Tuesday, September 19 – Sias International University's Future Information Technology Institute (FITI) held its opening ceremony on the 18th of September. The ceremony was jointly organized by Sias International University and the China Information Management Leaders Alliance.
The Chairman of the Board of Sias, Dr. Shawn Chen, said that the original intention of setting
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Wednesday, September 20 – Sias International University held its annual Candlelight Ceremony on the 19th of September, at the Track & Field Stadium. Over 200 Chinese and foreign guests were present, along with the Sias leadership, Sias' Chinese and foreign faculty, and over 7,600 freshmen of the academic year 2017/18. The guests came from a wide range of institutions and
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Tuesday, September 19 – On the morning of the 18th of September, military training for Sias' freshmen for the academic year 2017-18 concluded at the Track & Field Stadium. The guests at the ceremony included the Chief Academic Advisor for the Honors Academy of the Zhuhai Institute at Beijing Institute of Technology, Guo Shaotang; Co-founder of FITI, CIO of the Wanda Group, Zhu
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Monday, September 18 – In commemoration of the 86th anniversary of the 9-18 Incident, also known as the Mukden Incident, Sias International University held a flag-raising ceremony. Sias Party Secretary, Fei Hexiang, Sias President, Dr. Chen Sikun, Executive Vice President, Dong Qiming, Vice President, Liu Shuqin, Deputy Party Secretary, Li Huafeng, Proctor Han Xiaoai, and Assistant
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Thursday, September 14 – Sias International University was visited by the recently appointed US Consul General in Wuhan, Jamie Fouss. The Consul General was accompanied by the Public Affairs Officer of the US Consulate in Wuhan, Michael Dubray. Mr. Fouss arrived in Wuhan to serve as the Consul General in August, 2017.
Members of the delegation from the American Consulate in
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Thursday, September 7 – Sias International University celebrated Teachers' Day with a special function on the 6th of September. The entire Sias leadership was present, including the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Shawn Chen, Party Secretary, Fei Hexiang, Sias President, Dr. Chen Sikun, Executive Vice President, Dong Qiming, Vice President, Liu Shuqin, Deputy Party Secretary, Li Huafeng,
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Wednesday, September 6 – The Sias Group and Zheng Dong New District Administrative Committee signed an agreement to found Henan province’s first school for foreign children. The signing ceremony was held in Zheng Dong New District’s exhibition hall, in Zhengzhou City.
The leaders present at the signing ceremony were the Deputy Party Secretary and Executive
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Tuesday, September 5 – On the 4th of September, the first day of classes of the academic year 2017-18, members of the Sias leadership including Sias President, Dr. Chen Sikun, Executive Vice President, Dong Qiming, and Assistant Principals, Sun Rujian, and Guo Xuede, visited several classrooms to check on the preparations for the new semester. They also visited the University Office,
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Tuesday, September 5 – The military training for the freshmen of the academic year 2017-18 began at the Sias Track & Field Stadium on the 4th of September. Over 7,600 freshmen were present for the ceremony that marked the start of their military training.
The Sias leadership was present at the ceremony, including Sias Party Secretary, Fei Hexiang, Sias President, Dr.
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Monday, September 4 – On the 27th of August, the first batch of freshmen of the academic year 2017-18 arrived at Sias International University. The welcoming of freshmen is an important tradition at Sias and involves the school leadership, staff, student volunteers, and parents. Between the 27th of August and the 3rd of September, more than 7,600 freshmen arrived at Sias.
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Friday, September 1 – A delegation from Shih Chien University visited Sias International University on the 30th and 31st of August. The delegation included the Director of Cross-Strait Affairs, Guo Shouwang, and the Director of Cross-Strait Exchanges, Liu Weiting. The delegation had meetings with Sias' Office of International Relations.
Sias' Director of the Office
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Tuesday, August 29 – A two-member delegation from the University of Arizona visited Sias on the 28th of August. The delegation included the Vice Provost for International Education at the University of Arizona, Dr. Brent White.
Dr. White, along with the Chairman of the Board of Sias, Dr. Shawn Chen, toured the campus, including the European Street, CUBA Training Facility,
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Friday, July 28 – Sias International University held its annual Summer Work Conference from the 25th to the 27th of July. The goal of the 2017 Conference was to continue the progress shown in the Sino-foreign educational concepts of Sias, and increase the unity among staff based on the common goals laid out at the Conference. The leaders discussed several issues at the Conference
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Monday, July 17 – Sponsored by the Chinese University Sports Association, the 10th National Dragon & Lion Dance Championships were held at Sias International University and lasted for 5 days from the 11th to the 15th of July, 2017. The contestants came from several provinces and autonomous regions, including Hong Kong, and Macao SAR. A total of 45 institutions were represented
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Monday, July 10 – The Triennial Conference of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) was held in Vienna, Austria, from the 5th to the 8th of July. The Chairman of the Board of Sias, Dr. Shawn Chen, was one of the five experts in the panel discussion, ‘New Trends in Education – Four Nations, Five Innovative Institutional Perspectives’, and delivered
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