MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Vice Minister Xu Lin of China shared their cultures, ideas and a few gifts Sept. 30 during a visit by Xu to the Tennessee State Capitol and to the Confucius Institute on the Middle Tennessee State University campus.
Xu and four associates flew into Nashville early Monday following a weekend meeting at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., attended by Confucius Institute leaders from across the United States. Xu oversees the 400-plus Confucius Institutes located in 117 countries around the world.
The delegation finished its trip with a visit to MTSU’s Confucius Institute inside Peck Hall, where they were greeted by a group of Chinese students as well as Rutherford County students and parents who have participated in recent cultural exchanges.
Vice Minister Xu Lin of China, who oversees more than 400 Confucius Institutes around the world, will visit Tennessee on Monday to meet with Gov. Bill Haslam in Nashville, then tour the Middle Tennessee State University campus. It will be Xu’s first visit to MTSU, which opened its Confucius Institute…
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and Vice Minister Xu Lin of China shared their cultures, ideas and a few gifts Monday during a visit by Xu to the State Capitol and to the Confucius Institute on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. Xu and four associates flew into Nashville early…
NASHVILLE — The partnership between Middle Tennessee State University and Hangzhou Normal University for a Confucius Institute on the Murfreesboro campus has been recommended for a five-year, $500,000 extension, President Sidney A. McPhee said Monday. McPhee, who announced MTSU’s recommendation during a presentation to the Nashville Rotary Club on the…
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