From October 14th to 17th, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia visited Jilin University. Peter Terry, a member of the delegation, Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, and a professor of sports psychology, made a special trip to the Physical Education College for inspection and exchange. The inspection and exchange symposium was held on the morning of October 16 in the Conference Room 213 on the second floor of the central campus gymnasium. More than 30 members of the leadership team of the Physical Education College, faculty, administrators and some graduate students attended the symposium. The symposium was presided over by Qiu Peng, Dean of the Physical Education College.
At the symposium, Qiu Peng first expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Professor Peter Terry for his visit to the Physical Education College during his visit to Jilin University, and introduced the leaders and faculty representatives of the college, and other attendees. Then, he introduced to Professor Peter Terry the development of the Physical Education College in recent years in terms of college profile, student group activities, international exchanges, competitive events, and development goals.
Later, Professor Peter Terry, Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, gave a report with the topic of “Mood Profiling in Sport and Exercise” to the teachers and students of the Physical Education College. Professor Peter Terry analyzed the relationship between sports training and mood from the perspective of behavioral performance affecting emotions, emotions affecting behavioral performance, and the interaction between the two, and shared his research results in sports psychology.
Finally, Qiu Peng and members of the leadership team discussed how to promote exchanges and cooperation with the University of Southern Queensland in Australia in the areas of joint cultivation of undergraduates, exchange visits of teachers, short-term exchanges of master and doctoral students, and improvement of teachers’ research capabilities. Participating teachers also had deep exchanges with Professor Peter Terry on related issues in his research field. The two parties exchanged gifts to consolidate friendship. The symposium concluded successfully in a warm atmosphere.
The University of Southern Queensland is located in Toowoomba, the “Garden City” in Queensland. It is a public comprehensive university recognized by the Australian Government and the Ministry of Education of China. It has advantages in materials science, engineering, agriculture, media, nursing, etc.
The University of Southern Queensland was founded in 1967 and now has over 1,800 faculty members and 28,000 students, including more than 3,000 international students from 90 countries. The University of Southern Queensland comprehensively considers students’ learning experience and personal needs. Graduates of this university are highly recognized by employers and the university of Southern Queensland has been rated by MyUniversity as the university with the highest full-time employment rate for graduates in Queensland.
