Sino-American Liberal Education Conference
MPCC-UIC China Seminar 2007 Presidential Lecture Series

Presidents at the Seminar

The Sino-American Liberal Education Conference 2007/ MPCC-UIC Presidential Lecture Series was held onNov. 5 to Nov. 6, 2007 at UIC. Featured speakers of this event included Prof. Ng Ching Fai, President of both UIC and HKBU, Dr. Larry Goodwin, President of College of St. Scholastica and Dr. Paul Pribbenow, President of Augsburg College. The Sino-American Liberal Education Conference on the benefits of liberal education for globalization was held in the afternoon of Nov. 6 featuring prominent guests from Mainland China, Hong Kong and the U.S.

The Seminar is the first large-scale academic cooperation between MPCC and UIC. It was an effort to explore the development of liberal education in China. Prof. Kwok Siu Tong, Executive Vice-President of UIC, said, "It is hoped this can be developed into a full cooperation between Minnesota and China to build a Minnesota-in-China forum for the people of USA and China." UIC also invited parent representatives to join the seminar.

Students were asking questions

MPCC colleges of Minnesota have a long liberal arts tradition. UIC is a newly established college with a mission to create the first liberal college in China. In the last two years, UIC has built up a close relationship with MPCC, an organization consisting of 17 liberal arts colleges and universities in Minnesota. The collaboration between MPCC and UIC will hopefully bring about further development of liberal arts education in China.

Guests from MPCC and Staff of UIC

Reporter：Cheryl Chen/ Christy Zhao
Photographer：Chen Mengxing
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