Morningside College
The Morningside College encourages
students to take part in social service,
while nurturing their sense of civic
responsibility. The Service Learning/
Civic Engagement component of
Morningside
College’s
General
Education programme (GEMC3001
Service Learning/Civic Engagement,
for Morningside students only) gives
students the opportunity to engage in
substantive servicework.The goals of the course are to allow students
to apply what they have learnt in the classroom in practical settings for
the benefit of others, and to help them discover how they can make
their own positive impact on the world.
At the completion of the Service Learning Project, students will be
prepared to:
• recognise pressing societal issues in Hong Kong and the wider
world;
• assess the resources available and determine what is
important to communities in need;
• evaluate a range of possible methods and responses;
• combine prior classroom knowledge with experiences/
observations in the field to make decisions and solve
problems;
• understand root issues underlying community needs;
• consider service not as a one-off experience, but as a
lifetime commitment.
You might learn how a local animal rescue organisation works,
serve the elderly in China, educate children in Nepal, or monitor
food waste right here on campus. Regardless of your service
focus, consider weaving our College values – scholarship, virtue,
service – into your commitment to serving the community at
home and elsewhere.
You might also visit the College’s website for more details:
‘Serving the Community’ is one of the five pillars of student
development at Shaw College. Our students work hard in their
quest for knowledge, with a view to using what they have learnt
to serve the community and those in need. Through the annual
Caring Heart Community Service Project Scheme, the College offers
subsidy to encourage self-initiated organisation of and voluntary
participation in social service projects. By partnering with social
service organisations, schools and groups, the College also co-
organises different kinds of community service activities. Recent
projects include ‘English Activities for Fresh Fish Traders’ School’,
‘Career Planning Service Programme for South Asian Youth’, ‘Visit
to Tap Mun Elderly’, ‘Best Buddies Hong Kong Movement’, etc. In
addition, the College offers service-learning General Education
courses, enabling students to put the theories into practice. The
College also provides advice and subsidy to social service groups
led by students.
In the first term of the 2015/16 school year, the College will
continue to offer funding through the Caring Heart Community
Service Project Scheme. Students who are interested in
organising service for people in need in Hong Kong or the
Mainland are welcome to submit proposals in order to apply
for subsidy. The College will also continue to organise ‘English
Activities for Fresh Fish Traders’ School’ and ‘Best Buddies Hong
Kong Movement’; those who are interested in teaching primary
school students English, or becoming friends with people with
intellectual disabilities, are welcome to join. For more details,
please check out the College’s e-newsletter and website.
Shaw College
S.H.Ho College
CW Chu College
Students admitted to S.H. Ho College do not simply enter a
university, but a home away from home for its 600 students.
Adopting a fully residential and communal dining system, S.H.
Ho College is devoted to nurturing students' whole-person
development. The College has been motivating its students to
participate in social services in a bid to help themgain exposure
to society and widen their life experiences. Students joining
the Sentimental Grandparent Scheme pay regular visits to the
residents at SAGEMadamHo Sin Hang Home for theAged, and
help every one of them compile their own unique 'Journal of
Life Experiences'. Previous social service projects also include
the provision of volunteer services to Ugandan orphans and
abandoned women, and the construction of bridges in rural
areas of Mainland China to ensure that children can safely cross
rivers on their way to school.
Launched in 2013, the annual Student
Social Service Mentorship Programme
has been fostering our students to mentor
secondary students and scaffold them with
social service organisation skills through
which communication skills and self-
efficacy can be developed. Participants
were able to acquire an understanding
of different places’ social situations and
develop friendship with their students
during the year-long programme. One
participant said, “I’ve learnt a lot from the
voluntary work and the interaction with
the secondary school students and other
mentors. I’m thankful to everyone who has
put time and effort into the Programme.”
With our staunch belief in 'influencing life with life', we groom
our students to be future leaders who will redeem society with a
strong sense of social responsibility. The Student Social Service
Mentorship Programme 2015-16 will be open for application in
mid-September. Selected student mentors will undergo training
and practice, and continue serving society with love.
The CW Chu College Service Team first launched its social service-
learning project entitled ‘Understanding Socially Disadvantaged
School Youths Through a Social Service Endeavour’ in the school year
of 2012/13, in the hope to facilitate the all-round development of
students at CWChu (CWC) College.In collaborationwith a secondary
school with a large number of socio-economic disadvantaged
and academically low-achieving students, the project specifically
addresses the importance of understanding the needs and values
of high school students with social deprivation through a social
service-learning venture. The project provides participants with the
opportunities to build their confidence, mobilise their strengths,
search for their life goals, and identify pathways to achieve their
dreams. In this project, CWC students would have chances to serve
the community, preparing them to be responsible to our society. As
for the social service clients, this group of secondary school students
will be take part in a ‘virtual-reality session’, which is a series of games
and tasks that simulate real-life settings beyond their immediate
school and family environment, such as longer-term career and life
planning, which will be eye-opening for them.
New elements built into this third-year project include a pre-camp
workshop and intra-group pre-camp gatherings, which aim at
increasing mutual understanding between the mentors (CWC
students) and mentees (secondary school students). Career and life
planning sessions have also been added to prepare mentees for
better planning for their future and life goals. The CWC Service Team
members have contributed to initiating ideas, posing questions,
formulating and implementing action plans, solving problems,
assuming responsibility, self-evaluating and self-reflecting.
In line with the philosophy of CW Chu College, this project is
designed to create a platform for students to serve others, to
promote leadership, and to exercise intellectual clarity and ethical
conduct through which an appreciation of life is developed.
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