On November 15, 2023, BNUBS held a "Face to Face With Dean and Secretary" symposium for freshmen. Dean Qi Yudong, Party Secretary Sun Zhijun, Associate Dean Zhang Pingdan, Associate Dean Cai Hongbo, Associate Party Secretary Han Lili, Secretary of the Youth League Committee Chang Xinyang, full-time counselor Wang Jun, shoulder counselor Zhang Huilin and 2023 class representatives attended the symposium. The meeting was chaired by Han Lili, Associate Secretary of the Party Committee.

Dean Qi Yudong pointed out that the national development of economic management talent demand is still lasting, economic management discipline in the field of social science in our country is also very prominent; The major of economic management deserves continuous and in-depth research, and has always been active in the forefront of academic fields at home and abroad. It is hoped that the new students can improve their cognition and love of their major by reading extensively, dabbing in general knowledge and understanding economic phenomena in daily life.

At the meeting, representatives of each class spoke freely about their perplexities and suggestions in academic counseling, career planning, professional education, international exchange and campus life since enrollment. The teachers carefully listened to and recorded the students' specific needs in terms of competitive scientific research projects, research policy interpretation, paper writing, professional databases, offline activities, etc. Among them, Dean Zhang Pingan explained in detail the training mode, training objectives, curriculum and graduation requirements of academic master's and doctoral students; Dean Cai Hongbo pointed out that students who are interested in studying abroad should prepare relevant matters as soon as possible, and encouraged students to actively participate in academic lectures and exchanges at all levels provided by the School to expand their horizons and improve their abilities; Ms. Han Lili answered the students' questions about student activity needs and employment prospects in detail, and encouraged them to plan their study and career development as soon as possible, get in touch with relevant information, and actively communicate with teachers and classmates.

Secretary Sun Zhijun mentioned in the summary that freshmen should improve themselves in three dimensions: The First is value shaping. They should form correct values and constantly trainthemselves to move forward in correct values; The second is knowledge learning, all freshmen should work together to grasp the general knowledge and professional knowledge; The third is the cultivation of ability. College students should respond to the call of cultivating top-notch innovative talents emphasized by the state, take themselves as the impetus to improve the innovative practical ability of students around them, and enjoy a better future college life. He also hoped that all class representatives play a good role as a bridge, timely convey the spirit of the meeting and respond to the demands of students.

In the "Face to Face with Dean and Secretary" meeting of freshmen representatives, representatives of each class shared all kinds of problems collected and actively discussed solutions with teachers, which not only expressed their own confusion and demands, but also allowed teachers of the School to better understand students and pointed out the direction for future work.The School will also continue to carry out representative seminars of various student groups to help students strengthen confidence and develop in an all-round way!

Provided by Party Committee Office

Edited by Zhang Huilin

Reviewed by Han Lili