Chinese Glossy Privet was in full bloom and the farewell songs were sung witharesoundingvoice. On the morning of June 29th, 2018, SDUT held a graduation ceremony to bid farewell to the 2018 graduates. Nearly 9,000 students set sail to a broader world again with their dreams to write a new chapter in their life.
The ceremony was attended by School leaders like LYU Chuanyi, ZHANG Tiezhu, YI Yuchen, HU Xingyu, LIU Guohua, ZHANG Xiangyun, WANG Libin, WEI Xiuting, ZHA Yuxi, YI Weiming, and ZHANG Jinsheng and it was also attended by the heads of the schools, the deputy secretaries who were responsible for student work, and the graduate counselors, teacher representatives, parent representatives and all 2018 graduates. The ceremony was presided over by ZHANG Xiangyun, the member of the Standing Committee of the School Party Committee and Vice President of SDUT.
HU Xingyu, deputy secretary of the school party committee, read the Notice on the recognition of the best teachers in students’ mind during the university years in 2018. LIU Guohua, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and vice president, read out the Notice on Honoring Outstanding Graduates in 2018. WEI Xiuting, Vice Chairman of the Evaluation Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President, read out the Decision on Granting Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Degrees for 2018 Graduates.
The school leaders had awarded certificates to graduate representatives, outstanding graduate representatives, and teachers who had received the honorary titles of “The best teachers in SDUT”.
With the song of Grateful Heart, the graduate representatives presented flowers to 24 faculty and staff members, and thanking them for their careful instruction.
GU Xiaodan, a 2015 graduate student of the School of Life Sciences, expressed her highest respect and sincere gratitude to the leaders, teachers, parents and school fellows. After recalling the harvest during her school days, she said that she would remember the school motto of “Sound morality, broad erudition, implementation, and perfection”; and with the excellence of character of “SDUT alumna”, she would be not afraid of any difficulties and would forge ahead on the new life path.
On behalf of teachers, WANG Bosong, a professor in the School of Law and one of the Fourth List of Famous Teachers of SDUT, congratulated the graduates on their successful completion of their schooling career. He hoped that everyone would bear in mind the mission and serve the motherland, keep exercising so as to maintain healthy in body and mind, continue to learn and practice the knowledge and abide by ethical codes to earn their sunshine wealth. He said that no matter where alumni were, alumni would have been cared and blessed and supported by the teachers at their alma mater.
On behalf of the school, ZHANG Tiezhu, the president and chairman of the school's degree evaluation committee, gave a speech and expressed warm congratulations to all graduates who would commence a new life journey. He expressed his high respect to the faculty and staff and parents who had devoted a lot of painstaking efforts to the graduates.
At the moment to embark on a new journey, ZHANG Tiezhu encouraged the graduates to learn to be brave and determined as the following. First, they should adhere to the initial mission, let the banner of faith fly high on the path of their life struggle. Second, they should never stop learning, uphold an enterprising spirit, and let learning become a lifelong habit and valuable pursuit. Third, they must sharpen a perseverance, face the difficulties, and be indomitable, and let the dreams shine into reality with their perseverance.
In the school song that everyone sang together, the graduation ceremony came to an end.