Chapter 703 Obtaining a Doctoral Degree
Just two days ago, Fang Minghua suddenly received a call from Liu Jianjun, vice president of Western University.
"Minghua, after research, our school's degree committee has decided to issue you a doctoral degree certificate after the semester starts in September. The official letter will be sent soon. I'll call you in advance to tell you."
"What, doctor?" Fang Minghua was very surprised. "I don't even have a bachelor's degree now, how can I get a doctorate? Besides, I haven't even written a graduation thesis."
Liu Jianjun laughed on the other side of the phone: "This is nothing. As for your graduation thesis, didn't you recently publish three academic articles in literary newspapers? I think that is very good! You can combine them into one article, and it will be As your graduation thesis!”
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"Minghua, I'm going to retire soon. I can't keep my promise to you!" Liu Jianjun said again.
Liu Jianjun did say this.
That was still in 1989. Liu Jianjun hired Fang Minghua as a visiting professor at Western University in the name of the school, mainly to give lectures to the writers class at that time.
Fang Minghua smiled and said that he only had a correspondence college diploma. How could he be a professor and give lectures to students in other people's master's classes?
Liu Jianjun immediately said that this is easy to handle and will give you a diploma.
Fang Minghua just talked about it, and finally went to Western University to give lectures to the writers class. Later, after the students in the writer class graduated, Fang Minghua still held the title of visiting professor of Western University, and occasionally went to Western University to teach literary theory to graduate classes, but the diploma The matter was never mentioned again.
Several years have passed, but Liu Jianjun suddenly called and mentioned this matter.
"Minghua, originally the leaders of our school wanted to award you an honorary doctorate in view of your contribution to the field of literature and to our Western University. Later, they simply awarded you a doctorate directly. It is estimated that other universities will award you an honorary doctorate in the future. , but how can this genuine doctor be worth anything?”
"As for your thesis, you write it and give it to me, and I will act as your tutor. I didn't expect that when I, Liu Jianjun, was about to retire, I would take on such a powerful disciple, haha."
Fang Minghua expressed his gratitude repeatedly after hearing this.
When Song Tangtang came back from work in the evening, Fang Minghua told this matter. Song Tangtang was happy and envious after hearing it.
My husband actually became a doctor! But I am still a correspondence college student.
Not being able to go to college has become a lifelong regret for her.
"Hey, I've been like this all my life. My hope can only be pinned on my two children. I hope they can get into a good university. I won't talk about Tsinghua University and Yanda University. If they can get into Jiaotong University and Fudan University, I will be satisfied. "Song Tangtang sighed.
Oh?
Lowered expectations?
It’s hard to tell my son now, but my daughter’s academic performance is enough.
Of course, Fang Minghua couldn't break his mouth at this time.
Since Western University was going to grant him a doctorate, Fang Minghua couldn't be careless about the thesis. He sorted and processed the three articles he had published recently into a graduation thesis and drove it to Liu Jianjun in person.
When the semester just started in early September, the Western University Academic Degrees Committee organized a thesis defense for Fang Minghua. After successfully passing the defense, there was a doctoral degree awarding ceremony.
Today is September 20th. The sun is shining, cloudless, and the birds are singing. Fang Minghua is wearing a suit and tie. He drives to the gate of Western University, parks the car on the side of the street, and walks into the campus.
Today is the degree awarding ceremony for the 95th class of doctoral students at Northwest University. Fang Minghua and a total of 42 other doctoral students from different departments received their doctorates.
The degree conferring ceremony was held in the West Grand Auditorium. In addition to the graduated doctoral students, there were also doctoral and master's students who had not yet graduated.
As arranged, Fang Minghua put on a black and red academic robe and a academic cap. The red tassel hung in the middle of the front right side of the academic cap. Everyone sat in the front row of the auditorium, waiting to go on stage.
Fang Minghua still felt a little excited.
Soon, a group of senior professors wearing red academic uniforms and known as "walking references" came on stage one after another. They were all senior professors such as chairmen and members of the degree evaluation committee. They arrived at the center of the podium, and warm applause erupted from the venue.
The degree conferring ceremony began. The doctoral students and others came to the stage one after another. After bowing, they took the degree certificates from the hands of the committee members, and the venue burst into warm applause.
The value of a doctorate in the 1990s was still very high, and the masters in the audience looked at it with envy.
When Fang Minghua came on stage, he straightened his clothes and strode towards the podium, and there was a murmur in the audience.
"Hey, who is he? Which department is he from? Why have I never seen him in school? Sitting in front is a doctoral student from the Chinese Department. A boy asked in a low voice to the classmate next to him.
"You don't even know about him? Minghua is famous in the literary world, but you are still majoring in Chinese!" The short boy next to him looked contemptuous.
"Is it him? I almost didn't recognize him. How did he get a doctorate from our school?" This boy named Hu Yong was a little strange.
"Doctor of Literature. If he is not qualified, which of the PhDs in your Chinese Department is qualified?!"
"That's true, but at least you have to come to the class, right? You have to write a graduation thesis, right? The rules can't be broken, right?" Hu Yong was a little unconvinced.
"Attend the lecture?" The short student immediately showed a mocking tone: "Hu Yong, I remember you attended his lecture last semester, right? I can teach a doctoral student like you, but I still need to come and attend the lecture with you? !”
"Then at least you have to defend your graduation thesis, right?" Hu Yong persisted with his last stubbornness.
"Papers? Minghua has published so many articles on literary theory over the years, and any doctoral dissertation is more than enough!"
"Stop arguing, the two of you. Minghua did write a graduation thesis. It was his academic theory on "Humanistic Spirit Discussion" published in the Literary and Art Newspaper not long ago. The thesis defense was unanimously passed!" A girl next to him whispered.
Hu Yong stopped talking
He is engaged in literary theory, how could he not know the value of those three articles?
He explained the nature, significance and problems that need to be solved in the discussion of humanistic spirit in a very complete and systematic way, and as a result, the group of young scholars in Shencheng who were dancing happily were silent.
The people below were whispering, and the ceremony on the stage was going on.
It happened to be Liu Jianjun who awarded him the degree certificate.
Fang Minghua bowed to him in a very standard way, then lowered his head slightly. Liu Jianhua moved the tassel from the right front side of the brim of the hat to the middle of the left front side, and then naturally drooped down, and then handed the degree certificate to the other party with both hands with a smile on his face.
Fang Minghua stretched out both hands to take the degree certificate, and then shook hands with Liu Jianjun.
"Haha, Minghua, my last wish has come true. I can finally retire with peace of mind." Liu Jianjun said with a smile.
"Thank you, Principal Liu." Fang Minghua expressed her sincere gratitude.