四月的深圳春和景明,同學(xué)們從全國(guó)各地陸續(xù)返校,校園到處洋溢著歡快的氣氛。居家上網(wǎng)課的日子對(duì)大部分國(guó)內(nèi)同學(xué)來(lái)說(shuō)已經(jīng)告一段落,但對(duì)我校絕大多數(shù)國(guó)際學(xué)生來(lái)講,這種遠(yuǎn)程線(xiàn)上學(xué)習(xí)似乎還要持續(xù)一段時(shí)間。

大學(xué)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一直關(guān)心著疫情期間滯留海外居家上網(wǎng)課的國(guó)際學(xué)生。近日,負(fù)責(zé)大學(xué)外事和學(xué)生事務(wù)工作的副校長(zhǎng)朱世平教授與學(xué)術(shù)交流處國(guó)際學(xué)者學(xué)生服務(wù)團(tuán)隊(duì)和學(xué)生健康輔導(dǎo)中心一起與國(guó)際生和家長(zhǎng)們相聚云端,通過(guò)Zoom夜話(huà)活動(dòng)暢談大學(xué)近期的發(fā)展,探討線(xiàn)上學(xué)習(xí)期間如何保持心理健康,并針對(duì)同學(xué)們關(guān)注的簽證申請(qǐng)、入境隔離和與線(xiàn)上學(xué)習(xí)相關(guān)問(wèn)題與同學(xué)們進(jìn)行互動(dòng)答疑。

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“我的心里一直惦記著國(guó)際學(xué)生的事情,”朱世平校長(zhǎng)說(shuō),“大學(xué)了解同學(xué)們堅(jiān)持上網(wǎng)課的辛苦,一直就我校滯留海外的國(guó)際學(xué)生返華返校的提議與各級(jí)教育主管部門(mén)積極溝通。政府一旦解除疫情期間對(duì)國(guó)際學(xué)生的入境限制,我們會(huì)想盡辦法幫助同學(xué)們返回校園,妥善安排入境隔離等相關(guān)事宜?!彼麖?qiáng)調(diào),香港中文大學(xué)(深圳)是中國(guó)大陸最具國(guó)際化的大學(xué)之一,國(guó)際學(xué)生是這所大學(xué)的重要組成部分;大學(xué)一直奉行中外學(xué)生平等對(duì)待,為全體學(xué)生提供多元完善的教育體驗(yàn)。

朱校長(zhǎng)介紹了大學(xué)近期的發(fā)展情況,包括校園二期建設(shè)的新規(guī)劃、新建筑。他說(shuō)大學(xué)校園的二期建設(shè)熱火朝天,大學(xué)的發(fā)展蒸蒸日上,除了在建的醫(yī)學(xué)院和音樂(lè)學(xué)院外,三所新書(shū)院的建設(shè)也在緊鑼密鼓地進(jìn)行當(dāng)中。他號(hào)召大家在困難時(shí)期要堅(jiān)定信念,有想法要去落實(shí),不要拖延。他鼓勵(lì)同學(xué)們有問(wèn)題要和大學(xué)積極溝通,同時(shí)要照顧好自己的身心健康。

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持續(xù)了兩年多的新冠疫情仍在許多方面影響著我們的校園生活,尤其是國(guó)際學(xué)生們的學(xué)習(xí)和生活方式。因?yàn)橐咔樵斐傻娜刖诚拗?,我校仍?00多位國(guó)際學(xué)生滯留海外,他們一直堅(jiān)持在線(xiàn)上學(xué)習(xí)。在此期間, 大學(xué)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)對(duì)遠(yuǎn)程上課的國(guó)際學(xué)生非常關(guān)心,朱世平副校長(zhǎng)多次組織各個(gè)學(xué)生服務(wù)部門(mén)聽(tīng)取同學(xué)們的反饋,解決同學(xué)們提出的問(wèn)題。學(xué)術(shù)交流處負(fù)責(zé)國(guó)際學(xué)者學(xué)生服務(wù)的老師們也在國(guó)際學(xué)生微信群里和同學(xué)們保持交流,及時(shí)為同學(xué)們答疑解難。

