During the winter vacation of 2024, overseas students of Jiangsu University enriched their holiday time by participating in a lot of events organized by the university, departments of Zhenjiang Municipal government and specially the OEC student associations. The academic, cultural, sporting and mental health events throughout the vacation presented an entertaining and resourceful winter vacation.

OECians Celebrate 2024 Spring Festival Party

22nd Jan. 2024 | No. 5 Canteen

Organized by OEC and Supported by Hand-in-Hand Volunteers Association, Diversity Club and Olive Media

Over 300 OECians from various countries joined the Spring Festival Party, experienced the Spring Festival Customs and welcomed the Chinese New Year.

OECians Join Fire Drill During the Vacation

24th Jan. 2024 | C Block Apartments

In order to further enhance the fire safety awareness of students in winter vacation, improve the ability of emergency response to deal with sudden fires, Jiangsu University organized a special fire drill for students who stay on campus during the vacation. Overseas students joined the drill and learned life-saving information.

OECians Studied the Spirit of the Replying Letter from Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee to the Representatives of Kenyan students and Alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University

25th Jan. 2024 | OEC Conference Room

Organized by OEC

During the event, the participants learned the spirit of the letter through in-depth understanding of China-Kenya cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative. Prof. Cai Yingfeng, Vice President of Jiangsu University encouraged students for academic excellence and motivated students to join hands for China-African relations.

Prof. Li Hongbo, Secretary of the CPC JSU Committee elaborated on achievements made by African students of JSU. He emphasized students to share JSU spirit and China's stories to serve their countries for a shared future. Students also shared their views on this occasion.

2024 OEC Winter Football Tournament

25th Jan. - 22nd Feb. 2024 | West playground

Organized by International Students’ Sports Association

A passionate tournament played at middle ground by 4 OECian teams consisting of 80 very enthusiastic players who competed despite the chilly weather conditions throughout the vacations and showcased their skills and teamwork through amazing goals and saves.

Winning teams of the competition are:Winners - Mighty Giants SCRunners up - Wotowoto FC Important Mentions:Top Goal Scorer - McDonald MpunduBest Goalkeeper - Sadou NazirouBest Coach - Samuel Idiaba

Y2K Online Dance Competition

26th Jan. - 15th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized by Diversity Club for Performing Arts

Diversity club held an online dance video competition with the theme of early 2000s dance (aka Y2K) and many students joined this dance battle to showcase their classic moves. Winners of the competition are:1st place - Ashish Khandelwal 2nd place – Pavitra Joshi 3rd place – Shahuri Athumani

New Year Foodie Cooking Competition

26th Jan. - 20th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized by JEWELS International Ladies Association

The purpose of this event was to celebrate the diversity, foster cultural exchange and create lasting memories while sharing the delicacies of new year across the globe. Students submitted their videos of making their country's best cuisine while showcasing their culinary talent and creativity.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Faith Naroka Bako

2nd Prize - Jeffrey Achungo Okundi

3rd Prize - Eunice Epezagne

Spring Festival Couplets Competition

27th Jan. - 8th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized Olive Media

Students actively participated in competition to write traditional Chinese Couplets and decorated their dorms and homes. They have become culture ambassadors by taking the Chinese Spring Festival Culture back home.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Anantika Tiwari

2nd Prize - Garcia Wuiko

3rd Prize - Panthakant Janepinich

Spring Paper Cutting Competition

27th Jan. - 8th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized Olive Media

As a part of OEC's theme events, a competition was held where students shall make traditional Chinese Paper Cuttings and decorate their homes. Many creative works were received from students as they show love on China and Chinese culture along with their family and friends.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Anantika Tiwari

2nd Prize - Afroos Shahana Pambalath

3rd Prize - Eram Fatima

Spring Festival Singing Competition

27th Jan. - 8th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized Olive Media

OECians showed their Spring Festival excitement by singing songs on Spring Festival. In this competition organized by us, students sent their videos from various parts of the world.Winner of the competition is:Panthakant Janepinich

Chinese Traditional Game Competition

27th Jan. - 8th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized Olive Media

As part of the OEC’s theme events to bring Spring Festival atmosphere and experience to overseas students, Olive media organized one of the popular Chinese traditional games which is kicking the shuttlecock. Students enjoyed this online interaction while understanding the Chinese culture.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Ayoub Aboulmahassine

