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On the 28th of October 2021, a delegation of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) led by Reverend Prof. Stephen Morgan, Rector of USJ, Dr. Alejandro Salcedo Garcia, Administrator, and Ms. Teresa Loong, Director of the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA), attended the Sands China Limited's Fellowship Cheque Presentation Ceremony at the Sands China Office.

The USJ representatives were warmly welcomed by the Senior Management team of Sands China Ltd. including, Dr. Wilfred Wong, President of Sand China Ltd., Ms. Wen Hongyan, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Mr. Lourence Ho, Director of HR - Training & Development and Ms. Annie Lam, Director of Community Affairs.

During the meeting, Rector Stephen Morgan expressed his appreciation and gratitude to Sands China Ltd. for their continued support and generosity to the USJ Community Scholarships and Fellowships Programme, especially in times when students are immensely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Wilfred Wong emphasised the importance of supporting USJ, a university composed of international faculties and students which allows students to have a global vision. Sands China Ltd is delighted to continue its support of this programme. After the meeting, Dr. Wilfred Wong presented the cheque of Sands China Ltd. Fellowships to the Rector.

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PROGRAMME: Rhythm of Tango

Astor Piazzolla: Four, for Tango Carlos Gardel: Por uma Cabeza Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino Goran Bregović: Underground Tango Jose Elizondo: Danzas Latinoamericanas

DETAILS: Date: Friday, 5 November 2021 Time: 17:00 – 18:00 * Location: Auditório Centenário de Fátima, University of Saint Joseph * Reception starts at 4:30pm * Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis (free seating)

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ABOUT THE MACAO ORCHESTRA:

The Macao Orchestra (OM) is a professional ensemble under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government. OM is now a distinguished orchestra of Asia, performing Chinese and Western classics throughout the times. It has also played a key role in the music and cultural life of Macao residents and overseas audiences.

In 1983, Father Áureo de Castro of the St. Pious X Academy of Music and a group of music lovers founded the Macao Chamber Orchestra. In 2001, the Macao Chamber Orchestra was extended into an orchestra with double winds; it was renamed the Macao Orchestra. Today, it has developed into a medium-sized orchestra of around 50 outstanding musicians from more than ten countries and regions. In 2008, Maestro Lu Jia commenced his tenure as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestra, initiating the convention of “Concert Seasons” and in each season 90 different concerts and outreach programme would be held, presenting to the public, comprehensively and systematically, classics from both Western and Chinese.

The Orchestra collaborates regularly with numerous internationally renowned musicians, conductors and ensembles. In addition, OM has regularly been invited to perform in Mainland China and overseas, participating in the 2015 Austria Bruckner Festival as China’s representative and attending the music festival “La Folle Journee au Japon” in Japan 2016. In 2017 and 2019, the Orchestra also participated in the “Belt and Road” International Music Season in Shenzhen. In celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Portugal and the 20th Anniversary of Macao’s Return to the Motherland, OM made a Portugal tour in 2019, and in December of the same year, the Orchestra performed in the gala performance which celebrated the 20th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland.

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The “Belt & Road Initiative”, “BRI” is inseparably coupled with the “China Dream” and the “World Dream” of China inspired by a common future of shared prosperity of humankind on this one planet earth. BRI has benefited ASEAN as China’s biggest trading partner, and further showcased by Africa and Pakistan. The new relational paradigm on Integral ecology challenges the technocratic paradigm of the neoliberal capitalism ideology on which BRI operates. Yet BRI is poised to countervail the hegemony of the west/global North by ensuring that the “ecological debt” of the global South be shouldered by the global North. At the same BRI acts as counterculture to promote integral sustainable development based on ethical principles, and international multiculturalism in the world while fostering greater multicultural solidarity with nations of the global South.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Veronika Sintha Sarawasti holds a Ph.D from the Faculty of International Politics, South China University of Technology, GuangZhou, China. Currently she is a researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, China Study Unit Convener, Jakarta, Indonesia. s

Dr. Bernard Lee, PhD, DBA, MBA, MSc, BSc (Hons.), BEd (Hons.), MCIM, LMiProA. Bernard is currently pursuing a DPhil at The University of Oxford and is affiliated with St. Anne’s College. His research interests comprise scale development, religious order, ontology of leadership, and HE. In his leisure time, he relishes running, rowing, rambling, and reading. His motto is Consulto et Audacter.

