On January 9th, the annual meeting of alumni association of the College of Foreign Languages was held in the 111 lecture hall. The alumni from home and abroad of our college participated in the meeting online.
The annual meeting was hosted by Gao Tianming, secretary general of the Alumni Association. Mu Xiangwang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Foreign Languages, Yan Guodong, the Dean, and Ma Hongqi, the Vice Dean, attended the meeting.
All alumni representatives sang the National Anthem and Yan Guodong gave a welcome speech. He expressed his sincere gratitude to the global alumni who have cared and supported the development of the College of Foreign Languages for a long time. And together with the alumni, they reviewed the outstanding contributions made by the alumni in the prevention and control of Covid-19 and the employment of students in 2020. Yan Guodong pointed out that the College of Foreign Languages is currently working hard to build a first-class foreign language college in a comprehensive university across the country and the Alumni Association has established a stage for alumni to exchange ideas, promote friendship, gather wisdom, and strength. It is hoped that the Alumni Association will further unite the majority of people from our college and contribute to the development of the alma mater.
Lu Congmin, the honorary chairman of the Alumni Association, sent a congratulatory letter, which was read by Chen Xiaoyu, the Deputy Secretary-General. Lu Congmin said that for more than three years, to run the alumni association well, everyone has contributed their efforts and experienced the essence and functions of alumni are the blood of the alma mater and the alumni association is a bridge, a link, a platform and a window, which has yielded gratifying results. The epidemic prevents us from going back to our alma mater to reunite, so let us hold our hands online and in the video, and send wishes to our college and the Alumni Association.
Professor Yuan Haiwang, the head of American alumni association, delivered a speech by Honorary President Mr. Gao Dongshan. Gao Dongshan said that Nankai people will, as always, keep in mind the university’s motto of Dedication to public interests, acquisition of all-round capability and President Xi's call of remain true to our aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind in different countries and different working and living environments, and unite with the alumni of their alma mater to make their own contributions to the development of the alma mater and our college in a variety of ways.
Zhao Wei, the president of the Alumni Association, made the summary report on the work of the association in 2020, Kuang Dong, the vice president, made the financial report in 2020, and Huang Shaorong, the deputy secretary-general, made the report on the work plan of the alumni association in 2021. Alumni representatives attended the meeting, reviewing and adopting the three reports.
At the meeting, Ma Hongqi announced the establishment of the Alumni Office of the College of Foreign Languages in Nankai University. Mu Xiangwang and Yan Guodong launched the alumni office and appointed Zhao Guoqiang as the director of the alumni office.
Ma Hongqi announced the nominees for 2020 advanced persons in the work of the alumni association, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the alumni at home and abroad who have assisted the development of the college and the alma mater in different ways.
Mu Xiangwang delivered a closing speech. She first thanked the alumni around the world for their strong support to the work of the college. Besides, she pointed out that the Alumni Association serves alumni and alma mater to help teachers, students and alumni grow together. Our college attaches great importance to the work of the alumni association and will provide greater help.
Finally, all alumni representatives stood up and sang the Nankai School Song. After the meeting, all alumni had a discussion, which promoted the friendship of schoolfellows, and talked about the work in 2021, expressing that they would contact and mobilize more alumni to make greater contributions to the development of the alma mater and the construction of foreign language disciplines.
