Calendar 2011–12

The Constituent Colleges 29 Part 1 C.W. Chu College Founded in 2007, C.W. Chu College is named after Dr. Chu Ching-wen (1906– 1996), a prominent industrialist and a remarkable philanthropist who spent the larger part of his career in Hong Kong. The University decided to perpetuate the memory of Dr. Chu by naming a new college after him. The College is established with the vision to be an intimate community of scholars drawn from diverse backgrounds, engaged with the world in a spirit of curiosity and generosity. This vision statement embraces four elements ( intimate, international, intellectual, involved ) which distinguish the College and lay the path for its development. The College seeks to strengthen the interaction between academics and students, raise students’ interest in intellectual dialogue, enhance their scope and depth of general knowledge, broaden their perspective on the world at large, foster in them a capacity for ethical reflection and conduct, and furnish them with the interpersonal skills that will stand them in good stead in life after graduation. In doing so, C.W. Chu College aims to nurture graduates who embody the values which the late Dr. C.W. Chu exemplified, and which are encapsulated in the College motto Cultus et Beneficentia : leadership, service, intellectual clarity, and ethical conduct. C.W. Chu College is a small college with a student membership of approximately 300. It is one of the three Colleges at CUHK which will provide residential accommodation for all its undergraduate members for four years of their undergraduate studies. (In 2012, C.W. Chu College only accepts students into the new curriculum, which is four years for most subjects. Special arrangements on hostel accommodation will apply for students beyond their fourth year, and for medical students in their clinical years.) To enhance interaction among themselves and with teachers, students will take part in communal dinners three times per week. They will also benefit from the wisdom and experience of speakers from all walks of life during the College high table dinners. The general education programme at C.W. Chu College will consist of (1) a credit-bearing component (an induction course for Year 1 students and a capstone course for Year 4 students), and (2) a non-formal component that carries no credit units (required extended orientation for freshmen and communal dining including high table dinners, and voluntary social service). The induction course will be a key component of the first-year experience introducing students to university learning, while the capstone course will allow students to synthesize their academic skills beyond the limits of the major