Thriving @ HKU – Open Doors to Happiness

Dear students,

Are you feeling overwhelmed with the challenges of university life? You are not alone. We’ve got your back!  Join your peers for an exciting event designed to help you better navigate university life and unleash your potential. Get ready to level up your happiness and build your resilience muscle in the face of challenges!

The Teaching and Learning Evaluation and Measurement Unit, in collaboration with the Common Core and CEDARS, will present the campus campaign Thriving @ HKU: Open Doors to Happiness on March 17 (Friday) in the Main Library.

With interactive student-led workshops and fun activities such as games and art creation using AI, you’ll leave feeling empowered and gain new perspectives that help you tackle obstacles that come your way. There’re also plenty of opportunities for you to play while learning and make friends while tasting the science of happiness.

Join one or as many sessions as you can! They are separate, but intrinsically linked sessions. Details are as below:

Date: March 17, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 11:15 am – 3:00 pm

Venue: Multi-purpose Area (MPA), 2/F Main Library, The University of Hong Kong

Opening: 11:15 am – 11:25 am

Video Premiere: Light of Thriving

Session 1: 11:30 am – 12:20 pm

I got a B! Building resilience through challenging negative thoughts

Join a carefully designed game, take a break from your busy academic life and learn about common patterns of thoughts that trap us in anxiety!

Session 2: 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm

Hard to make friends? Taking relationships to the next level by learning how to respond

Will you be there for the one you care when things go right? Role play various responding styles when a friend shares good news with you.

Session 3: 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm

Missing a daily dose of happiness? Counting blessings by creating artwork using AI

Have fun and create art pieces with AI and co-create a gallery filled with the little good things in everyday life!

Savouring: 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Savour together: Celebrating International Day of Happiness

Happiness is a process rather than a destination. Chat, mingle, and reflect on your happiness journey!

Registration

Space is limited. Sign up NOW at https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=86680.

For enquiries, please contact the event leader Dr. Maggie Zhao at myzhao@hku.hk or the event coordinator Ms. Jolin Tang at my716@hku.hk or 3917 6194.

Best regards,

Thriving @ HKU Team 

Teaching and Learning Evaluation and Measurement Unit 

The University of Hong Kong

Poster Session of the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme 2022-23

Through the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URFP), academically outstanding undergraduates undertake a research study under the guidance and supervision of academics with a strong research track record and experience in training research postgraduate students. URFP participants selected for the Research Internship Awards under URFP also have the opportunity to take a research internship in a local, mainland or overseas institution as part of the research study. The URFP forms part of the teaching-research nexus and aims to enhance students’ learning experience and nurture the next generation of researchers/scholars. Through the eleven rounds of the Programme to date, some 1,000 students from across all the faculties have enrolled in URFP, and over 400 of them have undertaken internships.

A poster session has been scheduled to take place for the Research Internship Award recipients of URFP 2022-23 to present their research findings and share their experience with other URFP participants, supervisors, undergraduate students and staff, and the wider community of the University.  Details of the event are as follows:

Date: April 19, 2023 (Wednesday)

Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Venue: Foyer, G/F, Chi Wah Learning Commons, Centennial Campus

(Note: The posters will be displayed at the venue on April 17-21)

Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=86724

More information: http://tl.hku.hk/urfp/

Please join us to find out more about the URFP experience from the participating students and supervisors.  I look forward to seeing you at the poster session.

Professor Ian Holliday

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) and

Chairman, Working Group on the URFP/Laidlaw Scholars Programme