尊敬的来宾，女士们，先生们：
大家好！今天，我们如约相聚在江财国际的十年节点上。十年时间，在赣江之滨，一个国际本科教学实验班的设想变成国际化办学的五彩画卷。作为院长，我感慨万分，想向大家报告的事情太多。此时此刻，我想从这幅画卷中摘取几朵花瓣跟大家分享，聊一聊江财国际的故事。
第一个故事关于荣誉。2009年11月15日，中央电视台演播大厅正在现场直播CCTV杯英语演讲风采大赛全国总决赛。在名校如云的激烈争夺中，来自北京大学等22所高校的23名选手晋级决赛，其中来自江西高校的两名学子全部来自江财国际学院。经过几轮角逐，最终我院07国际金融3班杨梓同学力克群雄夺得全国总决赛第3名。为学校赢得了巨大的荣誉，在全国人民面前展示了江财国际学子的风采。杨梓只是我院学生众多佼佼者中的一员。自2005年起，学院为激励学生积极参与国内外各类赛事出台并逐步完善了一系列“不封顶”的奖助学金制度及配套措施，目前设立9大项500多个小项的评奖项目。学院累计发放奖助学金450余万元，获奖学生人数达3550人。全国大学生英语竞赛特等奖、全国股票组个人金奖，AIA求职王语文大赛”全国总决赛杰出表现金奖；全国多元领导力大赛冠军；国际大学生数学建模大赛一等奖，“全国五四红旗团总支”、全校连续三年的“学风建设示范点”……这些个人的、团体的荣誉及背后的付出凝结成江财国际生生不息的力量，也使得江财国际学院在社会上的美誉度不断提升，江财国际因此成为江财一张亮丽的名片。
第二个故事关于梦想。每年9月，一批新面孔怀着不同的梦想来到江财国际，其中到全球顶尖学府留学便是这些梦想中的一个。我们的学子们能从这里到达自己理想的彼岸吗？06国会1班的李骅洋和06国商3班的吴漱尧给出了肯定的答案。2010年9月，李骅洋和吴漱尧成为了我院首批进入剑桥大学的学子。在后来的2011年和2012年，我院陆续有30多位同学实现了进入英国牛津大学、帝国理工、伦敦政经、美国约翰霍普金斯大学深造的梦想。无论是在江财还是在剑桥的国际学子们，他们常常挂在嘴边的一句话是：“我不在图书馆，就在去图书馆的路上。”为了让越来越多的学生通过学院双语学习环境及多元化留学途径顺利进入国外高校深造，近十年来学院已经与奥地利维也纳经济大学等18个国家和地区的85所高校建立了稳定的合作与交流关系。2010年我校正式成为国际交换生组织中国大陆首家成员大学，自2011年起，我们的学生能通过该组织进入包括美国150所大学在内的世界近300所大学进行交换学习与交流。仅2011年度，学院出国总人数就达到326人，其中95名进入了世界排名百强大学。目前共有十几位学生正在海外著名高校攻读博士学位，40多位毕业生供职华尔街、澳大利亚花期银行、苏格兰皇家银行、荷兰电信等公司，或在芬兰、德国、瑞典等过从事国际贸易等相关工作。随着越来越多的江财国际学子走向世界，江财人走向世界舞台的梦想也逐渐变得清晰和具体。
第三个故事关于成长。上学期开学初，刚刚选拔出来的微积分学生助教组正在开交流会。08级国会1班阮益瑶同学谈及报名参加助教竞聘的原因时说：“是我们当时的助教感动了我。助教的细心、耐心和无私的付出，大大提升了班级同学的学习热情，也让我对助教这个工作多了一份崇拜。”我院学生助教制度是与国际接轨、结合我院实际而搭建的学生互助及自主提升的平台，由优秀的高年级学生或毕业后的研究生组成。学生助教，助教师、助学生、助学风，分享学习体验，挖掘自身潜能，传承互助精神，让全院师生为之心动、行动与感动。经过十年的探索，学院深刻体会到教学方式的国际化实际为“教”与“学”两翼的共同发展，学生学习方式转变的关键是在于让“学生成为学习的主人”。为此，学院一是编印职业导航手册，让学生入学初就明确学习的目标、内容、取向和实践途径；二是改革考核方式，明确基础学习、过程学习的重要性，加大平时考核占总成绩比重；三是出台《国际学院学生学术活动指导老师工作条例》，强化学生课外自主学习与学以致用的能力。在学院的大力推动下，国际学院的学生还自行创办了“科研兴趣小组”、“数理经济小组”、“思辨奇点编辑社”等学生学术团队。在国际学院，“学生自主管理”已蔚然成风。
第四个故事关于国际化。在江财国际，“国际化”不是一个抽象的名词，而是一个触手可及、具有分量和情感的词。上个学期，学院的几位语言外教们达成了一致想法，利用每周六下午向10级国金1班张馨心同学学习太极拳，风雨无阻。我院学子与外教、留学生交流切磋的不仅有英语及专业课，还有中国传统文化的十八般武艺。我院成立中国传统文化研究社就是为了让更多学生更好地理解中国传统文化的精髓，成为中华文化的传播使者，在校内营造包括中国元素在内的国际化氛围。学院通过中外学生同堂听课、国外教授讲座纳入各专业培养方案课程体系、语言外教融入学生英语角、开拓海外实习基地等方式，积极创建国际化交流学习平台；为了夯实学生的英语基础，学院聘请加拿大语言教学团队，为大一学生开展专业语言教学与培训，实现了我院大一学生四级考试98%的通过率，六级考试83%的通过率；从大二开始，所有专业课程采用英文原版教材，双语或全英语授课；每年50余人次海外师资来校为大四学生用纯英语讲授专业课程，这些教授不仅带来国际化的教学环境，更促进了跨文化沟通及思想碰撞，进一步开拓学生的国际化视野。在国际化办学环境营建中，我们没有忽略的是爱国、爱校、爱院教育。国际学院在办学伊始，就特别注重学生在忠于祖国、热爱母校、关注学院等方面的教育和引导，通过党校、团校、精品班会、学院网站等平台，培养学生的爱国情操、爱校情怀、爱院情结。