Assistant Professor Dr. Jojo M. Fung SJ lectures in the Theology of Integral Ecology: Ecofeminist, Indigenous and Mystical Perspectives; Engaging in Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples Cultures and Spirituality; Spirituality and Theology for Sustainability of Nature and the Poor; Ethics of Pastoral Care & Ministry at the Loyola School of Theology. He is a pioneer and Board Member of Sacred Springs: Dialogue Institute of Spirituality & Sustainability, located at the Loyola School of Theology.

Recent publications include: Jojo M. Fung SJ, Creation is Spirited & Sacred: An Asian Indigenous Mysticism of Sacred Sustainability. Manila: Claretian Communications Foundation, INC, Jesuit Communications Foundation, INC and Institute of Spirituality in Asia. His upcoming publications are: Creational Pneumatology Sacred Sustainability: Foundations of Cosmicism for Enspirited Leadership and A Sacred Sojourner In An Era of Pneumatolocene - Rûah of the Poor & Earth-Cosmos

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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) participated in the "2021 China International Education Exhibition" (Guangzhou Station) held on October 27 at the Yuexiu International Conference Center in Guangzhou. 

The Mainland education exhibition for the Mainland's enrolment activities is hosted by the China Education International Exchange, and it was the first time that USJ participated in an educational fair in the Mainland.

Professor Álvaro Barbosa, Vice-Rector of USJ, and Ms. Isadora Leung, Head of the Communication and Public Relations Office, arrived in Guangzhou in person to introduce the programmes and the enrolment process for prospect students and their parents.

The exhibition includes the participation from well-known universities and colleges from many countries. During the exhibition, USJ have reached cooperation negotiations with a number of educational institutions locally and abroad. It is hoped that in addition to understanding the needs of mainland students through this exhibition, we can also introduce more diversified cooperation in the future to promote academic exchanges between China and foreign countries.

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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) participated in the 2021 "Mainland and Macau Higher Education Exhibition" from 22 to 24 October 2021. The exhibition is jointly organised by the Macao Education and Youth Development Bureau and the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges (Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs) in the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Education.

The Exhibition was held online, offering participants general admissions information for mainland and local universities, along with virtual consultations with exhibitors through video conferencing. Simultaneously, participants was also able to use the "Student Blog Macao" on Facebook to attend a number of live-streamed seminars regarding further studies.

USJ gave a talk in the afternoon of the 24 October, highlighting the University’s Design programme. The speakers were Sandra Ng, Senior Lecture in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and Isadora Leung, Director of the Communication and Public Relations Office. Sandra Ng shared the key features of USJ’s art programmes, curriculum structure, and student projects, while Isadora Leung introduced other USJ programmes, admissions information and campus life.

The online fair will continue to be accessible for information and to re-watch talks on further studies.

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To introduce the GEGCLEAR support program’s assessment design and assist teachers in employing assessment to adjust their teaching strategies, GEGCLEAR co-hosted the online teacher training program ‘Early Education Professional Development Advanced Course: Early Literacy Support’ (Unit 3: Adjustments in the Support Program, Class A) on 11th September, 2021. A total of 33 teachers from 3 project kindergartens, namely Escola Dom João Paulino, Colégio de Santa Rosa de Lima (Secção Chinesa), and Our Lady of Fatima Girls' School participated in the session. They learned how to enhance their teaching outcome by incorporating assessment, teaching and accommodation into a coherent instructional framework.

There are two sessions in Unit 3. In the first session titled ‘Support Program’s Assessment and Adjustments’, speakers elaborated on the assessment mechanisms and their purposes in the support program. For instance, assigning students into corresponding groups based on their screening test results, understanding students’ individual differences based on their assessment results pre- and post-support classes so as to evaluate the outcome of the support program, monitoring students’ learning progress through sessional assessments to adjust teaching progress.

The second session titled ‘Scaffolding in application: Accommodating differences’ explains how teachers can design teaching activities by applying scaffolding principles. To provide teachers with the opportunity to practice, this session also arranged an activity in which teachers utilized the provided teaching materials to demonstrate a mock teaching session which takes into account students’ assessment results and individual differences for teaching strategies adjustment. Recognizing the well-articulated design and teaching, speakers from the project team offered constructive feedback on how their teaching could be optimized, allowing teachers to further reflect on the needs of each student.

