The Mississippi University for Women Explores China Partnership
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The South is about to meet the East. The Far East.
The Mississippi University for Women has many students on campus who hail from a variety of other countries, and MUW is about to add China to that list. By as early as August 2009, the university will start enrolling students from China as part of a way to further internationalize the campus.
The diversity initiative program stems from MUW provost Dr. Sandra Jordan’s trip to China in 2008 to locate potential partner universities. Jordan’s excursion halfway around the world will culminate in future faculty teaching exchanges between MUW and Chinese universities, as well as faculty research collaborations, student exchanges and summer enrichment programs.
MUW officials say students who will be arriving from China already speak some English, plus follow world news, watch U.S. programs on television, and want to learn more about our history, culture, political structure and society.
Meanwhile, MUW has begun taking applications from its own students who might be interested in future study opportunities in China. MUW officials say that all students in the program will learn lessons that will be valuable to the companies and organizations they join after graduation.
Officials add that students in China will appreciate that MUW is located in a smaller town and offers excellent educational opportunities at an affordable price. One of the specific universities that MUW will be working with in this program is China Women’s University in Beijing.
The Mississippi University for Women already has students on campus from Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, Trinidad, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia.
Story by Kevin Litwin
