SHNU: Days ago, SHNU Vice President Lu Jianfei met 50 odd SHNU students who were studying in the University of Dayton (UD) and observed the Mid-autumn Day with them.
Lu was invited to give a speech at the gathering in the evening. He said SHNU will promote programs on international exchanges and cooperation in its future development so as to help SHNU teachers and students develop better on the international platform. Lu also encouraged the students to study hard and to serve the motherland with their knowledge.
SHNU has conducted interscholastic corporation with UD since 2003. Up to now over 1000 students have benefited from this program. Some are even studying for their master’s or doctoral degrees. Dr. Daniel J. Curran, President of UD, said the industrious SHNU students have brought with them the oriental culture and set a good example for American students.
The following is a brief introduction of the University of Dayton at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Dayton:
The University of Dayton (abbreviated and commonly referred to as UD) is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio. The full-time undergraduate student enrollment is around 7,500, and total student enrollment is about 11,000.
The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. The university offers more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. It was first in the country to offer an undergraduate degree program in human rights.
The University of Dayton is among the Top 100 national universities according to U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges," ranking 99th in the 2011 edition of "Best National Universities".
