2018 Alumni Service Award
As a student, Thomas Yeung (TPR 1998) wasted no time getting involved at Carnegie Mellon, co-founding the Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA) as a first-year. The organization was designed to create a sense of community among other students from his home country.
He continued to grow this community after he graduated by creating the Hong Kong Alumni Network (HKAN) with three CMU friends and classmates. But by 2012, with Yeung as the only remaining volunteer, he recognized that the network needed a major revitalization. He re-dedicated himself to the effort, and the results speak for themselves. Today’s network features more than 450 members; a committed core of volunteers from the classes of 1983 through 2012; frequent events and workshops that attract alumni from varying age groups and industries, and sometimes even parents and current students; and robust fundraising. The HKAN has won the Network of the Year Award twice.