ESU in Beijing -- 2004
Photos from class, cultural activities, or commencement. |
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 | One of our first events was a lunch during which Marianne and Cheng Jianfang, who is the director of the International Programme Department, exchanged gifts. All of us got t-shirts from Beijing Union University. |
| Wang Tianhong speaking with Ron. Tianhong was our speaking teacher and she is a member of the regular faculty at Beijing Union University. |  |
 | Zhao Sitong was our singing teacher. She taught us a Chinese folk song "Mo Li Hua", which is a folk song about a jasmine flower. Sitong has her master's degree in voice with a specialization in Italian opera. |
| One afternoon we attended a party for the International Students at Beijing Union University. |  |
 | One of the activities was for us to singing a couple of American songs and to sing "Mo Li Hua", which we had learned earlier that afternoon. We received a nice round of applause for our efforts. |
| A photo of us in class. This was the day that we were to take a group photo and so we are wearing our BUU t-shirts. |  |
 | This is Song Feng Ying teaching Robert how to make a Chinese knot. This was a part of our craft/cultural activities. |
| One afternoon we spent an hour or so learning a drill in Tai Chi sword fighting. Our teacher was Wang Zhi Jing. We did this on the athletic field at Beijing Union University. |  |
 | A photo of Jaimie during her sword drill. We each got to go through the routine alone under the watchful eye of our instructor. |
| Li Xiaojing was our listening teacher and she is also a graduate student in linguistics in Beijing. |  |
 | This is Wang Shu Guo. Shu Guo, who worked for the International Programme Department, took us on several trips around Beijing and also spent countless hours answering our many questions about China. On this evening he took us to an acrobatic show. |
| A photo from the acrobatic show, which was one of our cultural activities. |  |
 | A photo from the acrobatic show. |
| On the Monday before coming home, there was a graduation ceremony. This is Rebecca getting her certificate from Cheng Jianfang, who is the Director of the International Programme Department. |  |
 | The class also gave Marianne a t-shirt from Beijing that all of the students had signed. |
| This is a group photo of our class and the people with whom we worked and visited in China. From left to right: Ron Keith, Wang Jun, Jeung-Eun Lee, Wang Tianhong, Robert Wallace, Jaimie Sirico, Cheng Jianfang, Jesse Haller, Marianne Curtis, Pang Ming, Dwight Moore, Lyssa Bandel, Wang Xiaoting, Rebecca Miller. |  |