BYU Chinese Flagship Announcements

Flagship students find employment in many fields,

Former Flagship Student Mei Yeh is currently working as a grant writer for Casa de Maryland, an Immigration Services and Advocacy organization. The organization was recently mentioned in a Chinese-language newspaper. Congratulations Mei!

The article can be found here.

At the November 5, 2009 Utah Foreign Language Association’s annual meeting Chinese language teachers from across the state met to adopt a constitution and by-laws and create a formal organization, Utah Association of Chinese-language Teachers (UACT).UACT’s purpose is to

• Develop, improve, and strengthen Chinese language and culture instruction
• Provide leadership to expand the capacity for high quality and sustainable Chinese language learning and teaching in the state of Utah
• Establish a forum for exchanging information, expertise, ideas, experiences, and materials

Teachers from eight elementary Chinese dual immersion programs, eighty-five secondary programs (including guest teachers) and several universities participated in the formation of UACT. The following officers were elected to serve two-year terms: president, Susan Gong, BYU Chinese Flagship Center K-12 Linkage Coordinator; vice president, Stacy Lyon, teacher at Renaissance Academy, and secretary, Anne Burr, teacher at Lone Peak High School

BYU Chinese Flagship Center hosts a website for collaboration among UACT’s secondary teachers.

Ms. Meaghan Dolan, Program Officer at IIE, will be visiting the BYU campus next Wednesday and Thursday November 11-12^th. Ms. Dolan will be meeting Chinese Flagship Students and host a special session on Boren Scholarships. The Chinese Flagship Student meeting with Meaghan is scheduled from Thursday November 12^th from 11am – 1:30pm in 3132 JFSB.

Monday, November 9^th 5-6pm, TNRB W410

Refreshments & Raffle

Interested in joining the club? Please contact byucbc@gmail.com

See Flyer for details.

If you are still interested in the Early Flagship Program, there is still time. The deadline for the Early Flagship Program application has been extended to Friday, November 6^th.

 More information

Flagship Students from the BYU Chinese Flagship Center will no longer be participating in the Mandarin Business Case Competition at Bryant University, Rhode Island.

The Chinese Flagship Center has been approved by Hanban in China to administer one last HSK in December (in addition to the November 7^th test). The test will take place on Saturday, December 12^th at BYU. Exact location and time will be announced. Please check back for more information on registration.

CHINESE SUPREME COURT DELEGATION SPECIAL LECTURE Wednesday October 21^st!

12pm-1pm, 303 JRCB

Lecturer, Justice and Executive Vice President Shen DeYong, Law School

Title “Chinese Judicial Culture: From Tradition to Modernity”

We are now accepting applications for the HSK test to be administered at BYU on Saturday, November 7^th. The tests offered for this date are HSK Basic and Elementary-Intermediate.

Please click here for more information. Future HSK test dates will be announced.

TRANSLATOR NEEDED (pre-law students preferred) for a very high-profile China Supreme Court delegation on Wednesday October 21^st! Must be available to start Wednesday morning with the breakfast in Salt Lake City. This is a great opportunity to network and use your Chinese, especially you are interested in law and aspire to go to law school.

If interested, please contact Linda at linda.larsen@byu.edu for the itinerary and more information.