To Whom It May Concern,
I know Mr. Spencer Shu through my involvement with rugby team of National Cheng Kung University. In last 2 years, I’ve numerous encounters and interactions with Spencer with that I know about his growing up and education as well as learn of his personal strength and capability.
Spencer has strong and supportive parents who taught and showed him the value of hard working, and offered him a supportive environment to grow up and a best opportunity to pursue education. He grew up and still lives in Tainan in which citizens value integrity, honesty, humble, commitment, dedication and collaboration. From my interaction with Spencer, I can see that he’s inherited such personal traits of hard working, commitment, integrity, team work and persistence from his family and city he live.
Rugby is sport for the players who have to be strong physically, mentally and emotionally in order to complete endless trainings and to compete in a 70 minutes non-stop tournament game. Rugby team in NCKU has a great tradition and many successful stories in that the players learn to develop personal traits and values, and able to apply this experience to enhance professional career advancement and to enrich life experience. Every player through the Rugby training in NCKU will witness and learn of the following values:
1. Rugby team in NCKU has a very strong players and OBs (Old Boy) supporting system with that OBs provide funding, guidance, assistance, advice ..etc. to young players and constantly in contact with OB and current players.
2. Among players and OBs, job title, personal fortune, education, social status…etc. are not important and everyone is equal. Only the graduated year determines the rank of your status in the team. Early graduate year players have higher rank and authority to younger player, and have role and responsibility to support and guide young player as well.
3. Team constantly reminds players that if 4 years of education is like a beef noodle soup, then rugby is like hot pepper and education is like beef noodle. Without hot pepper, the noodle will not taste good. However, beef noodle is the primary reason attending NCKU so set priority right – earn good education first and play rugby second.
4. Rugby training develop players who have following traits
a. Never, Never, Never Quit – play until the last whistle
b. Total commitment – give everything and nothing left when last whistle blows.
c. Hard working – if you don’t train harder than your teammates, then you don’t deserve to play in the tournament
d. Trust and team work – total trust to your teammates and collaboratively you will win the game.
e. One tackle equates one try – score points are exciting, but make a great tackle and prevent opponent’s score is even more important. No star player, only team effort exists in a good rugby team.
f. Understand and play to your strength – what’s you are good at and take advantage to use your strength to compete.
Among students attending Cheng Kung University, only few colleague students have encourage to take rugby sport, are able to endure strident training and are successful in playing field and classroom. Spencer is one of these people who not only become a great player for the team but also excel in his education. He was captain of the team in 1997 that is a highest honor and responsibility of Rugby players in NCKU. Under his leadership, the team had placed 2rd place in annual colleague rugby tournament. Upon completion of his 4 years colleague education, Spencer achieved another milestone in education when he was admitted and attending MBA degree in MBA in NCKU.
Through my interactions with Spencer, I find that he is full of energy, has passion of life and work, know how to lead and motivate people and possess many personal traits and values, such as hard working, persistence, commitment, dedication, and team work. With his education, experience, and most importantly his learning from rugby team, family and people who he admires, I believe that he will be successful and excel in any jobs and works assigned to him. I would glad to recommend Spencer to any job or position without any hesitation.
Thank You and Best Regards,
Steve Hwang, Ph.D.
V.P. of Development, Recording Media Operation, Seagate Technology
Member of rugby team, Cheng Kung University, 1983
Author of Book: “ Five Secret of Leadership & Management” written in Chinese, published by San Min Book Corp. , October, 2007
Link to my book: http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010383153
e-mail: steve_hwang_2000@yahoo.com
phone: 510-353-4802 hand phone: 408 406-2459
address: 6977 Silver Fox Drive, San Jose, CA95120
