CI at WMU 5 Year Report English (Spreads) Final

Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University 2009-2014 2009-2014 F ive Year Report John M Dunn President Western Michigan University Wolfgang Schlör Confucius Institute Director Western Michigan University 2009-2014 Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University Welcome to the Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University (CI at WMU) The Institute is a non-profit organization jointly funded by Western Michigan University (WMU) and HANBAN (the executive body of the Chinese Language Council International and part of China’s Ministry of Education) that manages a collaborative effort between WMU and Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) One of nearly 100 Confucius Institutes located throughout the United States, each with a distinctive program, the CI at WMU’s principal goal is to provide Chinese language and cultural programs throughout Southwest Michigan The primary constituents of the Institute’s programs are WMU students and faculty, regional K-12 schools, local businesses, and the broader community of Southwest Michigan The CI at WMU was established in November 2009 and we are pleased to share with you in this booklet an overview of our accomplishments Our Institute continues to grow and expand with each year, introducing new programs, forging new partnerships and providing language and cultural learning opportunities for Southwest Michigan Over the course of our first five years, we have actively engaged and developed programming in two major West Michigan school districts and have hosted hundreds of courses and workshops on Chinese language and culture on WMU’s campus and throughout the region Sangren Hall One of the top-100 public universities recognized programs in business, in the United States, Western Michigan computer science, engineering, aviation, University, founded in 1903, is committed health care, education, and many others to being learner centered, discover y The University is also home to a private driven and globally engaged The Carnegie medical school and it is affiliated with a Foundation for the Advancement of private law school Teaching has classified WMU as one of the nation’s 147 public research universities, and U.S News & World Report has recognized it as one of the United States’ best universities for the past 24 years The Universit y offers 251 academic programs to its nearly 25,000 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees; more than 20 percent are enrolled in its 73 master’s or 30 doctoral programs WMU also offers a CEAaccredited English as a Second Language program—CELCIS, a comprehensive international student orientation program, and hosts numerous volunteer, cultural, and touring opportunities More than 1,800 international students representing 100 countries are studying in WMU’s nationally W M U ’s m a i n c a m p u s i s l o c a t e d i n Kalamazoo, Michigan, a safe, friendly, college town with easy access to Chicago and Detroit and within a one hour drive of Lake Michigan’s beautiful beaches and numerous outdoor recreation areas The Confucius Institute at WMU was founded in fall 2009, with a focus on expanding knowledge of Chinese language and culture throughout West Michigan WMU is proud to be among the 100 institutions in the United States hosting a Confucius Institute The University greatly values the rich opportunities that the Confucius Institute at WMU provides campus and the community to become more globally engaged Beijing Language and Culture University BLCU teachers and volunteer teachers (BLCU) is located in northwest Beijing, and Associate Director Dr Haitao Yu the capital of China and center of to support our programming They all the country’s political, cultural and have contributed to and enriched our international activities, offering an program in ways we could not have ideal location from which to study imagined Chinese language, history, politics and culture BLCU is the only university in China whose main mission is to teach Chinese language and culture to international students of collaboration, which was initiated by Dr Wang Xiaojun, WMU professor of Chinese language, who was a faculty member at BLCU before coming to BLCU provides teachers to the CI at the United States For many years, WMU on an annual basis who are Dr Wang has led a study abroad trained in teaching Chinese as a Second program at BLCU for WMU Chinese Language and in conducting Chinese l a n g u a g e s tu d e n t s , a n d m a ny o f culture courses In our inaugural year, those students subsequently enroll the Institute and the WMU community at BLCU for a semester or academic welcomed from BLCU six teachers and year of additional language study Associate Director Dr Jiwei Fu, who These cooperative ventures have been greatly aided the Institute in carrying enhanced through our partnership in out its mission In our fifth year, the CI the Confucius Institute program at WMU is pleased to have seventeen 10 BLCU and WMU have a long history 14 Capitol City Dragon Boat Race CI at WMU staff participated in the Capitol City Dragon Boat Race in Lansing, Michigan, where they raced against teams from other universities and businesses 2014 27 58 Confucius Institute at WMU The first China Moon Festival was held at WMU, which attracted