The enhanced three-level Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (OPAA) introduced last year has achieved great success. The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) is pleased to announce that the new round of departmental OPAA 2024 is now calling for nominations until 30 April 2024 (Tuesday).
The departmental OPAA aims to publicly recognise outstanding graduates of EEE for their professional achievements and significant contributions to the community and their alma mater. The departmental awardees will be officially honoured by the department and be nominated for the Faculty Awards or above.
Award Categories and Selection Criteria
In addition to honouring distinguished graduates for their distinction in specific areas, the Award recognises the alumni’s active support to their alma mater. Support and Contribution to PolyU is one of the key nomination and selection criteria at all levels.
Four specific areas of achievement would be given recognition, they include Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurial Achievement, Scholarly Achievement and Community Service Achievement.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award is introduced for alumni at/under the age of 40.
The Award will be conducted at three levels: Department level, Faculty/School level and University level. The recipients of the Department Award will be nominated for the Faculty Award. All Faculty/School awardees will be considered for the University Award.
Eligibility
The nominated candidate must be a graduate who has successfully completed full-time or part-time programme offered by PolyU (or its forerunners: Hong Kong Government Trade School, Hong Kong Technical College, and Hong Kong Polytechnic) which led to academic award accredited by the respective Institution.
The proposer can be a PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, current PolyU Council and Court member and current Advisory Committee member. There is no limit to the number of nominations to be submitted by each proposer. However, the proposer cannot be the candidate himself/ herself or a direct relative of the candidate.
Nomination and Selection Schedule
The nomination form could be downloaded here. Please return the completed form to eeenotice@polyu.edu.hk with all required supplementary documents on or before 30 April 2024 (Tuesday).
Panel of Judges and Result Announcement
Selection for the Department Award will be conducted by the end of May 2024. A panel of judges, comprising both internal and external members, will be formed to examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards. The result will be announced on our website and social media platforms in early June.
Enquiries
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Email: eeenotice@polyu.edu.hk
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