Professor and his wife donated 4 million yuan to set up a "new student bursary"
Recently, Academician Cui Kun and his wife, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, have been in their infancy, and donated 4 million yuan to the Education Development Foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology to set up a “new student grant”. On July 10, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that this is not the first time that Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan have donated financial aid. As of 2020, the two professors have donated a total of 10 million bursaries in five years, and 133 freshmen from families with financial difficulties receive their help every year. Academician Cui Kun said, "I hope to help students complete their studies with peace of mind, and don't give up study because of family financial difficulties."
Academician and his wife donate 4 million students this year
On July 3, 95-year-old academician Cui Kun of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and his 93-year-old wife Professor Zhu Huinan donated 4 million yuan to the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Education Development Foundation to set up a "new student grant" to help families with financial difficulties s student. Academician Cui Kun said, "I hope to help students complete their studies with peace of mind, and don't give up study because of family financial difficulties."
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that Academician Cui Kun and his wife Professor Zhu Huinan devoted their entire lives to the school’s teaching and scientific research. Over the years, they have made outstanding contributions to their respective positions. Academician Cui Kun is a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. With outstanding achievements in the field of metal materials research, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997. Professor Zhu Huinan was one of the earliest teachers in the Chemistry Department of the former Department of Chemistry of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and served as the head of the Department of Physics and Chemistry and the Department of Chemistry.
Old professor wears a shirt for 30 years
Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan, who are diligent in the field of scientific research, are very diligent in their lives. Academician Cui Kun has worn a shirt for 30 years. Over the years, they have saved money and turned their savings into a sum of financial aid. Academician Cui Kun said that it was the country that nurtured him. "It is my original intention to set up a fund to support students with financial difficulties in the family. If there is some surplus in the salary, I want to donate it to give back to the society."
November 29, 2013, 240,000 yuan; August 28, 2014, 240,000 yuan; August 27, 2015, 1.24 million yuan; August 29, 2016, 1.24 million yuan... Since 2013, Cui Academician Kun and his wife Professor Zhu Huinan began to set up "diligent and inspirational scholarships" for students with financial difficulties to help students with financial difficulties and excellent families. By 2020, they have donated 6 million yuan. Since its establishment, this bursary has subsidized 312 students from the School of Materials Science and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering who have financial difficulties and excellent academic performance, and each person has 8,000 yuan per year. Coupled with the establishment of the “Freshman Scholarship”, Academician Cui Kun and his wife Professor Zhu Huinan have donated RMB 10 million in student aid.
The aided students visit the elders every year
The subsidized students visit Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan during Teachers' Day and National Day to report their academic and work status to Erlao. They all said that the care of Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan not only helped him in life, but also was greatly inspired spiritually.
Pan Mingzhu, a 2017 undergraduate from the School of Materials Science, received a hard-working and inspiring financial aid in 2019. She told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan's concern for students is all-round, not only financially, but also academically. Guidance and character shaping. Yang Fei, a 2016 undergraduate from the School of Materials Science and Technology, said that Academician Cui Kun and Professor Zhu Huinan are indifferent to fame, fame, integrity and self-discipline in their lives. The strict and rigorous and innovative scientific style in scientific research is very admirable and admirable, and it is worth learning for a lifetime. And pursuit. Text/Photo courtesy of reporter Wang Tianqi/Xinhua News Agency