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1. Boston
2. Washington 

Duration 

Departure:                    18/19 February 2008
Actual Event Date:         20 – 28 February 2008
Arrival back:                 Participants will leave the US on 28 February to arrive back in Singapore very late at night on 29 February or in the wee hours of 1 March 

Cost & Items Covered 

Students are expected to pay part of the airfare and Programme fee and the rest will be subsidized by USP. The payment will be SGD$1000. 

Application and Selection Process 

15 USP students will be selected for this programme. 

Participants must show a passion for poverty/development issues (through an essay). They must show commitment to participate fully in and contribute actively to all the activities of the trip. There is no restriction on Year or Major. Participants are expected to have a CAP of 3.5 or higher.   

Students who are interested are required to submit the items stated below. Please note that you will be required to attend an interview. 

  1. Completed online Application Form (at https://usp3.nus.edu.sg/ems_isis/event_reg.jsp?eventtpctrl_seq_n=1064&event_c=100375 )
  2. A Personal Statement (no longer than 1 page in length – to be attached via the online application page) on

    1. Your reasons for applying to this programme
    2. Your views on poverty/development issues
    3. What you can contribute to this program
    4. What you expect to gain from the experience and how you would utilize what you have learn upon your return to Singapore 
  1. A Curriculum Vitae no longer than 4 - 6 pages in length (to be attached via the online application page) 

Important Details 

  1. Please apply via the following link: https://usp3.nus.edu.sg/ems_isis/event_reg.jsp?eventtpctrl_seq_n=1064&event_c=100375
  2. Please remember to check/tick the correct programme; Tufts University EPIIC Symposium
  3. Please name your file (essay required) as “TUSymposium2008_YourName” 

Closing date: Monday, 7 January 2008  

Please feel free to contact Vindy (

/ 6516 4628) or Sor Hui ( /6516 4063) if you have further queries.

Tufts University Annual EPIIC (Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship) International Symposium

Global Programme is offering the 23rd Annual EPIIC (Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship) International Symposium at Tufts University, Boston. The EPIIC International Symposium will be held from 21 to 24 February, and will offer an impressive array of speakers on the theme “Global Poverty and Inequality”. The Symposium is organized by Tuft University’s Institute of Global Leadership (IGL), which is a new partner of USP. The international symposium is an annual four-to-five-day public forum featuring scores of international practitioners, activists, academics, public intel14 March, 2008resentations, panel discussions, topical forums, informal gatherings, multimedia and dramatic presentations, and workshops -- are intellectually wide-ranging and accessible.

For more details, please refer to http://epiic.org/course/description.html (scroll down to see the Symposium; DO NOT confuse the Symposium with the Colloquium). With a 20-year history, EPIIC has achieved global impact. You may also wish to see details of the 2007 Symposium at http://epiic.org/symposium/2007/symposium.html to get an idea.

After the EPIIC, arrangement is being made for participants to visit the US Naval Academy at Annapolis (USNA), in the Washington DC area and the World Bank Office in Washington DC. You will have the opportunity to observe classes and interact with students at USNA, as well as the opportunity to discuss issues on poverty and development with experts at the World Bank. These opportunities are not easy to come by. We are arranging these through our relationship with Tufts’ IGL and the World Bank Singapore office. It is clearly not a touristy trip!

Closing date: Sunday, 7 January 2008 

Objective of the Programme 

To give students some idea of the complexities of international issues and disputes, then inspire them to get actively engaged in resolving some of those problems.

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