The ‘Early Education Professional Development Advanced Course: Early Literacy Support’ teacher training program is hosted by DSEDJ’s Division of Teacher and Research Staff Development and co-hosted by GEGCLEAR, a partnership project of the Domingos Lam Centre for Research in Education (DLCRE) at the University of Saint Joseph (SUJ). Unit 4 ‘Reviewing the Support Program’ is tentatively scheduled to be held in 2022, with details to be announced.

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Following the ‘Early Education Professional Development Advanced Course: Early Literacy Support’ (Unit 3: Adjustments in the Support Program, Class A) held in early September, GEGCLEAR hosted another class B on 21st October, intending to enhance teachers’ Chinese literacy education outcome. 

Originally scheduled on 25th September, Class B was postponed until 21st October due to the latest anti-epidemic measures. Sixty-seven teachers from three project kindergartens, including Fu Luen School, Macau Baptist College and Lou Hau High School Affiliated Kindergarten completed the online class. In class, speakers introduced GEGCLEAR support program’s assessment mechanisms and adjustment strategies, and demonstrated the application of scaffolding principles in accommodating students’ individual differences. A group discussion section and a mock teaching activity were also offered in the class with instant feedback given by the speakers. Teachers responded that they benefited from the program. 

The ‘Early Education Professional Development Advanced Course’ is co-hosted by DSEDJ and DLCRE. Unit 1 to 3 have been completed successfully, and Unit 4 ‘Reviewing the Support Program’ is tentatively scheduled to be held in 2022, with details to be announced in due course. 

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Students and staff of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) joined hands with Bosco Youth Service Network to provide volunteer assistance during the special round of COVID-19 nucleic acid testing for targeted areas and groups on Sunday, 17 October 2021 at the Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying and Pui Ching Middle School (Macau).

Volunteer work is an important whole-person development. Students at USJ are encouraged to get involved in social events to increase the awareness of the community and to contribute their own time for meaningful activities. The University aims to cultivate a caring surrounding among students and staff members, while also provide more outreach services for the community. 

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The Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Strategic Development, Professor Álvaro Barbosa and members of the USJ International Relations participated in the Webinar-Workshop "Beyond the Pandemic: Best Practices towards Sustainable Development" on October 14 and 15, 2021. The webinar featured speakers from the different ASEACCU member institutions, showcasing the best practices in sustainable development as higher education thrives over the challenges brought by the pandemic. The event was hosted online by the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.

The event was dedicated to exploring how Catholic Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) should face the impact brought by the pandemic and the urgent call for ASEACCU member institutions to share their best practices on "Teaching and Learning, Wellness and Financial Sustainability" and "Research and Internationalisation Strategies."

In the first plenary, the Keynote Speaker, President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), Professor Isabel Gil, in her address on "Challenges and Opportunities to Catholic Higher Educational Institutions in the Time of the Pandemic", recognised the efforts of CHEIs to rise above challenges and shared her insights on what the future holds for the university landscapes beyond the pandemic.

The first plenary session covered the "Best Practices among ASEACCU Member-Institutions" and talks on "Teaching and Learning, Wellness and Financial Sustainability and Research", open to everyone. A breakout meeting opened to researchers and scholars to discuss the challenges and affordable opportunities for "Research Collaboration between/among ASEACCU members Institutions".

The second plenary session covered the Internationalisation Strategy among the ASEACCU Member-Institutions in the New Reality, and talks on the "Internationalisation in the New Reality" by the representative of the University of Santo Tomas de Manila, Developing a Framework to Support Internationalisation for Catholic University", by the representative of the Australian Catholic University and the "Sustainable Internationalisation in Young Developing Institutions by USJ Vice-Rector, Professor Barbosa.

During the second session, Professor Barbosa shared the opportunities younger Catholic Universities should consider as part of their internationalisation strategy, including being part of the dynamics of the Associations of Higher Education Institutions such as the IFCU and ASEACCU.

Furthermore, Professor Barbosa also suggested the appeal for the University Rankings. "In the case of USJ, we consider THE Impact Ranking, as per the requirements of the model of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its flexibility to academic life, which would be the ranking that could fit us, basically due to the development of several sustainable projects done by our university with a positive impact into our communities by promoting diversity, leadership, and social responsibility".

In his conclusion, Professor Barbosa said that "we need to be sure future 'blended activities' can be sustainable over time and not only experiments to prove we can do it."

The event concluded with a breakout meeting session on "Sustainability of Internationalisation in ASEACCU member institutions" facilitated by Mr Glen Chatelier, Chairperson of the Internationalisation Working Group of ASEACCU, with the participation of academic staff, managers and officers of the International Affairs Office of the ASEACCU member institutions.

