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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Veritas College, Shantou University In July 2008, Shantou University established Veritas College, a residential college where various academic and community activities were organized to enrich the extra-curricular life of the residential students. Those activities enabled the residential students from different majors to share different thoughts and interests, and also helped broadening their horizons, developing their interpersonal relationships, as well as strengthening their confidence, independence and sense of social responsibility.

Motto,Flag and badge
The Motto or Veritas College is Sincere, Respect, Modest, Harmony.In Chinese, is "诚，敬，谦，和"

Location
Located in Jinping District, Shantou,Guangdong Province. Near the east gate of Shantou University.

Courses, Camps and Activities
Veritas College provides not only a dormitory to live, but also a place to learning and sharing. In Veritas College, students live in a dormitory come from different college and major on campus. Veritas College has its own student union and clubs, as a platform, students can make friends, share and learn from each other. What's more, Veritas College also provide students some courses and camps. This picture explains what kinds of courses, camps and Activities Veritas College provide.

Student Union
Founded in 2008,student union is an union of students.Student Union host a lot of activities to serve students.The most tradition and the best activities are the welcoming party and the farewell party. There are 8 departments,which help the Student Union work efficiently.The 8 departments cover every aspects of Veritas College, for example,the sports department, which organize the sports activities. The president of Student Union are selected by every students of Veritas College.

Volunteer teem:Ivy league
Founded in 2009. Ivy league is a volunteer organization.It has a regular agent, with a president and two vice presidents.Three presidents help to run the whole organization, including 7 departments and a volunteer group.The traditional and the best activities are "helping the High-school students project", "helping children Project", "Summer vacation voluntary camp" and the "TEDx Talk in STU".

The Youth League Branch
The Youth League Branch in Veritas College refers to China Communist Youth League.The Youth League usually offers the feature team day, which aims to educate the youth and spread the communist belief.

The Monitor agent
Founded in 2008,the Monitor agent is a special agent of Veritas College.The monitor,usually are juniors of Veritas College.They serve as an example in study, moral and other aspects.They are selected to guide the freshman to help them adapt to the college life and help them as bothers or sisters in every aspects of college lives. The agent was founded to train and manage the monitors themselves.

The Party Branch
The Party Branch of Veritas College refers to the Chinese Communist Party. Usually its activities are facing to its own members.

The Veritas College Magazine Agent
Founded in 2008, a magazine for every students lives in Veritas College. Usually the magazine post the articles about Veritas College lives. It came out at the beginning of the semesters. The Agent is a group of journalists and editors.

The Polar star Outdoor Expedition Club
Founded in 2013,the Polar star Outdoor Expedition Club is a club for students who loves the outdoor expeditions, such as climbing mountains, camping and so on.Every two year, the Polar star Outdoor Expedition Club would hold a Chief ATP Camp to train teamwork, survival skills and creative works ability.

The Lingxi psychology club
Founded in 2010, aim at giving professional psychology information and cultivate students attentions to psychology health, the Lingxi psychology club is a group instructed by teacher DongPing Jiang, a master of psychology study.

The Debate Team
Founded in 2008, Veritas College's Debate Team have won a few champion in past two years.The Debate Team have more than 10 members. The leader of the Debate Team is a senior.

The Tradition Study Club
Founded in 2009.The Tradition Study Club was founded to create a platform for students to participate in traditional culture study. In the Club, you can study Confucianism，Tao, Laozi, tradition Chinese poems and so on.

The Deyi Gu Qin Club
Founded in 2010,The Deyi Gu Qin Club is a club of studying a traditional Chinese instrument--Gu Qin. Also, the Club hold the "Gu Qin Culture study Camp"every year.

Veritas College; A brave try:the First residential college was founded in Shantou University
On the Opening day of Shantou University, the residential college, Veritas College was introduced to the students. Veritas College of Shantou University was regarded to be the first residential college in the main land China. This brand new concept was brought to the students and was accepted very soon. Veritas College will build up a platform for students to become more sociable.

Shantou University is hopefully built more residential college to take place of the traditional dormitory
After a year's test, Veritas College have given everyone a perfect answer. Veritas College was supported by students and the teachers. To meet other students demand, Shantou University is going to built more residential colleges on the campus.

Residential College: Tricks or Gifts
After years of test, the Veritas College of Shantou University was considered to be a successful example of dormitory and student management reform. Originated in Cambridge University,Hongkong University introduced the concept of residential college to students in many years ago. After Professor Lidan's visit in HKU, he brought this concept to Shantou University and built the first residential college in main land China. Other university also motivated by Veritas College's example, founding their own residential college.