第五个故事关于沉淀。在人们通过百度访问学院网站的搜索词排序中，“江财国际”四个字遥遥领先，“江财国际”已然成为我们对这片记忆最凝练的代名词。每年毕业季，我们都送走一批在这里成长了4年的孩子们。他们带走的到底是什么？06国金2班朱巧同学在十年征文里说：“我有一个小箱子，里面放着我参与的每一本国际学院自己的刊物《国际之旅》和《毕业专刊》，它们是我国际之旅的重要见证”；06国会3班赖辉同学在人人网留言说：“收藏夹里永远有个网页叫‘江财国际’。毕业已经2年，却总发现，经常在深夜，会不经意地点开江财国际网页，看看我的国际近来可好。”院刊、院网、院庆承载着江财国际的文化积淀。回首江财国际曾经的日子，十年或许不长，但它所牵动的人又何止万千？4244名学生，4244个家庭，156位校内教师，95位海外教师，呕心沥血的班主任、敬业奉献的专业协调人、热情高效的课程负责人，你也许不在现场，但你存在于江财国际深深的脑海里。在此，请允许我对所有关心、关爱、关注江财国际发展的朋友们说声：谢谢！
上述这些故事所记取的或许只是个体的某个瞬间，但是把所有这些故事汇合起来，记录的就是整个国际梦想的一步步实现。这里凝结着几代人的结晶。当国际化浪潮初显端倪时，时任党委书记伍世安教授和史忠良校长领导的学校高层已在思考如何举全校之力培养国际化人才以适应激烈的国际竞争，并做出了创办国际学院的正确决策。原外事办林勇主任与同事们一起为实验班的筹备做了大量的前期工作。首任院长蒋经法教授带领同仁在这块试验田不断凝练“教学相长、中西合璧、外引内联、高位嫁接”的江财国际办学特色。叶龙森院长与同事们一道探索江财国际的道路。全校各部门对学院办学鼎立支持，用人单位及家长对学院发展献计献策，所有这些推动江财国际不断取得新的成绩。
回首十年，江西财经大学国际学院秉承培养具有“信敏廉毅”素质的创业型人才的办学宗旨，认真领会廖进球书记关于“我校地处中部相对欠发达地区，如果不解放思想，创新办学方式和机制，捕捉高等教育开放发展的有利机遇，我们就无法实现‘做强’”的精神，按照王乔校长提出的“人才培养是根本使命，提升质量是立校之本，特色发展是强效之路，服务社会是应有之责”的要求，走出了一条在欠发达地区培养国际化经济管理人才的实践之路。以吸纳优质生源为起点，以“培养学生为学习主人”为国际化教育理念，我们为实现在欠发达地区“不出国门也留学”的教育目标而辛勤探索。
在人才培养上，我院优化顶层设计，通过国际化的师资、国际化的教学创建国际化的教育环境；细化过程管理，通过实行学生成绩全程考核和管理团队协同创新，实现教学运行精细化管理；强化自主学习，通过设计多项制度促成“学生为学习主人”，注重学生自主学习能力的培养。
在对外交流上，我院多点开花构筑国际交流新平台，多元模式打造人才培养新途径，多方联动畅通出国学习信息渠道，多种途径营造国际化学习氛围，多重引导成就海内外高质量升学和就业。
目前，我院现有有七届共2703名毕业生分布于世界各地，如美国花旗银行、英国汇丰、渣打银行、法国兴业银行、荷兰银行、国际四大会计师事务所、中国外交部、英国剑桥大学、伦敦政治经济学院、德国洪堡大学、美国哥伦比亚大学、澳大利亚国立大学、香港大学等，在各行业、科研机构及国内外知名高校中赢得了社会的广泛赞誉。
如果要描绘江财国际这幅画卷的全貌，我想说，在这个绿水青山间，有一群人始终在孜孜不倦地求索，并不断地跟外界交换着能量。在迈向国际的征程中，再匆忙的脚步也带着庭院的土，再曲折的航程也隐含着回归的线路。江财国际注定成为我们用心守候的精神家园。
谢谢大家！
2012年11月3日
Remark at the World Higher Education Forum and
the 10th Anniversary of the Founding of the International School, JUFE
Distinguished guests, faculty members, students, friends, ladies and gentlemen,
Good Morning!
It’s my great honor to welcome you here to attend the 10th anniversary of the founding of the International School of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (JUFE) and I greet most cordially all of you.
