On the morning of June 2nd, SWUFE held a “Fitness Run” & Mini Marathon at the two campuses of Guanghua and Liulin to greet the 31st FISU World University Games and celebrate the 98th anniversary of SWUFE. Zhao Dewu, Zhuo Zhi, Li Yongqiang, Sun Dianming, Yin Qingshuang, Zhang Bangfu, Gui Fuqiang, and other leaders of SWUFE led all middle-level staff, faculty members, alumni, and student representatives to participate in the “Fitness Run.”
At 9 a.m., the “Fitness Run” kicked off in Guanghua Campus. Li Yongqiang (Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President) and Zhang Bangfu (Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President) led relevant middle-level staff, teachers, and students running across the grass and green trees to feel the profound legacy of SWUFE and the vibes brought by the “FISU World University Games.” At 10:30, SWUFE Party Secretary Zhao Dewu fired the starting gun and officially started the “Fitness Run” of Liulin Campus with the blessing of the alumni on the big screen and the passionate performance of the dance team. The teachers and students dressed in colorful sportswear with the SWUFE logo began their race in front of the Tengxiang Building. They passed by the Plum Garden, Chuangye Avenue, the Gate of Guanghua University, Jimin Square, Jingshi Building, and finally reached the finishing line at the North Gate. The teachers, students, and alumni expressed their wishes for SWUFE and their love for life with vigorous steps and resounding slogans.
After the Fitness Run, the mini marathon mixed team relay event and individual race were held, and more than 300 teachers, students, and alumni entered into rivalry. Yang Yuanbo, dean of the School of Sports Science and Physical Education, fired the starting gun for the competition. Li Yongqiang presented awards to the winning athletes and teams.
As a traditional sports event with wide participation by teachers and students, “Fitness Run” has created a rich sports culture for the campus and is an important part of SWUFE’s implementation of the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, persisting in integrating moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education, and blending sports culture into campus culture. By comprehensively strengthening and improving SWUFE’s physical education work in the new era, the university firmly established the concept of “health first,” persistently deepens the reform of “1+3 physical education and teaching mode”, and strives to nurture capable young people with sound moral grounding, intellectual ability, physical vigor, aesthetic sensibility, and welcomes the centenary of SWUFE with practical actions.
