17 years!Every year graduation season, this college receives a gift ...

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan client June 21st. In the graduation season, many colleges and universities have prepared fancy gifts for graduates, but this university in Wuhan is particularly happy and receives the "pet" of graduates every year. On June 20, the main road of Wuchang Institute of Technology -Tuzhi Avenue came and went. On the side of the road, the bronze statue of 16 celebrities stood quietly and stared at the young people who came to come and went.

Qu Yuan, Confucius, Sun Yat -sen, Qian Xuesen, Li Siguang, Einstein, Edison, Mrs. Curie ... The bronze statue carved a number of great scientists and thinkers of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, all of which were donated by the school graduates.

It is reported that under the initiative of the 2006 graduate of the school, everyone voluntarily donated a portrait to the school. Since then, this has become a reserved program for the school graduation season. Except for the 2008 and 2009 donations, each graduate will erected a bronze statue in the school.

This year's newly added ancient Greek mathematician Ou Jili, which was given by 2022 graduates. Gao Qiong, director of the alumni office of the school, introduced that this time this donation to the statue of the statue this launch this time, it lasted about half a year. The donation is proposed by the school Youth League Committee. Each college is responsible for soliciting opinions and receiving money, and then transferred to the alumni association to coordinate. Among the donations of the students, there are 10 yuan, 20 yuan, and hundreds of yuan, thousands of yuan, donations and no donations, how much donations are voluntary, and students with a donation of 100 yuan will be carved in copper. Like the stone pillars below.

Whoever does a bronze statue of graduation is also decided by the school graduates. "Last year, under the strong appeal of classmates, we decided to tree a bronze statue to commemorate Yuan Lao. On the day of unveiling, many teachers and students came with flowers. On the first anniversary of the death of Yuan Lao this year, many students spontaneously donated flowers. "Gao Qiong said that these bronze statues not only condensed their graduates' minds to their alma mater, but also became the spiritual coordinates of the school. Many students who have graduated for many years return to their mother school and will come here to check in. Find the names of themselves or classmates on the donation wall, and they are full of memories.

In the first few years, the amount donated by the students was not enough to buy a bronze statue, and the school supplemented the gap. In recent years, the enthusiasm for donations from graduates has become increasingly higher. This year, more than 1,300 graduates have donated money for a total of 130,000 yuan. This money can not only cover the cost of bronze statue, but also the remaining money will also be injected into the alumni scholarship to reward students with excellent quality science.

Chen Feifei, a graduate of the Intelligent Construction College, donated 520.81 yuan, which was the money he made part -time in his spare time. Chen Feifei said that Duzhi Avenue is the only way for teaching buildings and dormitories. These celebrity portraits have become part of their alumni life, and now there are finally a bronze statue that belongs to 2022. "The school trained me. When I graduated, I also wanted to make a little contribution to my alma mater. My dream was to become a soldier. At present, I have signed up to join the army in a difficult area. The school's confession. "

(Changjiang Daily reporter Chen Xiaotong correspondent Qi Yongjun Liu Mingyang Photography: Reporter Miao Jian)

【Edit: Ding】

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