The result of this breakout session will be published as the framework for the Internationalisation Strategy of ASEACCU for its members' reference.

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Our global society has seen a tremendous economic growth over the last decades; a growth that - one the one hand - managed to reduce the poverty levels at a global scale, while on the other hand led to the global issue of climate change. The linear economic model appears unsustainable in the long run. Hence, a new circular approach is proposed to adjust our priorities and re-orient present and future infrastructure investments. In this context, we look back to nature to find the solutions we need to increase the resiliency of our societies, to protect and restore the ecosystems, and to maintain the economic growth without further undermining the planet’s boundaries. Nature-based solutions aim at this ambitious goal, especially due to their inherent ability to tackle climate change and provide a series of ecosystems services and social benefits. This presentation discusses the use of nature-based solutions in the new circular growth model, focusing on nature-based strategies for climate change adaptation, their multiple benefits and the need for awareness on nature-based approaches in the near future.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Alexandros Stefanakis is an Assistant Professor at the School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete in Greece. He is also Regional Coordinator of Africa and Middle East for the ‘Wetlands for Water Pollution Control’ Specialist Group of the International Water Association. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal ‘Circular Economy and Sustainability’. He is an expert in Ecological Engineering and Technology, specializing on the use of nature-based solutions for water and wastewater management. His expertise is the design of Constructed Wetlands for wastewater treatment and sludge dewatering and reuse.

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Details: Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021 Time: 17:00 - 18:30 Macau time (GMT+8) Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82978344318?pwd=aUFjRWZScHozcnhFbllFb1djQzEydz09 Meeting ID: 829 7834 4318 Passcode: 638928 Co-organised by: Institute of Science and Environment Moderated by: Prof. Karen Tagulao 📆 Add to my Google Calendar *This Public Lecture will be conducted in English **USJ Public Lectures are free to attend and members of the public are very welcome " ["post_title"]=> string(87) "Online Public Lecture: The role of Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(86) "online-public-lecture-the-role-of-nature-based-solutions-for-climate-change-adaptation" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2021-10-21 09:48:31" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2021-10-21 01:48:31" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(52) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=event&p=33966" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [10]=> object(WP_Post)#3778 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(34345) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2021-10-15 12:36:19" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2021-10-15 04:36:19" ["post_content"]=> string(3239) "

The World Mental Health Day, observed annually on October 10, mobilises efforts to support well-being and mental health around the world, working towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, namely SDG 3 “To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages”.

This year’s theme, set out by the World Health Organisation, was “Mental health care for all: let's make it a reality”. So, with the aim of promoting the well-being of USJ students, staff, and the wider community, the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, hosted two free online interactive activities, open to the general public, on October 11, 2021, as part of the first edition of the "USJ Mental Health Day".

• “Basic Helping Skills” by the USJ Counselling Centre’s Ms. Helen Lao, supported by the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs, discussed basic skills and strategies on how we can help ourselves, so we can help others.
• “Resilience and Environmental Psychology” by Prof. Jennifer Bovard, Visiting Academic, introduced the concept of resilience in relation to the field of environmental or eco-psychology, before exploring the relationship between individuals and the natural world, whilst demonstrating a live small experiment with the aid of a virtual reality headset.

The event counted with the participation of over 60 USJ students, staff, strategic partners, and members of the general public; thank you to the speakers and all those who attended! 

The University of Saint Joseph looks forward to continuing to join global forces in the promotion of mental health awareness in the next “USJ Mental Health Day” in October 2022.

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Given the preventive measures on pandemic control and suggestion to minimize crowd gathering by the Education and Youth Bureau (DSEDJ), the 2021/22 USJ Orientation Programme was re-designed to embrace an online format with a New Student Guide webpage with all relevant information for new students including Campus Life and Facilities, Library Services, USJ online systems and IT support; along with a warm welcome message by the Rector, Prof. Stephen Morgan, to mark the start of the new academic year for new and returning students. 

Smaller face-to-face group induction sessions were also carried out on 8 Sep 2021, where members from the various faculties led Faculty Sessions with freshmen from all Bachelor programmes., giving freshmen the opportunity to meet and get to know their professors and colleagues, and understand the requirements of their academic studies.

On 15 September, during the Induction Week, the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA) and the Counselling Centre jointly organised and delivered a comprehensive workshop on Time Management and Stress Management, aimed to facilitate the transition of freshmen to their new university life.

