Providence Academy 2020 Winter Summit: 6th Cohort
2021-01-07
By: Providence Academy


On 24th December 2020, 150 overseas student federation chairmen and young leaders opened the sixth session of Providence Academy with the theme of "Snow Walking" in the capital Beijing, which lasted for four days. The college has carried out courses such as open classes, round table classes, evening chats around the stove, debate competitions, and company visits. It walked into six representative companies in Beijing and shared insights industry experiences with ten guest mentors, discussing the infinite possibilities of youth of China and the world. 


Providence Academy is a mobile academy for global youth. In order to allow more Chinese students to have a deep understanding of China's development status, Providence Academy will lead students into the most representative local Chinese companies every session. The members of the six phase were divided into three groups and visited six companies located in Beijing, including Baidu, Lenovo, Sina, SenseTime, Blued and Make Friends, to talk to business leaders and explore the development history and mission vision of these leading Chinese companies. 



In addition to walking into the six most representative Beijing companies, many well-known entrepreneurs, social activists and scholars also came to the Providence open class page. 


Zhang Yong, the founder and commander-in-chief of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, told the students the story of going out for the country and going through life and death, and spread the pride of walking in the snow. Yang Mengheng, a Cambridge senior and the No.1 champion in armless, explained the strength of the snow-walking tour with his ups and downs in life and indomitable experience; Professor Chu Yin, an old friend of Providence Academy, explained the new economic environment and new consumption in a simple way, and joined the students in discussing how to understand the rigid needs of people in the transformation of China's urbanization. 


In addition to the Providence open class, the Providence round table class brought by the young guests of the college is still wonderful. In the KOL round table forum for studying abroad, Xu Jiru, the debater of KOL, Mark, the founder of Lime Education, Will, the short video blogger, Zhao Yingnan, the debater of Qihua, Chen Shiyuan, the short video blogger, Axiong CC and Xingluan, the short video bloggers Jiang Xiaodi, the founder of Tianxia, and several cultural communicators of overseas students, brought everyone a discussin about the influence of youth and the responsibility of youth bloggers. 


The traditional part of Providence debate also made the atmosphere of the college more enthusiastic. Representatives of international students from various countries and regions launched a heated debate around the two topics of "Is it a pity to not have a love life while studying abroad?" and "Can online learning really achieve the purpose of education?". 



The second basketball game of Providence Academy was still fierce: after eliminating the US-West Canada United and the US Squadron, the US-East team and the British team reached the final. In the end, the British team turned against the wind and won the championship. The cold wind can't blow away the pure hearts of the students, and after the cheers and shouts dissipate, what remains is a long-lasting friendship.    


The sixth session of the academy was pushed to a climax by the team program at the Christmas dinner. Singing and dancing experts from various regions brought wonderful performances to the students. Song Yuning, the top five singer of The Voice of China, and Giao, a mysterious guest performer, also brought performances to the Christmas Eve dinner. The members of the sixth phase of Providence Academy wrote the youthful pride of "Trending on the Snow" with their youthful vigor; and the sixth phase of Providence Academy came to an end with singing, cheering and applause.  



"Snowwalking, snowwalking, northern style, youthful pride", in Yanqing, Beijing, 160 students of the sixth phase of Providence Academy spent a very meaningful four days together, and jointly determined to do well in the next 2021. Practice the shcool motto of "Responsibility, Sincerity, Compassion, and Obligation", together take on the responsibilities of today, and change the future of studying in China. 

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