In the golden autumn, the fruitsfragrance spreads. On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the establishment ofShandong Jianzhu University, foreign friendly and cooperative universities have sent congratulatory letters and videos to express congratulations.
In the congratulatory lettersand videos,representatives of overa dozen foreign universities and education associations, such as Griffith University in Australia, Unitec in New Zealand, Warsaw University of Ecology and Management in Poland, Raman University in Malaysia, University College new era in Malaysia, Göhler University in Thailand, University of Hull in the United Kingdom, Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom, Deakin University in Australia, Arctic University in Norway, Boren University in Thailand, and the Association of Thai-Chinese Education Alliances, congratulated the 65th anniversary of the establishment ofShandong Jianzhu University,spoke highly of the achievements of our school in the past 65 years and expressed good wishes for the future development of our school. They said that they would further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with our school on the basis of previous friendly cooperation, expand cooperation,upgradethe level of cooperation,promotemutual benefit, exchanges and mutual learning, and jointly create a better futureoffriendly and cooperative inter-schoolrelations.For example, Sarah Todd, vice president in charge of international affairs at Griffith University in Australia, expressed warm congratulations and good wishes for the 65th anniversary of the founding of our school in a congratulatory letter tothe President Professor Yu Dehu.Shesaid that since the signing of the memorandum of understanding on the establishment of friendly and cooperative inter-schoolrelations between the two universities in March 2009, the two universities havealways been sincere and friendly inexchangesand cooperation, and teachers and students of the two universities have also had rich opportunities and experiences for exchanges and cooperation.In spite of the virus, they still worked hard to surmount the difficulties caused by this pandemic and advance cooperation as they highly value their friendly cooperation relationship and believe in thebright future of the cooperative relationship.She expressed regret that she could not come to congratulate due to the epidemic, but the two sides will soon resume mutual visits after thepandemic.
Shandong Jianzhu University actively promote the opening up of schools, and has established friendly and cooperative inter-school relations with more than 80 colleges and universities in more than 30 countries and regions.Also, we have achieved all-dimensional, multi-tiered and wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation with foreign partners in cooperative education, teaching cooperation, scientific research cooperation, student exchange and joint training, teachers’ development, high-level dialogue and mutual visits.
The internationalexchangesand cooperation in education is temporarily affected by this pandemic.However, on the other side,new formshaveemerged.After this pandemic,there will be innovative ways ofinternationalexchangesand cooperationas universities around the world are striving to “cultivate new opportunities among crisis and create new prospects among changes”. Confronting this COVID-19, Shandong Jianzhu University will work with other foreign partners to explore new forms of “Internet + international cooperation and exchanges”, and to fully utilize the Internet and online teaching platforms so as to advance exchanges and cooperation.Despite impediments to face-to-face communication, we still ensured that information is delivered, and that online teaching, mixed online and offline teaching, courses sharing with foreign partners, exchanges and cooperation all progress well.
Finalizer: Li Xiao
