Ten Year Anniversary Celebration of the Summer in China Study Abroad Program

05/19/2011

Over the past 10 years, numerous individuals have given their time, money, and wisdom to fund and operate the Summer Art in China project. The Center for Chinese Art at William Paterson University expresses immense gratitude for the people responsible for advocating and contributing to this life-changing summer program. These efforts have enabled 107 students and faculty of both the art program and academia to come together and embrace China’s historic creativity and culture. On behalf of all who have benefited from the previous 10 years of this program, we thank everyone involved in the process.

Celebration

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Power Arts Center, 25 Power Avenue, Wayne, NJ

At the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Summer Art in China program, Vice President and Provost Edward Weil, Associate Provost Nina Jemmott, and Honorary Directors of CCART Ms. Margaret Lam and Mr. David Yen delivered speeches respectively to encourage students to cherish this opportunity and actively participate in the cultural and artistic exchanges between China and the United States. Professor Zhiyuan Cong, Director of CCART and founder of the Summer Art in China program, introduced the main contents and achievements of the Summer Art in China experience in the past few years through a short video. Student representatives who participated in the activity in 2001, 2005, and 2008 were invited to talk about their feelings regarding study and life in China. Honorary Directors Lam and Yen presented to the students the program’s scholarship and certificates. Finally, the school administrators, along with the faculty and students, presented Ms. Lam and Mr. Yen with gifts and commemorate plaques, and all tasted the 10-year commemorative birthday cake of Summer Art in China. The students who participated in the 2011 exchange program, along with their parents, attended the activity.