At 9:30 a.m. on June 20, 2020, Graduation and Conferment Ceremony of 2020 undergraduate students of College of Foreign Languages of Southwest Jiaotong University was held on Tencent Conference Platform. Present at the ceremony were Professor Li Chengjian, President of the College of Foreign Languages and Chairman of Academic Degree Evaluation Committee; Li Zhuohui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Foreign Languages; Professor Yu Senlin, Vice Presidentof the College of Foreign Languages, vice chairman of Academic Degree Evaluation Committee and doctoral supervisor of the college; and Associate Professor Yang Anwen,Vice President of the College of Foreign Languages, vice chairman of Academic Degree Evaluation Committee and master supervisor; Professor Mo Guanghua, Director of the Professor Committee and Doctoral Supervisor of the College of Chinese studies; Professor Wang Pengfei, Vice President and master supervisor of the College of Foreign Languages; Yu Qingxiu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Foreign Languages; Associate Professor Yi Hong, Vice President of the College of Foreign Languages, head of the Department of Business English and master's supervisor; Associate Professor Ren Xiankai, assistant to the president and the supervisor of the master; Professor Xu Xiaoyan, head of Translation Department and supervisor of master's degree; Associate Professor Li Haizhen, head of Japanese Department and tutor of master's degree; Associate Professor Zeng Xiangmin, head of English Department and tutor of master's degree; Professor He Jun, head of German Department and supervisor of master degree; Mr. Wen Yang, French Russian Department; Associate Professor Kuang Juan, Chinese Department. The ceremony was presided over by Wu Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Foreign Languages.

President Li Chengjian first delivered a speech at the ceremony. She put forward advocations of Three Strength to the graduates who are about to embark on a new  journey. First, learning ability. She pointed out that learning is a life-long activity. Every graduate needs to continue to study, explore and enrich themselves; second, with determination, they can have strength. She hopes that graduates will not forget their original intention and firmly move forward; third, creativity and cross-border integration. She hopes that graduates will innovate methods and open up and explore a new world. At the end of the speech, President Li Chengjian sent his best wishes to all the graduates. She hopes all the students will have a bright future.

 

Later, Hong Ang, a German-major student, made a speech as a graduate representative. He recalled the four years of university, expressed his attachment to his alma mater and gratitude to his teachers. He said that the future will be a new beginning, students will not live up to the expectations of alma mater, stepping into a better future with ambitions, and presented sincere blessing to all students .

 

With the continuous advancement of the ceremony agenda, Secretary Li Zhuohui read out the list of winner of the 2020 Sishi Yanghua Medal as well as outstanding graduates at the provincial and university levels, and congratulated all the winners. Subsequently, the Dean of each department read out the list of graduates of 2020 and finished the Conferment Ceremony. Then, all the leading groups of the college presented the poem "Farewell to Graduation" to the graduates. Although the epidemic  has blocked the gathering of graduates and college, the cloud ceremony carefully prepared in this special period still conveys the blessing of college leaders and teachers to the hearts of every graduate through the screen.

 

Then, the conference broadcast the electronic album collection of "Our Growth" to graduates. The four-year college life was shown in front of the participants, and the feeling of the passing of time flowed into every participant's heart. After that, some graduate representatives sang the adapted song "Remote Memory of Xihu Lake" online, and the songs from all over the world showed their attachment to their alma mater.

 

Mrs. Liu Tong and Mrs. Wang Liping, university counselors of 2016, then delivered speeches. The two teachers expressed their feelings about time, their reluctance to part from each other and their wishes for the future, leaving the graduates in tears. The two teachers sincerely wish all the graduates coming from all over the China and all have a bright future.

 

Finally, all participants turned on the video camera and took the "Cloud Group Photo" as a souvenir. One day outside the courtyard, a lifetime of friendship. Graduation is not only the end, but also a new beginning. From then on, their names will be closely united with Jiaotong University. I sincerely wish them a bright future. So far, the Graduation and Conferment Ceremony of 2020 undergraduate students of the College of Foreign Languages has been successfully completed.

 

Reporter: Lei Chenran