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This project will be integrated in Iskandar Puteri 100YC Biennale Session Program as a conceptual proposal to a global design challenge put forward to the leading international architecture schools (*).   “Urban Catalyst – Shaping the Future of Medini City” offers original architectural and urban forms for the new City of Medini, designed from the public perspective, that take the potential of its program and the connection to the existing and future context as a starting point to create a vibrant urban entity. The selected works from the 3^rd year urban design studio, developed during 2017/2018, include USJ’s students: Vanda Chan, Travis Lai Fong, Ian Leong Chon Kit, Manley Anyeli Ng Sanchez, Frederick Tupaz Cabio, Billy Chan Chon Wai, Isaac Ho Ngai Pang, Ida lei Wan Ieng, Silvia Chan Cheng I, Phillia Chiang Hao Hsin, and Natalie Fu Ho I.   Iskandar Puteri 100YC (100 Year Cities) is a global research collaboration led by RMIT (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and Nextdor Property Communications Sdn Bhd, in a challenge to envision new architectural and urban design concepts for the staged development of Medini, Iskandar Puteri’s future Commercial Business District, across a 100-year period. Iskandar Puteri 100YC primarily aims to promote multidisciplinary thinking and collaboration as the main qualifications for future innovation, by bringing together visionaries and progressive international architecture schools and the world’s most innovative architects, urban planners, economists, etc., in search of optimistic and ideal futures for cities.   Iskandar Puteri 100YC Biennale Sessions will occur between May 26^th and May 28^th at the Sale D’Armi of the Arsenale, with a special lecture on the first day by Ar. Patrick Schumacher, the Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects.   The 16^th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, will take place from May 26^th to November 25^th 2018 in Venice at the Giardini and Arsenale venues, with this year’s theme being FREESPACE, a word which focus on the “generosity and quality of space itself.”   (*) Organized by RMIT (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) with participation of the following schools: University of Saint Joseph, Macau; Raffles University, Iskandar; University of Reading, Malaysia; University of Melbourne; University of Western Australia; Ohio State University; Pratt Institute; SCI-Arc; Syracuse University; University of Cincinnati; University of Pennsylvania; University of Kentucky; University of Southern California; University of Texas; Washington University in St. Louis; Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México-Tijuana; RMIT Europe; Sint-Lucas School; Technical University Berlin; Università Iuav di Venezia; University of Innsbruck; and Bartlett UCL.   Links: http://malaysiabiennial.org/ https://it-it.facebook.com/100YC/ http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2018" ["post_title"]=> string(69) "USJ's Department of Architecture at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018" ["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(61) "usj-department-architecture-venice-architecture-biennale-2018" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 10:48:17" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 02:48:17" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14953" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(WP_Post)#3805 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14871) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-21 17:14:53" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-21 09:14:53" ["post_content"]=> string(2809) "

For celebrating World Social Work Day 2018, University of Saint Joseph (USJ), sponsored by the Social Welfare Bureau and in collaboration with the Macau Caritas, organised a forum on Healthy Macau, Happy Home: Holistic and Person-Centered Approach in Social Work, on 19 May (Saturday) at the Don Bosco Auditorium of USJ. Approximately 120 participants attended the activity. The participants in this forum are social work educators and students from academic institutions, social workers and social development practitioners who are working in the government and non-government agencies in Macau.

It was honoured to have scholars and professionals from different fields, including social work, psychology, public health, law, and education, sharing their valuable opinions in the forum; including Mr. Paul Pun Chi Meng, Secretary General of CARITAS Macau, Sr. Juliana Devoy, RGS, MSW, Director of Good Shepherd Center Macau, Ms. Jennifer Chau, Director of Fuhong Society of Macau, Prof. Fr. Alejandro Salcedo, O.P., Ph.D., Principal of Saint Paul School Macau, Ms. Ada Lo, CEO of XD Channel Consultant Ltd., Macau, Dr. Tong Ka Io, M.D., MCD, Chief Public Health Physician of Hac Sa Wan Health Center, Atty. Wong Hang Si, Cecilia, Partner and Lawyer of OCT Law Firm, and Prof. Angus Kuok, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and programme coordinator of USJ. Their sharing has helped on laying a foundation that collaborations between social work and other professionals are needed, on providing holistic and person-centered services and support to the service users in Macau. The forum was moderated by Prof. Jenny Lao- Phillips, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Registrar of USJ.

