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Tunghai University Freshmen Orientation Course— Transform and Step out of the Comfort Zones
The Tunghai University Freshmen Orientation Course took place from September 4th to 7th, 2018. The theme of this year was “Transform,” which meant that students were in transition from senior high school students to college students, teenagers to young adults, and dependents to independents. The university established an environment where freshmen can explore themselves, build connections, change what they used to do and step out of their comfort zones. It is the time to live independently and learn about consequences.
In the Opening Ceremony, the Deans of nine colleges held the spirit flags and led 3500 freshmen to the seats and made the hall extraordinarily bustling. They presented the theme “Transform” by performing gestures of super heroes like Superman, Spiderman and the Hulk. This activity showed the students the importance of practicing step by step. Furthermore, in the drama performed in the course, the audience picked up the college student experience. For instance, interacting with teachers in class, becoming a better person after being refused by others, adjusting between family’s expectation and personal interests, and pursuit of his/her career goals in the future.
The President, Mao Jiun Wang, (left) shared his personal experiences and his classmates’ stories of university life. The chaplain, David Clotfelter, (right) led the prayer for everyone.
200 Alpha Leaders and mentors had received a series of programs since half-year ago in order to facilitate the Orientation Course. The programs included interpersonal relationship, self-awareness and self-doubt breakthrough. The courses for the freshmen included campus tour, clubs expo, self-awareness, fire drill and the Hope Night. During the interactive activity, the university combined the Face Identity technology to invite the students to upload their pictures in order to surprise them at the Hope Night. In the end, students received their photos taken during the course through the APP.
The theme of the Orientation Course was “Transform”, which equipped students to handle challenges.
As an alumnus of Tunghai University, President Mao Jiun Wang said that the university really did influence him a lot in his life. On account of the distinct Orientation Course in Taiwan, freshmen nowadays are more fortunate than himself. During the evening party, President Wang shared his personal experiences and his classmates’ stories of their freshmen year. With the sharing, he motivated the students to arrange their learning schedule actively, explore their interests, plan for their own lives, establish social networks, learn how to cooperate with others and prepare themselves well in the technology era.
The new AI technology－Face Identity was applied to introduce faculty members during the Orientation Course
Tunghai University was founded with the liberal arts and the spirit of Christianity. The school hoped the students will become individuals with great knowledge and communication skills through mutual support between teachers and themselves. Furthermore, the university also hoped the students will acquire professional and interdisciplinary learning abilities to resolve key issues of the society in the future.
The freshmen Orientation Course
The Opening Ceremony of the Orientation Course
The album of the Orientation Course