Lincoln University of Pennsylvania June 18, 2015 HBCU delegation visits Chinese universities as part of historic exchange Chinese government to offer 1,000 HBCU students full scholarships at Chinese universities A delegation representing officials from Lincoln University and six other Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) visited the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Education and four Chinese universities as part of an upcoming historic exchange program providing 1,000 HBCU students full-tuition scholarships with 50 participating Chinese universities. The May 30 through June 6 visit, sponsored by China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), is a follow-up to a 2013 HBCU delegation visit, where HBCU officials met with China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong and founding chairman of CUSEF Tung Chee Hwa. In July 2014, Liu formally announced the Chinese-government paid scholarships, which allows 1,000 HBCU students to study free-of-charge for a summer, semester, a year or two-years with participating Chinese universities, alongside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the annual U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange meeting at the Hall of People in Beijing, China. "Having the opportunity to see firsthand several Chinese universities and cities, I am convinced that Lincoln University students will have an amazing educational experience that could not be replicated here and ensures that they will become the global citizens we seek to develop," said Dr. Juliana Mosley, vice president for student affairs, who served as Lincoln's representative. Other HBCUs represented on the visit included Morgan State University, Florida A&M University, Florida Memorial University, Jarvis Christian College, Harris Stowe State University and Morehouse College. Over the six-day trip, the delegation visited the Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Yangzhou University, Ningbo University and Fudan University. They also met with representatives from the China Education Association for International Exchange. Since the formal announcement last year, the HBCUs have begun developing relationships, collaborations and partnerships with various Chinese universities to implement the scholarship program. Of the four Chinese universities visited, Lincoln has established a Memorandum of Understanding with Fudan University. In addition, two recent 2015 Lincoln graduates, Winnie Washington and John Taggart, will begin their graduate studies there under the scholarship program this fall. Washington will begin graduate studies in international affairs and Taggart in health sciences while current Lincoln student, William Bell, will participate in a summer study program there. So far, of the 50 HBCUs and 50 proposed Chinese institutions, 43 HBCUs and 26 Chinese institutions have committed to the program. While the partnerships and scholarship program is not meant to be a one-to-one institution initiative, where HBCUs institutions partner specifically with same Chinese institution for all scholarship recipients, the hope is that correlations will be made between academic disciplines or interests of a particular university, Mosley said. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.