The opening ceremony was officiated by honourable guests including Mr. Hon Wai, Deputy Director of Social Welfare Bureau, and Father Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ. A synthesis and call for action were given by Prof. Dominque Tyl, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, USJ, as the closing ceremony.

The objectives of this forum are: (1) to promote collaboration between different professions; 2) to describe the possibilities of collaboration for the benefit of stakeholders and the community by having the holistic and person-centered approach as directions.

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To culminate the Life Science module, a field visit to the Wetland Park in Hong Kong was organised for the Pre-University Students of USJ last Thursday, 17th May 2018.

The visit reinforced the students’ knowledge and understanding of the function and values of wetland ecosystems. They had the opportunity to observe, in the field, diverse wetland habitat types including streams, freshwater marshes, reedbed, mangroves, mudflats and wet agricultural land, all of which provide very importance ecosystems services. It was a long and hot day around the 61-hectare park but definitely an eye-opener and a meaningful learning experience about the value of our natural environment.

      " ["post_title"]=> string(43) "Life Science Students Visit HK Wetland Park" ["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(47) "life-science-students-visited-hk-wetland-park-2" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-11-24 15:07:50" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-11-24 07:07:50" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14827" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [4]=> object(WP_Post)#3803 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14770) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-16 09:46:22" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-16 01:46:22" ["post_content"]=> string(965) "Recently, IGI Global, a US based publisher specialized in books of information science, published a new book of João Garrott Marques Negreiros, Associate Professor of USJ School of Business. The hardcover book, entitled Spatial Analysis Techniques Using MyGeoffice®, is a 336 page English publication. 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At the invitation of Dr. Frota, Prof. Vincent Cheng Yang, Vice-Rector of USJ; Mr. Vítor Sereno, Consul-General of Portugal for Macau and Hong Kong; Dr. Carlos Marreiros, President of Albergue SCM; Dr. Carlos Frota, former Ambassador of Portugal to Republic of Korea and Consul-General to Macau; and other guests attended the opening ceremony. The exhibits were exquisite art works recently produced, which aroused great interest from the visitors. Dr Frota is an experienced medical doctor in Macau and has been teaching the module of Global Patterns of Diseases at USJ in this academic year. 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For more information, click here " ["post_title"]=> string(29) "3rd USJ Basic Law Competition" ["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(29) "3rd-usj-basic-law-competition" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 17:17:31" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 09:17:31" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14646" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [9]=> object(WP_Post)#3798 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14647) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 16:43:19" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 08:43:19" ["post_content"]=> string(2596) "   ABOUT THE TALK For several centuries now European and American sinologists and novelists have imagined their own China and have narrated and imposed China according to this imaginary. By imaginary, I intend that clutch of phrases, images and beliefs which make up the commonly held understanding we have of a group or community (be it an ethnicity or a nation, our own or someone else’s) which dictates the way we perceive it or them. Thus far, this Western imaginary of China has been globally dominant. However, in the 21st century, ‘China’, whose shape and form and categories we in the West  invented and maintained, is starting to escape us. The ‘China’ we have created, that we have imagined, that have dreamt up and of which we have dreamt, the China that frightened us as well as fascinated us, has slipped out grasp. We no longer have sole control over it; just as the West’s dominance over the world’s economy has waned, so has its ability to impose the planet’s global story. But before attempting to take stick of today’s China, we need to apprehend where that China has come from.   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Gregory B. Lee 利大英 is an academic, author, and broadcaster. He is Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Director of the French research institute, IEFF or Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies, www.iett.world. Lee previously taught at the universities of London (SOAS), Cambridge, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Chinese and Transcultural Studies at City University of Hong Kong where he established, and was the founding director of the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies (2010-2012). He also served as Dean of City University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences from 2007 to 2010. Lee was First Vice-President of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. His publications include Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist (1989), and China’s Lost Decade (2009, 2012). His forthcoming book is entitled China Imagined: From Western Fantasy to Spectacular Power (2018)." 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Later, the students and staff of USJ performed a Chinese Dance and Portuguese Folk Dance respectively with the support of “SHANG AO” Education Centre and “Coração no Macau” to demonstrate that Macau is a special place where all cultures both local and international alike can coexist in harmony and thrive.  The students also toured the various facilites of the university which included the Faculty of Creative Industries and participated in a class in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The activities will continue throughout this week with dance performances in the Leal Senado Square and also the opening of the Ethnic Minority FashionPhoto Exhibition at the Bank of China Building on Saturday May 5th 2018 at 11:30am. For more information on ethnic minority culture you can visit the links below. Nationality Pictorial Macau Daily Coverage of Event Flick album here" ["post_title"]=> string(42) "Ethnic Minority Culture on USJ Campus 2018" ["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(39) "ethnic-minority-culture-usj-campus-2018" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 16:04:45" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 08:04:45" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14624" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [11]=> object(WP_Post)#3796 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14621) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 15:51:31" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 07:51:31" ["post_content"]=> string(1575) "The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Saint Joseph Diocesan Secondary School 6 (CDSJ6), held their first National Flag Raising Ceremony on Saint Joseph Campus at 8:15am on the National Youth Day (4 May 2018). 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This will be followed with explanation of recent movements of de-teching i.e. digital detox trends. The talk also highlights the need for real solutions - toget inside the real situation and measure real value as it is happening. The last part of the presentation explores human-computer interaction and affective computing, i.e. machines, systems or algorithms dealing with human emotions – all leading towards the Internet of Emotionsthat is putting the person back into personalisation.   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Professor Luiz Moutinho (BA, MA, PhD, FCIM) is Visiting Professor of Marketing at Suffolk Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business and Applied Social Science, Univeristy of Suffolk, Ipswich, England, Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Graduate School of Business, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, and Visiting Professor of Marketing at Universidade Europeia and the Marketing School, Portugal. 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The university is in talks with other business associations and organisations to better promote the programme and will focus on the needs of the market in the digital transformation process of the SMEs and businesses in Macau and the Greater Bay Region.  For more information, please email execed@usj.edu.mo. 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Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ. This first general assembly elected its President Dr. Rui Sousa (Macau Lawyer) and Professor Francisco Leandro from FCI, USJ as Vice-President. 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On 27th April, USJ launched its 2018 International Cultural Fair and Languages Day ceremony at the new Ilha Verde Campus. The new USJ senior management team, presided by Rector Prof. Fr Peter Stilwell and composed of Vice Rector Prof. Vincent Cheng Yang, Vice Rector Prof. Álvaro Barbosa, Administrator Lavena Cheong and Registrar Prof. Jenny Lao Phillips attended the ceremony together with the deans of faculties and nearly one thousand professors, staff, students and people from the local community. The event was prepared and organised by the university’s Office for International Relations and Regional Cooperation, together with the Faculty of Humanities and the Office for Student Affairs, with generous sponsorship from the Macau Foundation and the Coca-Cola Company.