A total of 15 brief induction sessions were held for Master and PGDE students from 6 to 23 September 2021, while the new Doctoral students were given an introductory session on 24 Sep 2021.

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The "Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce and University of Saint Joseph Teacher Exchange Programme", jointly organised by the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce and the National Conditions Education Association (Macau), held its opening ceremony on the morning of 24 September 2021, at the USJ Ilha Verde Campus.

A total of 20 teachers from the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce took part in the exchange programme to study at the USJ.

Prof. Keith Morrison, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of USJ, welcomed all the participants and introduced the training course during the opening ceremony. He added that the programme's topic is "very timely, as it concerns the development of quality teaching and quality teachers in the important field of post-school education" and that USJ shares a common interest in promoting such qualities.

Prof. Zhou Bingyang, Vice Principal of Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, also shared warm wishes to USJ for its 25th anniversary and exchanged souvenirs with Prof. Zhang Shuguang, Vice-Rector for External Affairs and Institutional Development of USJ.

This cooperation has deepened the intention of establishing a Memorandum of Cooperation between the two higher education institutes to develop more future academic training exchange programmes.

Attendees of this event include Mr Wang Haitao, Chairman of National Conditions Education Association (Macau); Prof. Álvaro Barbosa, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Strategic Development of USJ; and Prof. Elisa Monteiro, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of USJ, responsible for the curriculum of this exchange programme.

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About the Talk:

Macau’s military aid to the Ming during China's Ming-Qing dynastic conflicts is a recurrent issue in Western literature on the China Jesuit mission, although rather excessively supported by discontinuous Jesuit and Chinese accounts. This results in some confusion between different episodes presented both in primary and secondary sources, not to mention the numerical discrepancies usually related to the main purposes behind the production of narrative texts, its origins (e.g. official, religious, private), the public they addressed, and its geographical distribution.

Based on our research concerning a pioneer article published in 1938 by Charles R. Boxer, we will provide an insight into Macau and the Jesuits involvement in such conflicts, yet still advocating the need for a monographic study on the subject, paying closer attention to non-Jesuit sources.

We will show how the well-known Portuguese military potential was used as a stepping-stone argument, and an efficient means, by Macau's and Jesuit's diplomacy in defence of their commercial and political interests in China, vis a vis those of the Jesuit China Mission. We will also analyse the role developed by some Jesuits as principal mediators in all this process.

About the Speaker:

Tereza Sena is presently Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Xavier Research Centre for Memory and Identity (XRCMI), Faculty of Humanities, University of Saint Joseph, developing research related to the Jesuit China Mission in the late seventeenth century. Since 1988 she has devoted herself to the study of the historiography and history, culture and literature of Macau, including themes such as political autonomy; history of translation, the city´s intermediary role in the international trade of South China; foreigners at Macau; Macau’s Cemeteries; Macau-Siam relations; missionary activity in China, and Siam and continental Southeast Asia. Her academic activities have a strong international dimension, having involved several research projects, lecturing and publishing extensively (over 60 titles), in Macau, China, Portugal, USA, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Hong-Kong, Japan, Poland and Hungary. For her research, she has won three awards: in Portugal (1994, 1st prize) and Macau/PRC (2015 and 2018, Merit Prize, for a Monograph study).

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Details: Date: 27 October 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: 18th Floor Residential Hall, USJ Ilha Verde Campus

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To celebrate the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn festival, USJ students and staff were invited for an afternoon of activities, including DYI lantern-making workshops and mooncake sharing, last Friday, 17 September 2021, at the USJ Student Centre. The activity was sponsored by the USJ Alumni Association.

During the workshop, both students and staff assisted each other to create their lanterns, encouraging good communication and interpersonal skills as a community. After the workshop, a mooncake tasting was given to all present participants. Mooncakes were also distributed to students in-class who could not attend.

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This week, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) signed agreements to officially establish two academic library alliances initiated by the University of Macau for the development of academic cooperation between mainland China, Macao, and Portuguese speaking countries. As a founding member of these two alliances, the University of Saint Joseph continues its tradition of intercultural education and further expands its international reach.

The Academic Library Alliance for Portuguese Language Resources between the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Chinese Mainland (ABAMACHINA) aims to develop the cooperation between academic libraries of Macao and mainland China, and promote the sharing of resources in the Portuguese language. This alliance consists, for now, of 21 members from Macau and mainland China.

