Lone Star College-North Harris student delegation returns from China

Lone Star College North Harris News

Published on: September 15, 2015




A select group of students from Lone Star College-North Harris
returned to campus this fall, talking about the academic trip of a lifetime
they took this summer. As part of the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation, 14 honors
students from LSC-North Harris visited China for two weeks in August.
During their program abroad, the students travelled to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai where
they learned about Chinas educational and economic systems along with its traditions
steeped in history and rich culture. The students had the opportunity to visit such
famous historical sites including The Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the
Forbidden City, in addition to attending attractions such as Hangzhou Tea
Museum, Shanghais Oriental Pearl Tower and an acrobatics show with the celebrated
Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe.
The students
selected for the program are some of the LSC-North Harris highest-achieving
students and leaders on campus. They are currently enrolled in The Honors
College, an academic program designed for
high-achieving students seeking to improve their college transcripts and
transferability with challenging coursework across all disciplines.
The
mission of the LSC-North Harris Honors College is to enhance existing programs
and to reaffirm the College's commitment to excellence by identifying,
recruiting, and challenging motivated students, providing enrichment and
flexibility to develop full student potential, and to offer faculty the
opportunity for renewal and innovation.
According to Dr.
Wei Li, LSC-North Harris professor of English and developmental studies, and
faculty representative on the trip, I see great potential for these students
to become friendship ambassadors between the United States and China,
successful diplomats and business people, and citizens and peace makers of the
global village.
Wanxiang America,
China-United States Exchange Foundation, U.S. Congressional Office of Sheila
Jackson-Lee, Lone Star College, Beijing Foreign Studies University and Hangzhou
Wanxiang Polytechnics sponsored and organized the trip as part of the 100,000
Strong China Initiative signed by President Obama ...

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