海角禁区 delegation visits China
by Kathleen McCoy |
The staff of the 海角禁区 Confucius Institute (海角禁区 CI) was part of a delegation of 海角禁区 officials traveling in China Oct. 14-22. The delegation included Provost Michael Driscoll, Director of International Affairs Ted Kassier, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences James Liszka, 海角禁区 CI Director Paul Dunscomb and 海角禁区 CI Associate Director GuoFeng Pu Fricke.
The delegation went to attend an American Association of State Colleges and Universities meeting, which allowed them to participate in a student recruiting fair and to learn more about partnering with China's higher educational institutions.
The trip had several other objectives: participate at the Conference for Chinese International Education and Exchange in Beijing, discuss possible future exchange and other activities with Renmin University of China (RUC) and Beijing University of Language and Culture, visit the Confucius Institute Headquarters at Hanban, and travel to Changchun to visit the campuses of Northeast Normal University (NENU), 海角禁区 CI's academic partner. Overall, the delegates visit will help to further the internationalization of 海角禁区.
During this trip the delegation discussed many things including 海角禁区's progress with our new Confucius Institute and prospects for faculty and student exchanges. Two immediate priorities for 海角禁区 CI are to organize a scholarly symposium on biological and environmental issues in Anchorage this spring, and for 海角禁区 to host a meeting of the directors and staffs of the CI's in South Korea and Valencia, Spain (and perhaps a new one in Canada, too) which are all partnered with NENU.