On September 9th, the 2021 freshmen came from all over the country and gathered at International College. They are about to open a new and wonderful chapter in their life in International College.

In order to ensure the smooth, orderly, and safe enrollment of new students, International College has made sufficient and comprehensive preliminary preparations and held several meetings to coordinate the arrangements for the specific tasks of welcoming the new students. Before the freshmen came to the school, the college has established a freshman QQ group to organize all freshmen to punch daily report online 14 days in advance, and also completed enrollment and vaccination information registration.

The leaders of the college attached great importance to welcoming new students. Dean Tao Tao, Party Secretary He Yuanzan, Deputy Dean Huang Guanhua, Deputy Party Secretary Chen Xiangliu and other college leaders visited the college’s welcome reception points, registration points and freshman dormitory areas respectively, patiently inquired about the specific work of welcoming new students, learn more about the details of registration and dormitory situation of freshmen.

As last year, parents, relatives and friends of new students are not admitted to the campus in response to the requirement for the prevention and control of COVID 19 epidemic. Bai, a new student from Yunnan, said, “In fact, I was worried at the beginning that it would be inconvenient for me to enter the school alone, because I had a lot of luggage. But when I arrived at the school, I found that there were enthusiastic seniors who helped me carry my luggage when I got off the bus, and porters who helped me take my luggage to the dormitory. The teachers also guided me to the registration place of the college. Although my parents did not enter the school, I was able to complete these things smoothly with everyone’s help. I am very grateful to everyone. "

In order to ensure the smooth arrival of new students, the school has set up reception points in Xiamen's main transportation hubs, such as T3 and T4 terminals of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, Xiamen North Station, Xiamen Station, and Xiamen Tourist Ferry Pier. The college collects the traffic information of the freshmen in advance. As soon as freshmen arrived at the station, they were greeted by teachers and volunteers, and organized to take the school bus to the campus. Liu from Xiamen, Fujian said, “When I arrived at the pier, I realized that I was the only freshman who came to the school by ferry. However, the college also contacted the school bus to pick me up. I really feel very warm for the care and concern of the teachers of International College."

In fact, the college's caring and meticulous service goes far beyond this. Before the start of the school year, the college specifically collected the accommodation needs of the freshmen. For example, for some students who are allergic to dust mites, the college has reserved sunny beds for them. There is also a freshman with a height of 1.97 meters, the college specially applied for a longer bed for him.

At the college registration point, the teachers carefully handled the admission procedures for the freshmen, distributed student cards, student IDs and epidemic prevention supplies on site, informed the freshmen of the arrangements of activities after registration, and patiently answered the questions raised by the freshmen to help them complete a series of registration procedures.

Volunteers were running around, greeting the freshmen patiently by providing guidance, instructions and answering their questions at the main intersections and dormitory areas of the campus. Zeng from the Class of 2020 said: “It’s an honor to be a volunteer to welcome the younger students to the school. As volunteers, we hope that all the younger students will not feel confused when they first arrive at school. We can act as a guide to lead them through the registration procedures and help them adapt to the new environment as soon as possible.

On the evening of September 9, the new students of 2021 basically completed the registration on time, and the welcome work came to a successful conclusion with the cooperation of all faculty and students of the college. Next, the college will organize a week-long orientation to help new students adapt to the university's study and life as soon as possible. We hope that the 2021 freshmen are not afraid of difficulties, have the courage to take responsibility, build dreams with action, do and realize what they yearn for. Set sail and realize their dream in International College. Happy New Starts to all the freshman!