On the afternoon of December 14, the 2023 "New Year Health Run" activity for faculty and staff sponsored by the trade union of Xihua University kicked off. This is the 15th year of the event, and the "Healthy Run" has become a popular union brand activity for faculty and staff. The event was held at the same time in Pidu Campus and Yibin Campus, with more than 1,700 faculty and staff participating, covering a distance of about 3 kilometers.
In the afternoon of the same day, bathed in the warm winter sun, the teachers arrived at the fourth canteen at the meeting place to complete the check-in, and began to warm up and prepare energetically in the dynamic **, ready to go, ready to go, ready to try. The colorful flags fluttered at the scene, the atmosphere was warm, and there was laughter and joy.
At 14:10 on the same day, Wang Daqing, executive vice chairman of the school trade union, issued an order for the activities of the Pidu campus, and Yang Wanneng, deputy director of the Student Affairs Department of the Party Committee and director of the Student Affairs Office of the Yibin campus, issued an order for the activities of the Yibin campus. With the signal of the gun, the long-distance running team started passionately in the shout, and the faculty and staff in the front row took the lead in rushing out of the starting line and started a healthy running journey.
The second-level trade unions unify the bright competition vests, forming a beautiful landscape. During the competition, the teachers performed wonderfully with strength and passion, showed their vitality with running and speed, and the student "long-distance running association" joined in with colorful flags, and volunteers cheered and cheered along the way, boosting morale, and pushing the healthy running activity to a jubilant climax.
Let sports become a Xi, make life more exciting", "Meet with sports, walk with health, and be happy for a long time", "Sunshine sports everyone participates, everyone enjoys happiness and health" and other slogans along the way continue to arouse heated discussions among teachers, and the concept of happy work and healthy life is in the brains and hearts in the discussion. By participating in this activity, the faculty and staff not only exercised their bodies, but also showed a healthy and high-spirited spirit. In the end, Yang Ming of the second group of the organ trade union and Lai Zhoujing of the branch union of the School of Economics won the first place in the men's group and women's group of the Pidu campus, and Li Zhong of the branch union of the School of Computer and Software Engineering and Zhang Wenfeng of the branch union of the School of Management won the first place in the men's group and the women's group of the Yibin campus.
After the competition, the faculty and staff enthusiastically exchanged their feelings and actively took photos to record this unforgettable moment. Chai Hongqiang, the branch union of the School of Energy and Power Engineering, sighed: "Life is like a marathon, we must persevere. I wanted to give up halfway through, but I persevered and ran to 15th place. As a teacher, you need to be healthy if you want to work effectively, and running can promote good health. Zhuang Xiaoyan, a branch union of the School of Electrical and Electronic Information, said: "Although we were a little tired overall, we still insisted on finishing the run. I attend every year just to get some exercise. If you are in good health, you will live and work better. ”
According to reports, the winter health run of faculty and staff aims to speed up the construction of a sports power, create a good atmosphere of national fitness and everyone benefits, not only improve the physical fitness of faculty and staff, enhance the cohesion between faculty and staff, but also create a harmonious and harmonious happy campus cultural environment. With the blessing of "happy work to say goodbye to the old year, healthy life to welcome the new year", the school will continue to carry out more colorful cultural and sports activities, guide more and more teachers and staff to participate in the national fitness movement, further enhance cohesion and centripetal force, and contribute to the high-quality connotative development of the school. (Correspondent: Wang Liping, Xihua University).