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WashburnInternationalAccentsSpring/Summer 2011Volume X, Issue IIInside:Faculty International ActivitiesArea ReportsFrom the Desk of FeaturesNew International FacultyCongratulationsOffice of International ProgramsWashburn University1700 College AvenueTopeka, KS 66621, U.S.A.Phone: 785-670-1051Fax: 785-670-1067Email: iip
Faculty InternationalActivity ReportDr. Kim Morse presented "The Divine OnlySpeaks Spanish: Centralization and Contestationin Bourbon Venezuela" at the Ninth InternationalConference on New Directions in the Humanitieson June 8 in Granada, Spain. The paperincorporated research begun during a SweetSabbatical to the Archivo General de Indias inSeville, Spain in the summer of 2010.Dr. Rachel Goossen presented a sabbaticalresearch paper, "'Ain't Gonna Study War NoMore': American Protests Against War Toys" atthe international, interdisciplinary conference"Mapping the Landscapes of Childhood" held atLethbridge University in Lethbridge, Alberta,Canada, in May 2011.Dr. Norma Juma attended the 12th InternationalAcademy of African Business and Development( IAABD) conference, May 17-20, Edmonton,Canada. She co-authored a paper titled ‘IntegratingScientific with Indigenous Knowledge: Towards aconceptual framework of the innovation process ofindigenous entrepreneurs’. The paper won the bestpaper award for track 6: Entrepreneurship SmallBusiness and the Informal Sector, as well as theoverall best conference paper. Dr. Juma alsoattended the International Family EnterpriseResearch Academy (IFERA) conference, held onJune 28 – July 1, 2011 in Sicily, Italy. Shepresented a paper titled ‘succession in minorityfamily-owned businesses’.Dr. Bob Beatty received an internationaleducation travel grant to attend a one-weekseminar in Cuba on Cuban history, sport, andculture in February, 2011. I attended lectures andevents in Havana and Santiago de Cuba.Dr. Gary Baker and Mary Dorsey Wanlesstraveled to the South Pacific this summer. Wespent 2 weeks in the Cook Islands, the first onRoratonga and the second on Aitutaki.Professor Lori McMillan presented a paper onMay 9, 2011, entitled "Honest Services Update:Directors' Liability Concerns after Skilling andBlack" at a conference in Toronto, sponsored byOsgoode Hall Law School and the GLSA ofOsgoode Hall.Professor Jeffrey D. Jackson taught ComparativeLegal Systems: Constitutional Law to a classcomposed of Washburn Law School students andlaw students from the University of the WestIndies, Cave Hill, Barbados. The class lasted fromJune 14-30, and was in conjunction with WashburnLaw School's Summer Abroad Program.Dr. Karen Kapusta-Pofahl led a travel course toPrague, Czech Republic, in May with theassistance of Dr. Sharla Blank. The courseincluded pre-trip meetings on Czech history,society, culture, and language, along with 8 days oftravel abroad. Students attended workshops ontopics such as gender, migration, politics, art, andlanguage, along with guided tours of historicalsites. Students also had the opportunity to samplelocal cuisine and converse with members of thehost country population.Professor Craig Martin spent a couple of weeksat Osaka University Graduate School of Law andPolitics in August, teaching an intensive course onAnglo-American constitutional law to a class ofundergraduate and graduate students, as well asconducting research in Japanese constitutional lawfor my own comparative constitutional lawscholarship. Martin is am an alumni of OsakaUniversity, having done his LL.M. there in theearly 1990s, and he goes back frequently to teachclasses such as the one he taught this summer.Dr. Judith McConnell-Farmer, Professor andInterim Chair, Department of Education,coordinated three Oxford Round Tables (5 dayconferences) between March and July, 2011, and
presented two papers at each of the Oxford RoundTables at Oxford University, Oxford, U.K. Thethemes of the Oxford Round Tables include“Women’s History” at Mansfield College andHarris Manchester College, “Women in theAcademy, Progress and Prospects” at HarrisManchester College, and “Children’s Literature,Allusions to Culture, Religion and Philosophy” atHarris Manchester College. In addition, on May 12,2011, she co-presented a paper titled, "Assessing aTransformational Experience in Belize, CentralAmerica", at The University of Windsor-OaklandUniversity Fifth Annual Conference on Teachingand Learning, at The University of Windsor,Windsor-Ontario, Canada.Dr. Tom Prasch, between late May and the end ofJune, presented a paper at the MediterraneanStudies conference in Corfu, and then commenceda tour of Greek islands (Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Simi,Kos), with side-trips to Albania (to see the classicalruins at Butrint) and Athens (avoiding teargas, tosee the new Acropolis Museum). Then to Turkey:Bodrum, Ephesus, Istanbul (awed by the dazzlingtile work, the scents of the spice bazaar). And,framing it all, a bit of England: London (museumsand theatre), Salisbury (and Stonehenge, while thesilly Druids celebrated a late solstice), Oxford(more