With the passage of ten years, the concept of experimental education reform on higher education has evolved into a colorful picture of international higher education. As the dean of the International School, I am very much excited because there is so much I would love to share with you. If we can describe the International School as a gorgeous picture scroll, then, on this special occasion, I would like to pick up a few petals to present some highlights of the school.
The first petal is honor. Since the foundation of the International School, students have won numerous honors in competitions both at home and abroad. On November 15th, 2009, the grand final of CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest was held in the broadcasting hall of Chinese Central Television Station. Having survived a series of fierce competitions, 23 contestants from top universities like Peking University advanced to the grand final. Among them the two contestants from Jiangxi were both from JUFE International School. Yang Zi, a girl student from International Finance 2007 Class Three, won the third place in the grand final, making a good presentation of JUFE International School to the whole country, and winning great glory for JUFE. Yang Zi is just one of the many best in the International School. Many other Yang Zi have also earned honors for the school. In order to motivate students to participate in all domestic and international competitions, a package of scholarship and reward system have been established, including 9 big categories and 500 sub categories. The total rewards that are granted reached 4.5 million RMB. Under the proper guidance and motivation, a large number of students achieved great success in competitions of various kinds, such as Outstanding Winner of National English Contest for College Students, Individual Gold Medalist of National Stock Tournament, Champion of the grand final of AIA-QCCC, Champion of National Multiple Leadership Contest, and First Prize Winner of China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling. All the individual and team honors as well as the efforts they made have formed a perennial force in the International School, which has not only upgraded the reputation of the school, but also developed the school into a prestigious brand of JUFE.
