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Dr Wilfred Wong, President of Sands China Limited, Ms. Wen Hongyan, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Ms. Winnie Wong, Vice President of Corporate Communications & Community Affairs, presented a cheque of Sands China Limited Fellowships to Prof. Alvaro Barbosa, Vice Rector of University of Saint Joseph on 19th September 2018. The Sands China Limited has been our supporter to USJ Scholarships and Fellowships since 2010.

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USJ Congregation for Master’s and Doctoral Degrees 聖若瑟大學碩士及博士學位畢業典禮 Cerimónia de Entrega de Diplomas de Mestrado e Doutoramento da USJ

Date and Time | 日期及時間 | Data e Hora 22nd September 2018, 10:30am | 二零一八年九月廿二日 上午十時半 | 22 de Setembro, às 10:30

Venue | 地點 | Local Ilha Verde Campus | 青洲校舍 | Campus da Ilha Verde

Address | 地址 | Endereço 青洲河邊馬路14-17號 | Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, 14-17

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On September 1, USJ’s School of Business conducted its annual MBA Student Orientation Day. In addition to introducing the new students to facets of the MBA, the day, which was facilitated by the MBA Coordinator Prof Michael Trimarchi also placed an emphasis on coaching the new group of students through various topics such as developing a learning mindset, group work, and case study analysis.

The library was also represented by Francis Nwachukwu, who presented an introduction to the USJ e-library resources.

As Prof Trimarchi explained: “it was a day of fun and hard work, and as always I’m looking forward to working with this new group of students as they progress through their MBA studies”.

Good luck to the MBA cohort of 2018-2019!

Working together to complete the case study exercise.

Lunch was enjoyed by all!

Francis Nwachukwu introduces the e-library resources to the new students.

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This talk presents a framework to characterize representative performances by experienced pianists in order to determine main influential trends in performance, derived specifically from traditional piano practices referred to as National Piano Schools. The methodology of this exploratory research departs from a musicological empirical analysis in articulation with recent technological developments for metric methods. It allowed an analysis of gesture and musical semantics by applying a multimodal approach for capturing the pianist performance based on the extraction of features’ sets specifically targeted to each piano school. This technique combines acquisition of capture of movement and post-processing of data (it can appear as two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects) 9 pianists playing on a Disklavier Piano (Yamaha Grand Piano that provides logic data from finger stroke pressure) using MOCAP (Motion Capture). The figures extracted from MOCAP device show amplitudes (percentiles) for each pianist, on each piano piece performed, 4 piano mainstream repertoire works which have been chosen for the tests with the 9 pianists. The extraction of features continued, different percentiles calculated on the trajectories of different points of the body, on each axis allowing to compare pianists and reveal their national piano schools.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Sofia Lourenço is a pianista and piano Professor at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts at Porto (Portugal). She received the Doctor Degree of Music and Musicology by the University of Évora on “Tendencies of European Piano Interpretation Schools”. She is dedicated to the dissemination of Portuguese music from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, having recorded 4 solo piano CD’s. she coordinated at CITAR the Musical Studies research group at CITAR (UCP) and has been supervising several Masters and PhD candidates.

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6 Representatives from the Office for Student Affairs and students partook in the 16th Asia-Pacific Student Services Association International Conference 2018 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur from 6 to 10th August 2018.

The theme of this conference is Engage-Empower-Evolve: Pushing the Frontiers of Student Affairs. Through a series of keynote speeches and seminars with almost 400 participants from around 12 countries, it is a platform for the student affairs professionals to come together and share our experiences as a community of practice on how to enhance student learning.

There was also the student conference running in parallel which provided our 3 student representatives Lao Tou Kei, Gary (BED Year 2), Ng Ka Lai, Kelly (BSW Year 1), Tseung Loc U, Tolcy (BPY Year 1) the opportunity to exchange ideas with the other youth leaders of different countries on current issues like humanisation, physical and mental wellness, environment and globalisation.

Kelly Ng, BSW student 

It was a wonderful experience to take part in the 16th APSSA International Conference 2018 in Malaysia. In this conference, I have acquired not only knowledge, at different aspects, but also met new friends who came from different countries like Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong, etc. that let me to know more about their cultures and their education systems and policies. In addition, I have learnt that we should not limit ourselves with our abilities. Before I joined this conference, I was concern of my language competency as well as the barrier-free environment for my wheelchair. These thoughts almost had stopped me to go ahead. However, my choice is absolutely correct. I have not only improved my English, I met new friends and learnt to accept the assistance of the strangers. I am very grateful for all the support and love that each one has given to me. Finally, as the other leaders mentioned :"Don't be afraid of your limitations, just do it !", I will try to go beyond my limits.

Derek Wong, Student Affairs colleague

I have broadened my horizons of Student Affairs by meeting student affairs professionals in person and students from different cultural backgrounds.  Many of these seminars are very educational and have deepened my understanding on many key areas of the student Affairs and I was given an opportunity to learn the good practices from a lot of universities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Lydia Tong, Student Affairs colleague

By attending APSSA, I was able to know the current student affairs issues of the other regions, what they are facing and the solutions they have made, how they improve the students' learning attitudes and the wellbeing programs being offered. Among the sharing of the student leaders, the one that has inspired me the most is how UTM supported a student who would like to finish climbing the Mount Everest in three attempts and the university even allowed him to extend the learning period. It shows how a university supports student to reach their own goals. No pain no gain, if we want to increase the sense of belonging of our student, we should do more within their learning period. During the conference, I had more ideas on the roles of different student affairs organisations, they are not only focusing on student development but staff training which I find more ways for self-improvement. I would like to do more for my students, assist them to face their own weakness and enhance their strengths.

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The International Union of Architects Education Commission and the UNESCO-UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education held their first meetings of the 2017-2020 triennium in Madrid on 10th - 11th June at the headquarters of Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid [COAM].

Prof. Nuno Soares participated in this meeting in his capacity of Member of the Steering Committee of UIA Education Commission (EDUCOM) and UIA-UNESCO Validation Council for Architectural Education (VCA), where he is representing UIA Region IV.

The meeting had the presence of UIA’s President Ar. Thomas Vonier and was chaired by Co-Directors Ar. Magda Mostafa and Ar. Marilys Nepomochie. Amongst the topics on the agenda were the objectives for the triennium for both EDUCOM and VCAE, the cooperation with other UIA Working Programmes and international organizations, the preparations for UIA’s World Architects Congress – Rio 2020 and the UNESCO/UIA Validation System new protocols, and upcoming validation visits.

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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held its Congregation for Bachelor Degrees on 14th July at its Ilha Verde Campus, with a total of 162 students graduating this year.

The graduation ceremony was officiated by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR, Dr. Alexis Tam, Chon Weng, and the Chancellor of USJ, His Excellency Mons. Stephen Lee Bun Sang, Bishop of Macao.  The ceremony saw the conferral of Bachelor degrees in the presence of distinguished guests and representatives from the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the MSAR, Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), and fellow higher education institutions.

In his speech, the Rector of USJ, Prof. Peter Stilwell congratulated the graduates and expressed his hope that they would know how to combine skills and compassion, as in the recent Thailand rescue operation, to make the world a better place.

This was the first time the University held its Congregation in the large auditorium of Ilha Verde Campus, which proved small for guests, graduates, family and friends.

The USJ Congregation for Graduate Degrees will be held in September.

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