museums, of course).Professor Ye Wang was on Summer SweetSabbatical between May 18 and July 20 inChina. He mainly stayed in Chengdu, Capital ofSichuan Province, studying ink painting under twomaster ink painters Tang Yunming and SuMaolong. He enjoyed the experience and made alot of new paintings, some of which were ondisplay in the Art Building.From May 6th until May 29th, 2011, Dr. RobertBoncella, Professor of Information Systems &MBA Director of School of Business, as a GuestProfessor in the School of Management of WuhanUniversity of Science and Technology, presentedtwo sets of lectures: "Global Information Systemsand Global Supply Chains" and "BusinessResearch Methods: Overview and a Case StudyUsing the Positivist Scientific Method.”In addition, from May 29th to May 31th Dr.Boncella was invited to be a guest lecturer atNankai University in Tianjin China. He presentedtwo lectures: “That Was Then; This Is Now”, acomparison of the preconditions of the “Dot ComBubble” of the late 1990s and the flurry of andperhaps overpricing of IPOs of Internet companiesin China during the late 2010 and early 2011, and“The MBA Degree”, a presentation of the history,purpose, and utility of the MBA degree.In April, Nancy G. Maxwell, Professor of Lawand Director of International Legal Programs,hosted Professor Rose-Marie Antoine from theUniversity of the West Indies (UWI), Cave HillCampus, Barbados, as the Visiting InternationalScholar at the School of Law. As part of her dutiesas visiting scholar, Professor Antoine gave a publiclecture on Human Rights in the Caribbean andprovided an introductory lecture on the CaribbeanCommonwealth Legal System for law studentsenrolled in the Summer Law Program inBarbados. In May and June, Professor Maxwellwas on-site at the UWI Faculty of Law in Barbados,providing administrative support for the WashburnSummer Law Program in Barbados. During thattime, Law School Dean, Thomas Romig, and hiswife, Pam, visited the summer program inBarbados, meeting with Dean Velma Newton ofthe members of the Faculty of Law, UWI, as wellas touring the Barbados Parliament with DeanNewton, who also serves as a Senator of theParliament.I also have attached the blurb for the law school onour summer program, in case you didn't receive it.Dr. Liviu Florea received a Sweet Sabbatical andtravelled in Romania with the objective ofidentifying academic and business institutions whoare interested in collaborating with Washburn.They included Lower Danube University in Galati,and Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. He alsovisited several non-academic institutions,including the Romanian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (RCCI), Romanian Business School(RBS), the educational branch for RCCI, and theCourt of International Commercial Arbitration, inBucharest (CICA). Top administrators from theseinstitutions expressed their strong interest incollaborating with Washburn for developingtraining programs and providing specific law andbusiness short-term courses for members of theseRomanian institutions. In addition, he madecontacts with representatives of severalother Romanian academic institutions, in Brasov,Iasi, Timisoara and other cities, who seeminterested in pursuing academic projects withWashburn.Every spring since 2007, Dr. Michael Stoica’sstudents in BU 406 International Business andEntrepreneurial Experience class have partneredwith WUST students in doing consultancy-styleinternships based on Chinese companies inWuhan. After two months of preparatory workover the Internet via Skype and other social mediatools, the classes visit Wuhan for ten days in Mayto meet their colleagues in person, finish theprojects, and present the results. So far about 40U.S.-based students and over 70 Chinese studentshave participated. Every spring semester since2009, he teaches a course on Entrepreneurship toWUST students (starts in March and ends in June).The course is taught over Skype for two months,and in China, in Wuhan, for ten days. In addition,Stoica participated in the International BusinessConference in Barcelona, June 5-8, 2011 with thepaper “Wireless Business and the Impact On FirmPerformance: The Strategic Move To Adopt ANew Technology”, which was accepted forpublication in the “International Journal ofManagement & Information Systems”.During his visit to China from mid-May tomid-June 2011, Dr. Xiaofeng (Sheldon) Pengtaught a short-term MBA as an instructor at NankaiUniversity, attended five doctoral defenses as anexternal adviser, and arranged our MBA DirectorDr. Bob Boncella to visit Nankai UniversityBusiness School. In the meantime he accompaniedWashburn President Dr. Jerry Farley andInternational Program Director Baili Zhang to visittwo top Chinese universities - Nankai Universityand Lanzhou University and two Chinese highschools.Linda Elrod was a Fulbright Senior SpecialistLinda Elrod, Director of the Washburn LawSchool Children and Family Law Center, wasselected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist andinvited to the Dublin Institute of Technology fromJanuary 