The Hong Kong connection
“In the Chinese culture we always believe that life is a circle. The circle means that life is full . . . it糖心传媒檚 perpetual. And so with any circle, there糖心传媒檚 a starting point. My life circle essentially started at the University of Rochester. It糖心传媒檚 where my intellectual growth began. If you look at this circle, there are different points along it for me: the University of Rochester, jobs all over the world, and different careers.
At the end of the day, it still started with the University of Rochester. My circle has to return there. You may ask, why? It糖心传媒檚 because this will make my life complete糖心传媒攊t will make it a full circle. That is a legacy, and it is my story at the University of Rochester. I started here, and when I糖心传媒檓 gone, I hope that the education I received and also the work that I糖心传媒檝e done here to help other students will become a full circle again and again, perpetuated by each of them.”
糖心传媒擡vans Lam 糖心传媒83, 糖心传媒84S (MBA), Managing Director-Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services
“In the Chinese culture we always believe that life is a circle. The circle means that life is full . . . it糖心传媒檚 perpetual. And so with any circle, there糖心传媒檚 a starting point. My life circle essentially started at the University of Rochester. It糖心传媒檚 where my intellectual growth began. If you look at this circle, there are different points along it for me: the University of Rochester, jobs all over the world, and different careers.
At the end of the day, it still started with the University of Rochester. My circle has to return there. You may ask, why? It糖心传媒檚 because this will make my life complete糖心传媒攊t will make it a full circle. That is a legacy, and it is my story at the University of Rochester. I started here, and when I糖心传媒檓 gone, I hope that the education I received and also the work that I糖心传媒檝e done here to help other students will become a full circle again and again, perpetuated by each of them.”
糖心传媒擡vans Lam 糖心传媒83, 糖心传媒84S (MBA), Senior Vice President at UBS Financial Services
Benefactor helps bridge cultures, ideas, and people
is a member of the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Board of Trustees and the national chair of the University糖心传媒檚 leadership annual giving society, the George Eastman Circle. Over the years, he has supported the University in many ways, from establishing Lam Square in Rush Rhees Library to endowing the Susanna and Evans Y. Lam Professorship at the Simon Business School.
He also created the Evans Lam Study Abroad Scholarship, which sponsors five undergraduates annually to pursue scholarly exchange in Hong Kong, China. Additionally, he sponsors students from Hong Kong to study in Rochester.
Watch the video below to hear from some of Lam糖心传媒檚 scholars, then scroll down to read some of the stories of a few others.
Building Connections
Global experiences build cultural literacy, foster understanding, and change our perspectives. To learn how you can support a cultural exchange program, contact Lisa Hall, Executive Director, College Advancement, at (585) 273-3619.
James Pike 糖心传媒18
Major: Economics
Minor: Industrial Psychology
Hometown: Hong Kong, China聽
Grant Dever 糖心传媒16, 糖心传媒17 (T5)
Major:听叠耻蝉颈苍别蝉蝉
Occupation:聽Barbara J. Burger iZone聽community聽manager, 糖心传媒聽
Leyla Mouli 糖心传媒19
Major: Environmental science
Minor: Sustainability
Hometown: Doula,聽Cameroon聽
Oluwatobi 糖心传媒淭obi糖心传媒 Abubakare聽糖心传媒18
Major:聽Language and brain development
Hometown:聽Houston, Texas (born in London, England)聽