In order to avoid crowd gathering, the graduation ceremony will be held outdoors for the first time and broadcast live through multiple platforms; In order to avoid the sun, the graduation ceremony opened in the evening and continued into the evening; The school leaders plucked the ears for every student who attended the graduation ceremony on the spot, which lasted more than 3 hours; The headmaster sang a song "Farewell" with the graduates, and bid farewell to the graduates with affectionate songs. At 5: 30 pm on July 1st, the Party Building Day, the graduation ceremony of Tongji University in 2020 with the theme of "Sailing with Mission, Breaking the Waves and Sailing" was grandly opened in the January 29th Sports Ground of siping road Campus. Warm and touching details can be seen everywhere at the ceremony. There were about 3,300 graduates at the scene, and the remaining 6,500 graduates attended the ceremony in the cloud.
School leaders Fang Shouen, Chen Jie, Wu Jiang, Jiang Changjun, Wu Zhiqiang, Xu Jianping, Lv Peiming, Wu Guangming, Gu Xianglin, Fang Ping, Feng Shenhong, Lei Xinghui and Yihan Chen attended the graduation ceremony. The graduation ceremony was presided over by executive vice president Wu Jiang.
The graduation ceremony kicked off in the majestic national anthem. Chen Jie, the headmaster, delivered a speech on the topic of "Sailing in the Long Wind and Breaking the Waves". First of all, on behalf of Tongji University and all the faculty and staff, he expressed heartfelt congratulations to 3,887 undergraduate graduates, 5,079 master graduates and 856 doctoral graduates! He said that in this special period, we held an extraordinary graduation ceremony to witness the important moment when nearly 10,000 Tongji students completed their studies and started a new journey in their lives on the birthday of the Party. Affected by the epidemic, we have experienced a very special semester, which is a precious life accumulation for every student who is about to enter the society. During this special period, we deeply experienced the tension between fragility and strength of life, and deeply understood the individual’s due responsibility to the country and society. We have tested our body and mind, experienced our life, put it into action and increased our wisdom in the fight against the epidemic. Students should learn to connect historical experience with the inheritance of civilization, integrate scientific spirit and rational thinking, and sublimate their ideological understanding and life realm through such experiences.
Chen Jie sent a message to graduates, and students should strive to become professional elites and pillars of society; Being ambitious, pioneering and innovative, Tongji people should be the backbone and Optimus Prime of national rejuvenation! The graduation bell is about to ring, and the students are going out of the school gate and rushing into the sea. Tongji’s "back wave" in the new era inherits the historical roots of a century-old university and national destiny; Caring for the motherland and holding hands with science and education are the eternal feelings of Tongji people. It is the constant responsibility of Tongji people to stand on the forefront and be a pioneer of the times. As the students were about to start a new chapter in their lives, he told them four questions. First, the global epidemic requires us to think calmly and take active actions. Second, the world is facing a change, which requires our keen insight and deep understanding. Third, society is full of variables, which requires us to seize opportunities and face difficulties. Fourth, opening a new chapter in life requires us to be firm, calm and determined.
Chen Jie put forward three hopes for the graduates: First, keep in mind the mission and be brave in taking responsibility. Students should always strengthen their ideals and beliefs, set lofty goals, be determined to innovate and forge ahead, calmly face external tests, and shoulder their responsibilities and responsibilities. Second, the mind is broad and the pattern is broad. No matter what profession you are engaged in, students should be rigorous and serious, tolerant and open-minded, integrate the individual into the larger self, have a keen insight into the changing world, and closely link their personal future with the destiny of the country and the nation. The third is determined to struggle and persist. Students should sharpen their youth in struggle, temper their will in persistence, accurately judge opportunities and challenges, and be firm, persistent and indomitable. Let struggle and persistence become the most beautiful background of life! Finally, Chen Jie concluded with a popular phrase: "There is a sweetness, that is, we graduated!"
Professor Yang Guiqing from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning spoke as a teacher representative. He encouraged his classmates to become a positive energy particle with special functions. When the country and people need it one day in the future, they will emerge from the shell and bravely and proudly shoulder the heavy responsibility of the times of reform, innovation and leading the society forward courageously.
Wu Xudong, a graduate of Civil Engineering College in 2020, spoke as a graduate representative. He said, "When I watched the live broadcast of Vulcan Hospital and Thunder God Mountain hospital construction site on TV, I was inspired to use my knowledge and skills to serve the country and contribute to society." At the beginning of April this year, Wu Xudong signed a contract with China Construction Third Bureau Urban Investment and Operation Co., Ltd., which once shouldered the heavy burden in the construction of Huoshenshan Hospital and Thunder God Mountain hospital.
This year, Tongji University has 20 graduates from 14 colleges, including civil engineering, architecture and urban planning, economy and management, art and media, who have been selected by "open recruitment, voluntary registration and merit-based selection", respectively, in the 22nd China Youth Volunteer Relay Program for Poverty Alleviation and the 2020 Western Volunteer Service Program for College Students. Among them, the students of the education group will go to Lizhuang, Yibin, Sichuan, Yuanmou and Yunlong, Yunnan Province to carry out teaching services to help local education and local development. Wu Jiang announced the list of volunteers and graduate students’ support groups for the "College Students’ Volunteer Service in the West", and Xu Jianping, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the school, awarded flags and cards to the volunteers and representatives of the support groups in the west.
