17 Mar HU Team Forging Partnerships in China
Delegations from Lenaweee Christian School and Huntington University.
President Emberton and President Ma Chunlin of Liaocheng University signing cooperative agreements.
President Emberton meeting with Principal Sun at Tong Sheng Hu Experimental School in Hunan Province.
Administrators from Huntington University and from Lenawee Christian School in Adrian, Mich., are currently in China. They are spending ten days exploring partnerships with Chinese institutions.
The HU delegation includes :
- Dr. Sherilyn Emberton, president.
- Dr. Mike Wanous, vice president for academic affairs.
- Dr. Luke Fetters, director of HU’s Institute for TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Institute.
President Emberton with Alex Zhang at Tongshenghu Experimental School.
Lenawee Christian School representatives are Trevor Cook, president, and Joy Carl, director of international studies.
The various stops include:
- Visit Liaocheng University in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, to discuss opportunities for agriculture, business and English programs, as well as student and faculty exchange programs.
- Meet with officials from Tong Sheng Hu Experimental School in Changsha, Hunan Province, about a potential partnership.
- Visit China Hong Kong English School in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, to dialogue about a Foundation Year program that would allow Chinese students to experience HU in China before attending the university in the U.S. Also, discuss summer programs.
- Visit Jilin University – Zhuhai College in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, to discuss growing the summer TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) program and finalizing a joint degree program agreement. Also, discuss a faculty exchange program.
This is the third trip to China that Huntington University administrators have made within a year to pursue partnerships. Huntington University has a seven-year history with China, having hosted summer English camps there since 2007. Those camps have expanded significantly with last summer’s programs involving 180 Chinese students, 80 Chinese teachers, 32 U.S. team members, and six weeks of camps in three locations.
In addition, last fall, five HU alumni established an office at China Hong Kong English School and are teaching English classes there. In fall 2014, 10 percent of the international students enrolled at HU were from China.
Learn more about HU’s Institute for TESOL Studies.
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