The Confucius Institute of IUPUI

Jiangsu Silk & Bamboo Performing Group

zcxu — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:10:42 +0000

A professional folk music and dance performing troupe from Jiangsu province, China will perform at Clowes Hall of Butler University in the evening (7:30 PM) of Sept. 12 (Friday) as part of First Chinese Festival sponsored by Mayer Ballard of Indianapolis. The Jiangsu Silk & Bamboo performing group will present folk music, singing & Dancing, Peking Opera, magic, acrobat, and puppet show etc by national renown artists in China.

Ticket information:

Price: $25, $15, $10 [20% discount for group (>10 person), Children (<12), Senior (>60), students, and faculty and staff of Butler University and IUPUI]

Clowes Hall Box Office, Tel: (317)940-6444

Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Tel: (317)278-7900, or nbrasova@iupui.edu

Want to have a taste of the show? http://ntv.huain.com/guoyue/erhu/544.html

IUPUI students receive scholarship to study in China

zcxu — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:51:18 +0000

Through Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, three students from IU system receive scholarships to study in China for one semester. Bethany Wink from IUPUI and Joshua Bacon from IUFW will study at SYSU in Guangzhou next Spring and Travon Beverly from IUPUI will study at Nanjing University in Nanjing this Fall. The scholarship includes tuition, lodging, 800 Yuan per month stipend plus book allowance. Congratulations!

Travon Beverly

Bethany Wink

Joshua Bacon

Summer camp of Chinese culture at IUPUI

zcxu — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:47 +0000

Summer camp of Chinese culture for K-8 grade students is open from July 7 to Aug. 8 at IUPUI campus. All the instructors are from Sun Yet-sen University of China. The students will learn Chinese language, singing & dancing, calligraphy, games& crafts and Gongfu. With the help of volunteers and TAs, the kids are having a good time while learning Chinese.

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Confucius Institute inauguration

zcxu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:13:19 +0000

The inauguration of Confucius Institute in Indianapolis was held on April 25. A large delegation of Sun Yat-sen university including President Daren Huang and Deputy Director General of Guangdong Province Department of Education attended the inauguration ceremony. Executive Vice Chancellor Sukhatme hosted the ceremony. Chancellor Bantz, President Huang, VP O’Meara of IU, Dean Brater of IUSM, Indianapolis Mayor Ballard gave congratulating remarks. The congratulatory letter of Consul General Ping Huang of General
Consulate of China in Chicago was read by Executive Director Xu of Confucius Institute.

The grand opening was followed by a symposium “China: From Confucius to Glogalization”. Professor Weiming Tu of Harvad University is a keynote speaker. Drs. Heidi Ross, Mindy Zhang, Scott Kennedy, James Robinson and Palmer Mickie delivered speeches on topics of Chinese education, Chinese business and trade, Chinese arts and Chinese medicine. More than 300 audience attended the event.

See video of Grand Opening

Full scholarship to study in China

zcxu — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:34:38 +0000

A full scholarship to study in China is available for IUPUI students. The scholarship includes tuition, room, 800-1000 Yuan per month stipend plus book allowance. You may study any major (if your Chinese language proficiency is good enough) in >100 universities in China at your choice (visit www.csc.edu.cn). You may just study Chinese language even you never had Chinese instruction before. What you need the the international travel expense. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Dinah Zhang at zhanghai@iupui.edu or call 278-7900 for details. You should submit application by the end of April.

Ambassador Zhou of China Visits Indianapolis

zcxu — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:39:45 +0000

The Ambassador of China to the United States, Mr. Wenzhong Zhou, visited Indianapolis and gave a speech on Sino-American relationship on Feb. 22 at the conference hall of University Place on IUPUI campus. The visit of Ambassador Zhou is co-sponsored by Kelly School of Business and Cummins Inc. President McRobbie of Indiana University attended the meeting.

The Director of Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, Zao C. Xu, was invited to the dinner on Feb. 21 in Eli Lilly and Company honoring Ambassador Zhou. Dr. Xu also attended the meeting and had conversations with Ambassador Zhou and Consul General Huang of Chicago on issues related to the Confucius Institute in Indianapolis. Susan Sutton, the Associate Vice President for International affairs also attended the meeting the the lunch after the event.

Celebration of Chinese New Year!

zcxu — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:25:32 +0000

Confucius Institute in Indianapolis participated the Chinese New Year celebration party organized by the IUPUI Chinese School and Indianapolis Chinese Performing Arts in the evening of Feb. 2. Amy Warner, the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs gave an opening speech. David Ford, the Associate Dean of SLR was also in the party. Dinah Zhang and Fang Jiang, the instructors from SYSU, performed a duet at the party. Many faculty, staff and students were in the party and had a good time.

Vice Chancellor Sukhatme visit China

zcxu — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:23:02 +0000

Vice Chancellor Uday Sukhatme attended the 2nd Confucius Institute World Conference in Beijing Dec. 10-13 with the Director of Confucius Institute in Indianapolis Zao Xu. During the meeting, VC Sukhatme attended the Exhibition of Confucius Institute Achievements and discussed the future development of Confucius Institute with other representatives from difference institutes around the world.
After the conference, VC Sukhatme visited SYSU in Guangzhou and met VPs Ningshen Xu and Guangmei Yan to discussed the possibility of student and faculty exchange programs between IUPUI and SYSU. VC Sukhatme also gave a seminar on Quantum Mechanics in the School of Physics and Engineering. He then visited the East campus of SYSU that is located in the new mega university town to the east of Guangzhou.

Vice President O’Meara visited SYSU

zcxu — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:38:37 +0000

Patrick O’Meara, the Vice President of International Affairs of Indiana University visited SYSU on Dec. 3. In the morning, VP O’Meara met Vice presidents Ningsheng Xu and Guangmei Yan of SYSU and discussed the issues related to Confucius Institute and explored the future collaborations on faculty and student exchange. In the afternoon, VP O’Meara visited the Opthalmic Hospital and met President Jian Ge and some faculty from School of Optometry, HongKong Politechnic University to discussed the potential join program for Ph.D. program in Optometry. Zao C Xu, the Director of Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, and Shawn Reynolds, the University Director International Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives, participated the meetings.

The second Confucius Institute World Conference

zcxu — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:13:31 +0000

Confucius Institute Executive Director Zao C. Xu and IUPUI Vice-Chancellor Uday Sukhatme will be attending the 2nd Confucius Institute World Conference to be held in Beijing from December 10-19, 2008.