On9 September 2018, before the Teachers’ Day, the Tianjin International Engineering Institute holds 2018 freshmen ceremony at 8thmeeting room of conference building.Shan Xiaolin ,Party Secretary of Qiushi Honors of college, Chen Guanyi, director of Qiushi Honors of college and dean of Tianjin International Engineering Institute, Guan Jing, vice director of Qiushi Honors of college and vice director of Tianjin International Engineering Institute, Wang Wei, vice director of Qiushi Honors of college, Yu Qian, vice director of Qiushi Honors of college,Philippe Lorenzini ,theFormerAssociatePrincipleofPolytech’ Nice Sophia,MARC Gaetano, French teacher of Tianjin International Engineering Institute, and GILLES Jacquemod，French teacher of Tianjin International Engineering Instituteand Liu Gang, Principal of Building Specialtyof Tianjin International Engineering Instituteattend this ceremony. All the manage teachers of TIEI and all the 2018 freshmen attend this ceremony. This meeting is conducting by the 2018 freshmen in Chinese and in English and beginning with the solemn national anthem.
Chen Guanyi, director of Qiushi Honors of college and dean of Tianjin International Engineering Institute on behalf of all the teachers and students give a warm welcome to the 2018 freshmen and give a speech. In his speech, the foundation of TIEI is an innovation of fusion of Chinese and western. In recent years, the development of TIEI has been closely around the construction of new engineering in the new era.Last year, the college not only received the highest level of authoritative certification granted by CTI, the title committee of French engineers, but also received high praise from Mr. Jean-marc THERET, vice chairman of CTI. Meanwhile, he expresses ardent hope and desire to all new students with “three don’t do and three do”.Instead of being a single boring receiver, be a thoughtful creator; not be a passive man tired of being; be an active and diligent one; don’t be a loser who quit speaking out of turn, be a stickler.I hope that students do not vanity, not flashy, down-to-earth, stick to the original heart, and do realistic students of Tianjin University.
Professor MARC Gaetano, director of the international office of the Pedagogy Polytech’Nice Sophia, delivers a speech on behalf of the French institute. He says that the TIEI has had in-depth exchanges and close cooperation on the road of cultivating international engineering leading talents for many years with Pedagogy Polytech’Nice Sophia.The first-rate team of teachers in both Chinese and French universities have actively explored and cooperated with each other in various aspects, such as discipline construction, scientific research projects and personnel training.
Students from both institutions will also have the opportunity to go to the other school to complete the engineering internship tasks and participate in international exchange programs. He hopes that the new students would have the spirit of innovation, exploration and practice, and hoped that they could be seen in Pedagogy Polytech’Nice Sophia in the future.
Professor GILLES Jacquemod, teacher of Pedagogy Polytech’Nice Sophia speakes on behalf of the faculty of professional education. In France, he says the training of engineers is very important, engineer education is France's elite education. TIET provides excellent education platform and international resources for students. In the near future, you will fully feel the different teaching styles and ideas of Chinese and French teachers, constantly broaden your horizon and thinking, actively participate in practice, and integrate the professional knowledge between disciplines, and eventually become an excellent engineer with international vision.
College's first outstanding graduates, now working in Baidu, Xuru gives her speech on behalf of the college graduates. In her speech, she advises each of the freshmen in the audience that "opportunity and time are your greatest capital". During the three years of postgraduate study in the college, China-France cooperation can obtain international education resources, school-enterprise cooperation can have better internship opportunities, exchange and training can broaden your horizon. The college has provided us with a wide range of opportunities, and we hope you will take the initiative in the new starting point. I wish you all a wonderful three-year postgraduate life here.
College freshman representative Lei Yijing speakes in fluent English on behalf of all the college 2018 freshmen. In her speech, she expressed three hopes "actively participate in the study and research of the course, always keep a modest heart, learn from people around, and take the initiative to seize and cherish every internship opportunity".
With the arrival of the "double festival" of the Mid-Autumn festival and the teachers' day in China, the college presents the flowers and moon cakes for the foreign teachers and sincerely wish the foreign teachers in our college a happy working and living in China, and the China-France friendship lasts forever.
Atlast, school leaders and teachers take photos with all the freshmen of grade 2018, and the opening ceremony was successfully concluded. At this moment, all the class of 2018 will stand at a new starting point and embark on a new journey. May they bear the hopes of the college, stand higher and view further in the future study and research.
