Donations fund new SMU programme, scholarships

SMU will roll out a new programme supporting initiatives that champion social transformation in vulnerable communities in the upcoming academic year. A total of $400,000 out of a $2.4 million sum donated by the estate of the late Ms Diana Koh, a veteran in the accounting and advisory field here, will support this programme, said the University in a statement on Friday. The Diana Koh Social Transformation Programme, administered by SMU's Lien Centre for Social Innovation, will fund up to 12 local internships or six overseas internships each academic year for five years. A Social Innovation Fund will also be set up for interns to implement innovative ideas to help vulnerable communities. The donation from Ms Koh's estate will also fund two new scholarships - the Diana Koh Postgraduate Scholarship and Diana Koh International Scholarship. SMU also announced two awards available to serving and aspiring judges studying at the University, after the Jones Day Foundation donated US$1 million (S$1.3 million) to the University to fund the Jones Day LLM (Judicial Studies) Scholarships and the Jones Day Top Scholar Award. Valued at $40,000 per person, the Scholarship has been awarded to four international participants of the new Master of Laws in Judicial Studies programme jointly offered by SMU's Yong Pung How School of Law and the Singapore Judicial College under the Supreme Court.

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The Straits Times