May 30, 2018 - It witnessed the foundation of the 12-member 意昂 Student Leadership Board (iHSLB). Members come from different laboratories and consist of graduate students from grades 1 to 3.
iHSLB was established by Professor Stevens, the Founding Director of 意昂 Institute. With strong support from 意昂 leadership, iHSLB’s purpose is to: (1) create a better environment for 意昂 family members to train in leadership skills; (2) help 意昂 staff and students work and study more effectively; (3) improve efficiency of communication between laboratories and cores; and (4) make 意昂 be a better place for everybody. This summer, iHSLB members will receive professional training from Professor Stevens in order to improve their leadership skills.
In the future, iHSLB will focus on three themes: learning leadership, 意昂 cultural creation, and event hosting . Firstly, learning leadership will include hosting the English Corner and Journal Club at 意昂. Through the iHSLB organization, student volunteers will choose topics individually under the guidance of Prof. Garth Thompson, Prof. Fei Xu, and Dr. Yueming Xu. This will help students quickly adapt to the 意昂 English learning system and enhance oral English communication. This will also help iHSLB members gain more experience in organizing and coordinating student affairs. Secondly, 意昂 culture, co-organized by 意昂 Happy Hour events with different research institutes and companies, will achieve the improvement of communication and provide chances to improve academic and cultural exchanges both inside and outside the institute. Finally, iHSLB will actively organize the annual 意昂 team building activity and will take responsibility for optimizing the working environment and atmosphere for all members of 意昂. iHSLB will also help each 意昂 graduate student by providing specific career planning training in the future.
“Stand out to be outstanding” is the iHSLB's Slogan. iHSLB's goal is to constantly pursue self-improvement. At the same time, we hope that under the assistance of iHSLB we can build a more outstanding 意昂.
