Tiger Activities
Academic Year 2021/22
Date: 29 September, 2021
Venue: Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building; Zoom Webinar
Around 200 Tiger students embarked on their journey to become future leaders were greeted at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in a ceremony both on campus and online on 29 September. At the ceremony, Tiger students gained vital information about featured activities of the programme, and new insights from distinguished scholars and dedicated videos.
It was an honour to have Professor Way Kuo (CityU President), Professor Christian Wagner (Provost), Professor Julie Li (Associate Provost), Professor Chan Chi Hou (Director of Talent and Education Development), Dr Kwok Chi Wai (Director of Alumni Relations), Ms Tricia Chong (Director of Knowledge Transfer), deans of colleges and schools, and department heads to welcome and congratulate the Tiger students.
By virtue of President Kuo’s inspirational remarks, students were made aware of the significance of the word “question” - the spirit of raising questions and exploring for answers, as presented in the CityU anthem.
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Date: 21 October, 2021
Venue: EMBA lounge, 14/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Speaker: Mr Raymond Chan, Founding Partner - AlphaBrain
Facilitator: Dr Victor Lau, Associate Director, Knowledge Transfer Office
Tiger students were greatly inspired by the speaker Mr Raymond Chan’s experience of overcoming difficulties and challenges at the time he started his business. They also obtained a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Date: 5 November, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Tiger students learned how to prepare a strength-based CV where their best would particularly be highlighted. The workshop also provides students with a sharp insight of the types of questions they will likely be asked for Scholarship/Exchange/Internship.
Students were favorably impressed by the “STAR” approach – the answering technique for ability/competency-based questions. It is the acronym of Situation, Task, Action, and Result. “Using the STAR approach and emphasizing out strengths would be appealing”, one of the students remarked.
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Date: 22 December, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
While theoretical knowledge was covered in the intermediate workshop, Tiger students gained hands-on experience in the advanced workshop. More practice on competency-based interviews was addressed to brush up story-telling techniques, which are also important in the journey to become entrepreneurs. Group Interview was introduced and some participants underwent an individual mock interview and learned to increase their chances of a scholarship, exchange or internship attainment!
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Date: 28 December, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Reaching the end of the semester, tiger ambassadors were invited to share their fruitful university life with the Director of TED, Professor Chan together with our Associate Director, Professor Lo. While tiger ambassadors shared their learning experiences and innermost feelings about the Tiger Programme, they were also awarded ‘Tiger Ambassador Trainee’ certificates and remunerated via the University's student helper scheme.
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Date: 25 January, 2022
Venue: EMBA lounge, 14/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Through Dr. Ng’s sharing and his illustration of the case about AI pet face recognition, tiger students were reminded about the importance of developing their core competencies to fit into the tech industry. They also learned about the prospect of working in the tech industry and the good engineering practices. It is important to define a problem early and make adjustments specific to your application instead of reinventing the wheel. The talk was concluded with a fruitful discussion, question and answer session.
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Date: 22 February 2022
Mode: Online
On top of basic knowledge learning through class studies, many talented college students self-educated themselves to follow state-of-the-art development of advanced science and technology, which pave the way for them to become future scientists. Tiger students learned some stories about successful scientists in the history, and personal experiences of Professor Guanrong (Ron) Chen. They also learned the importance of questioning in the research process and to seek their supervisor's guidance in setting their research direction. The fruitful talk was ended with a meaningful interaction between Professor Chen and participants.
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Date: 17 March 2022
Mode: Online
The path to success is not always a smooth ride. In face of various hardship, Dr. Chen was still very determined to embark on an entrepreneurial journey as “one door closes, another one opens”. In this webinar, Dr. Chen Jiashu shared with tiger students his bumpy journey from an engineering graduate to a successful entrepreneur of pure CMOS-based millimeter-wave radar chips for intelligent driving systems. As a CityU alumnus, Dr. Chen encouraged tiger students to keep an open mind and diverse their knowledge during their time at CityU. The session was concluded with some insightful tips and sayings shared by Dr. Chen.
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Date: 12 May 2022
Mode: Online
Career change from one field to another often requires much time, energy, and courage. In this webinar, Dr. Elly Chow, a graduate of the former Department of Biology and Chemistry at CityU, shared with students how she successfully transformed her professional life from a Biologist to a Patent Attorney. Participants were given a glimpse into the world of Intellectual Property (IP). Dr. Chow explained to the audience the types of Intellectual Property, the differences between trademark and copyright, and some key takeaways to protecting IP. Apart from sharing insights into IP, she also explained the importance of networking and making connections proactively in the community. The talk was concluded with an interactive Q&A session and a saying she lives by, which is to “Make Each Day Count”. She encouraged students not to idle away time and grasp opportunities whenever possible.
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Date: 14-15 June 2022
Venue: Multifunction Room, 8/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
The Talent and Education Development Office (TED) has provided a free professional portrait-taking opportunity for Tiger students on June 14th and 15th. Tiger students were required to perform a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on the shooting day and present their negative test results upon arrival at the venue.
During the two-day shooting, tiger students were highly impressed by the efficient shooting team and wholesome pleasant shooting ambience. The students greatly appreciated this rare portrait-taking opportunity as they could use their professional portrait photos to enhance their CVs and leave a positive impression on their prospective employers. At the event, Tiger students were encouraged by Prof. Chan, the Director of TED, to grasp the opportunities offered by TED.
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