pulse ❤️ We are also proud of all our SMU SIC members for completing the track and starting their social entrepreneurship journey! We would also like to thank, Randy Ng, Alwyn Ang and Sean Tan for judging our groups during Social Sharing Day and giving meaningful feedback! To SMU SIC members: Social Sharing Day and Social Pulse is not the end of our journey, it is just the beginning! We do hope to see you guys grow even more and stay connected with us! A BIG & special thanks to all our esteemed panel of speakers: J.J. YiXin Chuan 庄逸馨, founder of rehyphen®, Elisa Lim, founder of Will & Well, Arun Ratnaa, Director, Sales And Marketing of Bettr, Wei Liang Lim, founder of ThinkX Global, Hernping Ang, founder of IASH.SG for giving feedback to our SIC groups and sharing their take on the social entrepreneurial landscape. Especially thankful to Lien Centre for Social Innovation, SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship for sponsoring and joining us to reach out to our fellow budding entrepreneurs in this meaningful event! ❤️ 🌅 I would like to give a HUGE SHOUTOUT to my exco team for being so motivated! The sessions can't be a success without you! (Marcus Tan Felishia Notorahardjo Hena Daswani Ruotong Kong Daphne Hoh Precia Lam Josephine Hillary Noorjono Karris Ng). Also, special mention to Hena Daswani and Felishia Notorahardjo, for spearheading the Experiential track and Social Pulse respectively! I enjoyed my journey thus far, thank you Singapore Management University :) We have also created a new LinkedIn account as SMU SIC! Stay connected with SMU Social Impact Catalyst to keep up with our journey!😍