Following the successful China-Belarus Cooperative Education Seminar on education, research, and cultural exchange, a heartfelt and appreciative "Farewell Ceremony for Foreign Teachers of the China-Belarus Cooperative Education Program" was warmly held in Training Room A04-106 at 5:00 PM on June 9, 2025. The event aimed to express gratitude to the visiting faculty delegation from Brest State Technical University (Belarus) for their active contributions to the development of our university's cooperative program and to convey the reluctance and best wishes of all teachers and students towards the departing foreign faculty. Vice President Han Hui of Xinxiang University attended and delivered a speech. Participants included the four foreign teachers from Brest State Technical University: Bocharova Natalia Vladimirovna, Frantsevich Alexander Viktorovich, Abbasov Kirill Timurovich, and Tolmacheva Alexandra Sergeevna; representatives from Xinxiang University's Foreign Affairs Office, Academic Affairs Office, School of Mechatronics Engineering, International Education School, and the New Era International Education Team; as well as student representatives from the classes taught by the foreign faculty. The atmosphere was warm and lively. The farewell ceremony was chaired by Li Juan, Dean of the International Education School.
The farewell ceremony commenced with splendid student performances. Students from the China-Belarus cooperative program showcased their youthful spirit through carefully prepared programs, expressing sincere gratitude and reluctant farewell to their foreign teachers who had guided them with dedication. Thunderous applause filled the venue.
Han Hui, speaking on behalf of the university, delivered a heartfelt speech. She highly praised the foreign teachers for their exceptional dedication and diligent efforts demonstrated in teaching innovation, research endeavors, and promoting cultural integration between China and Belarus. Han Hui stated that the professionalism and profound expertise of the foreign teachers not only infused the classrooms with international cutting-edge perspectives but also inspired every teacher and student through their words and deeds, becoming a core force driving the stable development of the cooperative program and enhancing the quality of talent cultivation. She sincerely thanked the foreign teachers for their selfless dedication and wished them a safe journey home and success in all future endeavors. Han Hui expressed hopeful anticipation that this exchange would serve as a bond, allowing the China-Belarus friendship to endure and flourish, enabling both sides to continue writing a new chapter of win-win cooperation.
In their words of thanks, the foreign teacher representatives fondly recalled their memorable experiences working and living at our university. They expressed deep gratitude for the warm help, respect, and friendship extended by our teachers and students, stating that this period was a valuable treasure in both their professional careers and personal lives. The foreign teachers fully affirmed the effectiveness of the cooperative program, particularly praising our students' thirst for knowledge and their positive, proactive spirit. They also expressed high hopes for the program's future development prospects, their words filled with reluctance to leave the university, colleagues, and students.
To honor the contributions of the foreign teachers, Han Hui, representing the university, presented each of the four with a letter of appreciation. These letters, bearing the deep affection and gratitude of the entire university community, were not only high recognition of their work but also a testament to the profound friendship within China-Belarus educational cooperation. Warm and prolonged applause rang out, filled with the most sincere respect and tribute to the international educators who had come from afar and dedicated themselves to teaching.
This farewell ceremony was not only a warm send-off but also a vivid reflection of the deep friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two universities. It further solidified the emotional bonds between both sides, laying a more solid foundation for the continuous deepening of educational cooperation and people-to-people exchanges in the future.
