{"id":5344,"date":"2023-11-24T03:08:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T03:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-alumn-nus.pantheonsite.io\/alumnus\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:06:02","slug":"last-lecture-whats-our-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/2023\/11\/24\/last-lecture-whats-our-why\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLast Lecture\u201d \u2013 What\u2019s our Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5344\" class=\"elementor elementor-5344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8b3f25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8b3f25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad83daa\" data-id=\"ad83daa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181ec20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"181ec20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alumni and staff gathered last Friday, 24 November 2023, for an evening of wine, cheese, dinner and camaraderie, followed by a thought-provoking Last Lecture on \u201cWhat\u2019s our Why\u201d delivered by Mr How Ti Hwei (Science \u201995). 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