Promoting Zhejiang University in Vietnam

Prof. Wang Wenlong and Miss. Zhou Xiaoling from the International College of Zhejiang University attended the 6th Chinese Education Exhibition in Vietnam organized by the China Scholarship Council of Ministry of Education from March 20th to 29th, 2009. China and Vietnam are neighboring countries joined by common mountains and rivers and the peoples of the two countries held a friend ship of long history. China, with its convenient location, easy transportation, similar customs, high quality education and relatively low cost of study and living, has become a favorite destination country when Vietnamese students plan to study abroad. There is a promising market of overseas study in Vietnam. Besides Zhejiang University, 22 other prestigious Chinese universities, including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and so on also participated in the education exhibition.This year��s China Education Exhibition, held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, gained much attention and high popularity among the Vietnamese students and their parents, local government and media. The comprehensiveness, international competitiveness and multiple scholarships attracted numerous Vietnamese students and their parents. More than 300 people came to the booth of Zhejiang University to ask various questions and all received warm and patient introduction from our teachers, covering all the important aspects of studying in Zhejiang University, for example, the academic strength, admission policies and procedures and application for scholarships and so on. Many local universities and institutions also expressed their wishes and interests in establishing further cooperation with Zhejiang University. During the course of the exhibition, in addition to introducing and promoting their own school, teachers from Zhejiang University also grasped the chance to make research and investigation on Vietnam��s higher education system and its recent development, the sources of future students and so on. The university delegates also exchanged ideas and shared experiences with colleagues from other Chinese universities joining the exhibition on international student-related issues, such as the enrollment policies, the mode of education, management and service. (Written by ZHOU Xiaoling, translated by XU Xiaohang)

2009-04-07

International Students Joined Putuo Island Study Tour

9 international students from Zhejiang University went on for the 2009 Putuo Island International Study Trip organized by China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) from March 12th to March 15th.International students from several Chinese universities, including China Academy of Art, Southeast University, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Anhui Normal University and Zhejiang University etc. stayed on Putuo Island for three days, attending various activities, including visiting the Buddhist temples, planting trees in the World Youth Woods, taking part in Chinese speech contest and other culture and art activities.During their visit, Miss. KANG MI AE, Korean doctoral student from School of Agriculture of Zhejiang University presented Korean tea deeply impressing all the audience present with its unique style.(Written by YI Honghui, translated by XU Xiaohang)

2009-03-29

ZJU-UWA Confucius Institute Study-in-China Program Successfully Dropping the Curtain

The closing ceremony of the ZJU-UWA Confucius Institute Study-in-China program was held on December 18th, 2008 in the 4th floor banquet hall of Lingfen Hotel, which marks the successful conclusion of this 4-week long program, beginning from November 21st, consisting of classroom language learning and a series of social and cultural activities.Prof. Ding Jianmin, the Director of the International College of ZJU, delivered the closing speech and awarded program certificates to all the students. Dr. Gary Sigley, the Director of the Confucius Institute at UWA and Mr. Douglas, leader of the group both made high comments of the efforts made by the all the students and expressed their gratitude to all the support from Zhejiang University.Thomas Williams, a law school student from the UWA, one of the participants of the program and Miss. Daisy Bowen, an exchange student from UWA were the MCs of the ceremony.�� The Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia, with Zhejiang University as its Chinese partner, is the first one in Australia.Study-in-China program is a short-term project organized by CI at UWA combining both all-round intensive Chinese language training and cultural, sightseeing tours and company visits. The program, usually with a length of 10 weeks, is divided into two segments, one in Hangzhou and the other in Beijing and open to both college students and the off-campus public.It has been the third consecutive year for CI in UWA to organize the study-in-China program. 43 students, from 7 countries and regions, mainly from UWA and Griffith University with different education backgrounds joined the program. They arrived on Zhejiang University campus on November 21st with great enthusiasm for learning the language, experiencing the country and its rapid changes.Careful and considerate preparations were made on the end of the International College to give the newcomers a comfortable start. Checking in, registration, placement test and orientation were all done within one day to make sure the students were able to begin their classes on the second day of their arrival. To help the students get over the culture shock, Chinese student volunteers were recruited to meet them so friends were quickly made on the very first day.Prof. Ding Jianmin, the Director of the International College delivered a welcome speech at the welcome buffet held in the international student cafeteria to welcome the new members to join the international student community.In addition to the in-class language instruction, the International College has also invited teachers to offer the students lecture of calligraphy and Tai-ji course. The former gave the students ABC of this traditional art and the latter has stirred a lot of interests among the students towards the time-honored Chinese internal martial art.The culture tour to Hefang Street, the Song Dynasty style street, is a must for all the short-term programs and this year��s Confucius Institute program is no exception. Students strolled along the well-designed pedestrian street lined with shops selling art crafts, souvenirs, silk, teahouses, and restaurants and the famous Hu-qing-yu-tang Chinese medicine store and its TCM museum, making close contacts with the local customsFor group members, spare time is never spared. Some found simple happiness by going to the fruit and vegetable market and comparing the differences of the agriculture produces on the market and the prices. Some had a good shopping experience in the cyber markets while others made excursions to Tianmu Mountain or Nanjing. 4 weeks is short, nevertheless, the students have managed to see China from various perspectives and recorded many unforgettable moments.In the knowledge that 4 participants of the program happened to observe their birthdays during their stay in Zhejiang University, the teachers from the International College sent them birthday greetings with cards and small gifts with the university logo, which made the students feel a home away from home.A special award was set up for this year��s program to give special thanks to program participants who play an active and positive role by helping fellow students. And this year��s award has gone to Ms. Francis Fiona from Griffith University who was always ready to give a hand to her group mates when they fell ill and needed care. Miss. Sun Lin, one of the Chinese coordinators of the program, gave out the award to Ms. Francis at the ceremony which turned out a happy surprise to her. A mini-sized stage performance was arranged for the students to express their love for Chinese culture and share their experiences in the past 4 weeks. With the help from their teachers, each class came up with a program during the closing ceremony. On the Golden Hill in Beijing and Tian-Mi-Mi, two classic Chinese songs brought by students of Elementary Class One made it hard for audience to believe they were just beginners of the language since their enunciation was so clear. Elementary Class Two reminded everyone of the approaching of Christmas with their bilingual Jingle Bells. Thomas or Ka Fei as his Chinese name, the MC of the ceremony, together with his classmates from the Intermediate Class surprised the audience with their singing Shanghai Bund, a theme song from a hit Hong Kong TV drama of the same name in the 1980��s. It��s not usual for foreign students to go that deep into the Chinese pop culture, Two special programs were invited to the performance to add more fun, one is Horse Race, an Er��hu solo by Christina, a long term exchange student from the UWA and the other was Mandarin, a pop song by Christina, Asako Saito and Georgina Haines, the latter two are from Youth Development Association, also an Australian exchange program. The host and the hostess, on behalf of all the program members, extend their gratitude to all the course teachers in the end of the performance. Prof. Ding sent holiday greetings and gave New Year gifts to Dr. Gary and Mr. Douglas. Teachers and program coordinators from the International College also received interesting presents with strong Australian characteristics.��Written by CHENYaqiu; Translated by XU Xiaohang��

