On 27th August, Glasgow College Hainan 2023 Opening Ceremony was held in the UESTC Hainan Campus (Hainan Lingshui Lian International Education Innovation Pilot Zone) gas membrane stadium, this is the first time that Glasgow College Hainan held the opening ceremony for the new students in the pilot zone. Zhu Hong, Vice President of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Wang Linping, Deputy Director of the Administration of Hainan Lingshui Lian International Education Innovation Pilot Zone, representatives of various functional departments of the university, leaders of the college, representatives of teachers, representatives of the sister colleges and universities stationed in the Pilot Zone, and all the new students of the college in the class of 2023 and their parents attended the ceremony.
The ceremony opened with a warm-up video and a Scottish dance prepared by the guidance team.
After the national anthem was sung, Vice President Zhu Hong, on behalf of Secretary Wang Yafei, President Zeng Yong, and all the teachers and staff of the university, warmly welcomed the new students! Zhu Hong led the students to review the history and achievements of Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering and said that university is not the end but another new starting point. I hope that students can learn investigative, challengingly, innovatively, and continuously strengthen the foundation and strive to grow into innovative and leading talents with national sentiment, global literacy, solid foundation, knowledge synthesis, and innovation ability, who can lead the frontier of science and technology, economic and social development, and take the responsibility of national rejuvenation in the future. Encourage students to study hard, grow their talents, to accelerate the construction of free trade port of Chinese characteristics with world influence to contribute to the power of Chengdu power, youth power. Zhu Hong pointed out that although the college is located in Hainan, but also an inseparable part of the school, welcome you to take advantage of the interaction between the two campuses to Chengdu, the school leadership always miss you, will often come to Hainan to visit you.
In his speech, Liu Guanghui, Dean of the College, said that students should not only change their learning style, but also change their living habits, so as to complete the identity change from secondary school students to university students as soon as possible, and emphasised the need to learn professional knowledge and master professional skills, so as to lay a solid foundation for the future development. At the same time, he also hoped that the students would focus on cultivating their comprehensive quality and international vision, realising their all-round development, and ultimately growing into innovative leaders with "Chinese sentiment and international vision".
Dr Julien Le Kernec, British Programme Director for Electronic Information Engineering at Hainan College, Glasgow, expressed his best wishes for the Class of 2023 on behalf of the University of Glasgow's Vice-Chancellor, Anton Muscatelli, and other relevant officials, saying that this was the first time that Hainan College had held an official commencement ceremony on the Hainan Campus, which was of great historical significance. historical significance. He hoped that the students, as the pioneers of the Hainan campus, would set up a good standard of governance, grow up to be outstanding engineers with leadership, and become a benchmark for their younger siblings.
During the appointment session of the freshmen academic tutors, Di Aiying, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College, and Liu Guanghui, President of the College, issued the appointment certificates to the academic tutors of the Class of 2023.
Mr Zeng Liaoyuan, as the representative of the academic advisors, encouraged the students to "apply what they have learnt, and do something to give back to the motherland with Chinese sentiment and international vision". Talking about the difficulties and obstacles that students may encounter in the future, he said that all the tutors with rich experience in academic research will work with students to overcome the difficulties and difficulties together!
Sun Guodong, senior engineer of the 10th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and alumnus of UESTC Class of 1996, as a representative of parents, shared his memories of UESTC and expressed his blessings to the younger siblings, wishing that all the students could achieve their dreams and realise perfect unity between their family and national sentiments and their own values.
2023300903 class Cao Enming students as a representative of the new students spoke, on how to grow into the country's needs in the future of the university time, he found the answer from the history of UESTC. He said, study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge, we ought to pursue "truth-seeking and truthfulness", "atmosphere and greatness". Life is endless, more than the struggle, will become "greatness". Being part of UESTC, we inherit the ambition to serve the country and the courage to bear the great responsibility of rejuvenation.
In the "Dream Sailing" session, the student representatives of each class and the tutor representatives sealed "a letter to themselves four years later" for their classmates, and the seeds of dreams and hopes were planted with the expectation that in four years' time, the seeds would grow into lush and big trees.
Academics have a way, and integrity is a virtue. The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and the University of Glasgow attach great importance to the education of students' academic integrity, and endeavour to build an academic integrity system integrating education, prevention, supervision and punishment. In the academic integrity oath session, Zhang Kehao, a member of the Glasgow College's Class of 2016 faculty and a current PhD student in the School of Information and Communication Engineering, came on stage to lead the oath. The sound of the loud oath tied the first button on the academic road for the students.
Finally, the whole audience sang the song "My Motherland and I", expressing their sincere love and praise for the great motherland. At this point, the opening ceremony for the 2023 class of new students of Hainan College, University of Electronic Science and Technology Glasgow came to a successful end.
The ceremony also invited the leaders of the sister colleges and universities stationed in the pilot zone, such as Hainan International College of Communication University of China, Queen Mary's Hainan College of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Hainan International College of Beijing Sport University, Hainan Campus of Central University for Nationalities and Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, as well as the heads of various departments in the pilot zone, to witness the new beginning of the life of the students.
On the day of the ceremony, Zhu Hong and his entourage also visited and researched the pilot area to understand the welcome situation of Hainan College, talked with the new students and discussed with the relevant persons in charge of the pilot area on matters such as guaranteeing the conditions for school running and further deepening the co-operation.
