The Professor Julie Hung Hsua Yu Scholarship for Intellectual Excel-leration

The Professor Julie Hung Hsua Yu Scholarship for Intellectual Excel-leration

Background

A generous donation has been received from a former student of Prof Julie Yu to establish The Professor Julie Hung Hsua Yu Scholarship for Intellectual Excel-leration (‘Julie Yu Scholarship’ for short). Out of this endowment, a scholarship will be available in the academic year 2018–19, in the amount of $50,000, which is a full scholarship enough to defray tuition ($42,100) plus part of room and board.

Number of scholarships awarded

A scholarship in the amount of $50,000 will be awarded to individuals or teams which are found to be worthy, and there is no limit to the number of scholarships to be granted each year. For team awards, $50,000 will be given to the team leader, who will be responsible for distribution of funds in an equitable manner, based upon contributions to the team effort. However, the College, with the agreement of the donor, may choose not to award any scholarship in a particular year in the event that there are no suitable candidates.

Eligibility

All students of CW Chu College are eligible, irrespective of year of study. Those who have been awarded the scholarship in the past are also eligible to apply.

Submission by individuals (CWC students) and teams are welcome. There is no limit on the number of team members but all of them MUST be full-time CUHK undergraduate students and at least one member must be affiliated with CWC.

Each individual or team is welcome to submit more than one application in any given academic year, should the applicant(s) have more than one creative endeavor to share with the panel.

Spirit of the scholarship

Dr CW Chu supported hundreds of students from Hong Kong to go abroad for study, in a novel scheme that had tremendous impact on the lives of these Chu Scholars. Now successful in many walks of life, they have helped to establish the College, giving back to society in the spirit of Dr Chu and at the same time honouring his contributions in a creative way.

Prof Julie Yu has always emphasized creativity in her teaching, with significant impact on her students. The donor of this scholarship has chosen to honour Prof Yu in the same fashion by helping and supporting the next generation of students, thereby contributing to society.

This scholarship intends to celebrate and promote the spirit of excellence, generosity and creativity shared by Dr CW Chu, the Chu Scholars, Prof Julie Yu and the donor — and which is also captured in the College Motto, Cultus et Beneficentia.

Criteria

Applicants are advised to read the biography of Dr CW Chu on the College website, and the laudatory statement about Prof Julie Yu, written by the donor. The principal selection criteria will be the applicant’s reflection and creative ideas along the same spirit.

Laudatory

statement

Application

Application Period: 25 January - 25 March 2019 (5:30pm)

Application Forms

Application Form -

Individual

Application Form -

Team

In addition to the application form, each applicant/ team must complete three tasks:

(a) Introduction

For individual applicant: Write an introduction in English (multimedia may be used, but is not required)* which will be used to present him/herself to the Selection Panel. It must include a description of a creative endeavour with which s/he has been engaged in the past (within the past 3 years) or present, or plans to develop in the future.
For team applicants : Write an introduction in English (multimedia may be used, but is not required)* which will be used to present all team members to the Selection Panel. It must include a description of a creative endeavour with which the team has been engaged in the past (within the past 3 years) or present, or plans to develop in the future.

*There is no need to submit a CD-ROM (optional)

(b) Written Statement

EACH applicant (for individual applicant)/ EACH team member (for team applicants) is required to prepare a written statement in English of not more than 1,000 words which describes one person who has had a major impact on his/her life.

(c) Veriguide Report & Declaration Form

Applicant(s) should submit his/her/their project(s) to Veriguide prior to the submission deadline. Please choose the course code for ‘Non-formal Learning’ (i.e. GECW1000/ GECW2000/ GECW3000/ GECW4000) of CW Chu College in the Veriguide system.
You are advised to contact Ms Alice Tang of the College Office (alicet@cuhk.edu.hk) in advance if you are not certain on which course code to choose.
Please inform your teacher in advance if the creative project that you/ your team submitted for this Scholarship has been/ will be submitted to an academic course for grading.

Submission

A printed version of (a) and (b), together with the completed application form and an Academic Honesty Declaration Form generated from the Veriguide system signed by the applicant(s) must be submitted to Ms Alice Tang of the College Office by the application deadline.

Interview and Selection

Selected candidates will be invited for an interview on 12 Apr 2019 (Friday). The awardee will be selected by a Panel constituted under the Committee on Admissions, Scholarships and Financial Aid of the College.

Presentation

It is expected that the award will be presented in the academic year 2019–20, together with other College scholarships.

Other scholarships

According to the guidelines of the University, the maximum amount of scholarship for each award recipient in one academic year may not exceed the tuition fee of 1-year full-time study plus $80,000 of study allowance (not including student grants/loans based on financial need). The following measures will be adopted:

If the applicant, at the time of application, already knows of other scholarships awarded (even if not received), s/he should inform the College, and the Julie Yu Scholarship will be suitably reduced in monetary value. The selection will not be otherwise affected.
If the applicant/ awardee receives or is notified of other scholarships after the Julie Yu Scholarship is announced or awarded, in the same academic year, then s/he should notify the College, and propose a plan for returning suitable amounts of either or both scholarships so that the total does not exceed the tuition fee of 1-year full-time study plus $80,000 of study allowance.