HKUST Connect

HKUST Connect is a community engagement initiative that aims to build on the University's efforts in raising civic awareness and developing sustainable partnerships with the wider community to deepen student learning and promote a benevolent world. Students will connect their service with their academic experiences and explore their unique roles in the community. Faculty and staff will facilitate these activities and provide non-academic advising to enhance the quality of student learning as well as strengthen their own commitment to education with a public purpose. The University will collaborate with community organizations, education institutions and corporations to organize meaningful projects that assist, inspire and build up their recipients. HKUST Connect represents: · a united CONSCIENCE for advancing justice, hope and basic goodness in this world, · a CONSOLIDATION of efforts from different levels of the University to promote the well-being of self as well as others through an integration of serving and learning, and · a continued COMMITMENT to community engagement and creating a benevolent and sustainable world. By engaging in the community through HKUST Connect, participants will be able to: · Identify and discuss community issues, · Apply their academic experience and collaborate with stakeholders to plan and implement effective service projects, · Act as responsible citizens who demonstrate civic awareness and a sense of social responsibility.