MANSFIELD, PA—A delegation from North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU) in Zhengzhou, China, visited Mansfield University on July 16.
NCWU Delegates included Wang Tianze, Vice
President; Cao Yugui, Dean of the School of Mathematics and Statistics; Han
Mengqi, Associate Dean of the School of Foreign Languages; Shi Hongwen, Chief
Librarian; Hong Yan, Director of the Audit Office; and “Celine” Han Yangxi, Deputy
Section Chief of the International Office. This was the second visit by a
delegation from NCWU but the first Chinese delegation to visit in three years.
The delegation met with President
Charles Patterson; John Ulrich, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs; Kathryn Crossin, Interim Vice President for Finance and
Administration; Joshua Battin, Interim Associate Dean of Faculty; Nicholas
Andre, Director of Campus Technologies; Jill Scott, Senior Executive Associate
to the President; and Brad Lint, Associate Professor of English and US-China
Exchange Coordinator.
In his opening remarks, President Patterson
welcomed the representatives to MU and expressed his desire to strengthen the
strategic partnership between the two universities. The two sides then
discussed collaboration in professional writing and other programs. They also considered
possibilities for faculty exchange.
MU and NCWU are partners in the CHEPD
1+2+1 dual degree program, in which Chinese students complete their first and
final years at their home institution in China, and their sophomore and junior
years at an American partner university. In 2016, “Mona” Mao Hongning graduated
from MU and NCWU with a BA in English. Afterward, she earned her MA in
International Commerce at prestigious Korea University and interned at China
Construction Bank, the world’s second largest bank and sixth largest company.
Mona has since founded an agency to help Chinese students study abroad.
NCWU is located in Zhengzhou, Henan
Province, and has over 15,000 students in 50 undergraduate majors and 28
graduate programs.