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WKU strives to be a high-level university with global influence

In the next 10-year chapter, the chancellor said it has good prospects. "By expanding the scale, we must comprehensively improve the quality of talent training."

He told the students to appreciate the international environment of the university and the learning experience that lay a solid foundation of skills, cultivating patriotism, social responsibility and innovative spirit.

He hopes that the students and alumni of WKU will be outstanding talents who can adapt to reality and contribute with their efforts to the development of the region and the country.

His high expectations for students are related to the Chancellor's personal experience.

For more than four decades, Wang has adhered to the lifelong motto that all people should be responsible for the prosperity of the country.

Having been involved in the research of functional polymers and nanomaterials for more than 30 years, Wang was a professor at Zhejiang University with the honorary title of Distinguished Professor of Qiushi. He also worked at the college of foreign affairs and international education at the university. In addition, Wang is a foreign academic at the Russian Academy of Engineering.

Over the past decades, he has visited more than 150 colleges, universities and institutions in more than 40 countries and regions, Wang recalled.

Traveling around the world as an academic, Wang said he has kept this motto firmly in mind.

After receiving a doctorate from Zhejiang University he began working at Zhejiang University before moving on to work on postdoctoral research at Waterloo University at Canada in 1995.

When he and his wife were working on research in Canada Wang received a letter from Zhejiang University that totally changed his life trajectory.

In the letter, he was asked to return to Zhejiang University as soon as possible.

Wang t When he decided to return to China with his wife and teach at the University Zhejiang .

In 2019, Wang was appointed WKU Chancellor. Established in 2011, WKU is a cooperative university.

Wang emphasized that WKU has been constantly exploring improvements and updates in teaching for the past 10 years.

He said that he attaches great importance to the integration of teaching and scientific research in his management philosophy.

"For an academic, academia is a lifelong career. Combining scientific research and teaching is a must for a qualified university professor," said Wang.

"I have communicated with numerous colleges and universities, and I discovered that persistent study has been considered the main mission of higher education in our country."

In 2020, WKU began recruiting students for graduate and doctoral studies. .

"A university should play a leading role in contributing to the innovation and social progress of the country," said Wang.

This year is not only WKU's 10th anniversary, but also a crucial year for the university to embark on a new journey of international development, according to Wang.

"I sincerely hope that in the future, it can lead the university to reach a new height and develop into an international and high-level university," said Wang.

"Our goal is to cultivate our students with a global vision and outstanding capacities to contribute to society ".

In the future Wang said that the WKU will insist on establishing itself as a "high-level and international" university, carrying out the historic mission and constantly exploring and innovating development paths. And WKU is also expected to be a leader in promoting the openness of education and establish a role model for cooperation in higher education between China and the United States.

Original link: https://epaper.chinadaily.com. cn / a / 202111/10 / WS618afd85a31019b029ba1ab5.html

SOURCE Wenzhou- Kean University

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