Orientation 2008 Ppt Official Part V2

PG Hall II Hall Orientation Fall 2008

Wanna know our Warden?

Chii Shang ( 商啟 ( 启 ))

Department of Civil Engineering

Homepage:

http://ihome.ust.hk/~cechii

E-mail: cechii@ust.hk

Interests:

Sports (except soccer)

Music

Photographing

Games

Try new things

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Fall 08 PG Hall II Orientation

Organization Chart Hall Tutors Hall Attendants House Floor Committee Other student organizations Duty of Hall Warden

Setting Hall Policies

Authority to admit and dismiss students

Authority to approve request from students

Promote Hall Living Style

Hall Warden (6 th floor) Hall Manager (G/F, PG II)

Hall Policies

Included in the Resident Handbook

Please spend some time reading it

Warden’s rules

No noise after midnight,

No buying or selling hall places,

No unofficial swapping,

No smoking,

No alcohol and

No late application of hall places

Hall Manager

Clara Kwan 關慕霞

Profile :

Hall manager in PGII since September 2002

Library Administration since early 1990s

Married

Qualifications:

B.Soc.Sc. (HKU)

MBA (HKU)

Msc(Library and Information Management)

(HKU)

Msc (ITE) (now studying in HKU)

Interests :

swimming, jogging, dragon boat

shopping, reading novels

Hall Manager’s duties (both UGs and PGs)

Helps warden to manage hall activities

Provides help and guidance to students for organization of activities

Bridge between students and management

Provides help during crisis/conflict resolution/noise control

In-charge of fire drill

duty one day/week – emergency situation in all halls

How to contact

Email :

[email_address]

Tel : X8645 (in handbook)

Directly

Goes to G02, PG II between 10 – 12pm (call before you knock please)

Official Hall activities Activities Frequency What for Official welcome (all students) 1 time/year Welcome by warden and Introduce hall to new residents Hall forum- G/F Common room 2-4 times/year to voice your opinion Fire drill (all students) 2 times/year Familiarize with fire escape route Confluence dinner (UG only) 1-2 times/year dinner with specially invited guests to broaden your exposure

Pictures of Official welcome Fall 2007

Official welcome by

PG II warden Prof Shang, Hall Manager and Hall tutors

Fire drill

Some tips of living in hall from Hall Manager

Encourages roommates to discuss about living habits in the beginning (e.g. early/late sleeper, RPGs, sports fan, )

Be considerate, try to put common good in front of personal preferences

Freedom vs discipline

Learn to live with others : one step towards living in outside world (home -> hall ->own house)

Hall Attendants

8 hall attendants, 3 shifts + welcome part time staff

work on G/F Hall Office

Offers front line help to residents : noise control, minor accident, loan of electrical appliances, provides change for laundry

Tel : x8644

Photos at the notice board of the hall

Question 1:

Who should you turn to if you want to borrow a cart ? or find changes for laundry ? Or problems with the washing machines

Warden

Manager

Tutor

Hall attendants

Security Office x8999

Answer

D

Question 2:

Who should you call when there is stranger in the hall ?

Warden

Manager

Tutor

Hall attendants

Security Office x 8999

Answer

D or E

Question 3:

Who should you call when there is a series of theft cases or fighting in the hall ?

Warden

Manager

Tutor

Hall attendants

Security Office x 8999

Answer

All of the above depending on whom you could find

Hall Tutors

G/F Tutor

Name: YAN Chung Wai, 甄宗蔚

Nickname: 魷魚

Department: Biochem

Interest: Animation, Comics, Sports, Music, Reading, etc

Room: 010 (Next to the toilet)

Phone: 9757-8634

E-mail: bcmarcus@ust.hk

Q: PG Hall II was established in 1993. Who were the target residents at that time? Fall 08 PG Hall II Orientation

Answer

Post-graduates

(PG in short.

That’s how the hall was named)

Q: Which of the following items is not provided by hall or society of hall

A --- microwave-oven

B --- drinking fountain

C --- hot-water boiler

D --- vendor machine

E --- printer

F --- all of the above are provided

Answer

F --- all of the above

1/F Tutor

Name: XUAN Yuan Zhe

Nickname: Alfred

Program: Ph.D @ ECE

Rm: 133

Email: [email_address]

Interest:

basketball, badminton

computer games

Things to NOTE when living in the hall

Q: In order to create a wonderful living environment in PG Hall II, You may do the following except :

Dress properly in hall (at least with vest and shorts)

Take care of personal belongings

Be considerate, get alone with your neighbors

Talk to your hall tutor if you need

Hang clothes outside the window

Q: Which of the following is allowed in the hall?

Make noise during quite hours (11:00 pm – 7:00 am)

Keep your guest in room overnight

Watch TV with friends in the common room

Cook in your own room

Swap rooms without application and permission

2/F Tutor

Name: LAM Wai Kwan

Nickname: Stephanie

Department: Biology

Interest: Singing (both karaoke & choral), TV games, etc.

Room: 231

Phone: 96263771 (but I may not answer when I’m working in lab)

E-mail: bolwk@ust.hk

Q: Which of the following you should do in hall for fire safety?

Smoking

Cooking with fire

Overload the power supply

Ignore the fire alarm

Raise the alarm if you discover a fire

Answer

E

Q: Which of the following you should do to help maintain hall safety?

Disclose password to others

Inform attendants if you find any strangers in the hall

Go to opposite gender’s washroom

Store much food in the refrigerator in common room

Keep the door open when you leave your room

Answer

B

3/F Tutor

Name: YEUNG Chi Ho

Nickname: Leo

Department: MPhil ECE

Interest: Taekwondo, Art & Design, ECA, Voluntary Work, Astronomy, Travelling, languages…

Room: 333

Phone: 97758187

E-mail: leoyeung@ust.hk

Floor committee

A non-profit committee aimed at serving and providing entertainment to the residents on the floor

Two sets: Big wing and small wing with its own name

Committee members are from the same floor which share common interests

Outstanding committee members would get an hall living extension as a reward

Q: Which of the following is NOT the common function organized by floor committee?

Photo taking

糖水會 , 水果會

Pub night

Design 樓 Tee

Communication with other floor committees

Joint floor functions (house soc), etc.

Punishment

Answer

G

Q: Which of the following is NOT the common position of floor committee?

樓主 – Chairman of the committee, leader of all the residents on the floor

副樓主 – Assistant of 樓主 , coordinator of the committee

Fin Sec – 樓會費 collection and managment

Photo Sec – Photo taking

精 Sec – In charge of daily things for cleaning

Game Sec – Sharing of online game

Answer

F

Name: Tu Shiyang Nickname: Eugene Program: ECE (MPhil) Room: 431 Email: [email_address] Interest : Basketball, TV series (LOST) 4 /F Tutor Fall 08 PG Hall II Orientation

Things to note about living in hall