"Finally comes the thrilling enrollment day!" From September 17 to 18, the freshmen of 2022 enrollment will come to the campus and meet each other by Muyu Lake, vigorously entering the first chapter of their college life. The fully-prepared staff of reception performed their duties and cooperated closely, fostering orderly and smooth vibe at the scene. Also, a series of heart-warming and caring arrangements impressed freshmen at the very beginning.

Heart-warming Service for Freshmen

In the early morning, the staff of reception and volunteers arrived at the reception site, enthusiastically getting ready for freshmen enrollment. "Please wear a mask and scan the venue code. Please present the health code before entering the campus." At the school gate, the staff of security and logistics, along with volunteers, are in charge of health code verification, body temperature taking and hygiene check. Chen Yuetang, Party Secretary of the school, Yi Bing, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president, Chen Chiping, vice president, and Zhang Xiaogang, member of the Party Committee and vice president, went to the freshmen's registration points in the main campus, the main campus (north) and the south campus, as well as the off-campus orientation points such as Xiangtan North Station, Xiangtan Railway Station and Long-distance Bus Station to learn about freshmen's entry into the school, visit freshmen and parents from all over the country, and offer condolences to the orientation staff.

“Where are you from?” “What is your major?” In the rest area, leaders of the university amiably talked with freshmen and their parents. They promised that our university will do the utmost to help students better themselves and the school will always put students first. In the reception site, leading faculties also communicated with mentors and volunteers. They patiently familiarized themselves with detailed process of reception and enrollment, kindly reminding on-site staff of personal protection from the Covid-19 and also providing quality service to freshmen.

Convenient Nonstop Shuttle Bus Service

"Welcome, freshmen of 2022 enrollment!" "If you have any questions or difficulties, please feel free to ask for help. The school and teachers will try their best to solve them!" To facilitate the process of enrollment and avoid crowds gathering, our school has set up a one-stop registration service. Once landing in Xiangtan, students can take the school "Welcome Line" commuter bus to go directly to the school from Xiangtan North Railway Station, Xiangtan Railway Station, Long-distance Bus Station and other places. The moment they arrived at the campus, volunteers walked them to the school registration area. "We checked the health code, travel trajectory, health status and contact history of freshmen in advance. The system made the student path traceable and scrutinized every detail information, which ensure the safety of freshmen." a staff told us.

Since the acceptance letters were distributed, our university used YiBan, an online app for collecting students’information, to speed up the enrollment process. One-stop service was offered by all colleges of HIE, with senior volunteers walking their designated freshmen to the dormitory and registration site. To familiarize freshmen the campus, volunteers also provided campus map to freshmen. “I prepared loads of luggage for the campus life, and I am very grateful for what senior volunteers have done for us. They helped me with the luggage and the enrollment.”Yang Junjie, a student of class 2206 majoring in civil engineering, School of Architecture and Engineering, told us.  

Mind-blowing AI gadgets

Xiao Huang, the self-driving car, is programmed to follow the embedded route or certain instruction, delivering freshmen luggage. It could also deliver parcels of online shopping in the future if needed. The debut of Xiao Huang exercised the notion of AI campus for enrollment day. Xiao Huang is said to boast the automatic frame and system, with accuracy in centimeter level.

School of Electrical and Information also displayed the robots and drones developed by innovation base of college students. Some students manipulated the robots to say hi and bow to freshmen. Those robots are even capable of doing somersaults, push-ups and sit-ups, rendering the enrollment site immersed in high tech vibe. Some freshmen even stopped to catch a glimpse of the charming robots. The School of Computer Science and Electronics built a storyboard wall to display inspiring anecdotes in revolutionary wars, resonating with the theme of “Freshmen voice in following the Party’s lead”. Also, photo background board, Mandarin games, and free postcards add up to an intriguing and heart-warming enrollment memory, ridding freshmen of the tiredness in the journey.

(Reviewed by Wang Jiayi, Wang Xingzhou)