On the afternoon of March 25th, An Lijia, Vice Governor of Jilin Province, met with the Dublin School delegation, headed by Principal Bradford Bates, at JISU. Gao Cailin, Deputy Secretary-General of Jilin Provincial Government, Li Xiaojie, Director of the Education Department of Jilin Province, Wang Ku, Director of Management Committee of Changbai Mountain Conservation and Development Zone, Zhang Ruilin, Director-General of Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau, and Huang Lihua, Deputy Director of Jilin Provincial Foreign Affairs Office all joined the meeting. President Qin He of JISU also attended the meeting.

Vice Governor An Lijia extended a warm welcome to the delegation on behalf of the Provincial committee and Provincial government. He noted that Jilin enjoys a comparative advantage in education and winter sports, while Dublin School is equipped with expertise in education and youth skiing. Therefore, it is hoped that through the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two sides will strengthen communications in school management, academic exchange and youth skiing to jointly cultivate talents for the new era.

After the talks, President Qin He had an in-depth talk with the delegation.

Both parties introduced the advantages and features enjoyed by the two schools before signing the MOC in education.

Principal Bradford D. Bates resonated with the university’s mission that “all is for students to be integrated, talented and successful” and the idea of providing the most responsible education. Moreover, he hailed JISU as a university with soul as it not only boasts a beautiful campus and well-equipped teaching facilities but also excellent faculties and bright students. He also thought highly of the JISU spirit of non-profit school running and that “everyone takes part in the voluntary services.” He sincerely hoped that the two parties can carry out pragmatic cooperation in international exchange programs and increase exchanges in teaching and sports.

Faculty members and students from the Dublin School visited the Russian Village

During the meetings, 30 faculty members and students from Dublin School visited the World Multicultural Education Center—the Global Village, the library and the International Exchange Center. Impressed by the atmosphere of “experiencing culture through languages and learn languages through culture,” they took many photos.

Students from Dublin School had lively discussions with JISU students. Centering on the theme of“Friendship, Cooperation and Win-win Outcomes”,the students exchanged their views and expressed best wishes to establish friendship among youths, enhance exchanges and engage in cultural activities.

Group photo of teachers and students from Dublin School in the Global Village

As a base for cultivating talents of foreign languages and foreign affairs in Jilin Province, JISU is committed to pursuing non-profit and internationalized school management, and is endeavoring to cultivate inter-disciplinary and qualified talents with great competence in foreign languages and foreign affairs, an international vision and a sense of social responsibility.

Founded 24 years ago, JISU now boasts 2 joint cooperative education projects and 2 joint foreign languages teaching and research centers. It has established double-bachelor-degrees, bachelor-to-master and double-master-degree projects with more than 140 universities and institutions from 20 countries, including the UK, the U.S., Russia, Germany and others. In particular, JISU is now conducting cooperation with over 20 universities from the United States. JISU has been authorized to enroll international students supported by the Chinese Government Scholarship, the Confucius Scholarship, the Jilin Government Scholarship and the “Silk Road” Scholarship. Each year more than 300 international students from over 20 countries study at JISU for their master’s degree and bachelor’s degree. In 2015, JISU and New Jersey City University jointly built a Confucius Institute, the first Confucius Institute in America established by a Chinese private university.