Service-Learning Excellence Awards 2025 celebrate impactful community engagement

5 June 2025 

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) hosted the Service-Learning Excellence Awards Ceremony cum Student Forum 2025 on 5 June 2025, to bring the Service-Learning Projects in 2024-25 to a celebratory close by commemorating the diverse projects of students and teachers who collaborated with community partners throughout the year.

Professor Jeanne Fu, Vice-President (Learning and Student Experience), and Dr Ben Cheng, Director of CTL officiated at the Ceremony and presented certificates to the award-winning teachers and students. This year, 14 dedicated service-learning module instructors were honoured for their contributions, and 60 students from 19 teams with outstanding project performance were awarded the Service-Learning Excellence Award, while 12 service-learning ambassadors were presented with certificates of appreciation.

During the forum sessions, Dr Victor Chan, Associate Director (Service-Learning) of CTL; Dr Janice Wong, Lecturer from School of Communication; and Mr Fun Ho, Lecturer from Physical Education Section of the Student Affairs Office, shared their stories of transformative service-learning experiences. Student awardees also shared their impactful service-learning projects and achievements, and expressed the hope that such projects continue to make a meaningful difference in the larger community.

Professor Jeanne Fu (6th from right) and Dr Ben Cheng (6th from left) present certificates to teachers and students.
Students share their experience on collaborating with the Triathlon Association of Hong Kong China during the 15th National Games Triathlon test event.