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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Chinese officials to visit UD, Sinclair
China is turning to Dayton for advice on its higher education system.
A delegation of career counselors from leading universities in China will visit both the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30.
The delegation includes nine Chinese college administrators and counselors, and three Chinese Ministry of Education officials.
The visit was arranged by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization based in New York City.
The delegation’s two-week trip includes stops in four U.S. cities, including Dayton, Dallas, San Francisco and Washington D.C.
Sinclair will be the only community college that the delegation will visit during its trip, according to college officials.
The Chinese delegation is interested in learning about university-level career counseling and workforce development in the U.S. As access to higher education has expanded in China in recent years, a growing number of college graduates are seeking employment, according to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Sinclair will host a meeting on Thursday morning between the Chinese career counselors and a number of Sinclair officials. The group is interested in discussing career counseling, job training in the U.S. and strengthening the transition from postsecondary education to employment, according to Sinclair officials.
The delegation is scheduled to visit UD’s campus on both Thursday and Friday afternoons. Topics of discussion will include how counselors are educated and how career centers support students interested in becoming entrepreneurs, according to UD officials.
While in Dayton, the delegation also is scheduled to visit the Job Center and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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Wittenberg, Urbana address domestic violence with events
Wittenberg and Urbana universities will mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month with events today and tomorrow, Oct. 27 and 28.
The Wittenberg Sexual Assault Advocacy and Prevention Program (SAAP) is partnering with Project Woman to host the Clothesline Project in the Benham-Pence Student Center today, while Urbana University’s Student Activities Committee will hold a women’s self-defense program “Girls Fight Back,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, in the Sara Landess Room of the Student Center.
The Clothesline Project is a nationwide program which creates t-shirt displays to bear witness to violence against women. The t-shirts, some of which were designed by Wittenberg students earlier this month, will hang in the student center.
Member of SAAP and Project Woman will be available to hand out literature.
“Girls Fight Back” is a national organization formed in response to the 2001 killing of a college student in Illinois.
During Wednesday’s program at Urbana, women will learn how to avoid dangerous situations, and if things go wrong, what to do to stay alive.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Urbana’s event is open to women only.
