汤涛校长在2021年UIC本科新生开学典礼上的致辞

9月15日，北师港浸大（UIC）举行2021级本科新生开学典礼，中国科学院院士、UIC校长汤涛教授寄语新生。中英文致辞全文如下：

(Please scroll down for President Tang Tao’s English speech for the 2021-22 Inauguration Ceremonies)

亲爱的同学们：

欢迎你们加入UIC大家庭，正式开启大学生活。很高兴你们选择UIC这所博雅大学，我们将不负所望，让大家在优质的教育环境中成长、成才。

大学不同于高中，博雅教育也不同于传统教育。如何适应在UIC的大学生活？我建议大家：主动学习，而不是为了应付考试被动学习；勇敢发问，不要只去记住标准答案；能学加巧学，效果才能事半功倍；多去尝试，不计较一时得失。希望大家充分利用UIC的资源，全方位提升自己，为未来的人生道路夯实基础。

不久前的东京奥运会，有两位运动员给我留下深刻的印象：一位是清华大学学生杨倩，她收获了两枚金牌，创造女子10米气步枪纪录；另一位是暨南大学副教授苏炳添，32岁的他在100米赛场上打破亚洲纪录。这两位优秀的运动员启发我们：永不言弃的态度，不仅在体育运动中适用，对我们的人生也颇有裨益。“更快、更高、更强——更团结”的奥运精神适用于每一个领域。

各位同学，和你们一样，UIC也在成长，二期校园已动工建设，你们刚好在见证这一历史时期。愿你们珍惜大学时光，珍惜师生情谊，和UIC一同成长，以梦为马，不负韶华，成为学校的骄傲、父母的骄傲，乃至博雅教育的骄傲。

谢谢大家！

President Tang Tao’s speech for the 2021-22 Inauguration Ceremonies

Students,

I warmly welcome you as new members of our big family.

You are joining us at a very exciting time in UIC’s history. We are becoming a bigger and better university, to meet the changing needs of our country.

We are growing in size, in numbers, in diversity, and in quality.

In terms of size, UIC has begun the construction of its Second Phase campus, with an extra 550 acres of land given to us by the Zhuhai government. The new campus will offer facilities for new and high-tech disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence and for cutting-edge research and postgraduate education.

In terms of numbers, this year we have the largest intake of students in our history, proving how popular UIC is among students who look for quality in higher education.

We are only 16 years old, but UIC has been designated by the nation’s Education Department as one of the few universities for accepting students originally admitted by world-leading universities but are unable to go overseas because of the pandemic. Under this Direct Admission program, 400 of the best students in China have joined UIC.

We are also getting better in quality, with innovative teaching and learning methods. That’s why we are famous for liberal arts education in China, with English as our teaching language.

So, you can be sure that you have come to the right place for a fine education.

We are doing everything we can to give you the best education. But there is something you should do as students.

After all, in university, unlike high school, you take responsibility for your own education. Here, we believe in “active learning”, not passive exam-driven learning.

You learn to ask bold, disruptive questions instead of giving memorized right answers. You learn to think your way out of problems. You learn smart, not just study hard. You learn to take risks, in ideas, and later in business, to become good in whatever you do.

A university is known by the quality of its students. UIC is great because our students and graduates are great. So, at this ceremony, let us enter into an open agreement: UIC will provide you with the best facilities and teachers, and in exchange, you as students, will do your best in developing habits of excellence.

I cannot end this speech without mentioning the recent 2020 Olympic games. To me, the most memorable thing is about two Chinese medal winners: Yang Qian, a double gold-medal winner and new Olympic record holder in 10-meter air rifle. She is a student at Tsinghua University. The second is Su Bingtian, who broke the Asian 100-meter record with a sprint of 9.83 seconds at age 32. He is an associate professor at Jinan University in Guangzhou. It goes to show that education is not just about books. It is the never-say-die attitude in competitive sports that is so exciting and inspiring. The Olympic spirit of “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” should apply to every field of human endeavor. Let us applaud and keep alive this Olympic spirit.

Make us and your parents proud, and prove that you are the product of the finest liberal arts education in China.

Enjoy your four years here. Make lasting friendships with your peers and relationships with your mentors. Grow a better version of yourself, as you begin an exciting new era. Together, let’s grow with UIC.

Thank you.

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