30 - February 19. She helped the lawschool consider developing some interdisciplinaryprograms, explored setting up a center, and metwith various faculty, administrators and staff. Shespoke on "The U.S. View on Relocation ofChildren" at a Child/Family Law Seminar onContemporary Issues in Family Law sponsored bythe Dublin Institute of Technology and Fulbright,Ireland (150 attended). In addition, she madepresentations on "Children Who Witness DomesticViolence" (Victimology class); "Evolution ofCustody Law in the United States" (Family Lawtwo hour class); and "Risk Factors for AbductedChildren: Preventing Child Abduction" (Risk andResiliency class). She also participated in the 14thWorld Conference of the International Society ofFamily Law, "Solidarity Between Generations," inLyon, France, July 18-26, 2011 with two hundredfamily law professors, judges and lawyers fromfifty countries.Gala dinner in the Musee des Beaux Arts . photo/Elrod
Area ReportSchool of Businessby Russell E. Smith, Associate DeanIn July the relationship between the WashburnSchool of Business and School of Management atthe Wuhan University of Science and Technology(WUST) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China movedto a new, higher level with the signing of abachelor-level articulation and course transferagreement. Signed by the two universitypresidents, Dr. Jerry Farley of Washburn and Dr.Jianyi Kong of WUST, and the two business deans,Dr. David Sollars of Washburn and Dr. KailingPan of WUST, the agreement will facilitate theearning of Washburn’s Bachelor of BusinessAdministration (BBA) degree by students at theWUST School of Management, especially in theinternational business administration program, byregularizing the transfer and recognition of WUSTcoursework by Washburn University to meetWashburn degree and program requirements.After two years of study at WUST, the studentswill study for up to three years more at Washburnbetween intensive English, general education, andbusiness courses. At present three WUST studentsare Washburn degree-seeking students under theprogram, while six more are in their first year ofintensive English at Washburn. Although not aprogram requirement, the students are allowed toearn degrees at both universities, making this adual-degree program. The articulation agreementfor degree-seeking students is the culmination offive years of effort by the faculty andadministration of both universities, the idea havingcome out of the first School of Business-sponsoreddelegation to WUST in October 2006.The development of the articulation agreement wasbased on a strong foundation of faculty, student,and administration collaboration and exchangebeginning in 2005. Every spring since 2007,students in Professor Michael Stoica’s BU 406International Business and EntrepreneurialExperience class have partnered with WUSTstudents in doing consultancy-style internshipsbased on Chinese companies in Wuhan. After twomonths of preparatory work over the Internet, theclasses visit Wuhan for ten days in May to meettheir colleagues in person, finish the projects, andpresent the results at a university event. So farabout 40 U.S.-based students and 70 Chinesestudents have participated.In the faculty area, every May since 2007Washburn MBA Director Professor Bob Boncellahas given sets of lectures for undergraduatestudents and for graduate students and faculty atWUST. Also critical in the development of thearticulation agreement has been the flow of visitingscholars from WUST, the fourth of which was Prof.Qiong Shao from the International School.Professor Shao was at the School of Business forthree months in the spring 2011 semesterobserving teaching methods and pursuing her ownscholarship. Similarly, another element providingfoundation has been several administrative visits inboth directions. Most recently, Associate DeanRuss Smith visited WUST in late March and afterconsultations prepared the final draft of thearticulation agreement, which was initialed at thetime. He was also able to participate in a MagellanExchange delegation visit to new partner school,Anyang University in Anyang near Seoul, SouthKorea, in early April.Possible partnerships in Romania were explored inlate June when School of Business Dean DavidSollars and Professors Michael Stoica and LiviuFlorea visited several institutions in Romania toexplore possible collaborative relationships. First,in June 23-25, 2011 they visited Lower DanubeUniversity in Galati at the invitation of DeanCostel Nistor and Associate Dean Edit Lukacs ofthe School of Economics and BusinessAdministration. Second, in June 26-28, the groupwas at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu and visitedthe School of Economic Science, meeting withRodica Miclea, Vice-President for International
