{"id":76666,"date":"2026-10-21T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=76666"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:03:58","slug":"honours-academy-welcomes-seventh-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/honours-academy-welcomes-seventh-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Honours Academy welcomes seventh cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76666\" class=\"elementor elementor-76666\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>21 October 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>The Honours Academy (HA) welcomed 19 new students at its seventh Cohort Inauguration Ceremony on 12 October 2026, marking the start of their HA journey.<\/p><p>Professor Joshua Mok, President of HSUHK, encouraged students to lead purpose-driven lives, and stressed that leadership requires ethical judgement, resilience, empathy, and a commitment to serving society alongside knowledge and expertise.<\/p><p>At the event, an introduction video was shown, along with the Community Engagement Footprint video which highlighted service-learning, financial literacy initiatives and youth activities.<\/p><p>The HA Fellow Dialogue, \u201cLeading with Purpose and Empowering Youth in a Changing World\u201d, facilitated by Professor Jeanne Fu, Vice-President (Learning and Student Experience), featured Ms Clara Shek, President of Ogilvy Public Relations &amp; Influence, Hong Kong and Regional Corporate Reputation Practice Lead, Ogilvy Public Relations &amp; Influence, Asia; Mr Wilfred Yiu, former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX); and Professor Daniel Mo, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) of the School of Decision Sciences, who shared insights on purposeful leadership, youth empowerment.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e92a5af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e92a5af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21a8760\" data-id=\"21a8760\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d89e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d89e1f\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Honours Academy welcomes its seventh cohort.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf0b01c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf0b01c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HA-7th-Cohort-Inauguration-Ceremony_2-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/HA-7th-Cohort-Inauguration-Ceremony_2-768x512.jpg 768w, 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