In June 2006, Faith was offered the Lee Kong Chian Scholars Program at the Singapore Management University (SMU).  For that, she was granted a place in the SMU double degree program and will graduate with two degrees in four years. She now studies Business Management (majoring in Marketing) and Social Science (majoring in Psychology).

She enjoys the privileges of tuition fee waivers, a laptop grant, and book allowance. All lodging, tuition fees and travel expenses will be borne by SMU when she is sent on exchange programmes and various other overseas missions.

In an email informing her lecturers about her receiving this prestigious scholarship, Faith wrote: “Besides bringing the good tidings, I would also like to thank all the lecturers for the patient guidance and support throughout my Temasek Polytechnic education. It has been an inspiring journey that has contributed greatly to the achievements and the person I am today. It would have been quite a different story had I chosen any other course or gone to Junior College as everyone had bade me to do. Please convey my thanks to everyone.”

She was a Raffles Girls Secondary School student with a net “O” Level aggregate of 7 on entering the Diploma in Marketing course.

Serina Teo – Graduated in 2002
Ignatius Koh – Graduated in 2002

A company named Iggi’s was started in late October 2004 by two aspiring entrepreneurs, Serina Teo and Ignatius Koh. Both graduates from Temasek Polytechnic in 2002, Serina was then a student in SMU while Ignatius had just completed his National Service.

Initially named Iggi’s Little Island, the company started off selling hand-painted T-shirts carrying Asian designs at fairs for expatriates/tourists and Christmas bazaars. Feeling the need for change and something more permanent, in mid-January 2005, the two of them decided to set up a shop at Bugis Village, and changed the name of their new shop to Iggi’s.

Soon after, Iggi's started its label of printed T-shirts, Iggi's Culture Coalition, with designs that revolve around Asian cultures and legends. The label attained considerable success. Since early 2006, Iggi's moved into wholesaling and manufacturing of T-shirts.

Serina Teo and Ignatius Koh were featured in The Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia for student and young entrepreneurship and their products were also mentioned in Teenage magazine. Iggi’s was also the proud sponsor of both the Miss and Mr Glamour Pageants 2006.

Sariyanti Sannie - Graduated in 1998

Known for her poise and eloquence, Sariyanti delivered the valedictorian speech on behalf of the graduands at her TP graduation in 1998. She also won two book prizes for her outstanding performance in Public Relations and Strategic Marketing subjects.

Fascinated by the hospitality industry, Sariyanti worked at the front desk of Mandarin Hotel as she pursued her part-time degree studies, double-majoring in Public Relations and Marketing. In 2001, she completed her programme with the Curtin University of Technology (Australia).  She served as an intern at Ogilvy and Mather Public Relations (O&M) as an undergraduate and was so well-received by the Management that she became a full-time staff at O&M after her studies.

After nearly two years in public relations, Sariyanti crossed over to O&M Advertising and successfully won pitches including the DBS account for O&M. She managed the DBS account for three years and in June 2006, she was promoted to Senior Regional Account Manager, responsible for Coca Cola’s advertising for the Asia-Pacific region.

Serena Kow – Graduated in 1998

When Serena graduated in 1998, she clinched two book prizes and was a Temasek Business School Diploma in Marketing merit award holder.

Serena was so inspired by the world of marketing and communications that she joined Keppel Corporation’s Corporate Affairs immediately upon graduation, as she saw it as a fitting opportunity to apply her marketing knowledge and skills.

After working for two years, she decided to pursue her Bachelor of Business degree at NTU, specializing in marketing. During her undergraduate studies, Serena was accepted by the Prime Minister’s Office to be an intern and her internship report won her a prize for excellent work.

In 2004, she joined HPL Group as a Marketing Communications Executive to promote its Haagen Daz brand of ice-cream. Serena is now entrusted with a bigger role, responsible for all marketing programmes for Haagen Daz. She is filled with much pride and joy when she sees her marketing ideas come to fruition at the various Haagen Daz outlets.

Evelyn Wee – Graduated in 1995

Evelyn, who graduated from Temasek Business School in 1995, pursued a degree from RMIT majoring in Marketing and Management.

Married with two kids, she is currently the Product Marketing Manager of Singtel’s consumer marketing division and manages nation-wide marketing programmes for its mobile service. Among her achievements, she revamped business processes to improve productivity and managed to increase messaging usage through the execution of promotions.

Before Singtel, she was the Marketing Executive for Fuji Xerox for over six years, responsible for product branding and marketing. Her performance was outstanding, achieving between 100% - 128% on set targets. She was elected by management to participate in several major regional projects to improve internal work processes and she organised effective marketing programs which increased the company's market share by 5% in 2003. She also implemented and organised the company’s Customer Loyalty Program.

Despite her busy schedule, Evelyn is able to strike a good balance between career, marriage, children and her church activities. Her favorite activities during her leisure are golfing and scuba diving.