On July 8, 2013, the first day of Cuiying Honors College’s first summer school, an inauguration meeting was held. Executive Dean Professor Long Ruijun required all students to cherish their valuable learning opportunities, take advantage of high-quality teaching resources provided by the college, go all out, gain experience, develop perseverance, study hard, strive to lay a solid foundation for their dream careers through these intensive eight weeks of English language study and TOEFL preparation during the summer school. The opening ceremony was officiated by Cuiying Honors College’s CPC Secretary, Dr. Du Shengyi, with the teachers, support team and students in attendance.
In September 2012, Cuiying Honors College began to implement three semesters – Fall Semester (17 weeks), Spring Semester (17 weeks) and the summer semester of 8 weeks, in contrast to Lanzhou University’s existing two 20 week semester model. This was one of the new strategies implemented to build a first-class international college with the aims of freeing students to attend other international summer schools, allowing visiting scholars to visit Cuiying Honors College in their own summer vacations, and to permit joint summer schools with partner institutions.
(Written by Nolan Virgo)
