"Dream Building in Zhuhai Bay for A Bright Future"- Opening Ceremony of SSDPP's 2019 MSW Freshmen Held Successfully

On August 31, 2019, the opening ceremony of 2019 MSW Freshmen of SSDPP of Beijing Normal University was successfully held in Room B-202, Lijiao Building, Zhuhai Campus of Beijing Normal University. Dean of SSDPP Xu Yuebin, Party Secretary of SSDPP Tian Donghua, Executive Director of the Council for Social Work Education Feng Bo, Professor Qiao Dongping, Xie Qiuyuan from the social work research center, Teacher Wang Fangping, as well as Yang Zhiwei, Director of Social Work Department of the School of Law and Politics at Zhuhai Campus of BNU, Teacher Sun Yali, He Zhifeng, Xiang Yu and Yuan Xiaoliang attended the event. The administration team and all MSW freshmen of Zhuhai Campus of SSDPP were present at the meeting, which was chaired by Professor Tian Donghua.

Professor Tian Donghua presides over the opening ceremony

At about 2 p.m., the ceremony was officially opened with the screening of promotional films on the big screen. Dean Xu first expressed a warm welcome to the 2019 MSW freshmen of SSDPP, introduced the general situation of the faculty team and discipline setting of SSDPP, and put forward that the freshmen must "pay attention to capacity building", "implement the spirit of social work", "abide by the rules", etc., revealing his expectation to the freshmen for sailing on the road of social work.

Dean Xu Yuebin delivered a speech to the freshmen

Professor Feng Bo, Chairman of the Education Council, delivered a speech. He believed that China's society and people's needs are diverse and social work has huge potential. It is undoubtedly an exciting encouragement for the freshmen.

In his speech, Yang Zhiwei, Director of Social Work Department of the School of Law and Politics, first encouraged the freshmen to cheer for themselves: "I believe that everyone had a dream of being a student of BNU. Today, we are here! We should applaud for ourselves because we've turned our dream into reality!" Then, he elaborated the opportunities and development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the advantages of social work at Zhuhai Campus, etc. His humor and wisdom attracted the audience, who applauded and laughed after listening to his speech.

Yang Zhiwei delivered a speech to the freshmen on behalf of the teachers

At last, Liu Mengchen, the representative of the 2019 freshmen, delivered a speech. With her unique perspective and sincere words, she spoke on behalf of the 98 freshmen under the stage about their persistence of dreams, their understanding of values of social work, and their pride in becoming a student majoring in social work at Beijing Normal University.

Liu Mengchen, representative of the freshmen, delivered a speech

At the end of the event, all the participants took a group photo in the Lijiao Building. The flag unfolded in the photo is the emotional center connecting the teachers and students of SSDPP, and the courtyard is the starting point for 2019 social work graduate students.

Group photo of the Opening Ceremony of 2019 MSW Freshmen

After the opening ceremony, Professor Qiao Dongping carried out entrance education for the 2019 freshmen. Professor Qiao shared her own feelings, introduced the various specialty setting, curriculum system, training and cultivation program of SSDPP, and answered the freshmen's questions. Teacher Chen Lan briefly introduced the course selection instructions for the freshmen, as well as some information related to educational administration.

Professor Qiao Dongping carried out entrance education for the freshmen

The opening ceremony came to an end, but the graduate life of the 2019 freshmen of SSDPP has just begun. The sky is unlimited for birds to fly at ease, as the ocean is boundless for fish to leap at will. With beautiful dreams, we'll surely have a bright future! Beijing Normal University, here we are!

Picture/ text: Zhao Xin, Gao Jiani