On September 20, the opening ceremony for undergraduates 2020of School of Foreign Studiesis held in Yifu Auditorium. Presided by associate dean Han Shuqin, the dean of School of Foreign StudiesMao Haoran,secretary of School Party committee Zhang Yongning, associate deanGuo Yueqin, Wang Xinbo, Sun Daman, deputy secretary of School Party committee Zou Weizhong attend the ceremony. Other attendees include department head of each major, tutors of undergraduate 2020, all counsellors, undergraduates 2020, elder schoolmate for undergraduates 2020,Party branch secretaries of college students,cadres of Youth League, cadres of students union, postgraduatesunion.
At 8:30, the ceremony begins with the solemn national anthem.
Professor Mao Haoran, dean of School of Foreign Studies expresses his heartfelt congratulations and warm welcome to all freshmen on behalf of the entire faculty and students. He speaks highly of the talents training results of the school and delivers a speech titled “The leek flowers like rice tiny, rush to bloom like the peony”. Combined with his own experience of the leek flower case”, he put forward five expectations to all freshman to help them start a wonderful university life.
First, remain true to our original aspiration, “delete” and forge ahead. As students in university, weshould clear our goals and adhere to our original aspiration. We should be able to endure the hardships of going uphills and do our best to create the life we want. Meanwhile, we also need to learn how to do subtraction, how to delete and go forward without any burdens.
Second, learn to choose and communicate. Choice is more important than effort. To learn how to choose, college students should not only learn to choose the best and order, but also choose to turn around, give up and make subtraction when necessary. To learn to communicate, college students should first learn to ask questions, and secondly the communication should be concise and comprehensive, and the core information should be refined. College students should also learn to speak to make people comfortable, to do things to move people, to be a person to be missed.
Third, have a global vision and love for the country. Having global vision requires us to be proactive, and to stay away from the unconsciousness and delay. In order to achieve foresight, first of all, we should read regularly and pay attention to the international cutting-edge trends, strengthening our awareness of potential dangers. The love for the country is the most prominent in the situation of national crisis and when one is in foreign countries. The people who dare to take responsibility and go ahead during the outbreak of COVID-19 are the most vivid interpretation of love for the country.
Fourth, “swim in the water”. Don't learn to swim on the shore, and also don't dabble in shallow water. Only when you are far away from the comfort zone can you be reborn. “Learning without thought means labour lost; thinking without learning is perilous.” College students should adhere to the market orientation and meet the expectations of enterprises.
Fifth, soul interrogation and nourishment between each other is very important. Dean Mao hopes that everyone can have cultivation rooted in the heart, self-consciousness without reminding, freedom on the premise of restraint and kindness for others, nourishing the people around you and being respectable UPC students.
Mao Haoran, Dean of School of Foreign Studies, is speaking.
(Photo by Shang Gaohe)
Mao Haoran, Dean of School of Foreign Studies, is speaking.
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Wang Huiyan and Liu Junhe, undergraduates of grade 2020, deliver a speech on behalf of the freshmen. They say that they will make the motto “Being Sincere and True” understood inside and practice it outside, and strive to improve their abilities in the School, so as to develop themselves into the professionals with multiple competences that our country really needs.
Wang Huiyan and Liu Junhe, representatives of freshmen, are speaking.
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Liu Huazheng and Xue Zeyi, undergraduates of grade 2018, deliver a speech on behalf of the seniors and and share their growth stories in the University. The believe that growth comes from love, responsibility, experience and challenge. They hope that the students will pursue of excellence, set sail and move steadily to the future. They hope that they will use their own charm to fulfill the promise of youth without regret, and move forward with the ardent hope of college leaders and teachers.
Liu Huazheng and Xue Zeyi, student representatives, are speaking.
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Professor Sun Daman, vice president of the School and tutor of undergraduate students, delivers a speech on behalf of the teachers. She put forward three suggestions to the freshmen by combining with her own experience: first, stick to your own choice; second, study hard and make unremitting efforts to seek knowledge, innovation and achievement; third, start from the intravenous drip and constantly strengthen the absorption, identification and acquisition of new knowledge. She hopes that the students would shoulder the responsibility of youth and become the pillars of the Chinese nation to shoulder the great responsibility of rejuvenation by taking over from the past and setting a new course for the future, studying hard and developing in an all-round way.
Professor Sun Daman, deputy dean and tutor of undergraduate students, is speaking. (Photo by Gao Shuchao)
Zou Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of School Party Committee, on behalf of all counsellors, elaborates the goals that students should achieve and high expectations for students’ promising future from 4 characters students are playing: child of family, student of university, citizen of society, and youth of China. First, as a child of family, one should be grateful for his/her family and willing to give back. Second, as a student of university, one need to maintain studying as the top priority, abide by the university’s regulations, and strive for comprehensive development. Third, as a citizen of society, one need to keep the value standard of patriotism, dedication, integrity and friendliness by fulfilling the obligations of citizens. Fourth, as a youth of China, one needs to bear due responsibilities in the process of becoming a diligent, moral, discerned, true, patriotic, inspirational, truth-seeking, and hard working talent. He says: We are all youth of China that shoulder the hope and future of our nation. We need to be able to play the main role through arduous tasks, and that is what we are striving for.
Zou Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of School Party Committee, is speaking.
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Russian junior undergraduate Qiao Linyue presents a cartoon portrait to the dean and took a photo with him.
Photo of Dean Mao Haoran with student Qiao Linyue.
(Photo by Shang Gaohe)
In order to help teachers and students around the campus have access to and receive updates on the opening ceremony, it is made available both online and offline. During the period, the opening ceremony is live on TikTok platform and becomes widely followed.
Translators：Duan Xiaoyan, Zhao Shumei, Yang Jing, Yv Haodong
Proofreader: Sun Luping
Tutor: Sun Luping
