Texas Southern University News December 2014 Chinese Delegation Visits on Study Tour of American Liberal Arts Education Twelve officials from the Chinese Ministry of Education and leading Chinese universities visited Texas Southern University Dec. 8 at the invitation of the United States Department of Education. The delegation visited to discuss how a liberal arts education is defined and implemented, how academic administrators decide what should be included in the curriculum, and how faculty is selected and trained to teach undergraduates in the liberal arts, among other issues. Following introductions, the delegation was given a walking tour of the Hannah Hall murals, the University Museum and the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Texas Southern was the only college in the south and the only Historically Black College visited. The delegation was greeted by Wendy Adair, Vice President of University Advancement; Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, Associate Provost/AVP for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Interim Dean, Thomas F. Freeman Honors College; Lei Yu, Dean College of Science and Technology; Jason Oby, professor/interim Chairman Department of Music; Alvia Wardlaw, Director/Curator University Museum; and Leamon Green, professor of Visual and Performing Arts. * Texas Veterans Portal<http://veterans.portal.texas.gov/en/Pages/default.aspx> 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.