2009-03-24

Campus Banquet to Welcome Chinese New Year

On the evening of February 6th, 2008, more than 150 overseas students on Zi-jin-gang Campus and 75 overseas students on Yuquan Campus, joined with hundreds of their Chinese varsity mates and international faculty members happily gathered together to attend the Spring Festival Eve banquet specially prepared by Zhejiang University for students who stayed on campus to observe the occasion rather than going home.Prof. DING Jianmin, Dean of the International College and his colleague, Prof. WANG Wenlong, together with university leaders and directors of different university departments and offices take the opportunity to extend New Year greetings and expressed their sincere wishes to the students. Teachers from the International College followed the typical Chinese New Year tradition by giving “Spring Festival Fortune Money”, also called “Red Envelopes” to the international students present at the banquet. Though outside the city was experiencing a rarely seen severe winter, the venue was suffused with warmth and happiness for the coming of Chinese New Year.

2008-03-28

International Student Chinese Performing Arts Gala

��Dream Trip in Zhejiang�� International Student Chinese Performing Arts Gala, sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, undertaken by Zhejiang University was held on Zijingang Campus on the afternoon of Dec 8th, 2007. Mr. Zhong Shan,  Vice-Governor of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Lou Xiaodong, Vice Secretary General of provincial  government, Mr. Liu Xiping, Director of Provincial Department of Education, Professor Ye Gaoxiang,Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Zhu Jun, Vice-President of the university together with leaders, guests from 21 universities and colleges across Zhejiang Province and 500-odd international and Chinese students attended the event. Before the stage performance began, provincial and university leaders gave out awards to the winners of the��Zhejiang Province International Students Calligraphy, Painting & Photography Contest��. Hundreds of overseas students from 20 universities and colleges all over the province have sent their works to the contest. Several students of Zhejiang University, Miss Anna Sushkevica from Latvia, Mr. Hatrong Duy from Vietnam, Miss Kim Hyo Jin and Mr. Kim Nam Hoon from Korea won first, second and third grade prizes respectively. Seven other overseas students from ZJU also got prizes for their wonderful works of art. The gala commenced around 3 p.m. after the awarding ceremony for the contest. Australian student Mr. Jason Matthews, Korean student Miss Park Min Jeong and American student Mr. Drew Barber together with two other overseas students from other schools and two professionals from Zhejiang TV station, hosted the gala with their fluent and humorous Chinese. Students from more than 40 countries from 10 universities and college staged songs and dances, sketches, Chinese Gong-fu and so on, winning one burst of applause after another. Students from Zhejiang University presented the audience with two programs. Assorted Chinese folk songs brought back the familiar melodies and the student singers wittily changed some of the lyrics to express their thanks to local people��s care and concern about them. Paradise on Earth, a program combined song and dance, with the excellent performance of Miss Vaitiuk Darina, the leading singer from Belarus reached the climax of the whole gala.

2007-12-14