Welcome Back Week Sept 9-12 THE August 29, 1985
Vol. 84, No. 1
VI STA
Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
64 Chinese to study here for 1 year The arrival of 64 teachers and business leaders from the People's Republic of China for a one-year study program at Central State University in Edmond could prove to be a significant step in Oklahoma's commercial and industrial development in China, university observors believe. The Chinese will be enrolled at CSU though not pursuing degrees in the traditional sense, explained Dr. Bill Lillard, CSU President. The delegation arrived at Will Rogers World Airport at 10:30 p.m. Friday. They will be housed in the Edmond campus' residence halls and be enrolled as students. Their interests, however, are
four-pronged. A fourth of the contingency are translators interested in gaining greater proficiency in the English language. A fourth of the group is interested in application of computers in business settings while the last group is interested in computer science applications, particularly with emphasis in math and engineering. They will enroll in 12 credit hours each of the two semesters they remain at Central State University, explained Dr. Joe Kinzer, college of business ad, ministration dean. He was instrumental in bringing the group to the Oklahoma campus. "This whole program is an op-
portunity that resulted from one member being on our campus a year ago and having a successful and enjoyable experience in a program conducted by Dr. Kinzer," explained Lillard. Negotiations for the year-long program began when Dr. Donaldson Woods, an American living in mainland China and an educator there, contacted Kinzer to fulfill a grant he received from the government of China. The grant, the first ever approved by China, provides for a ChinaAmerican Friendship Program that is desined to give China industry and business leadership insight into the American business model.
"Traditionally, China has looked to the Soviet Union as a role model for its educational industrial and business systems," explained Kinzer. "That is changing as China seeks to emulate or investigate the American model. "Dr. Woods has been involved with China through his missionary parents for many years and saw the opportunity to acquaint business leaders from his parents' province with America through Central State University," the college dean added. "Recruitment of these people to our campus was done at no cost to the University," explained Lillard. "We have, had excellent rapport with individuals and
leaders from China, though most of our Chinese students are from the Republic of China off the mainland. There are six students now enrolled from the People's Republic," he added. The group that arrived this week is from the northeast part of mainland China. The one-year program is expected to give the officials there an opportunity to determine whether such a program should be continued for future years. "This could be a significant new program that brings Central State University into the forfront of Oklahoma's relatively new effort to establish trade in that part of the world," Lillard concluded.
East meets West (left) as Dr. Joe Kinzer, dean of the college of business, greets Mr. Li TongAn, associate director of foreign affairs for the city of Shenyang, China Friday night at Will Rodgers Airport. (Above) Kinzer, talks with the 64 students who will be attending CSU for one year.
CSU students sponsor Third or child By Curtis Killman Thanks to the donations of Central State students, faculty and staff and the Student Senate, life will be made a little easier for a seven-year-old girl living in Columbia, according to Scott Birdwell, Student Senate Speaker of the House. The results of the fund drive for
needy children that was launched last spring was announced by Birdwell Monday at the Student Senate meeting. Birdwell said the $192 dollars sent to the "Save the Children" charity was enough to sponsor one child for a year. "I'm just happy that it is actually working," said Birdwell in z
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an interview Monday. He said he hoped the fund drive would help increase the campus' international outlook. According to a case history of the child sent to the campus, the Colombian girl, Nubia Marcela Rivera, lives in the community of Choachi-Ferralarada. The community, near the town of Ubaque is "several hour's drive through the mountains" and east of Bogota, the country's capital. Nubia Marcela, is studying in the first grade at a school one kilometer away from her school. Arithmetic and drawing are her favorite subjects. The case history also says that "they live in a modest house made of brick and cement, with a tile roof; it has three bedrooms, a kitchen, sanitation facilities and utilities." Her father is a farmer. Birdwell said he looked at several reputable charities, but he decided on "Save the Children"
because of their low administrative costs (81 percent of the funds collected go to program services), their 53 years of experience as a charity organization and their non-partisanship. The Student Senate did not specify a particular area that they wanted to need to go to — only that it go to the area with the highest need. Birdwell said he is happy to see the money go to Columbia. "At least the money is going to someplace where there's potential," said Birdwell. But, he said that the same efforts will have to be matched again next Spring if they want to continue to sponsor the child. One of the benefits of "Save the Children", Birdwell said, was that they allow the sponsor to communicate with the child. Birdwell said that anyone wanting to send correspondence to Nubia Marcela could contact him at the
Student Senate office located on the fourth floor of the University
Center.
!VW IS Nubia Marcelo