上海外国语大学举办2021-2022学年新聘外国专家欢迎会
9月17日，上海外国语大学2021-2022学年新聘外国专家欢迎会在虹口校区举行，共有来自7个院系、10个国家的11名新聘外国专家出席活动，部分受疫情影响暂未入境或尚在隔离的外国专家线上参会。
对外合作交流处处长张红玲代表学校致辞。她介绍了上外的总体情况与发展愿景，并向选择加入上外的各位外国专家表示热烈欢迎。她表示，在上外建设国别区域全球知识领域特色鲜明的世界一流外国语大学的过程中，外国专家对学校学科建设和人才培养起到了重要作用。希望外国专家们能充分发挥专业与文化背景优势，积极参与学校教学科研活动，促进中外人文交流。随后，张红玲为现场参会的5位新聘外国专家颁授了上外校徽和文创纪念品。
新聘外国专家们在会上先后进行了自我介绍，表达了对在上外工作生活的期待。国际教育学院副院长田小勇作为院系代表，对新聘外国专家的加入表示欢迎。田小勇表示，希望外国专家们能与中国教师在教学、科研、文化交流等多方面开展合作，助推学院的国际化工作更上一层楼。会上，对外合作交流处还为新聘外国专家进行了入职培训，详细介绍了学校的设施、资源、校园文化、相关 政策等。
新学期开学以来，各院系还对在沪外国专家进行了慰问，并通过线上方式对在境外的外国专家送上关心。部分院系还通过师生见面会、校园参观、教学设备试用等多种形式邀请外国专家参加院系活动，帮助他们熟悉校情院情，增强其归属感和融入度，助力学校学科建设和人才培养。
Translation:
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) held a welcome party for newly recruited foreign experts for the academic year 2021-2022
A total of 11 newly-hired foreign experts from 7 departments and 10 countries attended the event, and some foreign experts affected by the epidemic who have not yet entered the country or are still in quarantine attended the event online.
Zhang Hongling, Director of Foreign Cooperation and Exchange Office, delivered a speech on behalf of the university. She introduced the general situation and development vision of SSE and expressed a warm welcome to all foreign experts who chose to join SSE. She said that in the process of building a world-class foreign language university with distinctive features in the field of global knowledge of country and region, foreign experts have played an important role in discipline construction and talent cultivation of the university. She hoped that foreign experts would give full play to their professional and cultural backgrounds, actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the university, and promote Chinese and foreign humanities exchanges. Afterwards, Zhang Hongling awarded the five newly-appointed foreign experts with the university emblem and creative souvenirs.
The newly-appointed foreign experts introduced themselves and expressed their expectation of working and living in SUE. Tian Xiaoyong, Vice Dean of the College of International Education, as the representative of the faculty, welcomed the new foreign experts. Tian Xiaoyong expressed his hope that the foreign experts would cooperate with Chinese teachers in teaching, scientific research and cultural exchange, and help the college take its internationalization to a higher level. At the meeting, the Foreign Cooperation and Exchange Office also conducted an induction training for the newly-hired foreign experts and introduced in detail the facilities, resources, campus culture and relevant policies of the university.
Since the beginning of the new semester, each faculty and department also communicated with foreign experts in Shanghai and sent care to foreign experts outside of China through online methods. Some faculties and departments also invited foreign experts to participate in faculty activities through various forms such as faculty-student meetings, campus visits and teaching equipment trials to help them get familiar with the university and its situation, enhance their sense of belonging and integration, and help the university’s discipline construction and talent cultivation.
