On August 30, joyful new faces were found everywhere on the campuses of Binzhou Medical University (BMU) in a lighthearted atmosphere. On the day, the last batch of undergraduate and postgraduate freshmen of the year 2022 arrived at Yantai campus and Binzhou campus. With sweet expectations and longings, the new students arrived at BMU, where they were to start a new chapter of life and embark on a medical journey.
This is the scene of welcoming freshmen.
BMU leaders give instructions on site where freshmen are greeted in an orderly manner.
The campus of BMU livened up at 7:00 in the morning. Staff members, student volunteers, and teachers from the schools came to help 2022 freshmen to check in. BMU leaders, including Che Xianli, Zhao Shengtian, Sun Xiangjun, Lyu Changjun, Zhou Lianshun, and Zhang Yulong, also came on site to check the freshmen's registration and orientation activities.
The university leaders talked kindly with the incoming freshmen and welcomed their arrival. At the check-in office of each school, the leaders enquired about the number of freshmen and orientation activities and features and cordially expressed appreciation of the work of the involved teachers and student volunteers.
BMU leaders enquire about welcome activities of schools.
BMU leaders pose for a group photo with freshmen.
Work together to give a warm welcome to the freshmen.
BMU set up booths at railway stations, airport and bus terminals to guide freshmen upon arrival and designated teachers to pick up freshmen with shuttle buses. Welcome signs and banners were placed on campus to greet the freshmen of the year 2022. Procedures were optimized to facilitate the check-in process. After arrival, the freshmen are first guided to the nucleic acid test point to complete the test. Shuttle vehicles ran to pick up and drop off luggage for freshmen. Easy access was provided to answer questions on subsidy policies and help complete relevant procedures. There was also a conscription publicity booth, a medical service booth, volunteer service stations, parents' rest areas, and other facilities for freshmen and their parents.
It is worth noting that the commercial complex on campus was put into use before the university's opening and will effectively meet the increasing consumption needs of students under regular epidemic prevention and control measures. With the construction completed during the summer vacation, the commercial complex is intended to be a comprehensive service center integrating shopping, study, leisure, and entertainment with a youthful and fashion design. The campus commercial complex, located on the first and second floors of the Logistics Comprehensive Service Building, is intended to create an integrated service structure combining online and offline services, featuring one ring and two areas and encompassing the people-centric concept and intelligent operation, which can harmoniously coexist with the surrounding restaurants and student dormitories. Services, include a supermarket, 7-Eleven convenience store, water bar, coffee shop, fruit shop, barbershop, optical shop, typing and copying shop, bakery, mobile phone maintenance, stores for sporting goods, clothing, shoes and hats, stores for book, audio and video products and other on-site services will be provided. The commercial complex will provide notable convenience for the daily life and consumption of teachers and students on campus.
On the site of welcoming new students, members of student clubs and volunteers worked together to provide considerate and hearty services, fully demonstrating the hospitality of BMU. The volunteer team had more than 400 selected volunteers. Dressed in uniform, they cooperated tacitly in guiding freshmen, familiarizing them with the campus, and helping them to complete relevant procedures and deliver luggage, which were tightly scheduled and carried out smoothly. By making the best of media convergence, the Media Center of BMU presented the activities lively via Douyin, Weibo, and other platforms that are popular among freshmen to retain precious memories for them and record important moments in their lives. The live streaming also allowed parents to learn of BMU comprehensively and feel reassured about their children. The program Walk You around the Campus was broadcast to help freshmen know about the future campus life before the university opened.
Volunteers of student are interviewing students’ parents.
New medical specialties highlight new goals for "Two Advantageous and Two Characteristic Specialties".
The first students majoring in intelligent medical engineering and rehabilitation therapy (a Sino-foreign partnership program) were greeted at the welcome booths. BMU was approved to provide an undergraduate program of Intelligent Medical Engineering according to an announcement released by the Ministry of Education in March. The program, which enrolled 30 undergraduate students in the first year, features a new interdisciplinary specialty based on modern medical and natural science theories, integrating advanced technologies, such as big data, cloud computing, brain science, artificial intelligence, intelligent sensing, and robotics, to study the essence and laws of human life and diseases and explore intelligent diagnosis and treatment through man-machine synergy. Currently, there is a huge demand for professionals of intelligent medical engineering, so the students will find jobs easily, said Wu Guoshuai, academic clerk of the intelligent medical engineering program.
The School of Rehabilitation Medicine started to offer a rehabilitation therapy program (a Sino-foreign partnership program) this year. BMU became the first undergraduate institution in Shandong and the third in China to provide a rehabilitation therapy program under a Sino-foreign joint education partnership. The China-Germany Joint Education program requires studies of 4 years in a 4+0 model, absorbing high-quality educational resources from Germany. All the teaching will be completed at BMU. Upon successful completion, the students will receive undergraduate diplomas and degree certificates from BMU and a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the German partner.