The second petal is dream. Every September, new students entered JUFE International School with various dreams, one of which is to be educated in the world’s top universities. Can such a dream be realized for the students admitted into JUFE International School? An affirmative answer was given by Li Huanyang and Wu Suyao in September 2010, who were from International Accounting 2006 Class One and International Business 2006 Class Three respectively, the first group of students accepted into Cambridge University for postgraduate study. In the following two years, with their hard work and outstanding performance, over 30 students were enrolled into world top 100 universities, namely Oxford University, Cambridge University, Imperial College, London School of Economics and Political Science and University of John Hopkins to further their studies. A saying is highly popular among students of the International School whether they are here in JUFE or in overseas universities, which is “if we are not in the library, we are being on the way to it”. To assist students in entering overseas top universities, the school has been making every effort to establish partnership with overseas institutes. So far, JUFE has developed international cooperation and exchange programs with 85 universities in 18 foreign countries and regions. In 2010, JUFE became the first ISEP member university in mainland China, which allows JUFE students to have access to over 300 universities in the world, including 155 ones in the United States. In 2011, 326 students studied abroad, 95 of whom were enrolled into the world’s top 100 universities for postgraduate study. Currently, over a dozen of students are doing doctorate studies in highly prestigious overseas universities. Another dozen of graduates are employed overseas in Wall Street, Australian Citibank, Scotland Royal Bank, Netherland KPN Telecom, or international trade companies in Finland, Germany, Sweden, etc. With increasingly large number of our graduates going globally, JUFEtizens’ dream of emerging on the world stage is gradually becoming clear and visible.
The third petal is growth ---the growth of the International School and its students. At the right beginning of last term, newly selected teaching assistants for the course of Calculus had an exchange meeting. At the meeting a student named Ruan Yiyao, from the International Accounting 2008 Class One, was sharing her reason of competing for a TA position, “I was deeply touched by the teaching assistants we had before, who were attentive and patient. Their endless efforts greatly boosted the students’ passion for learning, which then made me admire the job of TA a lot.” The TAs are selected from the outstanding juniors, senior and postgraduate students. Sharing their learning experience, guiding the slow learners, marking assignments and providing feedbacks to the teachers, TAs function as an effective bridge between teachers and students. With ten years’ explorations, the school has had a full understanding that internalization of teaching approach should be realized by means of both “teaching” and “learning”. The key for the change of learning approach lies in making students masters of their own learning. For this purpose, the school has compiled and printed Career Planning Guidance, clarifying to the newly arrived students the goals, objectives, content and methods of university learning. The school has reformed the assessment methods, highlighting the importance of formative and process evaluation. In addition, the school has also formulated Working Rules for the Teachers’ Guidance on Student Academic Activities, aiming at strengthening the students’ autonomous learning and ability of learning to meet practical needs. With the steadfast support from the International School, the students have established a variety of interest groups and clubs, namely the “Science Research Interest Group”, “Mathematical Economics Group”, and “Creative Writing and Critical Thinking Group”. As a result of the above initiatives, students’ self-management has taken root and is spreading widely in the school.
The fourth petal is internalization. At JUFE International School, “internalization” is not an empty slogan but a tangible, important and emotional word. Take a closer look at the International School, you will find that the interaction between our students and foreign teachers as well as foreign students is not confined to academic learning, but also involving the cross-cultural exchanges. Zhang Xinxin, from International Accounting 2010 Class One has been teaching Taichi at the request of a few foreign teachers. Since its foundation, Traditional Chinese Culture Research Society has been engaging foreign teachers and students in various cultural activities, creating an international environment with Chinese elements on campus, which bettered foreign students and teachers’ understanding of traditional Chinese culture and made them ambassadors for cultural exchanges. Chinese and foreign students attending lectures in the same classroom, seminars by foreign guest professors, foreign language teachers’ involvement in the English corner and internships in overseas corporations contributed to the formation of an international platform for study and exchange. To lay a solid foundation for the freshmen, an English language teaching team from Canada was contracted to deliver all English language courses, which contributed to the freshmen’ passing rate of 98% and 83% respectively for CET4 and CET6. From the second year on, original English textbooks are adopted for the major courses, which are delivered either in English, or bilingually. Moreover, around 50 overseas teachers from different parts of the world are recruited to teach juniors and seniors major courses in English language. They have brought with them the international way of teaching, facilitated the cultural exchange, eliminated the collision of ideas, and further broadened students’ international vision. In the process of building an international teaching environment, it needs to be noted that patriotic education is never ignored. Right from the start of the school, students’ affection and connection with the country, the university and the school have been cultivated and strengthened by means of party school, league school, class meetings and the university website.
