Share your greatest moments during the Reunion for Ex-SU Leaders 2010

The Reunion for Ex-SU Leaders 2010 (全城老鬼話當年 2010), jointly organized by the Alumni Relations Office, Convocation and Students’ Union, is coming in July 2010. Former student leaders of the Students’ Union Executive Committee, Council, Arbitration Committee and Editorial Board are encouraged to share their photos, videos and memorabilia of the campus, past activities, events, and other memorable occasions during the good old days at our alma mater. Don’t miss this opportunity to recall your most unforgettable time with your fellow alumni student leaders. Please email your photos and other printed items to: convocation@alumni.cityu.edu.hk or contact the Convocation Secretariat at 3442 6463 to assist the collection of your memento. For detailed information of the event, please visit HERE.

Recapping some of the joyful moments in Reunion for Ex-SU Leaders held in 2004:

Ex-SU Leaders celebrated the SU’s 20th Anniversary in this blissful occasion.

Former student leaders of various generations cherished the opportunity to get together to savour the good old days.

Bring family and friends to Summer Camp

In a new initiative to encourage alumni to return to campus, the Convocation is organising an Alumni Summer Camp in the Student Residence. All alumni are welcome to invite family members and friends to the camp, where you can experience a unique hall life. Details of the Alumni Summer Camp will be posted very soon. Join us and have fun.

Over the past 25 years, the Students’ Union (SU) has nurtured an army of potent leaders who are now contributing to society with the knowledge and leadership they acquired during their campus days. The Alumni Relations Office, Convocation and SU are organising a Reunion for Ex-SU Leaders 2010 (全城老鬼話當年 2010) on 17 July at Hall A of the Student Hostels. If you are a former committee member of SU, this is an event not to be missed! Come join this light-hearted bash to celebrate SU’s silver jubilee and share your joyful and bittersweet experiences with a generation of fellow leaders walking down memory lane. Book now!

Twenty alumni devoted their Saturday to hold a Professional Sharing and Mock Interview Training session for a similar number of social work students in early May. The session started with an informal lunch where the alumni shared their experiences with groups of students with similar interests. In the afternoon, they held group and individual mock interviews. For the group interview, students were asked to discuss issues prepared by the alumni. Then two alumni interviewed individual students for 15 minutes, and commented on their application letters and CVs for jobs. The students found the exercises extremely useful in helping them understand what is required to prepare for jobs.

「用兩年融入香港環境，用十年實現目標，用一生追求價值！」內地畢業生耿春亞在入讀城大之前，曾對自己許下諾言。畢業至今六年，他已達成「十年目標」，創立了「東方蜘蛛」科技公司，並在三年之內盈利。同時作為香港內地畢業生聯會會長，他積極組織活動，聯繫並幫助在港內地生。春亞也希望，在另一階段能在香港這個繁榮之地追求自己的理想—創辦一所學校。

當初選擇香港作為創業之地，因香港是華人社會，有良好的社會金融秩序，是創業絕佳之地。同時除了作為金融中心，香港也是一個社交型社會。商業活動中，人際關係扮演重要角色，是香港社會的成功關鍵。看準時機，春亞成立了以負責商戶社交關係為主的「東方蜘蛛」。「東方蜘蛛」管理眾多商戶，專業組織以及個人的社會關係。春亞希望將來「東方蜘蛛」能夠轉變，進一步成為信息交流中心。

清華大學畢業之後，耿春亞首選城大攻讀材料工程系。回顧在校時光，春亞十分感謝城大提供的資源。城大的地理環境極佳，在學生時代就參加多項活動的春亞常常把城大作為各方聚首的基地。導師給予的眾多機會及資源，是他成功創業的基礎。導師在了解他的夢想後，把他介紹給其他教授，以助他圓夢；而大學在他得獎後召開新聞發佈會，讓他和業界建立聯繫。 「沒有大學的培育，我沒辦法這麼快的創業！」

畢業後，春亞亦致力於組織畢業生回校參加活動。問及源動力，他認為，學生為大學所培養，一生回報大學，理所應當，亦是責任，所謂「一日為師，終身為父」。大學和畢業生之間的聯繫非常重要，作為畢業生聯會會長，春亞深感責任重大。畢業生聯會之要務，是幫助在校學生準備面向社會，並盡其所能，給予同學各方面建議，提供就業協助，使其更好地適應香港。但春亞亦憂心自己心有餘而力不足，希望更多的畢業生能回報城大。

春亞奉勸在校大學生珍惜學習過程，認真投入自己認為有價值的東西上，並以《孟子.告子下》的金句「天將降大任於斯人也,必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為」，勉勵大家！

• Celebrate Mid-autumn Festival with rice dumplings, drinks and soup from
  Hung Fook Tong (鴻福堂)
• Take a break in a 5-star hotel and enjoy delicious lychees this summer with travel package from Momentous Asia
• Join a game to win free movie preview tickets for "EXAM" 《血聘》

The Alumni Relations Office has recruited over a hundred final-year students as Class Liaison Ambassadors (CLA) under the “CityU Alumni Ambassador Scheme”. At an orientation programme held on 18 May 2010, the Ambassadors committed to maintain up-to-date personal records of their classmates and to keep them posted of University and alumni news after graduation. Three CLAs recruited in 2009 shared with them their tips of updating class records and their past rewarding experiences of serving the University. Share their happy moments.

The University’s non-local alumni networks are growing stronger! The Alumni Relations Office (ARO) is thankful for the support of our non-local alumni, particularly our devoted alumni ambassadors. In a recent meeting in Shanghai, Kathy Chan, Associate Vice-President (Alumni Relations) met alumni ambassadors stationed in the city to brainstorm ways to further strengthen the expanding alumni network in Shanghai. ARO is planning its third alumni reunion in Shanghai and would like to get in touch with more alumni residing or working there. If you or any alumni friends living or residing in Shanghai have any personal updates including contact details, please go here. If you or any other alumni there have changed contact details, please (with their consent) let us know by email.

Over 50 Mainland graduates-to-be joined a gathering organised by the Alumni Relations Office on 17 May when Associate Vice-President (Alumni Relations) Kathy Chan welcomed them to a big alumni family that now numbers more than 105,000, including a rapidly growing Mainland network. They got updates on the latest tailor-made alumni services and useful tips on future careers from two senior alumni leaders. The leaders included GENG Chunya (MPhil Physics & Materials Science), CEO of Time Rider Technology and social networking company EastSpider, and Oliver LU (Master of Business Administration), Executive Officer (China Team) of School of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE) of CityU. View their joyful moments here.

Operated by the Vocational Training Council in collaboration with the University of Warwick, UK, the programme is designed for students who wish to move into project management or into a new field of expertise. For further details, please visit their website, call 2595-2718 / 2595-2736 or email.