大学建校周年庆典活动方案

大学建校周年庆典活动方案
年 12 月，我校将迎来 70 周年华诞，为做好 70 周年校庆的筹 备工作，确保校庆活动顺利开展，现提出以下工作方案。 一、70 周年校庆的总体原则和目标 我校 70 周年校庆要突出福医大特色，体现福医大的精神，举 办一个“隆重热烈，简朴务实”的校庆，实现“弘扬传统、展 示成就、联络校友、扩大影响、凝聚人心、促进发展”的总体 目标。 二、70 周年校庆的主要活动安排 我校 70 周年校庆活动包括 70 周年福医宣传活动，70 周年校 庆庆典活动，科技学术交流活动，院系校友联谊活动等。 1、70 周年福医宣传活动 以 70 周年校庆为契机，系统回顾学校的 70 周年办学历程， 总结福医精神的形成和发展过程，充分利用报刊、电视、网络 等宣传媒体，宣传学校办学理念、办学特色、办学水平。让社 会各界更多地了解学校 70 年来在人才培养、科学研究、社会服 务等方面取得的成就，提高社会影响力和知名度；通过编撰出 版《福建医科大学 70 周年纪录片》、《校友风采》、《福建医 科大学画册》等影片书籍和画册，举办福建医科大学建校 70 周 年成就展览，反映学校 70 年走过的光辉历程，展示福医人“勤 奋、严谨、求实、创新”的精神面貌；通过对校标和校庆标识 的征集和宣传，弘扬福医精神、凝炼校园文化，增强校友和师 生医护员工自豪感；通过邀请有关领导、院士为学校题词，勉 励、鞭策和鼓舞全校师生医护员工更加爱校荣校、积极工作， 推动学校各项事业的蓬勃发展。 2、70 周年校庆庆典活动 校庆当日，学校将举行隆重的庆祝大会，邀请有关领导、嘉 宾、校友和师生医护员工代表出席。届时，还将举行 70 周年校 庆纪念建筑、纪念物等揭幕仪式和大型文艺晚会等活动。通过 开展丰富多彩的文化艺术活动（书画、摄影展、电影周、文化 艺术节、科技节等）和体育活动（运动会、各类球赛、广播 操、健美操比赛等），营造热烈、和谐、团结、吉庆的校庆氛 围。 3、科学技术交流活动
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邀请海内外知名专家学者和杰出校友，举办高水平的主题论 坛和学术活动：（1）以学校重点建设的六个学科群为平台，邀 请两院院士、海内外杰出校友举办生命科学论坛；（ 2）以争取 全国高等医学教育常务理事会在我校召开为背景，举办高等医 学教育论坛；（3）以全国医院管理年活动总结为契机，邀请卫 生部领导及全国医院管理协会主要领导举办医院管理论坛。 （4）以各学院（部）为单位，围绕学科建设及学科带头人培养 举办各类学术交流活动。 4、院系校友联谊活动 以院系、班级为单位，统筹规划、精心组织，开展丰富多彩 的庆祝校友联谊活动。 三、校庆筹备工作及时间安排 1、在主流媒体发布校庆公告，策划系列宣传报道。根据校庆 筹备工作进展情况，陆续在有关媒体发布校庆公告（第一号公 告拟于 XX 年年元月上旬在《光明日报》、《健康报》和《福建 日报》上发布），策划在中央和省级媒体上发表有关学校的系 列宣传报道，XX 年年 10 月在福州市醒目处发布校庆户外广告。 2、建立校庆专题网站，设立信息交流平台，广泛收集师生和 校友对校庆活动的意见和建议。XX 年 11 月开通福医校庆专题网 页，XX 年年 1 月编印《校庆工作简报》，XX 年年 4 月 30 日前 开通校庆网站，通过校庆网站和《校庆工作简报》发布有关校 庆信息和动态；给各地校友按专业、年级建立网上联络平台， 设立校庆论坛，广泛收集师生员工和校友对校庆活动的意见和 建议；适时开通手机短信平台，向校友发布校庆信息；即时进 行校庆活动网上直播，让更多校友参加到校庆活动中。 3、校友联络、校友通讯录编辑、校友总会和各地校友分会换 届工作。以学院为单位，组织专门人员，在 XX 年年 7 月 1 日前 完成校友通讯录的收集整理；指导和帮助各地校友成立校友 会，做好各地市校友会换届工作，协助做好日本、欧洲、澳洲 和加拿大及国内的北京、上海、南京、广州等地校友会成立或 换届工作。 4、校友捐资的建设项目及有关办法的确定。在 XX 年年 4 月 30 日前确定校庆筹资的项目和制定相关的政策。 （1）设立校友基金会 （2）设立以资助者名字命名的各类奖（助）学金、奖教金、 教师和学生科研基金、学术交流基金等。 （ 3 ）赞助学校建设楼、路、亭、桥、湖及纪念雕塑、绿化
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等。 （4）赞助出版有关校庆画册、刊物等。 5、XX 年年 4 月 30 日前完成各项科技、学术、文体活动的方 案，并着手进行准备工作。 6、画册、电视片及其他有关出版物的编撰和出版。在 XX 年 年 6 月 30 日前完成画册，电视片和有关书籍的编辑工作。 7、70 周年成就展览馆的设立。XX 年 12 月 30 日前完成 70 周 年成就展览馆和生命科学标本馆的设计，XX 年年 7 月前完成资 料和实物等征集工作，XX 年年 10 月 15 日前完成布展工作。 8、XX 年年 5 月 1 日前完成 70 周年校庆标识、校庆专用宣传 和办公用品的设计及制作。XX 年年 6 月 1 日前完成校园路名和 树名等征集工作，XX 年年 7 月 1 日前完成纪念册、纪念品、礼 品等的设计。 9、校园景观及环境建设。XX 年 12 月 1 日前完成与校庆有关 的校园专项建设立项工作；XX 年年 10 月 1 日前完成 70 周年校 庆纪念建筑、纪念物、纪念雕塑的建设和制作任务。 10、XX 年年 5 月 15 日前完成校庆活动场所及校友接待的规划 和前期准备工作。 四、组织领导 1 、成立校庆筹备工作领导小组，领导和决策校庆的各项工 作。领导小组由陈元仲校长任组长，陈永正副书记、梁敬阳副 校长任副组长，成员由校有关职能部门负责人组成，下设校庆 办公室，负责组织、策划、协调、指挥校庆的各项工作，办公 室主任由一位校领导兼任，设若干专职和兼职副主任，并逐步 抽调学校有关部门人员充实办公室。根据校庆筹备工作的需 要，设立宣传发动组、庆典活动组、学术活动组、联络接待 组、资金筹措组、校园建设与后勤保障组、安全保卫组等，具 体实施校庆各项工作。 2、各学院（医院）和有关职能部门成立校庆筹备工作机构， 并落实相应工作人员。各学院（医院）和职能部门确定一名负 责同志负责校庆筹备工作，确保学校安排布置的各项任务落实 到实处，各学院要高度重视校庆活动的组织实施，按照学校统 一布置与要求，研究制定本学院的校庆活动方案，并以 70 周年 校庆为契机，广泛联系校友，动员各方力量，全面推动学校工 作迈向新台阶。 3、整个校庆筹备工作，要充分体现开放、创新的意识。要广 泛吸收校内外力量和校友参与校庆筹备工作，充分利用各种新
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机制、新办法、新手段做好筹备工作，主动争取上级领导、地 方政府和社会各界对校庆工作的关心和支持；广泛动员全校师 生医护员工发扬“福医精神”，以主人翁的姿态积极参与 70 周 年校庆筹备工作，确保校庆工作顺利完成。 福建医科大学校庆筹备工作领导小组 二○○七年四月十八日
