The School of Humanities and International Education | Updated: 2026-10-13
On October 8, the School of Humanities and International Education Exchange held the Opening Ceremony and Orientation Education for 2026 Freshmen. Faculty and student representatives gathered with 2026 undergraduate students and international students in China to take the “First Lesson of the New Semester.”
Ye Lanlan, Zhou Yadong, Gu Yijun, Ang Wenping, and Zhang Xiaorong, Party and administrative leaders of the School, attended the ceremony and presented university badges to freshman representatives.
Professor Zhou Yadong, Dean of the School, delivered a speech. He extended a warm welcome to all faculty and students present and, focusing on the University and the School, briefly introduced their development history, educational characteristics, and achievements. He encouraged everyone to base themselves on the requirements for talent cultivation in the new era and expressed his expectations for all Chinese and international students to study diligently, think wisely, and pursue far-reaching goals through steadfast action, remain firm in their objectives, and bravely shoulder their missions on the path of study.
Gu Yijun, Deputy Party General Branch Secretary of the School, presided over the ceremony. Professor Cheng Ling, faculty representative and Secretary of the First Party Branch of Faculty and Staff, took the School motto “Cultivate Learning and Rectify the Heart, Integrate Chinese and Foreign Cultures” as her starting point and encouraged freshmen to extensively explore knowledge across different disciplines while mastering their professional courses, take root in the fertile ground of the University through integrated learning, and grow vigorously. Aifan, an Iranian freshman representative, recounted in Chinese his personal reflections since enrollment, encouraged fellow freshmen to work hard and make progress together, and expressed his expectation to transform and grow together with everyone. Liu Qinxin, an upperclassman representative who has been recommended for admission to East China Normal University as a graduate student, drew on her own university experience and, from the three aspects of scientific research experience, sports competition, and contest activities, encouraged everyone to try boldly, dare to break through, and maintain their perception of life and curiosity about the world.
At the ceremony, Officer Chen Han from Xuelin Police Station of the Xinzhan High-tech Public Security Sub-bureau focused on campus safety and anti-fraud protection and, in the form of a popular science lecture, delivered a special lecture on safety and anti-fraud to Chinese and international freshmen that was both warm and practical, helping everyone weave a tight safety protection net.
(Photo by Yang Yuanxin; Text by Wang Jiaxin; Reviewed by Ye Lanlan）
