13 Mar HU Leaders Headed to China for Spring Break

On Friday, March 14, three persons from Huntington University will travel to China during Spring Break, wanting to seek possible partnerships with various school. They are:

• Sherilyn R. Emberton, president of Huntington University.
• Luke Fetters, professor of ministry and missions.
• Shoshannah McKinney, associate director of the Institute for TESOL Studies and international student admissions coordinator.

“We are going to talk with them about the possibilities of us establishing a stronger relationship,” Emberton said, “which may be recruiting some of the students to come here.”

This will be Dr. Emberton’s first visit to China. The group will spend a week mostly in China’s southern cities, where they will talk to leaders from middle schools, universities, and institutions. The schedule includes middle schools in Zuhai and Doumen, a private prep school called Global EILTS, United International College, and Jilin University.

In Doumen No.1 middle school, they will be talking about HU’s international program for students and the Master of Education program for teachers. Meanwhile, they will explore the possibility of giving teachers more training and more education by providing various programs such as a TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification program.

In Zhuhai No.1 middle school, they are seeking a partnership for this summer. Students will possibly have an English summer camp locally which opens a door for them to come to Huntington in the future.

Private institutions like Global IELTS have also showed interest in doing a summer camp on HU’s campus and sending students to HU in the future.

In addition, HU will talk about starting an exchange student program with universities like UIC and Jilin University’s Zhuhai campus.

“I am excited that Dr. Emberton is coming on the trip,” Fetters said. “One school in particular that we are going to visit, we’ve been talking with them for couple years, and they said, ‘Well, bring your leaders.’ And that’s the reason why Dr. Emberton is coming with us.”