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ISSUE 27 - DECEMBER 2024

Pulitzer Prize Winner Nathan Thrall Visits Morningside

During the week of 25 November, Morningside College hosted journalist and writer Nathan Thrall as the distinguished visitor of our annual One Book Programme. Thrall is the author of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (2023), a moving work of ...

Spring Awakening: Morningsiders in Musical Production

On Saturday 30 November, MC musicians Gretl Chan (Year 4, MBChB) and Tsz Ho Lam (Year 4, MBChB) performed in the Hong Kong Singers’ production of Spring Awakening at Sheung Wan Civic Centre. Based on a classic German play, the musical blend...

Memories Captured at Formal Hall

On Thursday 28 November, the College celebrated another successful term and the last week of classes at the final formal hall dinner of 2024. College Master Professor Nick Rawlins delivered a short address in which he recalled last week’s e...

Morningside Welcomes Home Alumni

On Saturday 23 November, Morningside College welcomed back more than forty alumni and guests in an evening filled with good memories and nostalgia. College Master Professor Nick Rawlins kicked off the evening with a short speech, followed b...

Dinner and a Show at Music Night

Our spirited Music Community was on full display on Thursday 21 November, during the first Music Night of the academic year. After communal dinner was served, five bands took to the stage and performed a diverse range of music, from K-Pop t...

Peer Mentors Round Out Term with a Culminating Celebration

To help welcome year one students to the College, six Morningside College seniors participated in the ILC Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) this fall. Nalini Dhiman (IBBA), Horace Hung (Physics), Nicholas Lam (Medicine), Elfany Lui (Sociology), ...

Students, Fellows gather for Award Ceremony

On Wednesday 20 November, Morningside College celebrated its students’ recent achievements with an awards presentation ceremony. Fifty-four students made it onto this year’s Master’s List with GPAs of 3.5 or above, including seven students ...

Celebrating the Class of 2024

It was an honor to welcome Morningside’s youngest alumni back to campus for their graduation ceremony this November. Despite a last-minute postponement due to Tropical Cyclone Toraji, many families, friends, and members of College staff gat...

MCAA Presents: Unorthodox Career Choices

Jazz music, film production, dog sports, and tattooing—these were the topics of the second Morningside College Alumni Association talk held on Tuesday 29 October. In the throes of midterm season, four alumni shared with students how they fo...

MCAA Presents: Not Just a Finance Bro

What’s it really like to work in Hong Kong’s finance industry? On Tuesday 24 September, the Morningside College Alumni Association hosted a talk in the TV room to discuss exactly that. Recent graduates Tony Kuo, Seyrence Lee, and Thiha Chi,...

Formal Hall Dinner for Families of Incoming Class

On Wednesday evening, the Morningside College dining hall was nearly overflowing with attendees of the first formal hall dinner of 2024/2025. Master of Ceremonies Chloe Wan, a Year 2 student from the Faculty of Medicine, was well-prepared f...

2024 Freshmen Arrive at Morningside For O’Camp

There was a lot of energy in the room during this year’s College O’Camp Welcome Lunch. On Monday 26 August, Morningside’s newest students arrived to a buzzing reception from upperclassmen, the college leadership, Fellows, and the college st...

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