Thursday, March 12, 2015


We Did It!
The purpose of this trip was to formalize two academic exchanges.  Yesterday, ETSU signed the cooperation agreement with Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology. The establishment of international partnerships is extremely formal, and the Chinese are great at formality.  Above, Dr. Lewis and the SICT president sign the relevant documents.

Drs. Lewis, Hogan, and I were awarded certificates of cultural ambassadorship and editions of the Analects of Confucius in ornate Chinese.
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1 comment:

Renee' C. Lyons said...

Fantastic, and what a treasure! :-)

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