On March 3rd, President Huang Ru met with President Margret Gardner from Monash University online. Vice Presidents Zhong Wenqi and Jin Shi from SEU, Provost, and Senior Vice President Susan Elliot, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Yu Aibing from Monash, and directors of SEU Graduate School, Suzhou Campus Management Committee and International Cooperation Office attended the meeting.
President Huang first extended her appreciation to Monash University for its great support for the partnership between the two universities and the development of Joint Graduate School in Suzhou. She noted that this year marks the 120th anniversary of SEU and the 10th anniversary of SEU-Monash cooperation—a year of great significance for both institutions. She pointed out the two universities have achieved fruitful results over the past decades of collaboration, and should, in the future, continue to deepen China-Foreign cooperation in school-running, enhance high-level talent introduction and localization efforts, promote high-end research cooperation, and expand student recruitment scale. She is supportive of the preparation efforts for the SEU-Monash 10th Anniversary Celebration. President Huang also said that the resilience of a university would be of great significance and value in promoting international exchanges and cooperation in this challenging time, and she firmly believed that by working together, SEU and Monash will make further progress in students and staff exchanges, pioneering research and talents cultivation so as to contribute more to the international cooperation and exchanges in higher education between China and Australia.
President Gardner agreed with Huang's suggestions. She said that Monash University is always committed to the partnership with SEU. It will further strengthen the teaching staff and the operation in Suzhou, and work alongside SEU to secure a quality collaboration in talent training and academic research.
Writer: Yu Lu
Translation Consultants: Yuan Chao, Ma Xingcheng
Editors: Qi Yuchen, Sun Danning
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