Hoi Ning Ngai (she/her/hers)
Director of Employer Engagement and Business Advising
Associations
Center for Purposeful Work
Chase Hall – Purposeful Work Suite
About
Hoi Ning (first name) works with employers to cultivate and support the development of internship and job opportunities that allow students to pursue meaningful and purposeful opportunities in the workplace. She advises students with specific interests in business, including consulting, finance, human resources/talent acquisition, marketing, and operations, as well as advanced business degrees. Given her personal and professional interests in arts and communication, she also advises students interested in arts, design, and entertainment, as well as those interested in communications/public relations, media, and journalism. She believes strongly in the importance and value of self-reflection in undergraduate education, especially in terms of helping students become more aware of their identities, beliefs, values, and goals as they pursue postgraduate opportunities.
Prior to arriving at Bates, Hoi Ning served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill (focused on graduate student needs and concerns), the Dean of Academic Advising and Support at Kenyon College (supporting course faculty and faculty advisors), and an Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Advising at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (supporting undergraduate business students). She received her B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education from UCLA with a focus on diversity and student development.
She is a first-generation college and graduate school graduate who grew up in Brooklyn and Queens with immigrant parents in low-income housing. As a native New Yorker, she cannot drive, but can walk for hours. She is a sociable introvert with a love of snow and a hate of heat. She is a Sagittarius born in the year of the horse who loves to travel. She loves to reflect on life — through photography, through writing, and with friends. She believes that social media can be used for good — community, connection, and inspiration. Her first name (Hoi Ning) means “peaceful journey” in Cantonese (Chinese). She adores Maine.
Hoi Ning’s Linkedin can be found here.