2025年11月17日至11月28日，教师教学发展中心(CTL)成功举办2025–2026学年秋季学期“取贤于师，共享食光”活动（Meal with Your Professor, MYP）。作为校园教学支持与师生服务的核心部门，CTL始终致力于通过多元化活动，打破传统课堂边界，构建促进师生深度交流的成长型社区。在为期两周的时间里，活动吸引了来自不同学院与文化背景的近500名师生参与。师生们共进午餐、晚餐或下午茶，在轻松愉快的氛围中展开真诚交流。

  本年度活动延续了“时间灵活安排+ 自由组队邀请老师”的模式，为师生提供了充分的自主空间。无论是早八课后短暂的交流、晚课结束后深入的畅谈，还是希望错峰安排与老师的专属对话，不同需求的学生都能找到适合自己的参与方式，充分满足大家对师生深度交流的期待。

  值得关注的是，在参与规模上再创新高——无论是参与桌次还是人数均刷新以往纪录，同学们带着高涨的积极性与饱满的真诚投入其中，每一份踊跃的参与都展现了同学们对师生真挚交流、双向分享的重视与向往。

  本次活动在师生中广受好评，无论是老师还是学生都表示收获满满。来自公共关系与广告专业的大四学生尹逸帆表示，在校四年间里她已连续五个学期参与此活动：大二时从中获得适应校园生活的启发，到大四时则从老师的建议中汲取未来就业与长远规划的灵感。她认为活动持续为学生提供了与老师深入对话的宝贵机会，作为一名即将毕业的学生，她十分珍惜离校前能与老师共同创造回忆的时刻。

  此外，在常规的“学生组队邀请老师”的参与方式之余，也有一些老师主动向学生发出邀请。来自财务管理专业的大四学生阳顺健表示，作为第一次参与活动的同学，他十分惊喜能收到文化创意学院万婉琪老师的午餐邀请。在他看来，活动打破了传统的师生交流模式，营造出更为轻松的互动氛围，让他得以在餐桌边与老师深入探讨课程内容、分享生活趣事，拉近了彼此距离。

  参与活动的老师们也给予了高度评价。来自人文社科学院的助理教授马敏琴博士认为，活动为促进师生交流、提升教学质量创造了良好契机，让老师们能够直接听取学生对教学效果的反馈与期待，了解他们在学习与生活中遇到的实际问题，从而拉近师生距离。

马敏琴博士（左）和尹逸帆同学（右）的活动合照

阳顺健同学（中）与万婉琪老师（左）的活动合照

作为一个由CTL精心打造的跨文化师生交流平台，本次活动不仅有效拉近了师生间的心灵距离，更成功营造出相互支持、彼此信任的校园学术文化氛围。餐厅里的每一次围桌畅谈，都在思想碰撞与经验共享中深化了师生联结，共同镌刻下属于BNBU的温暖记忆。未来，CTL将继续拓展此类非正式交流场景，让教育在对话中自然发生，为师生的共同成长持续注入活力与温度。

From November 17 to 28, 2025, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) successfully held the "Stay Hungry: Meal with Your Professor" (MYP) event for the 2025–2026 fall semester. As a core department dedicated to supporting campus teaching and fostering faculty-student connections, CTL is committed to breaking the boundaries of the traditional classroom through diverse initiatives, aiming to build a dynamic community that promotes meaningful dialogue between teachers and students. Over the course of two weeks, the event has attracted more than 500 participants, including both faculty and students, representing a variety of faculties and cultural backgrounds. Over shared lunches, dinners, or afternoon tea, engaging and sincere conversations unfolded in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

This year’s event continued the flexible model of "flexible scheduling + free grouping to invite professors," providing ample autonomy for participants. Whether it was a brief chat after an early morning class, a deeper conversation following an evening lecture, or a specially arranged dialogue during off-peak hours, students with different needs could find a participation style that suited them, fully meeting everyone’s expectations for substantive faculty-student exchange.

Notably, participation reached a new high this time—both the number of sessions and total attendees set new records. Students joined with great enthusiasm and genuine sincerity, and each active participation reflected their appreciation for authentic, two-way sharing between faculty and students.

Both faculty and students spoke highly of the event. Yvette, a senior majoring in Public Relations and Advertising, shared that she has participated in MYP for five consecutive semesters. What began as a source of inspiration for adapting to campus life in her sophomore year evolved into gaining insights for future career paths and long-term planning in her senior year. She believes the event consistently offers valuable opportunities for in-depth dialogue with professors and, as a soon-to-graduate student, deeply cherishes the chance to create lasting memories with teachers before leaving campus.

In addition to the usual procedure of students inviting faculty, several teachers also took the initiative to reach out to students. Jason, a senior student in Finance, expressed delight at receiving a lunch invitation from Ms. Wanqi Wan from the School of Creative Culture, especially as a first-time participant. In his view, the event breaks away from traditional teacher-student interaction models, fostering a more relaxed and open atmosphere. It allowed him to engage in deeper discussions about course content and share personal interests with his professor over a meal, effectively bridging the distance between them.

Participating faculty members also offered high praise. Dr. Minqin MA, Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), noted that the event created an excellent opportunity to enhance faculty-student interaction and improve teaching quality. It enabled instructors to receive direct feedback on teaching effectiveness, understand student expectations, and gain insight into the real challenges students face in their academic and personal lives, thereby bringing teachers and students closer together.

As a thoughtfully designed cross-cultural exchange platform by the CTL, this event not only effectively shortened the emotional distance between faculty and students but also successfully cultivated a campus academic culture characterized by mutual support and trust. Each conversation around the dining table, through the exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences, deepened the connection between teachers and students, collectively etching warm memories unique to BNBU. Looking ahead, the CTL will continue to expand such informal interactive scenarios, allowing education to unfold naturally through dialogue and consistently infuse vitality and warmth into the shared growth of faculty and students.