Relations; Dan Maniu Duse, Vice-President forAcademic Affairs; Sorin Burnete, Associate Deanof the School of Economic Sciences; and AurelPavel, Associate Dean of the School of Theology.On June 29 in Bucharest, visits included theRomanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry(RCCI), Romanian Business School (RBS), theeducational branch for RCCI, the Court ofInternational Commercial Arbitration (CICA), andthe engineering school at Politehnica University ofBucharest.Demonstrating global thinking from theirobservation post at Washburn University,Professors Bill Roach and Tom Clevenger finishedtheir paper “A Cost Model for OffshoreOutsourcing: Total Landed Cost Models(TLCM),” soon to be published in the OperationsManagement Education Review. The paper uses acost accounting model that takes into account allcosts to calculate the cost advantage of any givenoffshore location and concludes that correctconsideration of all costs would make offshorelocations less attractive as sites for production.Norma Juma, Bob Boncella, Michael Stoica, LiviuFlorea, and Sheldon Peng, among others, were alsovery active internationally in various areas. Pleaserefer to the “Faculty International Activity Report”section for details.instructions. The courses are presented with anappreciation for cultural nuance and real-worldapplication that integrates components ofvocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and culture.Users learn actual conversation, breaking downcomplex conversational elements within anaudio-visual framework that allows the user todraw important connections between pieces ofinformation they have already learned.Mango is available in two versions. One is MangoComplete, a 100-lesson course that is designed toprovide a deep understanding of a language and itsculture. It is available in 31 foreign language and14 ESL courses. The second is Mango Basic,which teaches everyday greetings, gratitude,goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period oftime and is designed to appeal to a beginner in anew language. The courses, which require onlytwo to five hours of time to complete, are currentlyavailable in 34 foreign languages and 15 English asa Second Language (ESL) courses."We are thrilled to add our library to the growinglist of libraries across the country who have addedMango to their resources," said Dr. Alan Bearman,Dean of Libraries. "Some students need to learn asecond language as part of their coursework, othersfor business or travel reasons. Some people justwant to because they think it would be interesting.No matter the reason, learning the language shouldbe fun. With Mango, it definitely is."Mabee LibraryProvided by Lori R. FentonMabee Library is pleased to announce that it nowoffers the Mango Languages onlinelanguage-learning system to the Washburncommunity.Mango is free for all Washburn and WashburnInstitute of Technology students, faculty and staff,and offers a fast and convenient solution for ourcommunity’s increasing language-learning needs.Each lesson combines real life situations and audiofrom native speakers with simple, clearTo learn more about Mango and get a preview ofwhat the program has to offer, stop by the libraryand we will give you an introduction. You canaccess Mango via the library website aries.info/washburn/start .For more information, contact Mabee Library at(785) 670-1483.
School of Nursingby Maryellen McBrideThe School of Nursing faculty said good-bye toour first group of five European Trans AtlanticDual Degree (TADD) students. They returned totheir home universities to complete their studiesafter spending Fall 2010 and Spring 2011semesters taking nursing, language, and sociologyclasses.two week time periods to participate in teachingclasses and working with Washburn facultymembers.We are enjoying many enriching internationalstudent and faculty experiences!Respectfully submitted,College of Arts and Sciencesby Gordon McQuere, DeanBryce Scott and Candace Coleman experiencedmental health nursing in Belfast, NI through anexchange with Queens University of Belfastduring the Spring 2011 semester. Their studentcounterparts, Aneta Drabarek and Sinead Forde,came to Washburn for six weeks for a mentalhealth nursing clinical experience.During June we hosted six nursing faculty; twofrom Queens University Belfast, two from MikkeliUniversity of Applied Sciences in Savonlinna,Finland, and two from University of Szeged,Hungary. Washburn nursing faculty worked withour European partners to refine the curriculum ofthe TADD program.During the summer of 2011 we prepared sixWashburn nursing students for their year ofnursing study abroad. Three students will go toBelfast, NI and on to Szeged, Hungary. Threestudents will go to Mikkeli University inSavonlinna, Finland and on to Szeged, Hungary.In August, six European nursing students startedtheir year of study abroad at Washburn. Threestudents are from Hungary, two are from Belfast,NI, and one from Savonlinna, Finland. They areeager learnersTwo Washburn senior nursing students willexperience community health nursing inSavonlinna, Finland this September and thenreturn to Washburn to complete their studies andgraduate in December.We anticipate six European nursing facultymembers will come to Washburn this Fall 2011 forFor this issue, I would like to concentrate on tellingyou about several new