Calendar 2013–14

The Constituent Colleges 27 Part 1 The College motto ‘Xiude Jiangxue’ is taken from a Confucian saying that highlights the cultivation of virtue and the pursuit of knowledge. The College slogan ‘Excellence with a Soul, Leadership with a Heart’ echoes the College motto. The College devotes much effort to developing students in domains, referred as ‘The Five Pillars’. They are ‘Nurturing Moral Character, Serving the Community, Caring for Motherland, Developing Global Perspective and Protecting the Environment’. Shaw views non-formal education as an integral and essential part of university life. It offers a wide variety of general education courses with the aims of helping students adjust to University life and providing opportunities for experiential or service learning. College Assemblies, high table dinners and high tea workshops also form part of general education programme. Prominent speakers or persons with special life experiences are invited to talk to students in order to broaden their horizons. To enhance international exposure, the College offers semester- or year- long overseas exchange opportunities to its students. The College also organizes a variety of overseas summer and winter programmes for cultural exposure, language learning, service to the needy or internship placement in mainland China and different parts of the world. Under the Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholars Programme and the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Scheme, world-renowned scholars are invited to speak to students. Those who came in the past include Prof. Lee Yuen-tseh, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; Prof. Yang Chen-ning, Nobel Laureate