On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of School of Business Administration (SBA) and the 30th anniversary of the MBA education, 1st September, all the school leaders, representatives of the faculty, counselors and volunteers welcomed the arrival of new students.
The school set up a Party Pioneer post and a League Service post at the orientation site and equipped each freshman with a volunteer in advance.
There was also a photo area and a signature wall at the orientation site. The school conducted brief interviews with some of the new students.
During the orientation period, Hou Zhenfa, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, Yang Canming, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, and other leaders of the University and the heads of relevant functional departments were present at the orientation site.
In Shouyi, Dean Wu Haitao, Secretary of the Party Committee of SBA Yu Xiaopeng, Vice Deans Fei Xianzheng, Hu Chuan and Wen Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the SBA Nijiati Aimaiti and representatives of the faculty members went into the 26th and 33rd dormitory buildings and talked with the new students cordially.
In Nanhu, Vice Dean Shi Junwei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of SBA Zhu Yanping and teachers from Postgraduate Program Office went into Wanghu dormitory to visit new graduate students.
In addition, on the morning of 1st September, the Opening Ceremony of MBA/EMBA Cohort of 2024 and the Appointment Ceremony of Enterprise Cooperative Tutor of the SBA were held in Shouyi. Leaders of the School, all teachers of MBA Education Center and representatives of cooperative tutors attended the opening ceremony, and Professor Fang Hanting, researcher of National Research Center for Coordinated Regional Development of Zhejiang University, attended as a special guest.
Dean Wu Haitao gave three suggestions to the students in the light of the characteristics of MBA education: maintain lifelong learning, take social responsibility, and emphase sustainable development; he wished that the outstanding freshmen would become the outstanding alumni of our school in the future.
At the same time, the appointment ceremony of the enterprise cooperative tutors was held. Dean Wu Haitao and Party Secretary Yu Xiaopeng handed over the appointment letters to 14 representatives of enterprise cooperative mentors on the spot.
With the full cooperation of the leaders and teachers of the SBA, the orientation work of the cohort of 2024 proceeded in an orderly manner.