On April 21, in the 7th floor conference room of the Administrative Building on the main campus, NENU held a ceremony to appoint members to its Academic Committee. Vice President Liu Yichun presided over the ceremony and delivered "The Decisions on NENU's Appointments of Academic Committee Members". Yang Zhong was one of 25 newly appointed members of NENU's Academic Committee for Philosophy and Social Sciences. Huang Baiqu was one of 25 newly appointed members of the Academic Committee for Natural Sciences. The term of the appointments is four years, starting from April 2006. President Shi Ningzhong issued the letter of appointment to each member. Party Secretary Sheng Lianxi, President Shi Ningzhong, and the Chairman of NENU's Academic Committee for Natural Sciences�Professor Huang Baiqu from School of Life Sciences, also the addressed the meeting.
For NENU, the restructuring of the Academic Committee for Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Academic Committee for Natural Sciences symbolizes an important step in a building modern university system.
(From News Center, translated by Zhu Feifei, and revised by Dai Lihong)
