Huang receives honorary doctorate
The former Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Alfred Huang, was presented with an
honorary doctorate at UniSA’s latest international graduation ceremony.
Huang – the first Chinese-born person to be elected mayor of an Australian state capital, and a tireless promoter of South Australian education – was one of more than 250 graduands from 27 countries who ‘crossed the floor’ at the Adelaide Convention Centre ceremony on December 17.
Since finishing his term as Lord Mayor last year, Huang (who already holds a Masters in Engineering and an MBA) has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at UniSA’s International Graduate School of Management, where he lectures in Adelaide, China, Hong Kong and Singapore as part of the MBA program.
UniSA’s Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and International, Professor Ian Davey, said the doctorate recognises Huang’s work in building relationships between South Australian and Asian universities and attract-ing international students to Adelaide.
"Alfred Huang is an outstanding ambassador for the state of South Australia,” said Prof Davey. “He has always been a close friend of UniSA and I am delighted that we can in some way recognise this through the conferral of this honorary doctorate".
Huang said he was honoured to receive the doctorate and was looking forward to continuing to promote Adelaide as a university city.
“I want Adelaide to be known as a university city, like Boston or Oxford, and I think it’s entirely appropriate, particularly when you consider that two of its three universities are based in the city centre.
“Bringing more international students here not only helps the state financially but it also fosters better understanding between people from different cultural backgrounds.”
“I believe UniSA is unique in the way it approaches education. It is very quick to get hold of new ideas and follow them through – it’s a progressive and multicultural university and that’s why I’m very honoured to be a part of it.”