新年贺词

王卓君 朱秀林

老师们、同学们、朋友们：

值此2014年新年来临之际，我们向全校师生员工、海内外校友、离退休老同志，向所有关心、支持学校事业发展的各级领导、各位董事、各界朋友致以新年的祝福！

刚刚过去的2013年，是苏州大学事业发展取得重要进展的一年。在全体苏大人的共同努力下，党的群众路线教育实践活动顺利开展，学校科学发展的道路更加顺畅；以内涵建设为重点的各项教育教学改革深入推进，学校综合实力和核心竞争力稳步提升。本科教学工程六大计划、研究生教育创新计划全面实施，人才培养模式改革和质量提升体系建设更趋完善；苏大学子们不负众望，在“挑战杯”等国内外重大赛事中连创佳绩。以陈晓东院士、李永舫院士为代表的一批高层次人才相继加盟，师资队伍实力持续增强；重点学科提升、省优势学科建设不断提速，学科建设布局进一步优化。科研工作再上新台阶，各类国家级项目数及科研到账总经费实现新突破，学校牵头的“苏州纳米科技协同创新中心”，成功跻身国家首批“2011计划”，包括在国际顶尖期刊《SCIENCE》上发表论文在内的一批重要标志性成果相继涌现。国际化战略持续推进，与世界著名高校和科研机构的实质性合作日益频繁和广泛。同时，一年来，全体苏大人也一直在为建设更加团结和谐、更加高效节约、更加安心安全、更具文化品位的美丽校园，进行着卓有成效的努力。在此，我们代表学校党委和行政向这一年来为学校建设和发展付出辛勤汗水的老师们、同学们和社会各界朋友们，表示真挚的谢意和崇高的敬意！

展望新的一年，机遇和挑战同时展现在我们面前，如何紧紧抓住十八届三中全会带来的高等教育改革发展新契机，如何更好地肩负起中国梦赋予大学的崇高使命，将会是我们不断致力于探索和努力的方向。

在未来的发展道路上，苏州大学将继续坚守立德树人的根本任务，努力朝着国内一流、国际知名高水平研究型大学的奋斗目标不断迈进！我们相信，在苏大梦的召唤下，在全体苏大人的携手努力下，苏大2014一定会更加精彩！

最后，祝愿大家在新的一年中马到功成、幸福安康！

New Year Address 2014

Wang Zhuojun   Zhu Xiulin

Dear colleagues, students and friends,

     As we usher in a new year, we would like to extend our seasonal greetings to our faculty and students, alumni the world over and retirees, and to the leaderships at all levels, the trustees of the university board and the personages in all walks of life who contribute to our undertaking.

     The year 2013 witnessed impressive progress of our undertaking buttressed by our common endeavor. For instance, our comprehensive strength and core competiveness increased steadily due to the deepened educational reforms featuring capacity building; with the implementation of a series of reform and innovation packages regarding degree programs, we optimized our talents development pattern and the quality-building mechanism; our students won remarkable prizes and praises in major events such as the “Challenge Cup”; our faculty competiveness kept rising as scholars of high caliber like Chen Xiaodong (member of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering) and Li Yongfang (member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) joined us; we enhanced and streamlined our province and nation-accredited key disciplines; our scientific research saw a big leap forward, as indicated by the new high in the number of national-level research projects endorsed and the amount of research fund effectuated, the approval of Suzhou Nano-technology Joint Innovation Center led by our university as one of the first beneficiaries of the National Plan 2011, and a series of hallmark research achievements such as the publication of papers on Science; we established more active and extensive substantial cooperation with many world-renowned universities and research institutes as we forged ahead in our internationalization drive; and we made effort to create a safer, more harmonious, energy-efficient and beautiful campus of refined culture. On behalf of the board of trustees and the administration, we would like to thank our faculty and students and friends for their concern, contribution and commitment. 

     Looking ahead, we are fully aware that challenges go along with opportunities. It will be, as always, our commitment to the mission of the university as part of the Chinese dream at a time of higher education reform. 

     We will continue to devote ourselves to “nurturing virtue and talents” and turning ours into a first-rate research university with international visibility. “The Suda dream” beckons. The year 2014 will surely see more remarkable achievements for our university as we are united as one in our pursuits.

Finally, we wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!