On January 11, 2018, under the warm sun of winter, there was laughter and joy in the School of Statistics and Management building, as 25 students from the 2015 Applied Statistics Master's program (Financial Investment and Risk Management direction) celebrated their graduation ceremony.
At 10 a.m., the School of Statistics and Management held a graduate student symposium in Conference Room 202. The attending students expressed their pride in the good achievements the school has made over the past few years and thanked the school for its strict requirements on students in their major, as well as for providing excellent faculty, which enabled them to learn a lot during their studies. Graduate representatives offered some suggestions for optimizing the course setting based on their experiences during internships and job-seeking processes. Some students also expressed their desire to pursue further studies. Teachers Zhuan Mei, Yan Jizang, and Zhang Na, who attended the meeting, listened carefully to the suggestions and feedback from the students. They also wished all the students a bright future after graduation, encouraging them to stay connected with their alma mater and to care for and help the younger students, while keeping an eye on the long-term development of the school.
At 12 PM, all graduates along with college leaders and representative teachers gathered at the college entrance to take graduation photos and commemorate the occasion. At 12:30 PM, the graduation ceremony was held in the first-floor auditorium of the School of Statistics and Management. Our college dean Zhou Yong, secretary Xue Liang, vice deans You Jinhong and Wu Chunjie, deputy secretary Wang Ti, and some teaching staff attended the ceremony. The graduation ceremony was hosted by vice dean You Jinhong.
First, Dean Zhou Yong delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony, expressing congratulations to all the graduates on behalf of the college. He mentioned three key words in his speech: pride, gratitude, and hope. He encouraged the graduates to feel proud of their chosen majors and to be more confident in the future. He hoped that the graduating students would always keep a grateful heart, giving back to society and to the country.
Class leader Chen Guang spoke as a student representative, recalling with deep emotion the more than two years of study life at school, and on behalf of all classmates, sent blessings to the alma mater, thanked the teachers, and hoped that students could ride on their dreams and make the most of their youth.
Teacher Chen Yan gave a message as a representative of the teachers. She hopes that students will learn without limits and maintain curiosity; when encountering setbacks, they should be able to stop losses in a timely manner, be a person with vision, and have a long-term perspective.
At the end of the ceremony, Secretary Xue Liang announced the list of graduates.
The college teachers present the graduation certificates to the graduates and take group photos.