As an important measure for Tongji University to further guide and support graduates to go to key areas, major projects, major projects and important fields for employment and entrepreneurship, and to encourage them to contribute their youth to the motherland and the people where they need it most, in 2017, our school launched the "Sailing Award". A total of 153 graduates were commended in this year’s "Sailing Award", of which 1 won the grand prize, 22 won the first prize, 45 won the second prize and 85 won the third prize. Wu Jiang announced the winners of "Sailing Award", and Vice President Lei Xinghui presented certificates and medals to the winners of "Sailing Award" respectively.
In recent years, "Selected Graduates" has become an important career choice for many outstanding graduates of Tongji University. Thanks to the joint efforts of Tongji University and government organizations all over the country, another batch of Tongji graduates have been successfully selected as "Selected Graduates" this year, and will go to all parts of the country to serve the grassroots and help local construction and development. Fang Shouen, secretary of the Party Committee of our school, awarded flags to delegates from Selected Graduates who went to various places.
When leaving their alma mater, it is the warmth and care given to them by their alma mater that makes the graduates feel unforgettable and reluctant to part. In the special "Thanksgiving" session of this year’s graduation ceremony, a video of about 3 minutes was broadcast live, showing the dribs and drabs and touching moments that the school staff devoted themselves to the growth of students. Among them, there are not only teachers who teach and educate people, counselors who accompany students to grow up all the way, but also logistics personnel who provide warm and powerful logistics support services for students’ college life, including security guards who keep the campus safe, canteen chefs who cook delicious meals carefully, and aunts who stay in charge of creating a warm community for students. The scenes are warm and touching. Ten staff representatives came to the stage. They were two teachers, Professor Wang Zhanshan and Professor Yang Guiqing, who won Tongji University’s "Award for Pursuing Excellence as Teachers" this year; two counselors, Dong Bianlin, the annual figure of Shanghai university counselors; Zhu Shengxiu, who had not changed his true colors after retiring from the army; two security guards, Xia Yangxing and Wang Chongxue; two chefs, Tanaka Qiang and Chang Renben; and two aunts, Jiang Qing and Haiyan Jiang, who stayed in the dormitory. Many representatives of graduates presented flowers to them to express their sincere respect and gratitude.
Heading is the highlight of graduation ceremony. Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral graduates from various colleges and international students dressed in various cap and gown came to the stage in batches. School leaders in turn distributed graduate commemorative scrolls to graduates and set the ears for them. The heading ceremony lasted more than three hours. Graduates who attend the graduation ceremony online will be plucked by their elders.
Opening the commemorative scroll is a "graduation message": … The mountains are high and the waters are long, and each of them runs to the east and west. Don’t forget to embrace the rainbow on the way to dreams. "Help each other in the same boat" always keeps in mind, writes papers on the land of the motherland, and makes contributions where the motherland needs them most, so as not to live up to this great era.
During the interval of heading, teachers and students performed song and dance programs to send good wishes to the graduates. Tongji University’s counselors, together with the Student Dance Troupe, the Student Hip-hop Association C4family and the Student Star Performing Arts Troupe, presented the dance "Dancing Youth", and the breath of youth came to my face. The Student Art Troupe, together with graduates’ representatives, volunteers going to the west and members of the education group, sang "The Crossing of Phoenix Flowers", which was full of reluctance and nostalgia. "Outside the pavilion, on the side of the ancient road, the grass is blue. The evening breeze blows the willow flute, and the setting sun is beyond the mountains … "President Chen Jie sang a song" Farewell "with his classmates, and bid farewell to this year’s graduates with affectionate songs. At the scene, the original graduation season MV "Dawn" of Tongji University was also broadcast.
Once again, listen to the teacher’s exhortation and feel the heavy teacher’s kindness. The video "Help each other in the same boat, be a struggler in the new era-a message to the graduates of Tongji University in 2020" was broadcast live, which gathered the sincere messages and ardent expectations of the leaders of various colleges, the class teachers, teachers and counselors for the graduates. "The graduates of the class of 2020 have experienced difficulties that other classes have not experienced, and I believe that you will certainly gain greater exercise and usher in greater success." "I believe that students will take the spirit of Tongji people, with the sincerity of Tongji medicine and the style of Ming Dow Zhiyuan, and go to the society to serve the people!" This is the blessing and hope of Professor Li Zhenyu, Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Professor Zheng Jialin, Dean of the Medical College.
"It’s a pity that the Chinese land does not revitalize the craft. It’s a pity … to help each other in the same boat, to revitalize the craft …" "Tongji, Tongji, to help each other in the same boat … to ride the waves in the wind and paddle hard, and then hang the sail high …" Finally, the graduates stood up and sang "Tongji Old School Song" and "Tongji Song" in unison. The graduation ceremony came to a successful conclusion with passionate and heroic singing.
On the same day, a series of live broadcast platforms, such as People’s Daily client, People’s Daily Weibo, People’s Video, Central Video, Xinhuanet, Tongji University’s Learning Power, Youku and Tongji University’s official Weibo, Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker, bilibili, Baidu and streaming media platforms, broadcast the graduation ceremony live, with a total of nearly 10 million people watching it online. "Happy graduation! Sail and sail! " "I love Tongji!" "Remember Tongji, remember Tongji spirit!" "I am so envious, there is such a graduation ceremony during the epidemic!" ….. The barrage messages of various live broadcast platforms are constantly flowing. (Text/Ai Jiao Tu/Jiang Ping, Zhou You Video/Wu Yixiang, Song Yuxing, Su Qunfeng, Dong Jiayan, Zhu Qi, Li Boning, Li Hua)
