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Exciting CGE Events!!
CGE Research with the Centre for Bhutanese Studies, Paro, Bhutan
University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Baylor University, and Dallas Baptist University hosted Dasho Ura, the Director of the Centre for Bhutanese Studies, in Paro, Bhutan, when His Excellency came to speak at CGE’s Annual meeting in September at DBU. CGE participated in an ethnographic studies project at the International Folklore Festival in Bhutan, summer 2009, with CGE colleague, Steve Evans. Mr. Evans was the beneficiary of CGE support for research in Bhutan on values and folklore and assisted UMHB and Samford University faculty to present papers at the festival. CGE co-sponsored the festival and had the pleasure of a meeting the Princess, who was the official conference host. |
Medical Project at Bo Hua Hospital, Jilin, China
CGE applied for and received a grant from Georgia Baptist Health Care for a CAT Scan for the BoHua Hospital in Jilin, China. Samford University serves as the lead CGE member university with Dr. Chuck Sands organizing study trips. Several other CGE schools, Campbell University and Brewton Parker College, have participated with students going for study or programs that support professional development with Jin Shu, the Director. |
CGE at Dedication of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, Pyongyang, DPRK
In partnership with the Yanbian University of Science and Technology, CGE has assisted for many years with the curriculum and degree planning stages of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). In September of 2009, California Baptist University President, Ron Ellis, and CBU Vice President, Mark Wyatt, traveled with Dr. Chuck Sands from Samford University and Dr. Carolyn Bishop of CGE for the dedication of the first private university in the DPRK. The university plans to begin classes in the Spring of 2010 with students entering for degrees in International Business, Agricultural Sciences, and Information and Computer Sciences, at first for a master’s level and then undergraduate. |
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