international faculty in theCollege of Arts and Sciences, who are beginning atWashburn in the Fall semester of 2011. First, Dr.Rodrigo Mercader, whose roots are in Boliviathough he was born in the U.S., is joining theDepartment of Biology as Assistant Professor ofEcology. His higher education has been at theUniversity of California at Davis and at MichiganState University. Dr. Seid Adem is a new AssistantProfessor of Analytical Chemistry. He is originallyfrom Ethiopia, and educated at universities inEritrea and Ethiopia, before coming to the UnitedStates to complete a doctorate at the University ofArizona. Joining the English Department asAssistant Professor of American Literature is Dr.Vanessa Steinroetter, who is originally fromGermany. Her master’s degree comes from auniversity in Germany, and her Ph.D. from TheUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln. New to theDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics asLecturer is Dr. Hee Seok Nam, who is originallyfrom South Korea. In addition to degrees fromschools in his homeland, he has studied at theUniversity of Iowa. Finally, the Department ofMusic welcomes Dr. Diana Seitz as AssistantProfessor of Violin. Originally from the Republicof Azerbaijan, she studied at the MoscowConservatory and holds graduate degrees from theUniversity of Oklahoma. Returning to WashburnUniversity as Lecturer in Philosophy is Dr. KlausLadstaetter, who is from Austria. His graduatedegrees are from SUNY-Albany. We welcome
these fine new colleagues and the manycontributions they will make to WashburnUniversity and our students.contributed significantly to ICT. He serves on theboard, provides invaluable advice, and even staysafter the events to make sure everything is cleanedup and in its proper place.From the Desk of A lot of exciting developments are presentingthemselves to ICT, including trips to Cuba,Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Brazil, Peru, andUruguay. In addition, international students will beafforded the opportunity to visit rural areas nearTopeka. The ICT board also hopes to sponsor moreevents that showcase our international programs tothe community. After successful Korean andMiddle Eastern cultural fairs, we want to presentthe Japanese culture as well.Bassima Schbley, President of ICTSome may argue that larger schools typicallyoutshine smaller institutions when it comes tospreading culture throughout a community.Washburn University consistently disproves thisidea by its many cultural awareness projects. Thiswonderful feature of Washburn is most apparent inthe International Center of Topeka. I want thankICT for your support and for making me feelwelcome as I begin my first term as president.I want to briefly review the history and purpose ofICT. It was incorporated in April 1980 as acommunity membership organization. Theprimary mission of ICT is to foster interest ininternational and intercultural issues througheducational, social, and cultural programs. Thismission is carried out both on the Washburncampus and in the Topeka community. Last yearICT helped to welcome and support 200international students and to send 190 Washburnstudents to other countries through the university’sStudy Abroad program.Through the past 30 years, many communityvolunteers from different backgrounds have servedon the governing board. Teachers, professors,lawyers, and business owners have given their timeand professional expertise. I will name only two:Alice Soper, a retired Topeka public school teacher,volunteered for over two decades teaching Englishto students from all over the world. Alice alsocoordinated ICT’s International Bazaar for manyyears and was the motivating force behind theaddition of the “English for the Foreign Born”class at Washburn University. Frank Taff is aTopeka attorney in private practice who hasAs is the custom of our beloved mascot, IchabodWashburn, the university constantly seeks betterunderstanding of the different cultures thatcompose its student body. The celebration ofdiverse cultures will only further our greatinstitution’s reputation as a cultural center.Tina Williams, Study AbroadCoordinatorWashburn welcomes The University ofGuanajuato in Mexico as the newest directexchange partner. Washburn students now haveover 25 direct exchange programs to choose from.¡Bienvenidos Universidad de Guanajuato!The University of Guanajuato, Mexico
