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VOLUME 27 · ISSUE 06 · OCTOBER 11, 2017
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Private Chinese high school company founder gives $5 million Jennifer Will NEWS EDITOR Ω Sherman Jen, the chairman and co-CEO of Maple Leaf Educational Systems, which operates a private Chinese high school on the TRU campus, has given the university its largest ever donation of $5 million. The university announced the donation to a full house in the Irving K. Barber Centre on Thursday, Oct. 5. TRU president Alan Shaver said the donation will
have a great impact on the educational opportunities available on campus. “It means great things for Thompson Rivers University. More students will get the chance to realize their dreams for their education and it will help more researchers create new knowledge and understanding for the benefit of people,” Shaver said. The donor Jen is the chairman and co-CEO of Maple Leaf Educational Systems, which opened a private Chinese high school on campus one year ago. The
company operates B.C.-curriculum schools in China and has begun opening schools in Canada, starting with TRU. “As China’s leading independent national school system, Maple Leaf is now known around the world for the quality of its educational experience,” Shaver said. “Many people said his vision was impossible, but he, as most visionaries do, persisted and he succeeded.”
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TRU president Alan Shaver and Maple Leaf Education Systems chairman Sherman Jen pose with a giant cheque for a giant sum in the Irving K. Barber Centre Oct. 5. (Juan Cabrejo/The Omega)