HANGZHOU, China — Several Rutherford County schoolchildren, parents and teachers were welcomed to China Tuesday, July 19, as part of a unique educational exchange organized by MTSU. The 28-member delegation, in country for two weeks, will visit classrooms, participate in enrichment activities and go with Chinese families for home visits as part of the reciprocal exchange with Dongcheng Education Group of Hangzhou Normal University. It is the third such trip led by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and his wife, retired Murfreesboro City Schools teacher Elizabeth McPhee. Rutherford students visited China in 2012 and 2014, and Dongcheng students came to Murfreesboro in 2013 and 2015.

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— Video by Andrew Oppmann