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Get Together@Alumni Atrium - Industrial Centre Guided Tour

On 21 September 2018, around 40 alumni gathered at the Alumni Atrium and joined the guided tour to the Industrial Centre with showcase of the latest research projects developed by students and University’s research teams, including the Formula-style Race Car, Virtual Reality Application, High-Speed Rail and Space Project.

Get Together@Alumni Atrium - PolyU InnoHub & House of Innovation Guided Tour

On 17 August 2018, a group of 40 alumni came back to PolyU to visit the House of Innovation to have a glimpse of the winning research projects at the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. They also toured around the PolyU InnoHub to learn how this co-working space supports start-ups and promotes communal entrepreneurship and innovations.

Get Together@Alumni Atrium - Student Halls of Residence (Homantin) Guided Tour

A group of more than 30 alumni attended the Student Halls of Residence (Homantin) Guided Tour on 20 July 2018. They toured the hall to learn more about the students’ hall life, and visited the student rooms and common facilities, including the fitness room, band room, snooker room, student lounge, pantry and sky garden.

Tongli Alumni Network: Visit to PolyU

On 29 June 2018, we welcomed a group of 13 alumni from PolyU Tongli Alumni Network from Xi’an. The delegation visited the new campus facilities including Alumni Atrium where the Xi’an Network has donated a wooden nameplate. They also visited the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to get updates of Hong Kong’s financial market and participated in the PolyU Entrepreneurship Parade 2018 to share views on the regional collaborations for entrepreneurship in Greater Bay Area.  Executive Vice President Dr Miranda Lou hosted the networking lunch, extending a warm welcome to the delegation. A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to the PolyU Tongli Alumni Network for their generous donation to PolyU.

Alumni Talk on “Running a Successful Social Enterprise”

On 21 June 2018, Mr Timothy Ma, Founding Executive Director and Board Member of Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, and Dr Andes Leung, CEO and co-founder of RunOurCity were invited to deliver a talk on the topic of “Running a Successful Social Enterprise”. They shared their life experience and shed lights on developing and managing social enterprises. This activity was the Alumni Talk Series jointly organized by the Alumni Affairs and Development Office of PolyU and the Federation of PolyU Alumni Associations.

Get Together@Alumni Atrium - PolyU Design Annual Show 2018 Guided Tour

A group of alumni interested in design came back to PolyU campus and joined the PolyU Design Annual Show Guided Tour on 15 June 2018. Over 200 design projects with a wide spectrum of topics by students of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are shown in an open-studio environment at the Jockey Club Innovation Tower. The guided tour led the alumni through the highlighted area of the Annual Show to get a glimpse of students’ design achievements.

10-year Graduation Reunion of Mainland Graduates

The year of 2018 is the 10th anniversary of graduation of the first batch of mainland undergraduates of PolyU. To celebrate this commemorative moment, a “10-year Graduation Reunion” networking event was co-organised by AADO and the Mainland and International Alumni Sub-committee of Federation of the PolyU Alumni Associations on 26 May 2018. More than 40 alumni returned to the alma mater and visited the new facilities of the campus after they parted for 10 years. The Executive Vice President Dr Miranda Lou hosted the networking lunch for the alumni, joined by Mr Alex Wong, President of the Federation of the PolyU Alumni Associations and Mr Steven Chen, Convener of the Mainland and International Alumni Sub-committee of Federation of the PolyU Alumni Associations.

Get Together@Alumni Atrium - Green Campus Guided Tour

On 18 May 2018, around 20 alumni gathered at the Alumni Atrium and joined the Green Campus Guided Tour. Various green features and facilities were introduced by the representatives of PolyU’s Campus Sustainability Office, including the eco-block, UniRe®, interactive tree map, photovoltaic solar covered walkway, U Seed urban farming programme and green column.

Pre-retirement Talk Series: The Bitterness and Joy of Retirement

On 8 May 2018, Dr Leong Che-hung, a well-known surgeon and Chairman of the Hong Kong AIDS Foundation, at the invitation of the Alumni Affairs and Development Office of PolyU and the Federation of PolyU Alumni Associations, delivered a talk on the topic of “The Bitterness and Joy of Retirement”.  In his speech, Dr Leong shared his insights on retirement life. He encouraged our senior alumni to continue their lifelong learning in order to remain active in society, keep up with changing times and enjoy a fruitful life after retirement. This was the fourth talk of the Pre-retirement Talk Series, over 200 alumni attended as audience. 

RUC - PolyU Doctor of Management Alumni Network Inauguration Ceremony

On 5 May 2018, Renmin University of China (RUC) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) celebrated their 15th Anniversary of joint collaboration and the inauguration of RUC-PolyU Doctor of Management (DMgt) Mainland Alumni Network with some 140 distinguished guests and alumni at China World Hotel, Beijing. RUC Vice-President Professor Du Peng, PolyU President Professor Timothy W. Tong, President of China Association for Public Companies Dr Wang Jianzhou and PolyU Executive Vice President Dr Miranda Lou officiated at the event. PolyU alumni representatives from DBA Alumni Association from Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta Alumni Network from Shenzhen, Tongli Alumni Network from Xi’an and the Preparatory Committee of Shanghai Alumni Network joined in congratulating the DMgt Alumni Network.