On May 19th, with the colored flags flappingin the wind, the beating of gongs and drums filled the DNUI campus. PresidentWen Tao, Vice President Guo Quan, Zhao Bo, Deputy Party Secretary Ren Hao, andChief Financial Director Chao Yujun gathered together with faculty and studentsat the sports ground to meet the 11th Sports Meeting of DNUI. Wang Weijun,Director of President’s office, presided at the meeting.
In the passionate "athletes march", 25 teams,including the national flag team, the flowers team, the colorful flags team,the referees team, and teams from different departments, marched in front of the podium for inspection. The faculty andstudents of DNUI are full of creativity and the department teams aredistinctive. Chinese and Russian students danced a beautiful waltz,"Naruto" Cosplay, cute Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck also came to cheerthe sports game, which attracted continuing screaming and applause. This year, DNUIwill face the undergraduate teaching assessment by the Ministry of Educationand each department will focus on the priorities to cheer for the assessment ofteaching with loud slogans and clear, bright banners and various formationchanges. It was worth mentioning that the petal of lotus-shaped flower float ofthe Department of Digital Arts team unfolded layer upon layer. The beautiful"Goddess" held up highly the Olympic torch which was the symbol ofthe fighting spirit and drew applause from the whole audience. The flower floatwas completely original designed by the faculty and students of digital arts,from manuscripts to the production of finished animation, which reflected thecreativity and vitality of DNUI students. After the inspection ceremony,President Wen Tao solemnly declared the opening of the 11th Sports Meeting of DNUI.Then, the national flag team entered and the national five-star red flag wasraised gradually along with the National Anthem.
Vice president Guo Quan delivered the opening speech. Hepointed out that 2016 was the first year for a new fifteen years’ developmentof DNUI. In the face of profound changes in higher education and with theobjective to construct a "unique, high-level and entrepreneurial universityof applied science, we were expected to seize the opportunity to fulfill thejob focusing on the "integration of production with teaching, innovationand entrepreneurship, internationalization". During the preparation of assessment,the faculty and students were expected to cooperate with each other with great cohesiveforce to pass it successfully to high standard. At the same time, teachers andstudents can also take the opportunity of the sports meeting to strengthen thetraining and develop good studying and living habits to enjoy a happy healthyand better future in physical exercise. Then, athletes representative, and refereesrepresentative swore an oath.
Magnificent large-scale group calisthenics performance wasbrought to a climax among the audience. Tai Chi martial arts from the Departmentof Fundamental Courses showed "Chinese charm". Two hundred studentsdanced in fluttering white clothes and with red fans, changing into the words"promote the university construction through the assessment” which won sustainedapplause. Students from callisthenic club of the Department of Fundamental Coursesshowed group calisthenics of “The Swordsman in DNUI”. The faculty and students fromthe Department of Digital Arts gave a performance of "We Were Young".They displayed college students’ youthful vitality and passion with creativeideas and beautiful dance. College Students Art Troupe and seven departments,including Department of Computer Science and Technology, Department of ElectronicEngineering, Department of Information Management, Department of BusinessManagement, English Department, Japanese Department and the Russian Department,brought a wonderful song - "Butter Fly" and gave a dancingperformance - "We are Family," which brought a visual feast for thewhole university.
The competition programs in the sports meeting, included 100meters, 400 meters, 4x100 meters, 1500 meters, high jump and long jump. Therewere also some fun games like tire flip relay, kangaroos jump relay, and 60meters in unison. The figure of brave players, the shouting and applause of theaudience as well as the figure of the silent devotion after the game… all ofwhich showed the faculty and students’ youthful vitality and enterprising spirit.
After fierce competition, Department of Digital Arts, theDepartment of Software Engineering and Department of Electronic EngineeringStudent groups won the top three in students’ group total score respectively.The Delegation of Management team, Department of Electronic Engineering andDepartment of Software Engineering obtained the top three in faculty grouptotal score respectively. Three faculty groups, the Department of BusinessManagement, English Department and Japanese Department, won spiritual prizes.In addition, the Award of Excellent Publicity Atmosphere, the Excellent PerformanceAward and the Special Contribution Award were also selected in the sportsmeeting.
Vice Party Secretary Ren Hao made a closing speech in theclosing ceremony. He pointed out that in the coming historical moment of the 95thanniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and the critical moment of the undergraduateteaching assessment by the Ministry of Education, the faculty and students wereexpected to take the opportunity of this sports meeting to maintain physicallyand mentally healthy, create a good character and apply hardworking spirit andwill to the work and studying. Embark on bold and innovative initiatives withfull enthusiasm, serious attitude and solid work to make a good preparation forthe assessment and construction work of this year.
Although the sports meeting ended, the sound ofgongs and drums, the shouting of the audience still echoed in the ears. Every shoutingand every drop of sweat showed the striving spirits and features of the facultyand the students of DNUI. The faculty and the students of DNUI will apply thespirit of sports to their future work and life with full enthusiasm and contributeto the construction of the unique, high-level and entrepreneurial university ofapplied science