Friday, May 4, 2007

Confucius Institute to open at IUPUI

The Chinese government has chosen Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to locate one of its institutes that will help Indiana companies doing business with China.

IUPUI joins a select group of universities worldwide, including Oxford University in England, to get one of the institutes. The Confucius Institute will be supported by resources from IUPUI, Butler University and Indiana University-Bloomington.

A full-time director will be hired to coordinate institute programs across the IUPUI campus and the city to support a wide range of courses, workshops, programs, and other activities connected to Chinese language and culture. The interim Executive Director of the Confucius Institute is Dr. Zao Cheng (Joe) Xu of the IU School of Medicine. Ian McIntosh, of the Office of International Affairs at IUPUI, is the interim Associate Director.

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