Delts in China Press Release

FOUR UC STUDENTS WIN FRATERNITY SCHOLARSHIP TRIP TO CHINA

Delta Tau Delta & UC Alumni send members to China each year to broaden cultural horizons;

On June 21, 2008, four students from the University of Cincinnati will embark upon the journey of a lifetime. Each of the students was selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship from benefactor and Hong Kong business tycoon Peter Woo (profile attached). Mr. Woo is a 1971 University of Cincinnati graduate and member of the Gamma Xi chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was one of the first Chinese students to attend the University of Cincinnati.

In 2005, Mr. Woo established the Peter Woo – Delta Tau Delta China Scholarship Program to express his deep appreciation for the substantial personal and leadership development contributions of his Delta Tau Delta fraternity experience at UC in helping to shape his future career as a highly successful global entrepreneur and businessman. The scholarship program annually sends up to five undergraduate members of Delta Tau Delta to China each year and covers hotels and airfare for a 20-day trip. This is the second group of Delts to visit China on the program.

Mr. Woo’s goals for this program were to stimulate the importance of a global awareness in fraternity members with a particular emphasis on China, and provide an international experience for undergraduate students of his fraternity.

Gage Burke, Zachary Becks, Neil White and Jon Saffian will begin their tour in Beijing and travel to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Along the way, they will be hosted by UC alumnus Kim Patton at the China offices of the Cincinnati-based architecture firm GBBN. GBBN staff will provide an introduction to life and business in China and arrange domestic transportation for the Delts for a number of their tours. They will also meet with UC alumni, tour Chinese universities, and visit Chinese and multinational corporation leaders throughout their trip.

With a little help from a local travel agency, the four students planned their own itinerary for each day in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, including tours to Chinese educational institutions to gain exposure to the similarities and differences between Eastern and Western methods.

“I can’t imagine anything more exhilarating than traveling to the other side of the world,” explained Gage, a graphic design major in the college of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. “All the exciting smells, foods, colors and people; I’m looking forward to a sensory overload.”

Neil White, current undergraduate fraternity president noted that “This is an extraordinary experience made more special knowing that the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and UC experience meant so much to Mr. Woo.”

A major goal for each of the students is to extensively document their journeys for everyone back home, including future scholarship recipients. A travel blog has been started at eastbounddelts.blogspot.com where readers can follow them throughout their trip and check out photography along the way. Be sure and stop by to wish them well with their amazing opportunity.

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Background of Peter Woo

Peter Woo Kwong Ching, GBS, JP MBA, has served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Chairman of Wheelock and Company Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Founded in 1886, the Company was previously known as The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited.

Wharf is a major Developer and Owner of commercial, retail, residential properties and shipping terminals in Hong Kong and China. Properties include Harbour City, Times Square and The Star Ferry.

Mr. Woo is also Founding Chairman of Hong Kong Cable Television Limited and New T&T Limited.

Born in Shanghai in 1946 and moved to Hong Kong in 1949. He attended St. Stephen’s Primary School and College, University of Cincinnati (Physics and Math) and Columbia University (MBA).

Mr. Woo has served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Council Chairman of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Member of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Co-operation Committee and Chairman of the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund Committee.

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