{"id":25603,"date":"2024-12-13T06:33:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyeweb.in\/newmind\/?p=25603"},"modified":"2024-12-13T06:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:35:05","slug":"onto-the-next-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmind.org\/onto-the-next-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Onto the next adventure!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By TIFFANY MERRITT<\/strong><\/p>

Editor: MICHELLE DANNER<\/p>

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On Friday May 6, we held a graduation ceremony in the UNCG Student Center for the August cohort of New Mind Education students, as well as for our other students who had completed their English studies at INTERLINK.\u00a0 This event was planned to let students enjoy their favorite American food\u2013spicy chicken wings and cake\u2013as well as reflect on all of their fond memories during their time in the UPP program.\u00a0 While students ate their food, they watched a video compiled of photos from their time at UPP.\u00a0 These photos captured the many activities they participated in such as the Welcome to America pool party, Casino Royale Poker Night, volunteer events with UNCG, Thanksgiving dinner with Americans, a Christmas party with a Secret Santa gift exchange, volunteering at a church for trick or treaters, the fall trip to Asheville, Chinese New Year party, the sports tournaments, the spring trip to Williamsburg, and many other happy times.\u00a0 Students even submitted some of their favorite photo-memories to be used in this slideshow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After the slide show, Program Director Enoch Chow presented the superlative awards, Honor Roll Medals, and the winner of the Songtao scholarship.\u00a0 All 22 graduating students received a superlative award.\u00a0 These awards were chosen by the UPP advisors and they describe the personality, talents, or future prospects of each student.\u00a0 Some awards said things like \u201cMost Likely to Become a World Re-known Pianist,\u201d describing a student who is very talented at playing the piano.\u00a0 Others were more humorous such as \u201cMost Likely to Wear Sweatpants to Work at His Own Company,\u201d describing a student who wore sweatpants everyday.<\/p>

\u00a0This year, ten students also earned a place on the UPP Honor Roll: Luo Xuemin, Wang Xiaoyu, Yin Yiwen, An Yi, Zhao Xingyi, Zeng Junhao, Li Minghua, Cai Zhenqi, Wang Zixuan, and Zhu Ruifeng.\u00a0 These students received awards based on their attendance to Advising, GLC, Student Life Events, and volunteer activities, as well as their dedication to their studies.<\/p>

\u00a0Finally there was the Songtao Scholarship.\u00a0 The winner of the scholarship was Zhao \u201cAlice\u201d Xingyi.\u00a0 Alice is a model New Mind UPP student, expounding the many traits we strive to cultivate in our students.\u00a0 From the day she arrived, she took advantage of every part of the UPP program.\u00a0 She not only came to many of the Student Life Events, but she also volunteered during set-up and clean-up\u2013jobs that nobody wants to do but which helped provide relief to the Student Life Coordinator.\u00a0 She also came to advising frequently and met with her advisor outside of class to get more advice about how to improve her studies.\u00a0 She sought out extra volunteer activities to do in her free-time and volunteered with young school children nearly every weekend.\u00a0 She became a Student Council Representative in January 2016 on the New Mind Student Council, and rose to be Student Council President by the time she finished UPP in May.\u00a0 On top of all this extra work, she maintained high grades and was selected as one of students to give a speech during the INTERLINK graduation.<\/p>

\u00a0We are very proud of Alice and all our other UPP graduates for how far they have come since arriving in America!\u00a0 We wait in eager anticipation to watch as they become more and more successful in their futures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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