本文为 Word 版资料，可以任意修改编辑。如果你看到我上传的资料这个后缀，请删除后使用。 高效学习方法和技巧 学习需要方法，找到适合自己的方法，学习才能事半功倍。接下来，我结合我自己的学习情况，给大家总结的高效学习《五部曲》 一、预习是学习的重要环节上课前充分预习，考试前充分地复习，与“打有准备之仗”有同曲之道。预习效果好，听课才能有针对性；听课有针对性，复习才能顺利进行；复习深 刻，作业、考试才能得心应手。所以说预习是学生学习过程中一个必不可少的环节。 二、掌握好高效的听课方法课上集中精力听课，是掌握知识的捷径。听讲时，思想上必须与老师讲解的思路保持一致，听老师对事物是怎样分析、推理；听老师解决问题是用 什么方法、技巧；听老师对问题有哪些提问和解释。这样才能把握住听课的重点。听讲中，要把自己在预习中的理解，和老师讲解的相比较，看自己和老师有哪些相同点和区别 点。 三、合理安排复习时间很多科学家通过研究发现，有几个时间段有利于巩固记忆：一是学习后最初几分钟内，电生理活动引起蛋白质的合成；二是学习后在 48 小时内复习； 三是一周之后脑突触发生永久性变化。根据人在学习过程中这一生理变化，采用复习加强记忆就显得特别重要了。如果我们能够在学习的内容即将忘记时进行复习，那么复习的效 果最好，效率也最高。著名的心理学家艾宾浩斯通过实验发现了人的记忆与遗忘规律。实验证明：在学习仅过了 20 分钟后，就忘记记忆内容的 42%，1 天后忘却量已经达到了 66%，到了第 31 天，忘却量高达 79%。他根据实验结果，画成了著名的遗忘曲线。并表明遗忘的规律是“先快后慢”。这条规律提示我们，—定要尽早、及时地对所学知识进行 复习，以便在知识还在大脑内时就加深印记，否则大脑中已经没有痕迹了，只能再费精力重学。合理安排复习时间特别重要并且必要，制定复习计划，严格按精英特计划执行，并 力求形成习惯，是我们每一位学生都应该力求努力做到。 我们为什么要复习呢？因为我们记忆效果没有那么好，不可能过目不忘，所以需要重复、增强记忆。同时，复习的进展 也有利于学习效率的提高。 四、做作业的科学方法这里有七种做作业的技巧： 1、先复习后做作业。复习是做好作业的关键，只有复习得好，作业才能做得好。做作业前先把老师这一节课所讲的内容认真地看一看，弄清楚基本原理和概念后再去做作 业，作业才能做得既快又好。 2、认真审题。 做作业最关键的—步就是审题，连题都判断错了，作业内容就全错了。首先第—步要弄清楚题目的内容，所给的条件，什么要求，需要联系哪些知识等等；其 次是考虑好解题思路、方法、步骤，要善于把—道题分成几部分，化大为小、化难为易、分清其中的已知和未知，弄清各部分的联系，设计好整个解题步骤，—定要让自己做到不 明白题意不做题，不清楚方法步骤不下笔。 3、细心的做题。 做题是表达思路的全过程，这个过程要求既动脑、又动手。做题的关键是要保证“规范”、“准确”。要做到这两点就要求学生认真的抄好题，书写格式必须正 确、规范，严格按照各类题的解题要求，仔细演算解题的每—步，得出正确的结果。只有平时做题认真细致，步骤完整，思路正确，表达严密，准确无误，考试时才能按照这种良 好的习惯进行 五、重视错题积累在学习的过程中，同学们可能遇到过一错再错的现象 究其原因，多数是由于在学习中不求甚解，不注意总结积累所致。那么，该怎么办呢？实践证明，自编一本“易错题集”是避免做题一错再错的最好办法。错题本的复习方法： 1、每周把该周错题本中记录的题目快速浏览一遍；2、每月把该月错题本中记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；3、每个季度把错题本中三个月记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；4、大考前 把该错题本中的所有题目认真复习一遍，确保题不二错
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The happiest of people don ’ t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of peoplewho have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can ’ t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches. 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The purpose of learning English is to communicate with foreigners, so as to get to know more about the world. Grammar is not the only thing we care about. What we should do is to open our mouths and improve our ability to use spoken English. It begins with reading textbooks. When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. In doing so, he contradicted his own recent claim that the U.S. had achieved its objectives of total victory over Islamic State militants in Syria.“Look, we don't want Syria,” he continued. “We're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death,” he said, seemingly contrasting the war-wracked country with Iraq and its vast oil reserves.Iran “can do what they want there, frankly,” he added, a comment likely to unnerve officials in Israel, who have worried that a U.S. withdrawal from its positions in eastern Syria would allow Iran to expand its influence there.“It’s not my fault,” he said. “I didn’t put us there.”Trump offered little further clarity on the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, which he initially said would take place in 30 days, saying now that the pullout will “take place over a period of time.”Later, in a long riff a bout Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscow’s 1979 invasion of the country — an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. “They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending.Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then you better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-style movie poster teasing Iran sanctions — “SANCTIONS ARE COMING,” it read — lay unfurled across the table directly in front of him. But he made no remarks on the subject.He did, however, comment on Sen.