大學(xué)生的心理健康是學(xué)校非常關(guān)注的一個(gè)方面。學(xué)生健康輔導(dǎo)中心處長(zhǎng)余小明博士在本次Zoom夜話(huà)活動(dòng)中與同學(xué)們交流了“疫情期間居家上課過(guò)程中如何保持心理健康”的話(huà)題,他分享了心理健康知識(shí),介紹了大學(xué)所提供的相關(guān)服務(wù)和資源。他強(qiáng)調(diào),自信、自律、自我學(xué)習(xí)是實(shí)現(xiàn)心理健康的重要途徑,學(xué)生健康輔導(dǎo)中心同時(shí)也為國(guó)際學(xué)生提供線(xiàn)上服務(wù),如電話(huà)和郵件咨詢(xún)等。

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余博士建議國(guó)際學(xué)生把更多關(guān)注放在他們可以改善的事情上:與身邊的人多交流、深呼吸與冥想、在陽(yáng)光下散步、保持有規(guī)律的日常生活以及睡前閱讀,都是保持良好心理健康的方法。

本次夜話(huà)活動(dòng)的最后一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)是與同學(xué)們的互動(dòng)答疑。同學(xué)們提出了各種各樣的問(wèn)題,如中國(guó)最新的入境簽證政策、隔離政策,在線(xiàn)學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)遇到的實(shí)驗(yàn)課問(wèn)題,國(guó)際畢業(yè)生離校行李的打包托運(yùn)處理,中信銀行賬戶(hù)的凍結(jié)問(wèn)題,升學(xué)申請(qǐng)的推薦信準(zhǔn)備等,學(xué)術(shù)交流處的王愷博士對(duì)這些問(wèn)題一一做出解答并與同學(xué)們進(jìn)行了互動(dòng)討論。

本次線(xiàn)上夜話(huà)活動(dòng)持續(xù)了兩個(gè)半小時(shí),有90多位國(guó)際學(xué)生和家長(zhǎng)連線(xiàn)參與。 會(huì)后,一些同學(xué)發(fā)來(lái)了他們的感謝與反饋。

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?1. Ariq Ramdhany, Year 1 student from SDS:

“I would like to address my gratitude for tonight's meeting. It has been hard and challenging for me to make friends and be engaged in campus activities other than online classes.

Thank you so much for putting thoughts into international students and I want to let you know that activities like this help us so much.”

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  1. Christopher Lie, Year 2 student from SME:

“I feel quite relieved as it turns out that I am not the only one trapped in the pandemic with online classes almost every day. After the pep talk by Prof Zhu, I found the mental health seminar to be very insightful, especially when Dr. Yu talked about what makes a student burn out and living a balanced lifestyle. Let's do our best to survive and thrive in this pandemic! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in person after the pandemic subsides.”

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  1. Yelike Winne Lukito, Year 3 student from SDS:

“I had a pleasurable time at the meeting with VP Prof Zhu, Dr. Wang, and Dr. Yu. It's been so long since the pandemic started, and I've been staying at home almost every day. Dr. Yu’s talk reminded me that we can still have a healthy lifestyle despite the challenging situation. I'm thankful to know that the Student Health and Counselling Center provides online counselling services for overseas students.”

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  1. Clara Valencia, Year 3 student from MED|LHS

“The meeting was helpful as the students could directly send questions and get immediate responses. I’m glad to learn that ISSS has been helping international students with their bank account problems.”

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  1. So Ry Park, Year 4 student from SME:

“I am glad we had a chance to talk about health and practical ways to improve it. Reading books, receiving our daily dose of vitamin D from the sun, and getting proper sleep... These are some of the tips that I got from the meeting - so obvious but it's good to remember again!”

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  1. Darell Patrick Hung, Year 3 student from SSE:

“The meeting was quite insightful as it showed me where the university stands regarding the international students and the efforts the staff have put in. Similar meetings would be a great idea. Maybe, meetings with more specific topics and staff members from different schools can be invited to tackle the problems students may face in their studies.”

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