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March 13, 2014

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HUNTINGTON, Ind. On March 14, President Sherilyn R. Emberton, along

with Dr. Luke Fetters,
associate professor of ministry and missions, and Shoshannah McKinney, the international admissions
counselor, will head to China for Spring Break and seek possible partnerships with various schools.
We are going to talk with them about the possibilities of us establishing a stronger relationship, Emberton
said, which may be recruiting some of the students to come here.
According
to Emberton, this will be her first time visiting China. She will be mainly staying in the southern
cities of China for a week. While there, she will talk to leaders from middle schools, universities and

institutions.

President Sherilyn
Emberton

We will be visiting Zhuhai No.1 middle school, Doumen No.1 Middle school China-Hong Kong English
school, a private IELTS (International English Language Testing System) prep school called
Global IELTS, UIC (United
International College) and Jilin University,
McKinney explained.
As for partnerships with middle schools, McKinney shared about the potential of working with both teachers and students.
In Doumen No.1 middle school, they will be talking about HUs international program for students and the Master of Education
program to teachers. Meanwhile, they will explore the possibility of giving teachers more training and more education by
providing various programs such as a TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification program.
In
Zhuhai No.1 middle school, they are seeking a partnership for this summer. Students will possibly have an English summer
camp locally which
opens a door for them to come to Huntington in the future.
Private
institution like Global IELTS have also showed interests in doing a summer camp on HUs campus and sending students
to HU in the future.
In
China-Hong Kong English school, they tried to work on a foundational where students who graduate from that middle school
will be able to do their first year in China and complete their degrees at Huntington later. They expressed their wishes of
launching the Foundation year program this fall.
In addition, HU will talk about starting an
exchange student program with universities like UIC and Jilin Universitys Zhuhai
campus.
I am excited that Dr. Emberton is coming on the trip, Fetters said. One school in particular that we are
going to visit, weve
been talking with them for couple years, and they
said, Well, bring your leaders. And thats the reason why Dr. Emberton is
coming with us.
After a one-week visit, McKinney will spend a few days up north in Shandong province and Beijing city to work on more
partnerships while Emberton and Fetters head back to the States.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in
more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest,
and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of Americas Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the
institution to its Best in the Midwest list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University
is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian
Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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