四月的深圳春和景明，同学们从全国各地陆续返校，校园到处洋溢着欢快的气氛。居家上网课的日子对大部分国内同学来说已经告一段落，但对我校绝大多数国际学生来讲，这种远程线上学习似乎还要持续一段时间。

大学领导一直关心着疫情期间滞留海外居家上网课的国际学生。近日，负责大学外事和学生事务工作的副校长朱世平教授与学术交流处国际学者学生服务团队和学生健康辅导中心一起与国际生和家长们相聚云端，通过Zoom夜话活动畅谈大学近期的发展，探讨线上学习期间如何保持心理健康，并针对同学们关注的签证申请、入境隔离和与线上学习相关问题与同学们进行互动答疑。

“我的心里一直惦记着国际学生的事情，”朱世平校长说，“大学了解同学们坚持上网课的辛苦，一直就我校滞留海外的国际学生返华返校的提议与各级教育主管部门积极沟通。政府一旦解除疫情期间对国际学生的入境限制，我们会想尽办法帮助同学们返回校园，妥善安排入境隔离等相关事宜。”他强调，香港中文大学（深圳）是中国大陆最具国际化的大学之一，国际学生是这所大学的重要组成部分；大学一直奉行中外学生平等对待，为全体学生提供多元完善的教育体验。

朱校长介绍了大学近期的发展情况，包括校园二期建设的新规划、新建筑。他说大学校园的二期建设热火朝天，大学的发展蒸蒸日上，除了在建的医学院和音乐学院外，三所新书院的建设也在紧锣密鼓地进行当中。他号召大家在困难时期要坚定信念，有想法要去落实，不要拖延。他鼓励同学们有问题要和大学积极沟通，同时要照顾好自己的身心健康。

持续了两年多的新冠疫情仍在许多方面影响着我们的校园生活，尤其是国际学生们的学习和生活方式。因为疫情造成的入境限制，我校仍有300多位国际学生滞留海外，他们一直坚持在线上学习。在此期间, 大学领导对远程上课的国际学生非常关心，朱世平副校长多次组织各个学生服务部门听取同学们的反馈，解决同学们提出的问题。学术交流处负责国际学者学生服务的老师们也在国际学生微信群里和同学们保持交流，及时为同学们答疑解难。

大学生的心理健康是学校非常关注的一个方面。学生健康辅导中心处长余小明博士在本次Zoom夜话活动中与同学们交流了“疫情期间居家上课过程中如何保持心理健康”的话题，他分享了心理健康知识，介绍了大学所提供的相关服务和资源。他强调，自信、自律、自我学习是实现心理健康的重要途径，学生健康辅导中心同时也为国际学生提供线上服务，如电话和邮件咨询等。

余博士建议国际学生把更多关注放在他们可以改善的事情上：与身边的人多交流、深呼吸与冥想、在阳光下散步、保持有规律的日常生活以及睡前阅读，都是保持良好心理健康的方法。

本次夜话活动的最后一个环节是与同学们的互动答疑。同学们提出了各种各样的问题，如中国最新的入境签证政策、隔离政策，在线学习时遇到的实验课问题，国际毕业生离校行李的打包托运处理，中信银行账户的冻结问题，升学申请的推荐信准备等，学术交流处的王恺博士对这些问题一一做出解答并与同学们进行了互动讨论。

本次线上夜话活动持续了两个半小时，有90多位国际学生和家长连线参与。 会后，一些同学发来了他们的感谢与反馈。

 1. Ariq Ramdhany, Year 1 student from SDS:

“I would like to address my gratitude for tonight's meeting. It has been hard and challenging for me to make friends and be engaged in campus activities other than online classes.

Thank you so much for putting thoughts into international students and I want to let you know that activities like this help us so much.”

2. Christopher Lie, Year 2 student from SME:

“I feel quite relieved as it turns out that I am not the only one trapped in the pandemic with online classes almost every day. After the pep talk by Prof Zhu, I found the mental health seminar to be very insightful, especially when Dr. Yu talked about what makes a student burn out and living a balanced lifestyle. Let's do our best to survive and thrive in this pandemic! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in person after the pandemic subsides.”

3. Yelike Winne Lukito, Year 3 student from SDS:

“I had a pleasurable time at the meeting with VP Prof Zhu, Dr. Wang, and Dr. Yu. It's been so long since the pandemic started, and I've been staying at home almost every day. Dr. Yu’s talk reminded me that we can still have a healthy lifestyle despite the challenging situation. I'm thankful to know that the Student Health and Counselling Center provides online counselling services for overseas students.”

4. Clara Valencia, Year 3 student from MED|LHS

“The meeting was helpful as the students could directly send questions and get immediate responses. I’m glad to learn that ISSS has been helping international students with their bank account problems.”

5. So Ry Park, Year 4 student from SME:

“I am glad we had a chance to talk about health and practical ways to improve it. Reading books, receiving our daily dose of vitamin D from the sun, and getting proper sleep... These are some of the tips that I got from the meeting - so obvious but it's good to remember again!”

6. Darell Patrick Hung, Year 3 student from SSE:

“The meeting was quite insightful as it showed me where the university stands regarding the international students and the efforts the staff have put in. Similar meetings would be a great idea. Maybe, meetings with more specific topics and staff members from different schools can be invited to tackle the problems students may face in their studies.”