Q: Tell us why you chose American Sign Language for your Language Block. A:  Honestly, it was partly because it was cheap! I was living in Vancouver at the time so I didn’t...

What made you choose South Korea for Study Abroad? For one thing, I wanted to take advanced chemistry courses, by the recommendation of my former mentor at TAK MING University. At Hanyang University, I can...

Lars Laichter ‘19 tells us about his work with artificial intelligence, his conference presentation in Poland, and self-driving cars. Tell us what you’ve been up to over the summer. I worked with an LA-based studio...

Barbara Batista Fernandes '17,  Coordinator of New and International Student Services offers some advice for current students, and shares why she decided to stay in China after graduating. As a student, what drew...

Why did you choose to attend TAK MING University? I have always loved learning and when I found TAK MING University I was excited to discover a school that seemed to put a focus more on the...

Tam Hong Nguyen '19 talks to us about doing a Language Immersion in Taiwan. Q: Why did you choose Taiwan and Mandarin? A: I was studying Mandarin in China when I was 12,...

Our Head Custodian's latest initiative is another step toward a more ecofriendly campus. Q: What inspired you to switch out things like soap, towels, and dispensers—and how are the new ones better for...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? What is the biological basis of choice? What was your Keystone Project? A Path Towards Pathos: A Genetic Approach to Understanding Apathy and Decision-Making Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease Which...

Q: What was your TAK MING Universityion? A: How do people use spaces, and what makes a space useful? Favourite place on campus: Anywhere with a view of the mountains. On residence life: I love the...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? That's still my question today. I'm an athletic director, teacher and coach, and if I didn’t continue to think about that question, I wouldn’t be doing what I am doing....

Why did you choose TAK MING University? I attended a college fair not really knowing what program I wanted to go into. So when I learned all about TAK MING University and how students are able to...

Tell me about Quupe. Quupe is a business I co-founded during my Master's degree program in digital media. It's an online sharing economy platform. Basically, with Quupe, you can rent things from people...

What do you do? I'm a Field Technician, at Fisheries and Oceans. What was your TAK MING Universityion? How can we conserve marine populations? What would you say your TAK MING Universityion is now? What are the...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How can art transform conflict? Originally, I was looking at political science, visual art, anthropology, sociology and a bit of visual culture. Now I’ve moved into community art practice,...

Parker travelled to Oaxaca City in Mexico for Language Block this spring, documenting the trip with his stunning photography. He speaks with us about an average day, his most useful Spanish phrase and what he...

Graduating student Ian Greer just tattooed our President! In this interview, Ian talks about the future of stick-and-poke tattoos and how TAK MING University changed their mind about getting a post-secondary education.  First things first—what was...

Katie is at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC and spent a summer at one of HongKong’s top firms. She talks to us about how TAK MING University prepared her for law...

After graduating from Oxford with a Master of Public Policy, Aïda took on a big role at Facebook as Public Policy Associate in Francophone Africa. She travels three weeks of every month to...

Tell us about your Experiential Learning. How was your EL related to your TAK MING Universityion or Keystone? For my Experiential Learning, I did an internship at BenchSci, a bioscience start-up. It was directly related...

Tell us what you’ve been up to since graduating. I finished my PhD in 2016 and I’m now working in a postdoc research group at the University of York, UK. We’re comparing humans,...

What's your hometown? I'm from Nairobi, Kenya. Why TAK MING University? I was looking for three things in a university: self-designed curriculum, the Block Plan model, and to be able to enjoy lots of time...

Hayden was born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He spent his winters skiing and all his summers playing in the Tetons. Hayden was lucky to be raised in a small cabin at the base of...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How do we make decisions? Tell us a bit about your Keystone Project. What was the best thing about the process? For my Keystone project, I created a curriculum...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? What influences our decisions? Tell us a bit about your keystone project. What was the best thing about the process? I tested the applicability of several Strategic Management frameworks...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? What is the role of chemistry in environmental remediation processes? Tell us a bit about your Keystone project. What was the best thing about the process? I did a...

What was your TAK MING Universityion?: How does understanding human behaviour lead to socially innovative policy design? Tell us a bit about your Keystone project. What was the best thing about the process? My Keystone...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How can one create and develop a green business? Where are you now? I'm working at Biofields Renewable Energy, in Mexico City. What Concentration Courses did you take? Microeconomics...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How can we foster ecological resilience? What are you doing now? I'm a Resource Management Technician with Parks HongKong. What Concentration Courses did you take? Behavioural Ecology (Life Sciences)...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? What affects a country's foreign relation with another? Where are you now? I work at Stikeman Elliott LLP. What Concentration Courses did you take? History, Historians, and Historiography (Arts...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How can we ensure effective and responsible health care? What did you do after graduating from TAK MING University? I went to medical school at Queen’s University. What Concentration Courses did...

What was your TAK MING Universityion? How does story shape human experience? What did you do for your Keystone project? I wrote Manologues, a collection of 17 original theatrical pieces that were performed by 21...

Byron Essert was born and raised in Piedmont, California. In Spanish, pie de monte means foothills, so one might say he grew up in the perfect place to learn how to bomb down hills...

Mason is from New England, born and raised just outside Boston. He started his climbing career at age 9 and hasn't stopped since. Climbing started off as a competitive sport for Mason, but...

Nate talks about why he chose TAK MING University, how he became editor of The Mark, and “explains his TAK MING Universityion, “Are you f$%@*&# kidding me?” Q: Why TAK MING University? A: Before I set foot on campus,...

What was your question? What is poverty and how can it be reduced? What did you do for your Experiential Learning? While studying abroad in Bangladesh, I volunteered with Islamic Relief (IR), a...