CTL Weekly - 4 April 2022

I.CTL Activities

1. Lecture | My Learning Journey Series: The Creation of Chinese and English Operas and Oratorios ——Madame White Snake and Men of Iron and the Golden Spike “我的学思历程”系列讲座:中英文歌剧、清唱剧的创作——《白蛇传》及《铁汉金钉》(see attachment 1)
Speaker: Professor Long Zhou 周龙 教授
Distinguished Professor of Composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Winner of 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music (winning work: Madame White Snake)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award- Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
2012-2013 Elise Stoeger Prize from Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
第95届普利策音乐奖、美国艺术文学院终身成就奖、纽约林肯中心室内乐协会颁发的斯托格国际大奖获得者, 现任美国密苏里大学堪萨斯城音乐学院邦菲尔斯杰出作曲教授。
Date & Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am, April 8 (Fri). Refreshments will be provided.
Language: Mandarin
Venue: T6-105 (UIC students and staff) & online (guests)
Eligibility: UIC students, staff, and guests
Registration: https://www.uic.edu.cn/en/ctlreg1.htm (DDL: 2pm, April 7)
About the Speaker：
周龙被国际公认以创造一种独特的音乐汇集了东方和西方的审美观念和音乐元素。2011年，周龙成为首位美籍华裔作曲家以他的第一部歌剧《白蛇传》获得第95届普利策音乐奖。他获得的奖项还包括美国艺术文学院终身成就奖，纽约林肯中心室内乐协会颁发的斯托格国际大奖，多次美国国会图书馆库茨维斯基音乐基金会委约及哈佛大学弗朗姆音乐基金会作曲委约，美国古根汉基金会奖金，美国国家艺术委员会作曲家委约，美国巴罗基金会国际作曲比赛首奖等。周龙陈怡的交响乐《虎门1839》唱片专辑被提名2016年格莱美奖，同年周龙被授予纽约艺术基金会名人堂荣誉称号。
周龙1953年出生于中国北京。1973年开始向罗忠熔、黎英海、樊祖荫学习作曲，向严良坤学习指挥。1983年毕业于中央音乐学院，师从苏夏。曾任中国广播艺术团驻团作曲家。1985年获纽约哥伦比亚大学奖学金赴美攻读，师从周文中、达维多夫斯基和爱德华兹。1993年获音乐艺术博士学位。现任美国密苏里大学堪萨斯城音乐学院邦菲尔斯杰出作曲教授。2018年入选中国国家“特聘专家”文化艺术人才项目，聘为南方科技大学杰出访问教授。其作品由世界各音乐团体委约演出并录制唱片。周龙的乐谱由牛津大学出版社及上海音乐出版社专权出版。

2. Event | Stay Hungry: Meal with Your Professor（MYP）取贤于师，共享食光 (see attachment 2)
The purpose of the MYP program is to provide students opportunities to have a conversation with professor (lecturer and above) over meal/coffee time. Take advantage of discussing career options, possible research opportunities, or general academic and life advice.
Co-organizer: CTL & SAO
Date & Time: April 2 -April 10.
Venue: Faculty Club (贤贤居) or Chias Coffee (时光文创咖啡馆)
Guidelines:

   1. One (1) to three (3) students can invite one (1) professor (i.e., professor, associate professor, assistant professor, senior lecturer or lecturer) to meal/have coffee with them at the following campus locations: Faculty Club (贤贤居) and Chias Coffee (文创咖啡馆) between April 2-10. Students are responsible for inviting a professor and informing him/her the time and location. Each student could only participate in the MYP program one time during this period.                                        

   2. All MYP program participants could enjoy RMB 28/per person for lunch buffet at Faculty Club and 5% discount for other meal/drink at Faculty Club (贤贤居) and Chias Coffee (文创咖啡馆) when paying at the cashier.                                                                                                

   3. The CTL will reimburse the meal expenses (A maximum of RMB 50 per person) for the student who pays for the meals. The reimbursement is subject to the evidence, including the payment receipt and a photo with the invited professor during the meal. Please fill in the questionnaire by scanning the OR code below no later than April 14 (Thursday). The qualified reimbursements will be notified via email later.

3. Academic Writing Workshop
Topic: Writing for an Academic Journal: An Editor’s Perspective
Speaker: Prof. John Corbett
News brief: https://ctl.uic.edu.cn/info/1106/1425.htm
Recording & PPT Slides can be found on iSpace site CTL Teaching and Learning Resources.

【Save the date】The upcoming Academic Writing Workshop will be presented by Prof. Carlotta VITI (Coordinator of Centre of Foreign Languages and Cultures) on 19 April at noon. The detailed information will be announced later.

4. Event | Lunchtime Concert Series
Date &Time: noon – 1 pm, 8 April (Fri)
Venue: Rehearsal Studio (CC129)
Jointly organized by: DCC-MUS & SAO & CTL (No tickets are required)

II. HKBU Activities

1. Lecture | Giving Feedback to Students
Date & Time: 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm, April 13 (Wed)
Speaker: Professor Mark Shuttleworth (Associate Head & Professor, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, HKBU), Dr FONG Wai Tsz, Ricci (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, EdUHK).
Language: English
Venue: via ZOOM
Registration: click Here

III. Other T&L Resources

1. The Sixth Project Quarterly Meeting of Association of Sustainable Teacher Development in Universities 高校教师发展中心可持续发展联盟第六次项目季度会(see attachment 3)
Date: April 13-14, 2022
Venue: Tencent Meeting
Contact: Ms/Mr siyu.chen@xitlu.edu.en or 0512-81884929
Registration: Please scan the QR code below
DDL: April 10, 2022

2. The 2019 list of online open courses funded by Guangdong province 2019年省级在线开放课程立项课程验收通过名单( see attachment 4).

3. Smart Education of China- Higher Education 国家高等教育智慧教育平台(https://higher.smartedu.cn/). This website includes more than 20,000 online quality courses delivered in Mandarin or English covering 13 discipline subjects and 92 professional categories. Courses from Chinese University MOOC or XuetangX could be found here.