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Kettering University to Offer Credit Classes in Chinese and German

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FLINT, Mich. --(Business Wire)-The sound of Chinese and German phrases will be heard at Kettering

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University beginning in the summer 2010 term when foreign language

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classes in Chinese and German will be offered for credit.

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The classes are a collaborative effort between the Liberal Studies

are the front door to any

Department, the Office of International Programs and through the strategic

organization's value chain.

plan to usher in a new international era and culture at Kettering

This is an accurate description of the

implemented by Provost Michael Harris (News - Alert). They are being

transformations taking place

piloted in response to interest from students and the Student Academic Council of Kettering Student Government (KSG).

in contact centers as a result of enhancements in multichannel communications, speech analytics, IVR capabilities, integrations with

Dr. Karen Wilkinson, head of the Liberal Studies Department, said "it was apparent there was student interest and support for foreign-language-forcredit at Kettering," following an Academic Council forum to discuss the

unified communications capabilities (UC) and other collaboration tools and applications, and the move to the cloud...

issue. "We believed the only way to know if the interest would actually support

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foreign language courses was to offer pilot classes," Harris said, noting the

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languages were selected based on Kettering's current exchange programs

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with German universities and its increasing growth and activity in China.

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The Chinese

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course

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includes

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some

using Microsoft Lync Server 2010 can follow the unified

instruction in

communications blueprint of

the culture to

open standards interoperability and integrate to a

help students

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Kettering University to Offer Credit Classes in Chinese and German language and the culture,

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said Dr. Luchen Li, director of Kettering's Office of International Programs.

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"We would eventually like to add a cultural aspect to the new Chinese course including art, film and music," he added.

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Kettering currently has one student studying in China and two recently returned from study abroad in China. Samantha Best was the first Kettering student to study abroad in China. She graduated in 2009.

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"We are working on a broader scope of opportunities for study abroad in

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China for the fall 2010 term," said Li. Plans to expand Kettering's study

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abroad program in China are in line with President Barack Obama's goals

and phrase

for cross-cultural education, said Li. "The Chronicle of Higher Education

spotting. Alerting.

said President Obama wants 100,000 American students to study abroad in

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China in the coming year," said Li. "We very likely will have students with

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co-op jobs in China in the near future as well," Li added.

how Interaction Analyzer turns every moment, of every past and present call, into data that lets you deliver an

Read more on Kettering's new courses at:

exceptional customer experience.

http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/storydetail.jsp?storynum=3008.

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