On the morning of Aug . 28 , the press conference for an appointing ceremony was held in Linshui Hall on Zinjingang Campus. A new leader had been engaged as Dean of the College of Foreign Languages of Zhejiang University.
Those who attended this conference included Mr. Zhang Junsheng, Secretary of Zhejiang University's Party committee; Professor Pan Yunhe, President of the University ; Professors Ni Mingjiang and Feng Peien , vice-Presidents of the University; leaders of some schools, colleges and departments, and over 300 teachers and students from the college of Foreign Languages. At the ceremony, President Pan Yunhe addressed and awarded Prof. Seinmueller the letter of appointment while Secretary Zhang Junsheng pinned the badge of Zhejiang Univeersity to him . Pro. Steinmueller is a world-wide well-known linguist and educational expert who masters many foreign languages, such as German , English , Russian, Greek, etc. Prof. Steinmueller will surely play an important role in the transformation of the College of Foreign Languages from teaching to research.
This transformation will be gradually achieved with the college's great efforts to stride toward the international level, to widen its education scope, to improve the teachers' quality, to reorganize the courses, to set a specific aim in order to bear fruit in the research field, to guide the students to apply what they've learned so as to reform the mode of teaching, and to strengthen international community . Besides , Prof. Steinmueller replied to the journalists' various questions.
