To celebrate PolyU’s 85th Anniversary, the Student Affairs Office (SAO) is organising the “PolyU 85th Anniversary Public Lecture Series: Together We Dream, We Fly”. This Series invites renowned young achieving speakers with remarkable accomplishments in different aspects to share their inspiring journey in chasing and actualising their dreams.

The first talk of this Series, titled “The Dream Hunters 獵夢者”, was held on 16 September 2022 in hybrid mode, with over 120 attendees in person and online. To kick off the talk, Prof. Albert Chan, Dean of Students, delivered a welcome address to introduce Mr Jack Chung, President and Co-founder of Mission Until Dawn (MUD) and our PolyU Alumnus. Jack shared his dream of designing and constructing Safe, Therapeutic and Enjoyable Playgrounds (STEP) for children in overseas developing countries and Hong Kong, and how he started and continued this dream with his fellows during and after his time at PolyU with Uni-Y.

After Jack’s inspiring sharing, Prof. Chan facilitated the Q&A session. Prof. Ben Young, Vice President (Student and Global Affairs), presented a souvenir to Jack as a token of thanks to conclude the talk.

The Special Talents Admission and Recognition Scheme (STARS) Residential College Orientation Programme was successfully held on 5 September 2022 in the PolyU Student Halls of Residence (Homantin). 

To kick-start the new academic year of 2022/23, the Student Affairs Office hosted its orientation programme – “Navigate Your Future: Orientation 2022” on 26 August 2022.

Various students, student bodies, departments and offices participated in this orientation with physical booths in the Shaw Sports Complex and hybrid briefing sessions at the Global Student Hub.

The Orientation Showcase provided a valuable opportunity for students to explore a wide range of student developmental opportunities and services at PolyU. They learned about PolyU’s support services, holistic student development programmes and student activities, and the interaction and lively communication with staff and senior students helped inspire them to make a positive start to their new exciting journey at PolyU.

The Orientation Showcase also helped bring excitement and energy to the PolyU campus at the start of the 2022/23 academic year.

PolyU’s third Virtual Career Fair was successfully held from 22 to 25 March 2022. It was a one-stop online platform connecting students with potential employers via a virtual environment and providing plenty of graduate job and...

The Outstanding Student Awards Presentation Ceremony 2021 was held online on 21 April 2022. A total of 28 final-year students who excel in both academic and non-academic pursuits during their studies are selected as PolyU’s outstanding students at departmental, faculty/ School, and university levels. Congratulations to Miss Ho Hiu Man from the Faculty of Humanities, who has won The Most Outstanding PolyU Student of the Year.

The Dean of Students Talk “Understanding the GBA through Understanding HKSAR and Mainland China” was held online on 23 February 2020, attended by over 200 PolyU students and staff. Our honourable speaker, Mr David Lee, presented numerous informative data on the Greater Bay Area, and shared his own valuable and unique experience in working at the GBA and Mainland China.

As the new academic semester starts, President Teng with the Central Management Team (CMT) hosted a President’s Sharing Session with Students on 21 February 2022 via the online platform. The event was well-received by around 80 students who exchanged views with the CMT online.

The annual signature event “Global Student Ambassador Programme: Swearing-in Ceremony 2021/22” was held online on 16 February 2022.

To step up combating actions against deception and enhance university students’ awareness of various kinds of deception and scams, SAO and the Chinese Mainland Students’ Association (中國內地學生協會) jointly initiated a collaborative talk series and co-organised the first talk at the beginning of Semester 2 on 14 January 2022. 

Over 130 participants joined the Dean of Students Talk on “Bionic Human and the Quest for Transcendence” held on 26 November 2021 in hybrid mode. Prof. Arthur Fuk-Tat…