more than China Festival at WMU 800 people The CI at WMU cosponsored the event, providing performances, a cultural table and technical support Chinese Culture Workshops Timeline of highlights Fall The CI at WMU hosted a workshop series on Chinese knots, paper cutting and Chinese calligraphy that attracted more than 30 participants Confucius Institute at WMU 59 Appendix Complete list of cosponsored lectures CI at WMU administration, teachers and staff 2009 to 2014 October 11, 2010 Opening Ceremony for the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies Guest lecturer—Dr Stephen Mackinnon, Arizona State University, presented a talk titled, “Impact of World War II on China: A Reevaluation.” April 12-13, 2012 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr William Baxter, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, presented a talk on early Chinese language titled, “What was the Early Chinese Language Like?” October 11, 2012 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Albert Dien, Stanford University, presented a talk titled, “The Origin Myth of the Xianbei: The Significance of the Gaxiandong Cave.” Dr Dien’s visit was cosponsored by WMU’s Department of History January 31, 2013 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Ling Wei, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University and Professor of at China Foreign Affairs University, presented a talk titled, “Rebalancing or Debalancing: The U.S Strategies and New Asian Order.” February 21, 2013 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Clara Ho, Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University and Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University, presented a talk titled, “Were Chinese Women Interested in History? Evidences from their Works in the Ming-Qing Period.” Cosponsored by the WMU Department of Gender and Women’s Studies March 21, 2013 Lecture—Lei Pan, the School of Foreign Languages in Central China Normal University, presented a talk titled, “Second Language Education and Applications in America and China,” in collaboration with WMU’s Department of World Languages and Literatures 62 Appendix September 17, 2013 Lecture—Dr Shuming Zhao, President of the International Association of Chinese Management Research and Jiangsu Provincial Association of Human Resource Management, presented a talk titled, “Human Resource Management in China Under the Transition Economy.” His lecture was cosponsored by the Haworth College of Business and its Global Business Center October 23, 2013 Lecture—Dr Yuan-Kang Wang, Associate Professor, WMU Department of Sociology, presented a talk titled, “Managing Hegemony in East Asia: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective.” November 7, 2013 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Paul Copp, Associate Professor of Chinese Religion and Thought, University of Chicago, presented a talk titled, “Magical and Religious Seals and the Sources of Chinese Buddhism.” November 21, 2013 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Tse-Kang Leng, Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica and Professor of Political Science at National Chengchi University, presented a talk titled, “Taiwan and China in a World of Globalization.” March 27, 2014 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Yukun Hu of Peking University presented a talk titled, “Rural Women’s Employment and the Chinese State: 60 Years of Changes.” April 3, 2014 Lecture and lunch presentation—Dr Tien-hui Chiang, National University of Tainan, presented a talk titled, “Globalization, Chinese Culture and the Expansion of Higher Education System in Taiwan.” Appendix 63 CI at WMU Administrative and Operational Staff 2009-2014: Administrative Staff 2013-2014 • Donald McCloud, Director • Haitao Yu, Associate Director • Kimberly Ritter, Assistant Director for School Outreach • Christina Paruch, Chinese Programs Coordinator 2012-2013 • Donald McCloud, Director • Shengang Wang, Acting Associate Director • Kimberly Ritter, Assistant Director for School Outreach • Christina Paruch, Chinese Programs Coordinator 2011-2012 64 Appendix • Donald McCloud, Director • Jiwei Fu, Associate Director • Kimberly Ritter, Assistant Director for School Outreach • Christina Paruch, Chinese Programs Coordinator 2010-2011 • Xiaojun Wang, Director • Jiwei Fu, Associate Director • Kimberly Ritter, Assistant Director for School Outreach • Christina Paruch, Assistant for International Centers and Institutes 2009-2010 • Xiaojun Wang, Director • Jiwei Fu, Associate Director • Kimberly Ritter, Assistant Director for School Outreach • Nicholas DiFranco (Summer 2010), Assistant for International Centers and Institutes • Jaime LeBlanc-Hadley (Fall 2009 – Spring 2010), Assistant for International Centers and Institutes Operational Staff 2013-2014 • Samer Shammas, Manager of Operations • Linjia Jiang, Website Manager • Maran Subramain, Graduate Research Coordinator • Huaming Wang, WMU Student Painting Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) Appendix 65 2012-2013 • Samer Shammas, Manager of Operations • Linjia Jiang, Website Manager • Yu Zhang, Culture Class Intern • Zhimin Ma, Confucius Institute Intern • Maran Subramain, Graduate Research Coordinator • Thalea Stokes, Graduate Research Assistant • Huaming Wang, WMU Student