Source: SYSU News Center
Written by: SYSU News Center
Photo by: Liu Jia
Edited by: Wang Dongmei
On the afternoon of December 31, 2014, the sum-up meeting of SYSU 90th anniversary celebrations was held in Swasey Hall on South Campus. Prof. Zheng Detao, Secretary of SYSU Party Committee; Prof. Chen Chunsheng, Executive Deputy Secretary and Vice President of SYSU; Prof. Yu Minbin, Vice President of SYSU; Mr. Chen Shaobin, Assistant President of SYSU; and representatives of functional departments, schools and departments, affiliated hospitals, logistics group, security office, student volunteers and alumni attended the event. The meeting was presided over by Prof. Li Ping, Deputy Secretary of SYSU Party Committee.
The sum-up meeting of SYSU 90th anniversary celebrations held in Swasey Hall
Prof. Zheng Detao thanked the faculty, students, alumni and friends who have supported the 90th anniversary celebrations. He said that the activities themed on “academic study and alumni” were well-organized and enjoyed popular acclaim. He hoped that more efforts would be made to serve the alumni and raise the prestige of the University.
SYSU alumnus Li Ying made a series of mini movies based on the stories of alumni couples in the event “I Met You at SYSU”. The audience watched some clips, reliving the wonderful moments in the anniversary celebrations.
Then, Chen Wangnan, Director of the President’s Office; Huang Yi, Secretary of SYSU CYL Committee; Qiu Guoxin, Director of the Publicity Department; Meng Cuiyang, Director of the Office for International Cooperation and Comprehensive Management; and Li Hanrong, Director of Education Development & Alumni Affairs Office; gave a summary of their work during the anniversary celebrations respectively.
Academician Ji Liangnian making a speech
Alumni representative Fang Shizhuang making a speech
Mr. Fang Shizhuang, President of SYSU Alumni Association in Australia, said that the alumni could feel the warmth during the anniversary celebrations; Academician Ji Liangnian affirmed the series of anniversary activities; Prof. Zhang Rongfang thanked the various departments for their efforts; Huge Jile, Manager of the First Student Cafeteria, and Lei Xinhua, Head of the Campus Security Team, made useful suggestions. Liu Zhanpeng from School of Sociology and Anthropology, Fu Jianshu from School of Education, and Liu Xu from School of Nursing, shared their stories and feelings on behalf of student volunteers.
Student volunteer representative Liu Zhanpeng making a speech
Prof. Chen Chunsheng made a concluding speech. He talked about the importance of rituals from the perspective of anthropology. Different from our routine work, the whole ritual in the 90th anniversary celebrations gave us new experience and motivation to do our best in constructing the university system and preparing for the centennial anniversary of the University.
