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ISSUE 26 - JULY 2024

A Night of Reminiscing at the Rosewood

The 12th of July 2024 was definitely a day worth remembering! Over 50 Morningside alumni, staff, and students gathered at Carlyle & Co. for the MCAA's "Meet & Drinks" event held in the Rosewood Hotel Hong Kong. The air buzzed with e...

Understanding Refugee Needs and Asylum Rights in Greece

On June 8, a group of twelve students arrived in Athens to learn about Greek civil society and how it has stepped up to empower, rehabilitate, and legally support recently arrived refugees. The program provided students with an orientation ...

Visiting Feminist NGOs that Achieve Change in Morocco

Twelve students travelled to Morocco’s capital on May 28. While in Rabat, the group was introduced to Morocco’s political and social history, Daridja (dialect of Arabic), and cuisine and architecture in a series of class sessions and walkin...

Service Learning in the Mountains of Yangshuo

For the first of Morningside’s annual Service Learning trips, sixteen Morningsiders visited Yangshuo, China to assist local social organisation The Loving Heart with their work. The Loving Heart helps disabled individuals lead more comforta...

Annual MC Photography Competition Winners Announced

On Thursday, April 18, the Morningside community gathered for its final dinner together for the term. Master of Ceremonies Junyong Park (Year 1, Biomedical Engineering) remarked that this had been an extraordinary first year for him, and th...

The Music Community Hosts its First Show of 2024

Morningsiders got together on Thursday, April 12 for Music Night. Three experienced bands performed, having demonstrably honed their performance skills since last term’s MCSU Cultural Fair and Music Night. Bands Rewind, CD Legs, and WakeUP ...

The Class of 2024 Celebrates Photo Day!

On Friday March 22, Morningside’s final year students assembled on the college patio with college fellows, friends, and their Student Union hosts to participate in Photo Day. To begin, College Master Nick Rawlins, Dean of Students Colin Gra...

Cacao HK Returns with the Chocolate Tasting Workshop

On the evening of Thursday March 21, twenty-six students attended Cacao HK’s chocolate tasting workshop in the College’s small hall. Cacao HK was founded by the Gomersalls, the family of a Morningside alumna. Carolyn, Charles, and Tom pursu...

Students Awarded for their Achievements and Hard Work!

During communal dinner on Wednesday March 20, eight students received awards for their recent achievements. Lilian Wong (Data Science and Policy Studies) and Nandini Dulani (Medicine) received Morningside Achievement Awards, recogni...

Catching Performances at the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival

This February and March, students and Junior Fellows attended three events at the 52nd Hong Kong Arts Festival. On February 27, they went to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s Studio Hall to watch Palestinian artists Samaa Wakim and Sammar Had...

Alumni+Pro Concert and Jam Session

Communal Dinner on Tuesday, 12 March was unlike any other. Joined by professional keyboardist, composer and producer Jerold Chu and Nate Wong of the “Nowhere Boys”, four Morningside alumni including Sally Choi ’21, Julian Yen ’21 (Flowstron...

Tasting Night with Premier Fine Wine

Morningsiders had the opportunity to enhance their cultural knowledge at a wine tasting workshop hosted by Premier Fine Wine on Thursday February 29. Around 25 students learned about how wine is made, wine tasting techniques, the worldwide ...

Celebrating the New Year with a Formal Hall Dinner

On Wednesday, February 7, the College community convened for the first formal hall dinner of the new term. Students enjoyed a varied meal that included rib eye steaks, baked salmon, or a risotto with asparagus and mushroom. The Master of Ce...

Outgoing Student Union Hosts Poon Choi Dinner

On Monday, January 29, students gathered on the patio to enjoy a festive Poon Choi dinner. Poon Choi is a Cantonese dish consisting of a layered medley of cooked ingredients. Students picked out ingredients and ate them alongside helpings o...

Beginning the New Term with a Barbeque!

Students, Fellows, Resident Tutors, and the College Office team all gathered on the college patio on Friday January 19 to enjoy the sunset and some barbequed snacks. The food available included hamburgers, impossible burgers, corn on the co...

Eric Wang and Silas Wong Awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence

Eric Wang (Psychology) and Silas Wong (Computer Science) were among eight CUHK students awarded the 22/23 CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence. During the award presentation ceremony on November 27, Eric and Silas were recogni...

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