The COVID-19 pandemic has been seriously impacting all businesses and all walks of life. At PolyU, we are particularly concerned with the financial challenges faced by some of our students and their families due to the current situation. Therefore, we have decided to establish the PolyU COVID-19 Student Support Fund to provide support to our students who are greatly affected by COVID-19. The Fund aims to relieve the financial hardship of PolyU students in need; strengthen the spirit of solidarity of the PolyU community to tide over the difficult times; and enhance the resilience of our students.
To kick-start the Fund, the Management team (including the President, Deputy President and Provost, Executive Vice President and all Vice Presidents) will donate 10% of our salaries over a period of 12 months from April 2020. We also appeal to you, our alumni, other members of the PolyU community and our supporters to contribute to this meaningful cause. To support and find out more about the PolyU COVID-19 Student Support Fund, please click the Fund page.
We believe that mutual support is the key to overcoming this public health crisis. In addition to extending care and concern to our students, it is heartening to see that our staff, students and alumni have also extended their care to the wider community. Our researchers have supported frontline medical professionals by developing specially-designed 3D-printed face shields for their enhanced protection, and they have also innovated the world’s most comprehensive automated multiplex diagnostic system to provide quick virus testing. Do visit the dedicated section on the PolyU website: Combat COVID-19 in concert 凝心聚力 携手抗疫 to know more about how the University community has been contributing to the global fight against the pandemic. You will find that in the face of the challenges, PolyU members have indeed lived up to the spirit of the University’s motto: “To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind”.
To kick-start the Fund, the Management team (including the President, Deputy President and Provost, Executive Vice President and all Vice Presidents) will donate 10% of our salaries over a period of 12 months from April 2020. We also appeal to you, our alumni, other members of the PolyU community and our supporters to contribute to this meaningful cause. To support and find out more about the PolyU COVID-19 Student Support Fund, please click the Fund page.
We believe that mutual support is the key to overcoming this public health crisis. In addition to extending care and concern to our students, it is heartening to see that our staff, students and alumni have also extended their care to the wider community. Our researchers have supported frontline medical professionals by developing specially-designed 3D-printed face shields for their enhanced protection, and they have also innovated the world’s most comprehensive automated multiplex diagnostic system to provide quick virus testing. Do visit the dedicated section on the PolyU website: Combat COVID-19 in concert 凝心聚力 携手抗疫 to know more about how the University community has been contributing to the global fight against the pandemic. You will find that in the face of the challenges, PolyU members have indeed lived up to the spirit of the University’s motto: “To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind”.
