On the morning of Sept. 13, 2020, a matriculation ceremony of School of Management (Hereinafter referred to as "XMUSM") and Institute for Financial & Accounting Studies (Hereinafter referred to as "IFAS") was held in Jiannan Auditorium of Siming Campus and broadcasted through online platforms. 398 undergraduate students, 553 master’s candidates, and 57 doctoral candidates were admitted in 2020.
New journey to SMXMU and IFAS——
With the solemn national anthem, the ceremony officially began. Secretary Qiu firstly welcomed freshmen during the special coronavirus epidemic period and expected them to face the wind and waves bravely and fly into the sky. Vice dean Xu, introduced basic situation of SMXMU from three aspects: disciplined system, department structure and international exchange. Associate secretary Dai, presented overall information of freshmen 2020 in multidimensional perspective.
A torch is passed from generation to generation——
Associate Professor Jia Yanli from Department of Marketing, expressed her expectations: making college life worth by forgetting the “immediate feedback”, determining life direction as soon as possible and taking full advantage of partners’ power in the university. Afterwards, advice shared from senior student representative Yang and new student Liang, extended their heartfelt thanks to the enthusiastic teachers. Subsequently, professor Yu, the vice dean, presented the souvenirs to the alumni Wu Yunxuan.
A greeting-to-the-future with vows and responsibilities——
At the scene, freshmen also wrote the postcard to greet themselves in the future. “First Lesson” for 2020 freshmen — "Pursue a dream departing from here, Raise the sail from now on" was presented from dean Li Jianfa in the following time, expecting them full of thirst for knowledge, work hard and forge ahead!
It is worth mentioning that due to the impact of COVID-19, some freshmen such as the overseas students could not attend on spot, the organizers opened the online live channel for the first time. More than 8,000 freshmen, alumni and parents from home and abroad gathered in the air to witness the Matriculation Ceremony 2020.
