So if you would like to meet Confucius (or Zhuangzi), learn the secrets of immortality, or how to conduct a successful barbarian invasion, the course is now open on URSA. If the new time does not work for you, the course will (probably) be offered again in Spring 2015.
If you have any questions please contact Alan Baumler at baumler@iup.edu.
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]]>There is a $3 material fee for the event. You can sign up for the tea ceremony in the Religious Studies office in Sutton Hall, room 452.
For further information, e-mail a.m.mcanerney@iup.edu or chandler@iup.edu.
]]>The grant will be used to hire adjunct faculty to teach introductory Japanese language classes and also to expand the program’s online presence.
The grant is being matched by funds from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for the purchase of tablet computers for use in Japanese language classes.
]]>Admission is free, and all are welcome.
The performance is free and open to the public.
]]>The talk is free and open to the public.
]]>All films will be shown in Keith Hall, room 164. Free of charge!
Supported by the Pittsburgh Asia Consortium. For more information, contact Kristine Mercado at cfjr@iup.edu.
]]>Questions: Please contact Shijuan “Laurel” Liu, faculty member of the Asian Studies program and the Department of Foreign Languages, at SLIU@iup.edu.
]]>Those wishing to attend the conference should note the following:
Forms and other relevant information are available on the conference website.
Completed forms and requests for further information must be e-mailed to:
Dr. Francis Allard
Department of Anthropology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
allard@iup.edu
At that meeting we will discuss activities planned for this year by the Asian Studies Committee and the Asian Studies Club. The new Liberal Studies requirements will also be explained. Finally, this will be an opportunity to find out what other majors and minors did over the summer.
It is important that you come to this meeting. If you cannot make it, send an e-mail immediately to Dr. Stuart Chandler at chandler@iup.edu. Also, if you know of any students who might be interested in becoming a major or minor in Asian Studies, please invite them to attend.
]]>Senior Jazminn Jones won second place. She advances to the national finals at Pace University on April 7.
Senior Courtney Wirtz and sophomore Christopher Barr won third place.
Thirty-three students from around the region competed. Contestants were judged on Chinese language proficiency and talent and knowledge of China.
Judges for the competition were Professor Huili Zheng, Saint Vincent College; Professor Yueming Yu, Carnegie Mellon University; and Professor Rae Yang, Dickinson College.
The international finals will be held in China in July.
]]>Those who wish to assist earthquake victims after reading his account might consider making contributions to the Salvation Army or the American Red Cross, both of which are recommended by the IUP Service Learning program.
As we receive more reports from the group, we'll post them here. Please check back.
May 17, 2008
Things are going well so far in China. The students and I hiked six miles of the Great Wall yesterday. It was phenomenal. I'd been to the Wall before, but this section is especially beautiful. As I think you know, I am taking the students to Chengdu for the language training. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan--where the earthquake struck. Chengdu is fine, but just to the west is devastated (50,000 dead, five million displaced). We would like to raise funds to help the survivors. I would really appreciate it if you could help us collect some donations.
Any help would be appreciated. There is a lot of suffering over here.
We head to Chengdu tomorrow.
May 19, 2008
This has to be quick. Whatever you can do would be great. We are in Chengdu now but have to leave immediately. Will move program to Shanghai. Everyone in the city slept outside last night because of prediction of another big aftershock.
May 21, 2008
Unfortunately, we've had to leave Chengdu. The situation was too uncertain. We spent the last two nights sleeping outside in case there was another aftershock. (It was surreal to see millions of
people in a city all camping out in parks and streets.) At this point the aftershocks have subsided. The main potential threat is disease. As you've probably seen on the news, more than 40,000 people are
already confirmed dead. Authorities estimate that this number will climb well above 50,000. Another 260,000 people have been injured. Millions have be displaced. All of these numbers come from the region just west of Chengdu (not Chengdu itself). But Chengdu is one of the major places where the displaced have gone. The chance of disease is therefore significant. I'm not willing to risk that for the students so we've left Chengdu. We are now in Shanghai at Shanghai Normal University (another university with which IUP has exchange relationship). They have been really good about helping me to set up a program last minute. Although the students and I cannot directly help with relief efforts, each student is still contacting churches, schools, etc. in their home towns to raise funds.
Fortunately, the students are loving it so far--even the forty-hour train ride from Beijing to Chengdu on hardbeds.
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