Introduction
Before the foundation of PRC, Tsinghua Student Union was called "Students Autonomy Association". The first session of Tsinghua Student Union was founded by the Communist Party in April, 1949.
The Student Union of Tsinghua University in mainland China is conducted by the Communist Youth League of the university. It consists of 12 departments, over 300 college students. The 12 departments are respectively the Union's office, foreign communication department, liaison department, internal communication department, life department, times forum department, propaganda department, festival department, study department, women students department, cultural department, rights and benefits department, news department, and sports department.
The Union's Office
As the functioning department of the Student Union, the Union's office is responsible for the arrangement and allocation of the Union's human resources, property and information resources. It enables the Union to operate effectively. The office consists of three centers-the human resources center, the property center and the information center, each of which, as its name represents, is responsible for the correlative aspect of the Union.
The Liaison Department
The liaison department is the bridge between the Union and external society, and also the main source of the Union's income. It is in charge of all external affairs, including communicating with large companies for sponsorship of university activities, contact with other universities or social organizations for cooperation and intercommunion, and inviting political, business or entertainment celebrities to give lectures on campus.
The Internal Communication Department
The internal communication department is the link between different departments of the Student Union. It also tries to build a bridge between the branches of the Union for information communicating and resources sharing.
The Festival Department
The aim of the festival department is to develop the campus culture and enrich students' campus lives. The most important activity of the festival department is the Campus Festival of Song(the Campus singers competition), which is also the classical activity of Tsinghua University. This Festival provides an excellent opportunity for students to show themselves on stage and challenge themselves. Witnessing the development of Tsinghua musical culture, the Festival has been held for 18 times by the festival department.
The Study Department
The study department tries to build a sound atmasphere for study on campus. It expands the study fields for students, helping enhancing students' interest in studying. Also, it provides the service of fulfilling students' needs in studying. The study department has held a series of classical activities in the university, such as "Qingfengmingbian" debating competition, selection of students' favorite teachers, salon of departments' leaders, scholarship owners interviewing and so on.
The Cultural Department
The cultural department's duty is to spread the traditional culture and campus culture around students. It mainly specialize in holding all kinds of lectures and presentations, expressing Tsinghua students' personality, and providing students with spiritual enlightenment.
The Rights and Benefits Department
This department represents the rights and benefits of Tsinghua students. It helps students to solve problems on campus, and gives advice to the university for further improvement and development.
The Sports Department
Founded in 1950, the sports department of Tsinghua student union has had a 59 years history. The sports department is in charge of providing abundant sports activities and organizing extensive sports competitions. It endeavors to build active sports atmasphere on campus. The major activities of the sports department are "Ma Yuehan" sports games and "sports stars" selection of Tsinghua students.
Referrences
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