On the evening of August 25, at Lory Student Center, the China Programs hosted the second welcome reception for over 150 new and returning Chinese students. The event also brought together university leaders and those, who are working closely with China Programs at Colorado State University. Dr. Wei Gao, Associate Provost for China Programs gave an open remark to welcome everyone attending the event that evening. Followed by Dr. Gao’s open remark, we had special welcome remarks from: Rick Miranda, Provost and Executive Vice President; Lynn Johnson, Vice President for University Operations; Lou Swanson, Vice President for Engagement; Jim Cooney, Vice Provost for International Affairs; Kelly Long, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs. We were also very honored to have Mike Palmquist, Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation; John Moore, Professor and Head of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and administrators from Admissions, Apartment Life, Office of International Programs, INTO, Confucius Institute and Chinese Students & Scholars Association (CSSA) coming to the reception.
Dr. Gao provide a brief introduction about China Programs and what it has achieved from 2010 to 2016 including some statistics, graphs, partnerships and graduate destinations. We have had over 500 Chinese partner students registered for classes from 2010-2016; established over 60 partnerships with Chinese universities and high schools; over 200 partner students graduated by summer 2016 and over 85% of partner students had over 3.0 GPA. The other highlight of this event was that we invited one of the Chinese partner student alumni Yue Pan to share her great experience at CSU with university leaders and current students. Yue graduated from CSU in 2015 and she is pursuing her master’s degree at UC-Berkeley. Her CSU experience made her outstanding at UC-Berkeley as well as her current internship company. Jinzhe Han is a sophomore student in applied mathematics. She came to CSU last year and also shared her experience with new students. Followed by a delicious American style dinner, CSSA and China programs coordinator gave a series of presentations to help students get involved into academic and social culture, such as culture differences, legal issues, classroom culture, campus resources, academic deadlines, etc. All the students were every excited to come to CSU and they felt very welcomed by CSU’s leaders and administrators.
8月25日在Lory学生中心，中国项目组织了第二届中国新生欢迎会，大约有150名新老生、校领导以及和中国项目有紧密合作的教授等前来参加。分管中国事务的高炜副教务长致开场词并欢迎每一位来参加活动的来宾，随后教务长Rick Miranda; 分管人事财务的副校长Lynn Johnson; 分管大学拓展的副校长Lou Swanson; 分管国际事务的副教务长Jim Cooney以及分管本科生事务的副教务长Kelly Long分别致了欢迎词。欢迎会同时有幸邀请到了分管创新教学的副教务长Mike Palmquist; 生态系统科学系主任、教授John Moore; 以及招生办公室、宿舍部门、国际项目办公室、INTO、孔子学院以及中国学生学者联合会的负责人。
高炜副教务长向大家介绍了中国项目以及中国项目从2010年成立以来所取得的成绩，包括一些数据、图表、合作伙伴学校以及学生毕业去向等。2010-2016年中，有500多名合作项目的学生在CSU学习；与60多所中国的大学和高中建立的合作关系；截止至2016年夏天，200多名合作项目学生从CSU毕业并且85%的学生GPA高于3.0。本次活动的另一大亮点是我们邀请了合作项目优秀毕业生潘越向CSU的校领导以及在校的中国学生分享她CSU的成功经验。潘越是2015年从CSU毕业的，她目前在加州大学伯克利分校就读硕士学位。她在CSU的经历成就了她在伯克利以及目前实习公司的优秀表现。学生代表韩金哲目前是应用数学二年级的学生。她去年开始在CSU学习，所以也向新生分享了她这一年来的经验。校领导和学生代表讲话后，学生们享受了美式晚餐。中国学生会和中国项目为新生准备了几个贴近学生学习和生活的话题，帮助新生更快的融入学习、文化中，比如文化差异、法律问题、课堂文化、校园资源、重要的截止日期等。所有的学生都表示他们感受到CSU校领导和学生的热烈欢迎，并非常期待接下来在CSU的学习和生活。
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