Moreover, the School of Rehabilitation Medicine successfully passed the first-level accreditation of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) in August, making BMU the third university in China with the accreditation. This is undoubtedly great news for the freshmen as this means they are to study and practice and seek higher advancement in a university meeting international standards.
Through continuous efforts to improve the performance of disciplines and specialties, BMU has successfully realized a noteworthy advance from One Advantageous and Two Characteristic Specialties to Two Advantageous and Two Characteristic Specialties. In the new era of higher education development, BMU will work to promote the integration and development of new disciplines and specialties by accurately focusing on the frontier developments of new medical specialties. BMU works to promote alignment with international standards and the development of advantageous and characteristic specialties with an international vision, build a high-level medical university with prominent advantages and distinctive characteristics, and create new growth opportunities.
Bring students first experience of philanthropy through various forms of activities.
At the welcome desk and check-in office of each school, exhibition boards, banners, and other signs with clear, concise, and diverse text were placed; the staff answered questions and provided service enthusiastically as considerate guides for freshmen.
The First School of Clinical Medicine collected the beautiful smiling photos of 457 freshmen of the school and created a photo wall. The Second School of Clinical Medicine set up an intelligent medicine experience zone for freshmen to try AI voice medical record entry, wear devices, etc. The School of Special Education distributed a manual titled Brave the Wave for freshmen with a Braille version for visually impaired students to record memorable moments at the university. The School of Stomatology distributed exclusive handwritten postcards and freshmen packages marking the 35th anniversary of the school. The School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine welcomed the freshmen with medical features, such as experiences of acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, bonesetting, ear points, and other external practices of traditional Chinese medicine to raise freshmen's interest in learning Chinese medicine and experience the magic of Chinese medicine. The School of Rehabilitation Medicine organized a live performance for freshmen to create a happy atmosphere at the scene. The School of Pharmacy (School of Enology) prepared the Freshmen's Growth Strategy to help them find their learning direction and goals as soon as possible, master important learning methods, and spend the coming four years with fruitful results... Other schools also staged welcome activities with distinct themes focusing on care in combination with the characteristics of their specialties through meticulous preparation and active innovation.
These are the diverse freshmen welcome items.
On the day of opening, a special birthday ceremony was held for students whose birthday fell on the same day and presented birthday cakes to the students, making them feel the warmth of home at BMU.
This is a moment at the birthday ceremony.
Young students sail together and pursue the their medical dream.
Youth is a stage of life as vibrant as fire. It is time to embark on the medical journey and pursue the medical dream. Coming together from all over the country, the freshmen start their college life and prepare for a career of philanthropy, which is a dream of their family or even generations.
This year, Wang Puwen and Wang Puwu, a pair of twin brothers, reunited as majors in acupuncture and massage at the School of Special Education of BMU. Wang Puwu, the younger brother, was enrolled in BMU in 2021 and followed by his elder brother Wang Puwen, who also successfully entered the school this year to pursue their medical dream together.
Wang Yujie and Wang Yanxin are brother and sister from Heze, Shandong Province. They arrived at BMU together this year. The elder sister was enrolled in the undergraduate program of clinical medicine at BMU in 2017. After graduation this year, she became a postgraduate student at BMU. Her younger brother Wang Yanxin was enrolled in the undergraduate pediatrics program at BMU this year.
Sun Ziqi, Chang Mingyu, Chang Liping, and Yang Zhouyu are friends who went to the same primary school and high school. This year, they were admitted to BMU together and now start to pursue their medical dream together again.
The parents of Ma Tengjia, a freshman majoring in clinical medicine, were students of the year 1995 studying clinical medicine at BMU. In 2022 she takes over the baton from her parents, and all members of the family are now BMUer.
This year, the School of Special Education welcomed a group of disabled students, who were champions and runners-up at many events. With diverse talents for dance, painting, and calligraphy as well as swimming and rope skipping, they are thought to be the Chosen Team of Arts and Sports among the freshmen of the year 2022.
Zhou Hengyu and Huang Chuanxin, two freshmen majoring in traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture and massage), when to the same junior high school and senior high school. They were the champion of the rope skipping team competition at the 2019 National Paralympic Games, the runner-up of the disabled team competition at the 2019 World Cheerleading Championship, and the champion of the rope skipping double competition at the 2021 National Paralympic Games. We are here partly because of the recommendation by senior teammates: Let's meet in Yantai, meet at BMU, they said.
SOURCE: News Center
BY: Pan Xiaorong