The fifth petal is accumulation. To search Baidu for the website of the International School, you will find that “Jiangcai Guoji” has become the most popular term in the list of vocabulary used. The name of the school has become a nostalgic symbol of our memories. Every graduation season, we see cohorts of graduates who have spent 4 years here leaving for a bigger world. What have they brought with them? What did the International School leave with them? Zhu Qiao from International Accounting 2006 Class 2 mentioned in her writing: “I have kept a small box which collected every issue of International Journey and Special Column for Graduation involving my personal participation. These are an important witness to my gradual growth in this school”. Another student, Lai Hui from International Accounting 2006 Class 3, left a message on Renren: “The website of our school is always in my favorite folder. Many late nights in the 2 years after graduation, I found myself opening this website inadvertently and checking what is going on in the school.” The school journals, the website, and the anniversary are the carriers of the culture accumulation of the school. In spite of its short history, the school has closely connected to thousands of people, specifically, 4244 students, 4244 families, 156 domestic faculty members, 95 overseas instructors, class advisors and program coordinators. You may not be present today, your name will still be kept in the mind of everybody who has been part of the school. Hereon, for those who care about the future of the International School, please allow me to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation: thank you!
The petals presented above embody moments of time in the development of the International School, however, if stringed together, what is recorded is the step-by-step realization of our dream of internationalization, which is the results of painstaking efforts of several generations. When the first wave of internationalization came into sight, JUFE top management, headed by Professor Wu Shian, then-JUFE Chairman of board and Professor Shi Zhongliang，then-JUFE president came to the right decision of establishing the International School after a careful consideration of cultivating international managerial personnel so as to cope with the fierce international competition. Together with his colleagues, Professor Lin Yong, former director of Foreign Affairs Office, did massive preparatory work for the establishment of experimental classes. The first dean, Professor Jiang Jinfa led his colleagues to undertake the experiments in this field and proposed the principle of “integrating teaching with learning, fusing western pedagogue with the eastern education philosophy, combing the external channels with the internal sources, and cashing on the valuable resources of prestigious university”. The second dean, Dr. Ye Longsen, heading his colleagues, continued the efforts to further develop the International School. Substantial support from every department of the university and constructive suggestions from employers and parents have inspired the International School to make continuous progress.
Looking back on the past ten years, the International School of JUFE has been adhering to the mission statement to cultivate graduates of entrepreneur skills and of the qualifications of “Fidelity, Acuity, Integrity, and Perseverance”. The school has been guided by Chairman Liao Jinqiu’s philosophy that “JUFE is located in the less developed area in the central part of China, if we do not emancipate our mind, or innovate our education system, or to capture the favorable opportunity for the development of higher education, we will not be able to reach the goal of upgrading JUFE to a new level”. In accordance with President Wang Qiao’s requirements that “talents cultivation is the fundamental mission of a university, education quality is the base of a university, unique development is the key to better a university and serving the society is the responsibility of a university”, we have explored a successful road for cultivating international economic and managerial personnel in less developed areas, making it possible to receive international education without going abroad.
By incorporating international faculty and western education pedagogue, internationalized teaching environment is achieved in the school. Drawing on the curriculum designs of some well-known universities outside China as a guide, the school has optimized the course design for our three programs. Delicacy management is realized through whole process assessment of students’ learning and collaborative innovation of the management team. Autonomous learning is attached great importance in the school. Various rules are formulated to facilitate the students to become masters of their own learning and to cultivate students’ autonomous learning ability.
In terms of international collaboration and exchange, we have established numerous platforms and channels, which helped students to be admitted into top universities or employed overseas. We have so far turned out over 2700 graduates. Some are working in organizations like Citibank, HSBC, Standard Charted Bank, SG, ABN, big four accounting firms and Chinese Foreign Ministry. Some others are enrolled into world’s top universities, including Cambridge University, Oxford University, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of John Hopkins, University of Columbia, Australian National University and Hong Kong University to further their studies. Top quality graduates with their excellent performance have achieved good reputation and credit far and near, and are well received among different sectors in the society.
To fully display the International School of JUFE and to present the panorama of the picture scroll, you will see, in the green hills and blue streams, a group of people is sedulously searching by continuous interaction and exchange with the outside world. In the journey of internalization, we might follow the path that lead us out but comes back full circle home. No matter where we are, we will hold close to our heart a part for the International School of JUFE. The International School of JUFE is and will always be our carefully watched spiritual home.
Thank you!