Lingnan University e-News

Campus news

• Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand conferred honorary degree at Lingnan University Congregation
• 15th Project X volunteers take oath of service
• Leadership Mentoring Programme 2012
• Sharing on “2011 Chinese Expeditionary Memorial Trip to Yunnan”
• Service-learning Exhibition
• Community College Arts and Humanities Festival 2012

Research and academic activities

• Public seminar by Prof Mei Chia-ling, Hong Kong Jockey Club Distinguished Visiting Professor of Modern Chinese Literature at Lingnan University 2012
• Special preview of Two or Three Things about Kang Youwei
• Dr Rebecca Suter speaks on Murakami Haruki
• Chit-chat with Mr Roger Lee, author of A Simple Life

Awards and people

• “Green Campus Programme” Closing Ceremony cum Thematic Talk
• Lingnan awards $9.5 million in scholarships to 300 students
• ZeShan Foundation Scholarships Presentation Ceremony
• Lingnan student awarded in AIA Quest of the Champion Communicator Contest
• Lingnan excels at Hong Kong Inter-tertiary Institution Putonghua Recitation Contest
• Lingnan students receive “Outstanding Service Award for Tertiary Students 2011-2012”
• Linocut artist discusses creativity and inner landscape

Publications

• Office of Service-Learning publishes Combating Climate Change report
• Two CHR books become finalists for 5th Hong Kong Book Prize

Upcoming events

• Artist-in-Residence Exhibition “Embracing the Threshold” (27 April – 14 May 2012)
• Seminar on “Procurement Auction with Unspecified Quality Risk” (2 May 2012)
• Hong Kong Literature in Taiwan Symposium (4 May 2012)
• Seminar on “Ageing Seminar Series 2012: Ageing Policy in the Pacific: Ageing Situation and Policies in Fiji” (4 May 2012)
• Workshop on “The Work and Legacy of Robert Nisbet” (7-8 May 2012)
• Conference on “Cultural Transformation in the 1950s: from Mainland China to Hong Kong” (8 May 2012)
• Research Seminars on Survey Studies in Information Systems: “An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Survey Research” (9 May 2012)
• The Fifth International Young Scholars Conference on Chinese Literature: “Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature” (11-12 May 2012)
• Centre for Cinema Studies, Lingnan University inaugural conference on “The Education of the Filmmaker: Views from Around the World” (25-27 May 2012)