On May 19th, 10 members of the Corps of Cadets 2009-2010 leadership embarked on an traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qingdao, and Beijing, with a focus on strengthening the language and cultural competency of future military officers. The program was designed to give the cadets insight into potential geopolitical conflicts in Asia, as well as a greater understanding of the culture, language, and history of China. Cadets commented that the excursion helped them to obtain “a real feel” for China’s major role in the world.
The Confucius Institute at Texas A&M cosponsored the media preview night for the Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in late May.
Chinese language classes and Construction training are among four school projects that will be supported through nearly $18,000 in grants from Navasota's Education Foundation, officials announced this week.
On May 22, 2009, the IPA in conjunction with the Confucius Institute at Texas A&M will be cosponsoring the Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
IPA assistant director Christine Yang along with visiting language instructor Ying Wang attended the National Chinese Language Conference, last week in Chicago, Illinois. They were joined by hundreds of educators from 44 states and 8 different countries to promote unified and sustainable Chinese language and cultural programs.
The Chinese language and culture class which began on February 5th, 2009, will certify its graduates at their final class on the evening of May 7, 2009. This introduction to mandarin, is a non-credit baring course which is provided free of charge to the Brazos Valley community by the Confucius Institute at Texas A&M University. This course is provided bi-annually, and focuses on basic conversational Chinese and cultural competence.
The Institute for Pacific Asia in conjunction with the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets have established a summer leadership emersions program, to entice future ROTC Cultural and Language Study Aboard participation.
The Confucius Institute at Texas A&M University, hosted an honorary degree ceremony for the University of Macau, which presented President George Herbert Walker Bush a Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.
Dr. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense and former Texas A&M President, was the Speaker for the 2009 Muster. International observance has been reported from TAMU China Club, Beijing.
Dr. Mel Stewart, Peking University presented a symposium on "Confucianism & Christianity" on April 9 at TAMU.
The global economic crisis has accelerated the need for Asian universities to engage internationally, and to create regional mechanisms through which students and faculty members can move more easily from one country to another.
Hoi-eun Kim, Asst. Professor of History, in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University was awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Fellowship for a 16-month research stay in Japan.
Experience@Singapore is an exclusive programme that includes visits to companies, economic agencies and key infrastructural projects. It provides students with insights to Singapore as an Engineering & Technology hub.
The Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Houston has been entrusted to invite an American professor to visit Taiwan and do some Taiwan-related research as a “Taiwan Research Scholar”.
Dr. Norman Borlaug, father of the original Green Revolution, is inviting this generation to begin a second, more extensive, rebellion against world hunger.
The students of National Taiwan University, a partner institution of Texas A&M University, are hosting their annual Global Initiatives Symposium (GIS) July 6 - 12, 2009. Grants are available for student leaders who wish to attend the conference.