UCF student Ben Corbin is a senior in Aerospace Engineering. He is involved with several aerospace organizations both on campus and on an international level.
He is the current president of the UCF chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and received the 2007-2008 Astronaut Foundation Scholarship. This […]
Filed under: Student Travels in Asia, Student Travels in Asia on May 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With Dr. Congdon’s second envoy returning safely from China (with oodles of GREAT digital footage of the trip), the ChinaVine project is moving rapidly into high gear!!!
If you’d like to stay informed as the website and project progress, please join the mail list by emailing Doug Blandy of University of Oregon (a ChinaVine Partner) […]
Filed under: Faculty Travels in Asia on May 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are proud to announce the upcoming 4th Annual Florida-Japan Summit, which will be held at UCF on June 14, 2007. Everyone is welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there. Please note, program is free for faculty and staff but there is a $20 registration fee required for NON UCF […]
Filed under: General Topics on May 22nd, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As part of a program with Berlitz language schools, the Burnett Honors college is offering intensive Arabic and Mandarin Chinese:
UCF Burnett Honors Languages
Filed under: General Topics on May 21st, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We’ll view images and digital footage from Dr. Congdon’s recent trip to China, talk about general project goals for the summer and how to accomplish them.
An open invite to all for a meeting on ChinaVine:
At the OTC conference room (12461 Research
Parkway, Suite 500) on Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00 am.
Those of you who want to […]
Filed under: Faculty Travels in Asia on May 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Patrick D. Murphy, Professor of English and Coordinator of the UCF Asian Studies Minor visited China from April 1st through April 13th on a visit sponsored primarily by Shanghai International Studies University.
He delivered the lecture, “Nature in the Contemporary American Novel,” one of the keynote addresses at an International Symposium on English […]
Filed under: Faculty Travels in Asia on May 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Congdon and team start fieldwork in Shandong Province, China:
Says Dan Novatnak of the team:
“On our first day of fieldwork we visited and interviewed four folkartists at their villages in the countryside here in Shandong Province. We draw quite a crowd in each village where westerner’s with camera crews rarely venture. Each time we […]
Filed under: Faculty Travels in Asia on May 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »