Welcome Message from University Dean of Students

Dear Students,

 

A warm welcome to the first issue of the Student Experience and Development Section (SEDS) e-Bulletin.  

 

SEDS is a newly restructured section of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) that focuses on three main areas of student development and experience. These include experiential learning programmes, leadership development programmes implemented through training and student participation in student bodies, and orientation activities, both university-led and student-led, with the goal of providing students with impactful experiential learning opportunities. Our aim at SEDS is to nurture you to become socially responsible global citizens and leaders by offering a variety of whole-person development programmes and learning opportunities at local, regional, and international levels. It also administers a full range of I·CARE activities and programmes which have long inspired students to actively participate in social and civic services. We have been adapting to various challenges that emerged out of COVID-19 over the past few years.  Following the stabilisation of the epidemic situation, you will be able to immerse yourself in this beautiful campus and relish a vibrant and fruitful university life at CUHK.

 

Through our dedicated staff and the comprehensive resources we have compiled for you, we will support, guide, and provide you with learning opportunities that will help you reach your personal and professional development goals. It is our sincere hope that you make good use of everything that OSA has to offer. If you need any advice or support, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Prof. Ko Wing-hung

University Dean of Students

Welcome Message from Section Head

Dear Students,

 

In this e-Bulletin of the Student Experience and Development Section (SEDS) of the Office of Student Affairs, you will find updates on the non-formal and informal learning opportunities, which comprise cultural activities, leadership development initiatives, entrepreneurship training, service-learning projects, volunteer work and funding support, offered by SEDS to facilitate your well-rounded personal growth.

 

It is understandable that many of you usually rank academic excellence as your highest priority. In fact, developing generic skills and advancing personal qualities are as equally important for your future professional pursuits. Nowadays, individuals with strong soft skills are highly sought-after recruits as employers no longer look for employees who are solely outstanding in subject knowledge. In this sense, joining our programmes or activities to foster your whole-person development is essential. I come to know many students who have transformed a great deal after engaging themselves in various whole-person development initiatives – they have moved from passive to proactive, from silent to talkative, from mentees to mentors, and from followers to leaders.

 

To establish a closer connection with you as well as all CUHKers, we have at recent opened a new Instagram account (@cuhk_osa_seds).  Please do follow us to obtain our timely updates. We look forward to meeting you in person at our student development programmes and activities! 

 

Dr. Tommy Law

Head, Student Experience and Development Section

Office of Student Affairs

Updates 最新消息

The Student Experience and Development Section is committed to offering a diversified learning experience for students to enrich their university life, enhance learning experience, foster personal growth, and achieve whole-person development.

 

In order to facilitate students to receive the latest news of our student development programmes, we have launched the following Instagram accounts.

 

 

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University Lecture on Civility & Cultural Activities 博群大講堂與文藝活動

Themed “Sunny Days, Rainy Days, Reading Days”, the 5th I∙CARE Book Festival was successfully concluded in November 2022.  The event covered a wide variety of activities, including a “Book Crossing Pavilion”, seven “Book Talks”, “Film Screening of The Book Thief”, “Exhibition of Recommended Readings”, and “Preferential Offer of New Books”. 

 

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Films take us on a compelling journey where we transcend physical boundaries and immerse ourselves in the world of stories.  

 

Supported by The Office of the Arts Administrator, the I·CARE Theatre in 2022-23 arranged seven screenings of selected films of different eras and themes.  Each of the screenings was followed by a post-screening sharing by guests.

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I∙CARE Salon is an iconic programme under the University Lecture on Civility which has been facilitating participants’ in-depth exchange of ideas through a series of academic seminars.  In this academic year, the theme of I∙CARE Salon focuses on the works of the distinguished Chinese scholars who were closely associated with this University.

 

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation 創業與創新

The Sharing Session on Strategies of Promoting Social Enterprise Missions cum Award Presentation Ceremony under the I·CARE Social Enterprise Startup Scheme was successfully held on 16 February 2023.  Mr. Chong Chan-yau, Co-founder & CEO of CarbonCare InnoLab, was invited to share his experience in operating social enterprises and promoting social missions.  He also exchanged ideas and insights with students who are interested in developing social enterprises.  

