With sincere care to guard dreams and embrace the summer college-entrance season, from April 15 to 17, a delegation from the College of Engineering, Shantou University led by Lu Zhuobin, Secretary of the Party Committee, visited Guangdong Meixian Dongshan Middle School in Meizhou, Heyuan Senior High School, and Rongcheng Middle School in Boluo County. The team included Ms. Zhang Yanyi, a senior psychology expert, as well as full-time league cadres Xiao Yingjie and Yu Yijing. They held a series of psychological adjustment lectures for the final college entrance examination sprint and college admission presentations. The activity further smoothed the collaborative education channels between universities and middle schools, providing nearly 2,000 students with scientific examination preparation guidance and mental adjustment skills, and was warmly welcomed by teachers and students of all schools.

At the beginning of each event, Lu Zhuobin started with Chaoshan cuisine and urban culture, sincerely inviting students to visit Shantou and Shantou University after the college entrance examination to experience the campus environment and the unique charm of Chaoshan culture in person. He delivered an admission presentation focusing on the university’s educational characteristics, philosophy, and talent training outcomes, introducing the basic profile and developmental advantages of Shantou University. He encouraged students to stay confident, prepare actively for the exam, and consider Shantou University as one of their voluntary choices for further study.

Under the theme It’s Not That I’m Weak, But That Anxiety Is Too Loud, the lectures addressed common problems among students in the final college entrance examination sprint, such as anxiety, distraction, and insomnia. Through interactive experiences, case analyses, and practical guidance, the lectures helped students correctly understand anxiety and accept emotional signals. Zhang Yanyi shared practical techniques such as "micro-actions" and "five-sense training" tailored to different manifestations of anxiety, equipping students with psychological adjustment methods, boosting their confidence, and enabling them to face the college entrance examination sprint with a more positive and calm mindset.

Shantou University’s brand activity "Excellent Lectures Enter Middle Schools" has been held for more than ten years. Relying on the university’s strong faculty, nearly 90 themed lectures are carefully designed for key middle schools every year, covering college entrance examination psychological adjustment, voluntary application guidance, popularization of academic knowledge, and other fields. The activity has been widely recognized and warmly welcomed by teachers and students. In the future, Shantou University will continue to leverage its disciplinary characteristics and resource advantages, further strengthen communication and cooperation with key middle schools in the region, expand admission promotion channels, enhance the university’s visibility and influence, attract more outstanding students to apply for Shantou University, and support young students in pursuing their dreams and growing up.

Photos and Text by: Yu Yijing