42 Forever Surrey / anniversary issue
International Volunteers of the Year: Jincheng Feng and Lynal Low
Jincheng MSc Tourism Management 2013 Lynal BSc Tourism Management 2013
Our alumni presence across the world is flourishing and we have developed new opportunities for internationally-based alumni to connect with one another and prospective students overseas.
Leading the way are two of our alumni based in Singapore who have volunteered at numerous events since graduating in 2013. Lynal Low and Jincheng (Jaycee) Feng are exemplary international ambassadors.
They have volunteered at our Singapore student recruitment events many times over the past four years, and attended a recruitment fair on our behalf.
Jaycee, pictured on the right, said: “Lynal and I have volunteered at education and recruitment fairs, and engagement and alumni events in Singapore and, whilst it does take a little bit of commitment, it is insignificant compared to the education and opportunities that Surrey has accorded us with.”
Lynal added:” It is a great honour to be recognised alongside Jaycee and we hope that this will encourage more alumni (not just Singaporeans) to step forward and help contribute to Surrey.”
Young Achiever Award: Kanayo Phoebe Dike-Oduah
BSc Psychology 2015
Becoming Deputy Head of Sixth Form at the age of 23 is a huge achievement for alumna Kanayo Phoebe Dike-Oduah - even more so because when she graduated just two years ago with a degree in Psychology she had no plans to enter the teaching profession.
Kanayo was initially drawn to the area of organisational psychology but, aſter spending a month in a business environment, felt unfulfilled and realised that teaching was where her heart lay. Kanayo now teaches psychology to 14 to 19-year-olds at Edenham High School in Croydon and is passionate about inspiring her students to succeed.
“I love it when my pupils have that light bulb moment when they finally get something and become really engaged. I am teaching future doctors, solicitors and
other professionals – I am a significant part of their journey.”
Yet, it could have been very different for Kanayo. Growing up in a single-parent family in south London, she was told that children from her background did not achieve. Aged 14, Kanayo read about a theory called the ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’, where someone is given a label and, consequently, lives up to it. In her own words, she ‘decided to give herself the label of an achiever’.
And she has certainly done just that. Alongside her teaching success, Kanayo also won the Young Achiever of the Year for 2016 from Women for Africa whose aim is to celebrate and empower women from African countries.
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