Painting Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) 2011-2012 • Bill Woods, Manager of Operations • Linjia Jiang, Website Manager • Thalea Davis, Culture Class Intern • Maran Subramain, Graduate Research Coordinator • Ran Shi, Graduate Research Assistant • Huaming Wang, WMU Student Painting Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) 2010-2011 66 Appendix • Bill Woods, Manager of Operations • Linjia Jiang, Website Manager • Thalea Davis, Culture Class Intern • Maran Subramain, Graduate Research Coordinator • Ran Shi, Graduate Research Assistant • Huaming Wang, WMU Student Painting Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) 2009-2010 • Samer Shammas, Manager of Operations • Linjia Jiang, Website Manager • Thalea Davis and Keara Hopkins, Culture Class Interns (Summer 2010) • Huaming Wang, WMU Student Painting Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) Visiting Instructors and Volunteer Teachers 2013-2014 • Ajun He, Instructor (WMU Chinese Language Program) • Li Liu, Instructor (Forest Hills Public Schools Eastern and Northern High School) • Shengang Wang, Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Qiong Wang, Instructor (Forest Hills High Schools) • Chenxing Fang, Volunteer Teacher (Forest Hills Meadow Brook Elementary School) • Zhe Feng, Volunteer Teacher (Montessori School of Kalamazoo) • Lin Li, Volunteer Teacher (Forest Hills Meadow Brook Elementary School) • Bin Miao, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Li Wang, Volunteer Teacher (Forest Hills Meadow Brook Elementary and Northern Trails) • Hua Xiao, Volunteer Teacher (Forest Hills Meadow Brook Elementary School) • Ruyuan Yang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Jun Zeng, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Northern and Portage Central High Schools) • Lin Zhang, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Amberly and Lake Center Elementary Schools) • Xu Zhou, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Northern High School) • Yun Zhou, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Amberly and Lake Center Elementary) Appendix 67 2012-2013 • Qiong Wang, Instructor (Forest Hills High Schools) • Shengang Wang, Instructor (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Yuanyuan Cai, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Lake Center Elementary School) • Shasha Liu, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Amberly Elementary School) • Yin Long, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Jing Yang, Volunteer Teacher (Forest Hills Meadow Brook Elementary School) • Jun Zeng, Volunteer Teacher (Portage Northern and Central High Schools) 2011-2012 • Han Han, Instructor (Portage Amberly Elementary School, Fall 2011) • Jinwei Peng, Instructor (Portage Lake Center Elementary School, Fall 2011) • Yang Du, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Sha Liu, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes; Portage Public Schools Amberly Elementary School, Spring 2012) • Xiaojing Yang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Han Zhang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes; Portage Northern High School, Spring 2012) • Lina Zhang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes; Portage Lake Center Elementary School, Spring 2012) 2010-2011 68 Appendix • Han Han, Instructor (Portage Amberly Elementary School) • Jinwei Peng, Instructor (Portage Lake Center Elementary School) • Yingjie Chi, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Kun Ma, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Xun Sun, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Xiaojing Yang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) 2009-2010 • Han Han, Instructor (Portage Amberly Elementary School) • Jinwei Peng, Instructor (Portage Lake Center Elementary School) • Yiming Fu, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Bin Liu, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) • Xu Zhang, Volunteer Teacher (Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Classes) Diether H Haenicke Institute for Global Education at WMU The following staff provide continual and ongoing support to the program: • Billie Blake, Budget Assistant • Lee Ryder, Immigration Officer • Tara Severino, Immigration Advisor • Margaret von Steinen, Communications Officer Appendix 69 Creative Director: Linjia Jiang Managing Editor: Christina Paruch Editorial Director: Margaret von Steinen 2009-2014 Five Year Report Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University 1903 W Michigan Ave | 2nd Floor Ellsworth Hall | Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5245 +1 (269) 387-3951 | wmu-confucius@wmich.edu | wmuconfucius.org ... each year, drawing in more participants and from states as far as New York In 2014, 45 participants took the HSK through the CI at WMU 30 Confucius Institute at WMU S taff of the CI at WMU conducted... official signing ceremony establishing the CI at WMU 34 Confucius Institute at WMU Timeline of highlights Confucius Institute at WMU 35 2010 Chinese Teaching Materials Exhibition 17-31 Educational... Confucius Institute at WMU 10 - 16 National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts Visit WMU group visited the WMU Theatre Department with translation and transportation support provided by the CI at WMU,