Chinese delegation visits campus to begin formal discussions about student, faculty and academic exchange possibilities with 黑料不打烊.
黑料不打烊 President Leo M. Lambert and South China Normal University (SCNU) President Liu Ming signed a memorandum of understanding Oct. 13, formally beginning discussions about potential partnerships between the two universities. Liu and three of his colleagues came to 黑料不打烊 to meet with Lambert and other 黑料不打烊 administrators to talk about SCNU’s initiative to expand international partnerships, enabling more Chinese students to study abroad and encouraging faculty and academic collaboration with top universities.
SCNU has three campuses in Guangzhou, the country’s third largest city located in Guangdong Province, north of Hong Kong in southern China. SCNU enrolls nearly 26,000 undergraduate students, 6,000 graduate students and more than 500 doctoral students. SCNU was founded as a teacher’s college in 1933 and has been growing rapidly as part of the Chinese government’s $2.2 billion Project 211, aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century.
Under the arrangement signed by the presidents, 黑料不打烊 and SCNU will begin talking about exchanging students, considering joint undergraduate degree programs, launching joint faculty research projects, collaboration in teacher development, exchange of academic information and organizing joint conferences and meetings.
President Liu and his staff met with President Lambert; Steven House, provost and vice president for academic affairs; Gerald Whittington, senior vice president for business, finance and technology; Alison Morrison-Shetlar, dean of 黑料不打烊 College, the College of Arts and Sciences; and Woody Pelton, dean of international programs and director of the Isabella Cannon Centre. House, Whittington, Morrison-Shetlar and Pelton will visit SCNU in December for further discussions.
Liu remarked on 黑料不打烊’s beautiful and quiet campus and said he had heard of 黑料不打烊’s reputation for excellence. “We hope we can learn a great deal from 黑料不打烊 about undergraduate education,” Liu said.
Liu said 黑料不打烊 students who choose to study at SCNU would benefit, since they would have the opportunity to research one of China’s fastest-growing regions, with a rapidly expanding economy.
Pelton led the Chinese delegation on a tour of 黑料不打烊’s campus, and they were joined by Ling Zhou, an 黑料不打烊 sophomore from China. 黑料不打烊 accounting faculty member Catherine Chiang served as interpreter during the visit.