In the morning on September 10th, 2015 Opening Ceremony of SIE was held in B1-106. Dean An Ran, deputy Deans of SIE including Prof. Hu Yongjian, Prof. Liu Cheng as well as Mr.Yang Haosong, administrative staffs and Chinese teachers attended the ceremony. The Ceremony was hosted by Deputy Dean Yang.
Dean An, in her speech, firstly welcomed every overseas students from afar. Today we feel so happy to have you here to join our international family. We will study together, live together. SIE will be your new home. My dear fellows, from the moment of you setting your foot on SCUT, your life has entered a brand -new stage. In the opening ceremony, Dean An led all the overseas students to study again three Chinese characters, which is 博(broadness), 容(tolerance) and 规(rules).Knowledge makes humble, Ignorance makes proud. Dean An encouraged everyone, at the beginning of student career in SCUT, to cherish the opportunity studying in SCUT, making the up-coming life for four years become the biggest tresures in the whole life. She also hoped that all the students will succeed in a special field of study and make a contribution to the friendship and communication between China and the rest of the world. As an old saying goes,the sea admits hundreds of rivers for its capacity to hold. Dean An said SIE is a big family with diversified culture and only we tolerate and respect others can we learn from each other and grow together. At last Dean An requested everyone should abide by the laws and rules when saying and doing.
Associate professor Huang Aiping made a speech on behalf of teachers, saying that every student should arrange the limited time and cherish the great time in youth. He said students should read more great books because one who is filled with knowledge always behaves in elegance.
Olivia from Ukraine and Qiu Mingan from Indonesian, on behalf of the overseas freshman, made speeches respecitively. They said they would study hard, then repaying the university with excellent results.
Wearing the school badges for freshman is an important part of opening ceremony and the leaders and teachers of the school also wore the badges for every overseas students on and off the stage. They hoped this would deepen the students' understanding for the university, strengthen their sense of belonging and create the familiar atmosphere as an international family.
Today is Teachers' Day, and the freshman representatives prepared the flower for their teachers, sending the most sincere blessings to these arduous people working on their education career.
SIE always places great emphasises on cultivating the overseas students' sense of gratitude and makes the opening ceremony become the first lesson after they entering the SCUT, hoping that every student shall love and be proud of SCUT. SIE also wish to demonstrate strength and achievements in international education, making every overseas student an envoy of friendship in the communication between China and other countries.
( News Wrote by Wei Xianpeng and Zhang Shaozhe, Photo Edited by Wei Xianpeng and Zhang Shaozhe )
Time：2015-09-10
