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SBC hosts Honorary Professorship Award Ceremony for Chinese Erhu Virtuoso Ms Ma Xiaohui
2016/12/13
On 9th December, the Honorary Professorship Award Ceremony for Chinese Erhu Virtuoso Ms Ma Xiaohui was held in the SBC English Tearoom with nearly 100 students and staff present.
Guests from external organisations included Jiang Zhengyin, General Manager of the Oriental Land Holiday Village, Ji Qiuying, Director of the Administration Office of Shanghai No. 1 National Musical Instruments Factory, Li Linshen, Chief Executive of CFH, Xu Shengqian, Director of Medical Examination Center of the 455th Hospital of CPLA, and Chen Zhihong, renowned calligrapher and painter.
Professor Peter Byers, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) of Liverpool John Moores University, Joanne Purves, Vice-President (International) of The University of Sheffield and James Richardson, Director of International Development of Sheffield Hallam University attended the event on behalf of SBC’s partner universities in the UK.
Members of the senior management team from SBC/USST also joined the event, including Professor Tian Weifeng, Vice-President of USST and Dean of SBC, Professor John Wilson, Principal and CEO of SBC, Dr Liu Bin, Secretary of Joint General Party Branch and Deputy Director of Campus Management Committee, Fuxing Campus, USST, and Professor Linda Liu, Vice-Dean of SBC.
Party Secretary Liu Bin extended a warm welcome to Ms Ma Xiaohui and guest speaker Dr Tim Kelly, Professor and Doctor of Psychology. He gave a brief introduction on the background and great success achieved by Ms Ma as a world-renowned Chinese Erhu Virtuoso.
The certificate of appointment as Honorary Professor of SBC was presented to Ms Ma by Professor John Wilson, Principal and CEO of SBC.
As outlined in Vision 2025, our goal is to be renowned as an international hub and centre of excellence, attracting students and faculty from all over the world, with a reputation for developing socially responsible and innovative leaders capable of operating in different cultures. Cultural empathy is one of the three overarching themes of the College, representing attributes that SBC values and seeks to develop in all students and staff. It is believed that the introduction of high-level experts from external organisations as Visiting/Honorary Professors of SBC will fulfill such demand and requirement.
In her acceptance speech, Professor Ma thanked the SBC team for the honor. She expressed that in her new role as Honorary Professor of SBC, she will do her best to promote multi-culturalism on campus through art and music, contributing to the realisation of the goal of cultivating international talents for the College.
Following the award ceremony, Ms Ma Xiaohui invited Dr Tim Kelly to join her for a presentation on ‘Psychology of Music Healing the Soul: Sunshine in Winter’. Organised by the Fuxing Ma Xiaohui Art Studio of SBC, the presentation helped students and faculty discover how music can heal the soul through a combination of dialogue and music. It also offered everyone a special experience, which filled the heart with peace and joy.