2nd Prize - Ashenafi Berhanu Robele

3rd Prize - Kaleab Bizuneh Gebeyehu

Craftisan’s Alley

28th Jan. - 4th Feb 2024 | Online

Organized by JEWELS International Ladies Association

The themes for this craft competition were peace, harmony, friendship, environment and mutual growth. Craft competition also attracted students’ interest. All the works were creative, beautifully crafted and executed. After thorough evaluation, the following student’s works emerged as winners.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Anantika Tiwari

2nd Prize - Niharika Singh

3rd Prize - Douaa Ammar

Female Entrepreneurship Workshop

31st Jan. 2024 | Online

Organized by JEWELS International Ladies Association

The event was meticulously organized to ignite inspiration, impact knowledge, and empower the upcoming generation of female leaders in the business arena. Three guest speakers namely: Mwansa Faith Chambalile, Ingrid Epezagne and Stephanie Owoloyi Ogejuma not only enriched the workshop but also left a lasting impact on all attendees, providing them with invaluable insights and motivation to pursue their entrepreneurial journeys.

OECians Experienced Folk Customs of Chinese New Year

3rd Feb. 2024 | C8 Overseas Apartments

Organized by Overseas Apartments

Jiangsu University organized some foreign students on campus to carry out the "Experience Chinese New Year" activity, students from different countries to experience the folk customs of write Spring Couplets, write "福 (fu)", cutting window flowers, make lanterns, guess lantern riddles, experience the traditional Chinese custom culture, and welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon.

Psych Codebreakers

4th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized by HeART Association for Psychological Health

Online event "Psych Codebreakers" to stimulate the minds of young students by making them solve puzzles and real life case studies that an individual faces in his/her day to day life and the means to cope up with all the pressure and expectations.

OECians Welcomed Chinese New Year with the Police

6th Feb. 2024 | C8 Overseas Apartments

Organized by Zhenjiang Exit and Entry Bureau

Zhenjiang Exit and Entry Bureau invited OECians to the police camp and carried out the activity of "writing Spring couplets to welcome the New Year". During the activity, international students and police made window flowers, ate dumplings, pasted couplets, and immersed themselves in the "Foreigners' Chinese Year".

3rd OEC Annual Chess Championship

8th Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized by International Students’ Sports Association

20 talented OECian chess players competed in 40 intense matches. It was an online event with active participation and good sportsmanship displayed by the participants.Winners of the competition are:1st Prize - Wasaq Ahmed2nd Prize - Aronu Chukwuezugo3rd Prize - Kumail Mohammed Nadeem

OECians Experienced Chinese New Year at Jinshan Fair

11th Feb. 2024 | Jinshan Park

OEC students visited the Jinshan Park to experience The First Immersive National Garden Fair to celebrate Spring Festival, which was of traditional singing and dancing, Hanfu show exhibition, scene performance and theme shows.

Answer Teach Learn (ATL)

13th Feb. 2024 | Jing 1212

Organized by Association of Engineering Students

This event helped students to prepare for the examination, as well get a glimpse of typical engineering questions, especially mathematics. ATL technique was aimed to motivate students, to fully understand what they are being taught in class, and to screen how much knowledge they have grasped and able to use it anytime without a need to look back into their notes.

2024 Pharmacology Quiz

20th Feb. 2024 | Jing 1412

Organized by International Medical Students’ Association

Teams participated in a series of rounds, navigating through challenging questions that tested their understanding of pharmacological principles. The quiz incorporated multimedia elements, case studies, and real-world scenarios to keep participants thoroughly engaged.

Winners of the competition are:

1st Prize - Anthony Sunday Onobi

2nd Prize - Anuj Vaidya

3rd Prize - Imran Alam

Seminar on Developing Research

21st Feb. 2024 | Online

Organized by PG Club

Led by Dr. Abdullah, Post Doctorate from school of Finance and Economics, this seminar was regarding how to enhance the research skills and find the valuable Journals for publishing the research papers. The information shared in the session was very informative for the post graduate students.

Code Red to Green Zone

22nd - 23rd Feb. 2024 | Jing 1412 + Online

Organized by HeART Association for Psychological Health

Targeting to combat the daily stressors of a student’s life, a very powerful and impactful event was organized. On the 1st day of the event, 3 speakers bestowed light upon how each of the stressors impacts the students life alongside they also shared their experiences and some very useful tips to overcome the stressors in college life. On the 2nd day of the event, a workbook sheet was provided to all participants while 7 target oriented activities were conducted in order to give insight to students on how to cope with their stressors. The activities were a means of providing students with the practical tools they can use to overcome their stressors in field of finance, academics, society as well as their own lifestyle.

(OEC)