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Speaking to more than 120 veterinary professionals at an annual dinner of the Peace Avenue Veterinary Clinic, Professor Way Kuo, CityU President, discussed the importance to Hong Kong of a new veterinary school.
The second Induction Ceremony of the CityU Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma was held on 26 February, with business leader Mr Peter Wong Tung-shun, JP, inducted as the Chapter Honouree and 126 students and graduates as lifetime members.
More than 1,000 CityU faculty and staff gathered together at the Chinese New Year Staff Party to celebrate the Year of the Tiger, on 24 February.
More than 20 CityU faculty, staff and students took a tour on the visiting floating university, MV Explorer, to gain a first-hand experience of on-board education, on 23 February.
Three CityU students formed the only Hong Kong team to earn a first prize in the 2009 China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling, outperforming more than 12,000 teams from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland universities.
The inauguration ceremony of CityU’s Second Standing Committee of the Convocation was held on 9 February, setting the stage for their continued effort to strengthen the ties between alumni and their collective bond to the University.
"Successful communication depends more upon content and sincerity than language itself," said Professor Way Kuo, University President, addressing secondary students and their teachers at a Distinguished Lecture organised by The Jockey Club Eduyoung College.
The Mainland and External Affairs Office conducted International Week 2010 from 1 February to 5 February. Highlights of the event on 4 February included the flag procession, global runway parade and international New Year fair.
Organized for the fourth year by the Offices of Institutional Advancement, the Teachers Update Course (TUC) 2001 will be held on 19 June and on 27-29 June at CityU. Among the 12 sessions to be covered this year are three new subjects: Chinese Language & Culture, Web Teaching and Teaching Enhancement. Other subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Studies, Economics and Finance, Principles of Accounts, Use of English and Student Counselling.
The College's Division of Language Studies (LS) received a donation of $100,000 from Soka Gakkai International of Hong Kong Ltd at a presentation ceremony held at CityU on 18 April. The donation will be used to purchase Japanese language teaching materials for the Applied Japanese Studies programme. It is the second time the Division has received a donation from Soka Gakkai - the first was a series of 25 volumes of the Japanese version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.