University Announcement

Teaching Excellence Awards for 2011/12

I am pleased to announce the Teaching Excellence Awards for 2011/12, which were announced by President Way KUO at the Teaching and Learning Fair held on 17 April. 

A total of 30 nominations were received and reviewed by the Teaching Excellence Award Selection Panel, comprising the Associate Provost (Quality Assurance) Professor Christian WAGNER as Chairman; Professor Gregory RAUPP; Professor Stella PANG; Professor GONG Ting; Dr. Surya DEVA; Ms. Wisteria CHEUNG; Ms. Karmen CHAN as the alumni representative; and two student members: Miss WAI Ho Kei and Miss NG Hei Tung.  The Panel selected the following colleagues, listed alphabetically, as the Teaching Excellence Award recipients for this year:

Dr. Stephen BREMNER (EN) for ‘Helping students to make connections’

Dr. Ray Chak Chung CHEUNG (EE) for ‘Leading students to program their learning success’

Dr. LI Minming (CS) for ‘Encouraging knowledge discovery through passion’

Professor LIU Zhi Qiang (SCM) for ‘Education 2.0: Playful learning for practice’

Dr. Maris G. MARTINSONS (MGT) for ‘Preparing learners in the classroom for the boardroom’

Dr. SUN Hongyi (SEEM) for ‘Teaching innovativeness: From problem discovery to entrepreneurship’

The awards will be formally presented at the Congregation in November 2012, and awardee names will be added to the permanently displayed register of CityU Teaching Excellence Award recipients.  Each awardee receives a cash prize of $15,000 for professional development and a teaching grant of $150,000.

Please join me in congratulating the awardees and wishing them continued success in their teaching and learning activities. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Selection Panel for their efforts and guidance, and the nominators for providing an outstanding pool of candidates for the selection exercise.

Arthur B. Ellis

Provost