The International Programs ScholarshipCommittee awarded Scholarships to 113 studentsparticipating in study abroad programs in over adozen different countries during the summer andfall and academic year of 2011-12. Programsrange in length from one week to an academic year.Included are the following Faculty-LedTransformational Experiences:China – International Business andEntrepreneurship Experience – Dr. Michael StoicaCosta Rica – The Costa Rica Experience –Professor Georgina TennyCzech Republic – European Cultures & Societies –Dr. Karen Kapusta-PofahlEngland – Art and Theatre in London – Dr. PaulPreceEngland – Morita Therapy Research Seminar – Dr.Brain OgawaScotland – Comparative Criminal Justice – Dr.Gary BayensEighteen Washburn University students will spendtheir fall semester or a portion of the semesterstudying in one of the following countries:Argentina, Austria, Czech Republic, England,France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, andSpain. Nine Washburn students will spend theacademic year abroad in Finland, Hungary, theNetherlands and the United Kingdom.Upcoming Events: Mark your CalendarThe Office of International Programs will hold aStudy Abroad Fair on February 2, 2012 from11:00am – 2:00pm in the Union. Come visit withfaculty leaders, former study abroad participantsand international students to learn about WU StudyAbroad programs. Students interested inparticipating in summer/fall 2012 programs maybegin the study abroad exploration process now byvisiting a Study Abroad Advisor in the Office ofInternational Programs. The Study AbroadAdmission & Scholarship Application Deadlinefor spring 2012 programs is October 15, 2011, andfor summer/fall 2012 programs, March 1. If youwould like to find out more about WU studyabroad opportunities visit: www.washburn.edu/iip.Kelly McClendon, Lecturer/Coordinator,Intensive English ProgramThis fall is off to a booming start for oursesquicentennial year. We have 69 studentsenrolled in the Intensive English Program, whichincludes four academic skill areas in the Englishlanguage. This enrollment number is up 25% overlast fall. It is an exciting development as I beginmy second year in this position. We have two newadditions to our adjunct faculty: English professorTom Kennedy and reading specialist Meg Atwood.We also have Mary Ann Wittman, Travis Lamb,Don Field, and Sam Billen continuing to teach andwork hard for us. One of my goals is to continuethe integration of IEP students on campus. To dothis, one of the IE writing classes will work with aclass in the sociology department pairing up forprojects in each class. In addition, we will send outour students again to do surveys and interviewswith students and professors across campus. Lookfor these great students around campus and in theCelebration of Cultures event in November.Heidi Staerkel, Coordinator,International Student ServicesThis spring, our office celebrated a majormilestone in the area of international studentservices - reaching our goal of advising a total ofover 200 students and short-term scholars fromnearly 40 countries!One new addition this spring, from which many ofour international students greatly benefited, wasour office becoming a VITA site for tax returnpreparation assistance. Our thanks go out toWalter Schoemaker, our VITA volunteer, withoutwhom this service would not have been possible.In mid-May, our graduating class of 17international students was the first to display pridein their countries by wearing stoles with their
country’s flag at commencement. Our thanks goout to C.J. Crawford, who suggested this greatidea, a tradition which our office plans to continue!office and the federal court. Moreover, we took aquick view of the metropolis admiring the beautyof Navy Pier and Millennium Park.At the end of April, I had the amazing opportunityto travel to China to visit three of our partneruniversities and provide a pre-arrival orientationfor new students coming to WU this Fall fromthose universities and three additional partneruniversities located nearby. I visited ShanghaiNormal University in Shanghai, ZhejiangInternational Studies University in Hangzhou, andZhejiang Normal University in Jinhua. It waswonderful to meet many of the new incomingstudents, as well as a few colleagues and previousexchange students to WU.In mid-June, I travelled to London, England, torepresent Washburn at the Hotcourses GlobalStudent Fair. U.S. institutions of higher learningare starting to become more competitive in theU.K. education market due to higher educationcosts preparing to triple in the U.K. in the nearfuture, as well as capped university placements,which leave many qualified students unable toattend college in the U.K. Our office is alreadymaking plans to attend the next Global StudentFair in London this November in hopes that wewill begin to see more students coming to WUfrom the U.K. soon!FeaturesTaiwan Youth Ambassadors VisitVisiting the state of Kansas and WashburnUniversity had been a wonderful and lovelyexperience for all of us. However, to some of us, itwas their first time coming to US and everythingwas fresh and surprising. In the first 4 days, westayed in Chicago visiting NorthwesternUniversity, University of Chicago, Sun-TimesNewspaper, CME group, Senator Mark Kirk’sYouth Ambassadors with President and Mrs. FarleyFor the following 5 days, we came to Kansas City,which gave us a completely different perspectivet
composed of Washburn Law School students and law students from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. The class lasted from June 14-30, and was in conjunction with Washburn Law School's Summer Abroad Program. Dr. Karen Kapusta-Pofahl led a travel course to Prague, Czech Republic, in May with the assistance of Dr. Sharla Blank.
