On National Sun Yat-sen University’s anniversary, the College of Management held its alumni homecoming event on November 12th, arranging various scholarship awards, outstanding alumni awards, and the handover ceremony of the Alumni Association. All faculty members and alumni were invited to gather for a lively and warm annual event.

During the ceremony, Dean Shu-chuan Jennifer Yeh of the College of Management, NSYSU expressed her happiness to see the alumni come to the annual event of the College of Management and congratulated all the outstanding alumni who received awards. In addition, Dean Yeh mentioned that the development of the College of Management has been made possible thanks to the joint effort of all the faculty members in all departments, alumni from various industries, and hardworking administrative staff. She was also pleased to share the recent happy events of the College of Management, namely that the IBMBA and EMBA programs were ranked, respectively, 73rd in the Global MBA Rankings and 91st in the Global Executive MBA Rankings by the Financial Times. In addition, since 2019, the College of Management, NSYSU has been given the honor of 4 Palmes of Excellence and has continued to receive this honor, ranking third in Taiwan, which is a great affirmation of the degree of internationalization of the school.

During the ceremony, with the introduction of the faculty members of each department, Dean Shu-chuan Jennifer Yeh presented certificates to the outstanding alumni of the College of Management for the 2022-23 academic year. The awardees were: in the category of Business and Industry, CEO of Lih Mei Industrial Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), Shang-Chih Hsu (Bachelor of Business Administration, Class of 2000); in the category of Social Services, Chairman of Social Network Co., Ltd, Yu-lin Chang (MBA in Information Management, Class of 2016); in the category of Other Contributions, Associate Professor I-hsi Li of the Department of Financial Engineering and Actuarial Mathematics, Soochow University (PhD in Finance, Class of 2003); in the category of Social Services, Chuan Lin, a multi-tasker – cross-strait HR expert, consultant, lecturer, and author (MBA in Human Resource Management, Class of 2001), and Hsueh-fang Hsu, Chairman of Ming Cheng Shi Ye Corportation (APEMBA, Class of 2017). Each alumnus has not only excelled in various fields, but has also been a model for the younger students to follow.

In addition, a number of seniors and foundations from the College of Management also presented various scholarships in order to encourage the students to be more successful in their studies and not to be hindered by difficulties in life, including the Torch Passing Scholarship (contributed by all E11 alumni and presented by E11 representative, Te-hsin Yang), the YUYU CHIN LU Education Foundation Scholarship Scholarship (presented by Vice President Su-chao Tsai), the Chin-fu Chung Memorial Scholarship (originally meant to be presented by Alumnus Chih-hsiung Chung, but due to his currently being abroad, it was presented by Associate Dean Anlin Chen), and the NSYSU College of Management Educational Foundation Scholarship (presented by Chairman Wen-chuan Yang). Associate Dean AnLin Chen presented certificates of appreciation and gave thank you cards and a speech on behalf of the students. These scholarships and stipends allow the students of College of Management to feel more at ease in their studies and to have a heart of gratitude for their daily necessities and where they come from.

At the end of the event, the President of the 18th Alumni Association, Tien-chou Sung, gave a speech to thank the 18th Alumni Association for their hard work and passed on the seal to the new President of the 19th Alumni Association, Yung-cheng Li. In the presence of Dean Shu-chuan Jennifer Yeh, the handover of the 19th Alumni Association was completed and President Li issued a letter of appointment to the officers of the 19th Alumni Association. Under the leadership of President Li, the Alumni Association will surely continue the warm tradition of the “NSYSU family,” linking the eternal and profound friendship of the NSYSU alumni.

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■List of Officers of the 19th Alumni Association:
◎College of Management Alumni Association President – Yung-cheng Li
◎International Programs President – Hsueh-chih Tang
◎Department of Business Management President – I-chun Chen
◎Institute of Human Resource Management President – Chuan Lin
◎Institute of Marketing Communication President – Wei-yu Li
◎Department of Information Management President – Fu-chuan Shih
◎Department of Finance President – Hsueh-chih Li
◎Institute of Public Affairs Management President – Hsu-chung Chang
◎Institute of Public Affairs Management Director General – Yu-ching Liu
◎Institute of Health Care Management President – Po-chun Li
◎EMBA President – Chien-chi Chen
◎Chief Secretary – Shu-hui Wu
◎Chief Financial Officer – Ying-i Wu
◎Chief Activity Officer – Cheng-chang Tsai
◎Chief PR Officer– En-kuei Hu
◎Activity Officer – Hung-chun Lin
◎Activity Officer – Su-mei Lu
◎Activity Officer – Peng-chin Su 
◎Activity Officer – Chia-chun Lo
◎Chief Photographer – Cheng-han Wu