Science eCareer Fair

The CUHK Faculty of Science has launched the alumni publication Sci-by-side to strengthen our alumni’s connection with the Faculty. Each issue will feature a selection of alumni events and a column for our alumni to share their latest news and updates with fellow alumni.

2022

Issue 1

Submission of articles

Link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13659768 

Established in 1963, the Faculty of Science has nurtured generations of graduates who excel in a diverse range of professions. To recognize science alumni who have made great contribution to the Faculty’s career development, the Outstanding Alumni Service Award has been launched since 2020.

Nominations of prospective awardee must be made by the respective academic unit to the Science Faculty Office no later than 31 October each year. All nominations will then be considered by the Committee on Career Development for Science Students and results will be announced in December of that year.

List of Recipients

2022

Mr. LIT Chi Kai (Mathematics alumnus)
Mr. Lit is the Principal of Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School. He actively participates in the alumni activities organized by the Department of Mathematics. He has made great contributions to local mathematics education; he helped in the Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education (香港數學教育學會), organized materials of the history of mathematics for a project funded by the Quality Education Fund, and published paper and books on the topic to promote mathematics teaching and learning.

Mr. TSE Yiu Cho Joe (Statistics alumnus)
Joe is the President of the Alumni Association of Department of Statistics (STAAA). He leads the STAAA to organize a range of career support services to students and alumni including regular career talks and the StaR Mentorship Programme (中大統計學系學長計劃). He actively participates in managing the social media channels of the Association to disseminate information about the department and career opportunities and to share achievements of outstanding alumni. Apart from strengthening the connection between alumni and the Department of Statistics, he also took part in the Faculty’s Career Fair by serving as the guest speaker in the themed career talk to share his experience of working in the field of data analytics to students.

2021

Mr. HO Chun Yan (Physics alumnus)
Mr. Ho is a committed Physics alumnus who has been serving as a supervisor and mentor in the summer internship programme organized by the Department of Physics, namely the Summer Teacher AppRenticeship programme for over 20 years. With his experience in the education field, he has been generous in offering invaluable insight into being a good teacher to current physics students.

2020

Mr. WONG Chi Wai Tommy (Physics alumnus)
Tommy endeavours to provide his professional mentorship service by sharing with current students and apprentices the paths of becoming secondary school science teachers. He has initiated the Summer Teacher AppRenticeship in Department of Physics starting from 2013 and offers proper pre-training to students who aspire to be secondary teachers each year. He has also teamed up with other science alumni to share their teaching life since 2016, of which the sharing sessions have now become an annual event helping students to evaluate how much they are ready to become teachers.

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Faculty of Science, the Science Faculty Distinguished Alumni Award is set up to recognise the exceptional achievements of our alumni in different professional fields worldwide.

• Nomination
• Selection criteria
• Document checklist
• Nomination deadline
• Download area
• Enquiry

Nomination:

The Award is open for nominations from all alumni and teaching units. Self-nomination is also accepted and the nomination should still be seconded by a supporter.

 

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Selection criteria:

The Award recognises alumni for their exceptional accomplishment in the professional fields such as the academia, the business sector, or the industry, which brings distinction to themselves and honor to the university.

The Selection Committee which comprised of both internal and external members will consider the suitability of the nomination based on one or more of the followings:

For the inaugural award year 2023, there will be multiple awardees. Special recognition will also be given to two alumni who are under the age of 40 by the nomination deadline.

 

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Document checklist:

• The completed nomination and relevant materials should be submitted to the Science Faculty Office via email or by post by the nomination deadline.

Preparer	Parts
Nominator	(A) Personal Particulars of Nominator (B) Nomination Statement (C) Declaration by the Nominator*
Nominee	(D) Personal Particulars of Nominee (E) Information on the Nominee (i.e. nominee’s CV) (F) Nominee’s Consent*
Supporter	(G) Personal Particulars of Supporter (H) Support Statement (I) Declaration by the Supporter*

* Email from nominator/ nominee/ supporter by the nomination deadline will be accepted as signature. Plain texts are available HERE.

• The Science Faculty Office will acknowledge the receipt of nomination through email to the nominator no later than 24 April 2023.
• All information in respect of the nominations will be kept confidential and for internal use of the Selection Panel only. All submitted documents will not be returned.

 

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Nomination deadline:

23:59 HKT of 31 March 2023 (Friday) via email or by post (according to the postmark date)

Email: sfo@cuhk.edu.hk

Address:
Science Faculty Office
Room G43, Charles Kuen Kao Building, Science Centre (North Block),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., HKSAR

 

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Download area:

	Nomination form
	Nomination guidelines
	Plain texts for email submission of declaration/ consent

 

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Enquiry:

Tel: 3943-6264/ 3943-5523
Email: sfo@cuhk.edu.hk 

 

 

 

The Faculty of Science has nurtured generations of graduates who made diverse accomplishments and contributions in various areas.

Our alumni often share their updates in the “CU Alumni” Quarterly Magazine, learn more about them in the Chinese version of webpage: http://www.sci.cuhk.edu.hk/zh-tw/alumni/alumni-news.