On the morning of January 12, the SEM 2024-2025 Annual Work Meeting of the "SEM Alumni Fund" was successfully held in Room 1205 of the Economics and Management Building.
Weicai Wang, Deputy Director of the University Council and former Vice President and alumnus of the 1985 Management Research class; Qun Zhang, former Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Professor and doctoral supervisor; Yuanguan She, former Dean of the School of Law, Professor and doctoral supervisor and alumnus of the 1985 Management Research class; Dongping Zhang, Director of the University Logistics Management Office (Group) and General Manager and alumnus of the 1998 International Trade class; Kuiming Yan, Director of the University Alumni Association Office and Foundation Office; Wei Gu, Dean of SEM; Ni Yu and Yan Liu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Deans of SEM; and alumni representatives Xin Wang, Shaorong Lin, Wei Li, Yalin Zhang, Wei Zhao, Jiaoyun Ji, Liangzhi Han, Wentao Tang, Xingyu Liu, Jingning Liu, Guoliang Yu, Zijian Hu, Changlin Li, and Cheng Yang attended the meeting. Sen Wu, Secretary of the Party Committee of SEM, presided over the meeting.
Representing the School, Wei Gu extended a warm welcome to all alumni and provided a detailed introduction to the significant achievements made by the School in discipline construction, scientific research, faculty recruitment and development, talent cultivation, international cooperation and exchange, and social services. He sincerely thanked the alumni for their active contributions to the development of the School and expressed his hope that they would continue to care about and support the high-quality development and construction of the School as they always had.
Sen Wu reviewed the major events of the University and the School in 2024, introduced a series of carefully planned alumni activities organized by the School, including reunions for alumni of graduating years, entrepreneurial study tours, SEM alumni interviews, visits to alumni enterprises, the SEM Alumni Forum, the Alumni Mentorship Program, and the SEM Entrepreneurship Practice Camp, and gave a special presentation on the management and utilization of the School alumni fund.
Kuiming Yan expressed sincere welcome and gratitude to the alumni for their active participation in alumni affairs, provided a detailed introduction to the development and recent activity plans of the University alumni work, and encouraged alumni at all levels to actively participate in the alumni association activities at both the University and School levels, to broadly gather alumni strength, and to jointly create a new chapter in alumni work.
Qun Zhang affectionately recalled the sincere friendship between him and his students and gave high praise to the contributions made by the alumni to the School. He hoped that the alumni would not only shine and contribute in their respective fields but also serve as important bridges connecting the School and society. He expressed that no matter where the alumni were, the School would always be their warm home, and they were always welcome to come back anytime to reminisce about old times and plan for the future together.
Weicai Wang expressed heartfelt gratitude to all the alumni who had long provided staunch support to the development of the University and the School, and fully affirmed the achievements made in the alumni work of the School of Economics and Management. He emphasized that the School should further optimize the alumni work mechanism, continuously improve service levels, and promote alumni work to new heights.
In the discussion and exchange session, the alumni conducted in-depth and detailed exchanges on the significant achievements made by the School in recent years, the activities organized for alumni, and fund management, and put forward valuable suggestions for the future development of the School. The alumni deeply expressed their gratitude for the nurturing kindness of their alma mater and teachers and felt sincerely proud of the continuous growth and progress of their alma mater. No matter where they were, they would remain in step with their alma mater, move forward in the same direction, and advance hand in hand.
Staff members from the University Alumni Association Office and Foundation Office, as well as the School Alumni and Fund Office, attended the meeting.
