Bulletin No. 1, 2019

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2013. It is still a relatively young university but in its first six decades it has already established itself as a leading institution in higher learning in the region. In the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, CUHK began to come of age, consolidating its strengths and resources in preparation for the achievements that were to come in the ensuing decades. During this period, its academic infrastructure was strengthened with the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine (1981), the Department of Nursing (1991)—later renamed the Nethersole School of Nursing, the Department of Engineering (1991), the School of Pharmacy (1992), and the School of Accountancy (1993). Its signature collegiate system providing pastoral care for the whole- person development of the students was taken to the next level with the establishment of Shaw College, in addition to the three Founding Colleges of Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College. This period of expansion coincides more or less with the period which saw the birth and early years of the generation commonly called the millennial generation. Today, the millennials are a demographic leading significant changes in world economics, politics and culture. The millennials are also a potent demographic of the CUHK community— students, staff and alumni who are shaped by and in turn shaping the University. The Golden Jubilee. The Millennials. 03