2019/03/19A UT class consisting of 15 MBA and Engineering graduate students are coming to Hong Kong as part of their Global Connections trip during Spring Break. The trip, led by faculty lead Dr Fred Beach, Assistant Director, Energy Policy of The University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute, focuses on the Energy Sector of China. […]
2018/06/21The University of Texas at Austin Hong Kong Alumni Reception was held on June 21, 2018 in the Taishan Room of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong. The event is part of a series of gatherings of our university’s management with its alumni in six cities in Asia. We were fortunate to have President Gregory Fenves, Dean […]
2018/03/19Jenn Wang, the Director of Development, International Advancement of our University Development Office, who came last August to meet us all in a Happy Hour, was in town again. She invited some alumni who has been working with her to join a small gathering to update them about the latest news of UT and also […]
2018/02/02Our co-founder Benjamin Chang, who lives in Canada, is in town. He is organizing a happy hour gathering for us all. The place is Delaney’s Kowloon, Basement, Mary Building, 71-77 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (https://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/r-delaneys-kowloon-tsim-sha-tsui-irish-r585) and the time is February 2, 7-9pm,. He will bring along some UT’s National Championship memorabilia to show us. […]
Jennifer Wang, Director of Development, International Advancement of our University Development Office is coming to town for business. She would like to take this opportunity to meet our alumni here. We have not had a happy hour gathering for a long time so we would like to take this opportunity to organize one in our […]
The Annual General Meeting of Hong Kong Texas Exes will be held on February 25 starting at 6:30pm at Inn Side Out (https://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/r-inn-side-out-causeway-bay-western-wine-r156122) located on the 2nd Floor of South China Athletic Association. As HKTX is now under the administration of the Interim Administration Unit (IAU), the AGM is going to be the only official […]
Under the supervision of the International Office of UT, more than a dozen current UT students came to Hong Kong for their internship during the summer. The International Office invited our alumni to meet the interns on June 29 at Cafe 8 near the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. More than 20 persons, about half of them […]
First we would like to thank Mona for inviting us to the gathering and share with us the information about the mentorship program for the interns who will be in Hong Kong this summer! Our alumni always give our visitors a warm welcome by meeting them personally, and this is no exception. 15 alumni joined […]
The UT International Office would like to invite you to meet current UT students interning in Shenzhen. This will be a wonderful opportunity to connect with our students and to share your valuable insights about working in China, as well as to meet other Longhorns in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
This year, the McCombs BBA Short-Term International Program had once again picked Hong Kong as the visiting city for their some 30 Supply Chain Management students. Led by Shery Chanis, a staffer of the program who originally came from Hong Kong, the group had spent their summer both on and off the campus of The […]
On October 18, we had a relaxing happy hour gathering at a different location than Privé this time. Graffiti offered a laid back environment for us to meet up with some old friends and new UT alumni and UCLA alumni as well. It was a relatively small happy hour gathering, but those who were there […]
We had another great event with our visiting UT students at Prive on July 5th. We had over 40 students and a few new alumni joining as well. It was a nice representation of UT spirit in Hong Kong. We took advantage of the opportunity to snap some nice pictures of the fun as well, […]
On April 11, we had a happy hour gathering event. This time, we cohosted the event with the UCLA Alumni Association. Since 2007, we have been co-organizing social events with them, and every time we have a good turnout from the alumni of both schools. This time is no exception. We returned to our favorite […]
On August 17, we had another Happy Hour Gathering at Prive. We had more than a dozen of alumni and friends joining the party. To our surprises, a number of new faces had shown up. The participants all had a good time at the venue.
Each summer the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) sends about 200 graduate and undergraduate business students abroad to take classes, go on company visits, become exposed to international business practices, etc., in Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, and Edinburgh. CIBER sends about 60 Accounting and Supply Chain Management majors to Hong Kong. In […]
On April 20 we had our first happy hour gathering of the fiscal year at our new venue W52 on Wyndham Street. Although it was raining extremely hard that day, more than a dozen of members and friends gathered at the venue for drinks and relaxing conversations. We always see some new faces every time […]
Happy New Year (be it Gregorian or Chinese Lunar)! We are co-hosting our next happy hour gathering with our long-time partner UCLA Alumni Association again. This time, we will go back to Lan Kwai Fong area for a drink or two. Date: January 19, 2012 Time: 7-10pm Venue: LUX Bistro & Bar, D’Aguilar Street Damage: […]
This time we are going to try a new place. Not only is that we have never held an event in this facility before, but it is also the first time in 10 years that we are hosting our happy hour event on the Kowloon side. Here are the details: Date: August 18 (Thursday) Time: […]
As mentioned before, 2 groups of business students of the CIBER program are now in Hong Kong for 5 weeks studying accounting and supply chain management respectively. We will meet them one more time before they leave in a Special Happy Hour Gathering. Here are the details: Date: June 29 (Wednesday) Time: 7pm to 9:30pm […]
Our Happy Hour Gatherings are coming back! The first one this fiscal year will be on the evening of March 17 which is St. Patrick’s Day. It doesn’t hurt if we wear something green. Here are the details: Date: March 17 (Thursday) Time: 7-9pm Venue: Pi (28/F, 8 Wyndham Street, Central, Tel. 2868-1162) Fee: Buy […]