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Presidents Of Chinese Universities Visit Texas A&M University

Announced: March 30, 2007

Dr. Prior giving an overview of the University to the Delegation

March 30, 2007, College Station, Texas – The Institute for Pacific Asia (IPA) hosted a delegation of presidents and senior administrators from more than 20 universities in China on March 28, 2007. This was part of a program organized by the Ministry of Education in China and Rice University for these leaders to learn about the workings of higher education in the U.S.

Executive Vice President and Provost David B. Prior provided the delegation with an overview of Texas A&M University and hosted a lunch at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The delegation also met with deans, student representatives, and administrators for discussions about Texas A&M University.

After lunch, the delegation toured the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and visited the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), and Disaster City, a 52-acre training facility created and managed by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEES). Finally, the delegation savored an authentic Texas barbeque at the Beef Center at the Animal Science Complex.

The delegation included representatives from Ministry of Education, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal University, Central Organization Committee, China Agricultural University, Dalian University of Technology, East China University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University, Lanzhou University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, National Academy of Education Administration, Northeast Normal University, Shandong University, South China University of Technology, Tongji University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Wuhan University, Xiamen University, Xidian University and Zhejiang University.

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