The Academic Library Alliance between Macao Special Administrative Region (China) and the Portuguese Speaking Countries (ABAMAPLP) aims to strengthen the cooperation between local academic libraries and university libraries from the Portuguese speaking countries. This alliance consists, for now, of 20 members from Macao, Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape-Verde, and Timor-Leste. 

Those interested in knowing more about these alliances can find all relevant information, including the federated search engines of the ABAMACHINA libraries at https://library.um.edu.mo/aba.

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The Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy (FRSP) held its annual Convocation on the 14th of September 2021 in the Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus.

A Song and Prayer marked the opening ceremony of the Convocation, and the Dean of FRSP, Fr. Franz Gassner, welcomed students and staff both face-to-face and online. Head of the Office for Students and Alumni Affairs (OSAA), Ms Teresa Loong, introduced the new updates about Student Support Services. At the same time, Prof. Maria Rita Silva from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education (FSSE) offered a keynote on "Transforming Our World: Sustainable Development in USJ".

Prof. Silva explained the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN), the Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking based on the SDGs, and the tasks of USJ's Green Committee in view of animating SDG-related activities.

The Convocation was followed by a self-introduction of our 29 online students (of 62), currently away from Macau due to the new travel restrictions: 19 are in Hong Kong, 3 in the Philippines, 4 in Vietnam, and 3 in Italy. The USJ Opening Mass of the Academic Year on the Solemnity of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was held after the Convocation, celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lee Bung-sang in the Holy Cross Chapel on Campus.

After the celebration, all enjoyed a light lunch on the 18th Floor of the Residence Building, with a blessing by Bishop Stephen Lee to 10 FRSP Graduates of the Aspirant Sisters of the Dominican Sisters of the Rosary, who will travel to the Philippines to extend their formation and mission.

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"I was delighted to receive the formal notification from the Ministry of Education of the Central People’s Government of the permission for the University of Saint Joseph (“USJ”) to recruit students on a trial basis for the current academic year and beyond to our post-graduate programmes in Architecture, Business Administration, Information Systems and Science. Key in this process has been the constant advocacy of our case by the Chief Executive of the Macao SAR, the Honorable Mr Ho Iat Seng, by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, the Honorable Ms Ao Ieong U and the staff of the Education and Youth Development Bureau. To them in particular, I want to say thank you on behalf of the entire USJ community – staff, students, alumni and friends. The granting of this permission would not have been possible without the support and assistance of the Director and members of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao and the encouragement of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and his office. For their efforts on our behalf, I am immensely very grateful.

I am very conscious of the responsibility that the Central People’s Government has placed in USJ through this permission, and want to give every assurance of our gratitude and sincerity. We will closely observe the detailed regulations concerning this permit and will spare no effort in seeking to repay the trust and confidence of the Ministry of Education, as we seek to demonstrate that we are a university in, of and for Macao, in of and for China. 

Over the last few years, USJ has developed close working relationships with a number of higher educations and research institutions in Mainland China. Those institutions recognise the very special character of USJ as a unique platform within the Greater Bay Area for co-operation between Chinese and Portuguese-speaking countries and as an example of Macao as a base for the harmonious exchange between the culture of the East and the West. The permission we have now received holds out for us the very real opportunity of deepening those collaborations in concrete ways that had not thus far been possible."

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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and the Macau Youth Greater Bay Area Development Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, August 30th 2021, in order to strengthen the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Portuguese-speaking youth entrepreneurial and academic cooperation and exchanges.

The MOU was signed by Prof. Stephen Morgan, Rector of USJ, and Mr. Lai Ming San, President of the Association, with the presence of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Keith Morrison; Vice-Rector for External Affairs and Institutional Development of USJ, Professor Shuguang Zhang; Senior Lecturer Emil Marques, USJ Faculty of Business and Law; Ms Isadora Leong, Head of the USJ Communication and Public Relations Office Executive; Vice President, Dr. Wong Seng Fat; Vice President, Mr. Frankie Wong; Vice Secretary, Ms. Lei Wai Man; and Supervisor, Mr. Lai Hoi Wong.

Mr. Li Ming San believes that the strong relationship between USJ and the Portuguese-speaking countries plays a beneficial role as a networking platform to provide the Greater Bay Area with youth training and entrepreneurial networking activities.

Planned joint initiatives include, but are not limited to, internships arrangements and talent training; training activities in culture, art, and design for the teachers and students; development of academic forums and conferences.

USJ looks forward to a fruitful partnership and the further strengthening of the relationship between our institutions.

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