Congratulations to the newest members of the Flinders University alumni family, as the latest class of Flinders-Nankai students officially graduated in Nankai, China, last week.

Joined by Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Stirling, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Romy Lawson, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work Dean (Education) Professor Pablo Munguia and College of Business, Government and Law Dean (Business) Associate Professor Angie Abdel Shafei, the students were welcomed to the 135,000+ Flinders alumni network with an alumni dinner the evening before their graduation ceremony.

The ceremony, attended by Flinders delegates and Professor ZHU Shoufei, Prof CHEN Lingyi, Prof DING Dan, Professor LIU Binglian and Prof BAI Xuejie from Nankai University, celebrated 25 years of collaboration between Flinders and Nankai in the joint program. The program is set to expand in the future, after it secured an extra 180 quotas across the three Masters programs, growing the program’s annual intake to 750. Nankai University President Prof CHEN Yulu, unable to attend the ceremony due to illness, passed on his congratulations and strong support for new joint programs as he looks forward to the further expansion of the partnership.

Speaking to the graduates, Professor Stirling echoed Flinders’ support of the partnership, which has produced over 10,000 graduates who are making a significant contribution to China’s development in trade and economics, hospital management and education leadership.