On the afternoon of September 10, 2014, the opening ceremony and orientation for the 2014 graduate freshmen of the Department of Macromolecular Science was successfully held in Room 424, Yuejin Building. Besides 65 freshmen from across the nation, leaders of the department, representatives of tutors, the graduate education secretary, graduate student counselors and key members of Graduate Students’ Union attended this conference. The ceremony was presided by Ms. Wang Fang, the leader of graduate students’ affairs group.

Professor Wang Changchun, the dean of the department, started the activity with a welcome speech and a brief introduction of the department. He encouraged the students with his earnest heart to meet the challenge ahead. Then, deputy head of the department, Professor He Junpo, briefed them on the history of the department as well as the research strength and professional faculty. Afterwards, Professor Peng Huisheng, presented recent achievements and steady accretion of our department’s research strength, and also shared his understanding of research based on his years of experience, expecting the students to aim high and achieve more.

The second part of the orientation was held on the afternoon of September 11, 2014 in Room 424, Yuejin Building. In the beginning, Ms. Zhang Min, from the Reference Department of Fudan university library, provided information of the library and its vast resources. Then, associate Professor Wang Guowei delivered a report on safety education. Ms. Sun Chang from Public Instrument Center introduced the advanced scientific instruments and their comprehensive training system. At last, Ms. Wang Fang showed the freshmen around the exhibition hall of State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers.

This series of welcome activites were a comprehensive introduction of the Department of Macromolecular Science, which would not only help the freshmen adjust better to Fudan but also gear up them for the challenging future.