Kohima, June 17 (MExN): The 21st fresher’s social of Japfu Christian College was marked with the august presence of a renowned Naga intellect Dr. Dietho- Yhoshu as the key speaker and a host of members of the Board of Management, faculty and students at Zapa Indoor Stadium, JCC campus on Saturday.
In the welcome address, Principal, Japfu Christian College Dr. Visakhonu Hibo highlighted the brief history of the idea of establishment of the college with a shared dream as an extended ministry of Japfu Baptist Churches Council with the motto ‘Faith and Work.’
The key speaker, Dr. Dietho reminded the students to have a willing heart to be prepared for life. “The best way to grab the grand things of life is preparedness,” he said while encouraging the students to prepare and nurture good habits. He also emphasized on the importance of time management and encouraged the student’s toutilize time judiciously for sleep, work and study and leisure to make the output effective and productive.
The key speaker motivated the students to make use of every opportunities that comes as, “work opportunities comes in disguise, avoiding work means avoiding opportunities,” he remarked. Encouraging the students to make the best discovery of life while at college, he said “the greatest discovery in life is to discover oneself” and further he persuaded the students to find and answer to life’s vocation. As a closing remark, Dr. Dietho stressed on reminding the students on ‘small things’ and ‘small moments’, “learn to do small things and small moments well, than surely you have a place to stand anywhere in the world.”
Alumnus of the college, Bunglang Chang, DSP spoke on the importance of competitive exams and encouraged the students run the race with hard work and faith. The event witnessed mixture of events like the Cosplay, Comedy by Yanjila, and a celebration of Naga diversity by the students.
