GUST made a solemn promise to all 2020 graduates in May last year that the 2020 graduation ceremony would be held when the pandemic has been contained. And Apr. 18 of 2021 is the very day when the commencement for the 2020 graduates of GUST was held in the gymnasium of the Nancheng campus, which demonstrates the profound friendship between teachers and students and the integrity and responsibility of GUST.
Liang Ruixiong, President of GUST, Wu Nianxiang, Secretary of the School Party Committee, Zhou Er’yong, Executive Vice President of GUST, Chen Biaoxin, Deputy Secretary of the School Party Committee and Vice President of GUST, Sun Jian, Vice President of GUST, Li Cai, Vice President of GUST, Zhao Huihua, Vice President of GUST, Bi Huidong, Assistant of the president of GUST, Jiang Hongxia, Dean of the College of Finance and Economics, Gao Junguo, Dean of the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tan Xiao, Dean of the College of Management, Tian Liwei, Dean of the College of Computer Science, Li Bing, Director of the Department of Academic Affairs, Lin Yan, Dean of the College of Marxism, Liu Yajun, Deputy Dean of the College of Art Design, Li Shuhua, Deputy Dean of the College of Computer Science, members of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of GUST, the 2020 graduates, their parents, relatives and friends attended the ceremony, which was presided over by Vice President Chen Biaoxin.
Professor Liang Ruixiong, President of GUST and the Director of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee delivered a speech, in which he extended his sincere congratulations on behalf of the university to the 2020 graduates from all walks of life and welcomed them home. President Liang said that the 2020 graduates, compared to the previous graduates, have taken one more course, which is how to deal with unexpected situations.
At the ceremony, Wu Nianxiang, Secretary of the School Party Committee and member of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee, announced the degree-awarding decision as well as the decision of awarding 130 outstanding graduates. In the following degree-awarding ceremony, approximately 1,600 graduates stepped on the stage one by one to accept the certificate of the bachelor's degree issued by the school leadership and members of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of GUST.
At the end of the ceremony, all the people present at the ceremony sang the song "I wish you a good journey" together, and the ceremony ended successfully in an affectionate melody.