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Community Services 社會服務

The “Fitness x Mentorship” Scheme associates “exercising” with “volunteering” to foster a serving heart of students and strengthen their understanding of the community.  Participants of the scheme will be trained with basic skills of a designated sports item and given chances to partner various members of the community in pursuing sports.  This will allow students to develop regular exercise habit and build up healthy lifestyle.  Above all, mutual understanding between students and the circle of their counterparts will be facilitated.

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The NGO Internship Programme offers placements to CUHK students to gain workplace experience, thereby identifying the direction for career development. More importantly, the programme facilitates the students’ understanding of the values and practices of the attached NGOs and enables their interaction with different local communities so as to stimulate ideas in positive social changes.

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The I·CARE Social Service Projects Scheme encourages students to organise and implement self-initiated social services to enhance personal growth and people’s well-being.  The scheme opens two rounds for application in this academic year; the first round was completed in November 2022. After vetting by a judging panel, four projects (local: 1; mainland: 1; overseas: 2) were selected to receive subsidies.  The service recipients cover primary school students, elderly, and people with thalassaemia, etc. 

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CUHK Bridge to China Team is a university volunteering team formed under the I‧CARE Centre for Whole-person Development with the support and guidance from Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation. Since 2009, the team has participated in and organised numerous bridge building projects, village investigation trips and public health programmes with the help of CUHK students.

  

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Outdoor Explorations 戶外探索

Four sessions of A Walk in Community with I·CARE in this academic year were successfully completed.  Participants visited various communities in Lok Fu, Tin Shui Wai, Sheung Shui, etc. to gain a better understanding on various social issues.

 

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The I·CARE Hong Kong Cultural Tours Project has been conducted for years to facilitate university students to discover the stories of this city.  In addition, this project offers free cultural tours to entertain secondary school students (priority is given to those of ethnic minorities, being new immigrants, in deprived learning condition or from low-income families) and interested CUHK members.  All participants will develop an enhanced sense of identification to this city.

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The Mother Nature Rocks aims to encourage students to explore the city’s countryside and to experience the ecosphere afresh.  The first and second tours of Mother Nature Rocks in this academic year were completed smoothly on 28 February and 22 March 2023 respectively.

 

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Student Leadership Development 學生領袖培訓

The I·CARE Achievers Programme introduces the 24 types of character strengths through diverse activities to enhance self-awareness and positive value of students, thereby promoting healthy development of the community and the world.  It specifically aims to nurture participants to be civil citizens who respect others, care about the environment, demonstrate perseverance in face of adversity, serve the needy with compassion, and possess a global outlook to address the world’s complicated issues. 

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We are excited to announce the kick-off of our new service-learning programme “Leaders of Voluntary Engagement (LoVE)”!  This programme is designed to provide relevant training and service opportunities for students to enhance their personal qualities while engaging in meaningful service projects to contribute to the community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.  In January 2023, we spiced things up with the exciting Programme Design Skills Workshop and Team Building Day.  These two-core training courses in late January were a great success, with more than 50 LoVE participants taking away the knowledge and skills needed to create engaging programmes for the needy. 

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To encourage students to engage in the promotion of integrity, the Office of Student Affairs has, in collaboration with the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), launched the “ICAC Ambassador Programme” to mobilise students to organise on-campus integrity activities.

 

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Others 其他

The Student Development Portfolio (SDP) is a university-wide electronic platform for capturing and presenting students’ Experiential Learning Activities (ELA) under the whole-person development framework namely I·CARE.  It facilitates students’ viewing, choosing and enrolment of the ELA organised by the University units (UELA), as well as production and update of reports to showcase their non-formal learning achievements.  A shortcut to understand the SDP is an animation trailer which can be viewed from here.

 

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Launched in 2011, the I·CARE Programme aims to inspire students to actively partake in social and civic services in accordance with its motto “Aspiration through Reflection; Renewal through Civility”.  It also facilitates the release of students’ holistic competencies so that they will become able to enhance the wellness of people in the local, regional and global communities.  The I·CARE Programme has launched three types of souvenirs for sale: i) graduation certificate case, ii) passport holder, and iii) LED ornament lamp, all of which are suitable for self-use or for gifting.

 

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