A few days ago, I was invited to participate in the 30th Anniversary Symposium and the Publishing Conference of the Collection of Literature on Commemoration of President Gao Yuangui held by the school as a representative of the author.School President Wang Yanxin and two deputy secretaries of the party committee, a party committee and many old leaders of the school, some secondary college party secretary, relevant unit heads, young teachers and student representatives attended.At the seminar, representatives of old comrades and alumni expressed affectionate memories of the profound influence of Gao Yuangui's thoughts on modern university education during his work and study.We all agree that Gao Yuangui, dean of China Geological University, is the founder of the fine school style and a good president who deserves to be remembered forever.
On the afternoon of December 26, 2023, I sent my thoughts to the people concerned through WeChat: "Congratulations, gratitude, hope - congratulations on the publication of the "Congratulations on the Commemoration of Gao Yuan Gui" collection of Chinese Geological University (Beijing).The collection of essays published by China University of Geology (Wuhan) provides a lot of valuable historical materials during the reign of Dean Gao Yuangui, which is a valuable asset for the school's high-level construction and sustainable development.I am grateful to President Gao Yuangui for creating brilliance in the early construction stage of the school during the tenure of the dean and party secretary for more than 10 years.Director Gao's personality charm and educational ideas have penetrated hundreds of thousands of adults' hearts.Generations of adults inherit innovation, so that our school has become the current China's earth science to create knowledge and transfer knowledge.We hope that the school leaders and relevant departments (retired cadres, propaganda, student party committee, postgraduate party committee, group committee and student council) will seriously organize the whole school staff to study Gao Yuan's educational ideas.Diligent study, hard work, "great pride in the earth", for the school to build an internationally renowned research university in the field of earth science at an early date and strive hard.”
On the second day of the symposium, I sent my impressions to retired cadres and related parties through WeChat: "Yesterday afternoon to commemorate the 30th anniversary of President Gao's death and the release of the collection were very successful.The school leadership attaches great importance to the leadership of the secondary college and the active participation of relevant departments and old comrades, especially the retired cadres are seriously responsible for the organization.Several representatives spoke in rich and colorful content, which restored the hard work and outstanding contribution made by Dean Gao Yuangui during the initial period of local university and the process of moving south to Wuhan.Hu Yansheng, a retired professor of physical education and former director of the school's physical education department in Beijing, introduced the history of the sports culture founded by Dean Gao, giving us a clear understanding of the history of the school's brilliant sports culture.Professor Guan Xinping, an alumnus of the 1972 English class, introduced some of the little-known examples of the school's English class, which showed President Gao's leadership talents and wisdom in that special era.The combination of the revolutionary experience with Chinese characteristics and the concept of modern higher education is a model for the presidents of high-level universities in China.”
Since the 70th anniversary of the school festival last year, I have been thinking about the theme of the university's motto since I was invited to speak at the "Seminar on Educational Ideas of Dean Gao Yuangui" during the festival last year.I think the university style school motto is a serious and meaningful topic, which deserves discussion in academia.In my impression, the university's style literally refers to the "style" that a university presents to the public, and this style is expressed in appropriate and appropriate words as "school motto" (or school motto).Of course, some universities may have some academic or famous alumni based on their own cognition, such as Mr. Qigong's motto "Study as a teacher, behave as a teacher" obviously mainly refers to the "fan" of university teachers.A university's school style "silent voice" to the world to show the spirit and style of the school.I think that the style of a university is not entirely at the discretion of its teachers and students, but more importantly, the public's objective recognition of the university's performance.The school style of some famous universities in the period of the Republic of China led the social progress and became the vane of the public's value orientation.For example, President Cai Yuanpei of Peking University's "freedom of thought, compatibility and inclusiveness" motto is highly unified with the school style that he shows to the public.Peking University has produced many revolutionaries, thinkers, scientists and literary artists who are still hard to beat.
When it comes to the style of a university, the public naturally thinks about who is the main body of the university style.In my impression, a university's ethos depends not only on the school leadership service team, but also on the performance of the entire faculty, including faculty and staff.For example, sometimes the public teases "eat at XX University", "study at XX University", "play at XX University", "love at XX University", and if such jokes are true, they reflect the sweet and delicious food of these university cafeteria teachers.For example, some school service departments are efficient and do not have much red tape, and staff always greet students and teachers with a smile on their face, which will help the school to form a good school style.The university style naturally includes the main body of the school style, that is, the learning style of a university, which refers to the learning style of teachers and students, academic research style, teachers and students' independent thinking.A university's good academic style has laid the pattern and achievements of cultivating talents and scientific research, and is the ideological foundation for cultivating high-quality talents and producing high-level scientific and technological achievements.However, some universities in our country, despite the motto of "high", but the performance of "performance" is very ordinary, and often negative news appears, reducing the credibility of the school motto.In fact, the public is less concerned with how beautiful the written text of a university motto is, more concerned with the university's professional teaching (undergraduate and graduate students), scientific research and social service performance.
I saw an article on the Internet documenting the experience of several Northwestern alumni returning to their alma mater, the article said: "One day, he and several classmates passed their alma mater Northwestern University, and met a professor at school.The professor, now elderly, wearing highly myopic glasses and heavy books under his arm, walked past them with a bent waist, and they bowed to the teacher and sent him away with a lookout, even though the professor had not attended their class when they went to school."After reading this text, I respect the teachers and teachers of Northwestern University, and it fully reflects the desirable learning style of Northwestern University.