-elect Mitt Romney of Utah, who wrote in the Washington Post on Tuesday that he was troubled by Trump’s “deep descent in December” and that his def icit in “presidential leadership in qualities of character … has been most glaring.”“I wish Mitt could be more of a team player,” Trump said. “And if he’s not, that’s OK too.”Seeming to warn Romney about the fate that lies ahead for Republican lawmakers who vocally criticize him and his presidency, Trump boasted that he “got rid of” former Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, both of whom opted not to seek new terms last ye ar.Accusing both men of seeking publicity in taking stands against him, Trump suggested that Flakewould be seeking a job as a paid cable news contributor — or perhaps in another profession that Trump himself once plied.“Jeff Flake is now selling real estate or whatever he’s doing,” he said dismissively.
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The happiest of people don ’ t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of peoplewho have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can ’ t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is cryig.Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don ’ t, don ’ t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone ’ s day with this message.Since we went to school, we have access to English all the time, because it is one of the necessary subjects. Before we attend college, we keep our attention on the grammar, but now college means the new stage and we should pay attention to practical English. Here are some suggestions.First, it is important to speak out loudly. The purpose of learning English is to communicate with foreigners, so as to get to know more about the world. Grammar is not the only thing we care about. What we should do is to open our mouths and improve our ability to use spoken English. It begins with reading textbooks. When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. In doing so, he contradicted his own recent claim that the U.S. had achieved its objectives of total victory over Islamic State militants in Syria.“Look, we don't want Syria,” he continued. “We're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death,” he said, seemingly contrasting the war-wracked country with Iraq and its vast oil reserves.Iran “can do what they want there, frankly,” he added, a comment likely to unnerve officials in Israel, who have worried that a U.S. withdrawal from its positions in eastern Syria would allow Iran to expand its influence there.“It’s not my fault,” he said. “I didn’t put us there.”Trump offered little further clarity on the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, which he initially said would take place in 30 days, saying now that the pullout will “take place over a period of time.”Later, in a long riff a bout Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscow’s 1979 invasion of the country — an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. “They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending. Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then yo u better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-st
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