On the afternoon of September 29, CFLC held an inauguration ceremony to welcome new students for the academic year 2018-19. All new students, faculty and staff and a number of notable alumni attended the event.
Speaking at the ceremony, CFLC Party Secretary Chen Zhiwei welcomed the students to the College. She encouraged them to make the most of the opportunities available to them at the College, to embrace a wide range of interest, and to explore new ideas.
Professor Gu Hongfei of the CFLC Department of European Languages addressed the students on behalf of faculty. She encouraged the new students to develop skills outside their major academic subjects and take advantage of the environment provided and ensure that they grow and mature as an adult and as a responsible citizen who will play a major role in society.
Three upperclassmen also spoke on behalf of current students. They shared their experience studying at CFLC and working as volunteer teachers in China’s northwestern province of Ningxia. They encouraged the freshmen to pursue their dreams, to strike a good balance between winning over not just with bright ideas but through people’s hearts and minds, to exert confidence but with humility, and to strive for their ambitions with responsibility and conscience.
The ceremony concluded with presentations of certificates of merits to selected current students and an announcement of the recipients of scholarships for the academic year of 2017-18.
