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STUDY ABROAD
Taiwan added to study abroad destinations
By LIZ NARTOWICZ
lnartowicz@kansan.com
KANSAN STEFF WRITER
A recent exchange agreement with Taiwan will allow KU students the opportunity to study at the Chengchi University in Taipei as early as next spring.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway signed the agreement two weeks ago during his 10-day trip to Asia. Hemenway traveled to China, Taiwan and South Korea to finalize two exchange programs, investigate other programs and meet with alumni.
Identical to other exchange programs, the agreement with Chengchi University will allow student and faculty travel between the two universities for training and research. Unlike other study abroad opportunities, this agreement marks the first exchange opportunity for KU students with Taiwan.
After finalizing the first Taiwan exchange with Chengchi University, Hemenway signed another agreement while in Taiwan. The chancellor attained a second arrangement with the Taiwan Forestry Institute.
Diana Carlin, dean of graduate school and international programs, said this arrangement would greatly benefit biology and environmental students and faculty. Carlin, who accompanied Hemenway on his trip, said the institute had six different on site laboratories.
While abroad, Hemenway also met with four other universities to follow up on possible exchange programs, Carlin said. Two
"Any time you can get a student in a lab, that's a plus," Carlin said.
of the four were in Taiwan, Carlin said; the others were in China and South Korea.
Currently the University has close to 100 exchange programs, Carlin said. Five of those are with China, three in South Korea and five in Japan.
Officials are most enthusiastic about the potential program in China, Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor, said. Weinberg traveled with Hemenway to Taiwan.
Weinberg said the University was in the works with the ministry of foreign affairs and Beijing University to set up a program. The program would be for city managers of China and it would be held at the University.
Hemenway said he was talking to the ministry of education as well and was looking for ways to have joint exchanges. Hemenway said it was important to have joint exchanges abroad because it prepared students for the global economy while improving the University.
"Any great university has to be international today," Hemenway said. "We want KU to be an international university."
Carlin said she also thought it was important to both students and the University to utilize exchange programs.She said the University was fortunate in that it had so many opportunities and students taking advantage of the programs.
"KU students are far more active to pursue studying abroad than others," Carlin said.
Only one to two percent of seniors nationally study abroad, Carlin said, while 20 percent of KU seniors study abroad.
- Edited by Liz Nartowicz
Potter Lake picnic
Kerri Henderson/KANSAN
Damir and Melinda Stimac enjoy a picnic by Potter Lake with their children, Annika, 2 months, and Aidan, 3 (not pictured). Damir attended the University from 1979-85 and likes to visit to appreciate KU's beautiful campus and to remember his college years. Damir and his family currently live in Connecticut.