Calendar 2016–17

34 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 enabling students to experience and share multicultural perspectives. Students broaden their horizon and enrich their social exposure through the mentorship scheme, which extends and realizes the vision and mission of the College. Mentors are experienced and leading figures from all walks of life, including our ready network of Chu Scholars, and will offer advice and guidance on students’ personal development. The College will also support students to go on academic exchange abroad. Approximately 60 scholarships and bursaries will be provided each year when the College becomes full-fledged, to recognize merit and to help defray extra costs for students. The College also organizes various service programmes for them to develop responsibility and leadership. The general education programme at C.W. Chu College consists of a credit- bearing component, including an induction course for Year 1 students and a capstone course for Year 4 students; and non-formal component that carries no credit units which includes required extended orientation for freshmen, communal dining, high table dinners and voluntary social service. There are no College Assemblies. C.W. Chu College is situated at Campus Circuit North, blending in with the lush and green surroundings. In addition to undergraduate living quarters, the buildings also house dining and amenity facilities for the entire College membership and purpose-built space for tutorials, seminars and other collegiate activities. Prof. Kenneth Young, Professor of Physics, will step down as the founding Master of C.W. Chu College by the end of 2016. Prof. Wai-Yee Chan, Professor of Biomedical Sciences and director of School of Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed as the Master with effect from 1 January 2017.