The event showcased the great diversities of cultures. USJ students, professors, staff and alumni from over 40 countries and regions showed their national costumes in a parade on campus, performed folk dance on the stage, set up cultural booths with typical gastronomy tasting. They fully demonstrated the unique features of internationalisation and multi-cultures of USJ. Since the first USJ International Cultural Fair in 2010, the University has put up seven such annual events. The events aim to encourage USJ students and staff to learn more about other cultures in the world, at the same time, provides them with an opportunity to share and enjoy the features of cultures in their countries or regions. USJ students and staff come from over 50 different countries. This has prepared the ground for the success of the Cultural Fairs. Additionally, this year the Cultural Fair was combined with the USJ Languages Day, which demonstrated the unique features of the English-Chinese-Portuguese trilingual learning environment of the university.  According to its management, USJ is an international university which uses English as the means of instruction and internal communication, and requires all students to study Chinese and Portuguese.

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On 25th April 2018, Jesuits superiors from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan visited USJ's Ilha Verde Campus. The group was received by Prof. Fr Peter Stilwell, Rector; Professor Álvaro Barbosa, Dean of the Faculty of Creative Industries; and Prof. Jenny Phillips, Registrar. After a brief presentation about the university, and a short discussion, the guests went on a short guided tour of the studios and facilities at USJ.

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Last Saturday, 21st April 2018, twelve former students from Catholic University of Portugal signed a legal document expressing their willingness to constitute the  Alumni Association of Catholic University of Portugal in Macau, China. The document had been validated by a Macau Notary (Dr. Neto Valente) and will enter into force after its publication in the Macau official gazette. The USJ participants were Professor Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ; Professor Álvaro Barbosa, Dean of FCI; and Professor Francisco Leandro.

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