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Huang Yingxue grew up in Beijing. She went to Iowa after attending one year in high school in Beijing. In Iowa, she was the only Chinese student. She spoke English all the time which helped her improve her language skills. Since she was on her own, she had to learn to be independent and make connections with people. A study abroad program agency helped her find a host family in Alameda, California. She then studied at Alameda High School, which was about a ten-minute walk from her host family. She really enjoyed her time with her host family. She is thankful for the experience in California, but at the time, she remembers the hard times dealing with loneliness and disappointment on her own. In this blog, Ms. Huang shares her high school experience in California and advice on U.S. undergraduate applications. Ms Huang has been accepted to Sweet Briar College in fall 2016. 1. Which high school did you attend? Does your school have counselors who help students with overseas college application? I graduated from Alameda High School, which is located in California, USA. Our school has multiple counselors who help high school students (especially juniors and seniors) with their college applications. Since California is a state full of international students, and the counselors are very experienced, we can find help easily. 2. When did you start the application process? I started at the beginning of my senior year, which was pretty late and I don’t recommend others to start in senior year. Most students in the United States started to prepare for the application process during their junior year. They started to take the SAT test when they are juniors. International students should prepare for TOEFL at the same time. 3. Who/ What helped you most to prepare your […]

4月28日，李强民总领事会见美国可持续发展中心（NCSD）总裁米切尔·斯坦利以及同中国企业探讨可再生能源、环保领域合作的蓝火公司总裁阿诺德·柯兰、恩福斯（ENFOS）公司总裁克雷格·莫德西特等，就中美在教育、可再生能源以及环保等领域合作交换意见。总领馆经商参赞曹德荣陪同参加会见。 Original: http://houston.china-consulate.org/chn/zlgxw/t1360401.htm

Head of Beijing Royal School Dr. Wang Guangfa traveled to Sweet Briar College to see for himself the historic 3,250 acre-campus of woods, riding trails and meadows that he learned about in China. The Beijing Royal School, the first joint venture school in Beijing, each year sends students to elite universities around the world. “As soon as I saw a place of such beauty and such academic depth and breadth, I knew we had to work together,” Wang said of the 115-year-old liberal arts college. “Sweet Briar represents a special opportunity for young Chinese women to prepare for a life of leadership.” In partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD), Sweet Briar in March added to its international programs a women’s leadership program specifically for Chinese students. Prompted by the Chinese government’s goal of preparing Chinese women for leadership roles in government, business and education, the new Women’s Leadership Program will bring highly qualified young Chinese women to study liberal arts and STEM at Sweet Briar. Home to one of only two accredited engineering Bachelor of Science programs at a women’s college, Sweet Briar offers STEM studies as well as pre-professional programs in pre-medicine and pre-veterinary medicine. Chinese students can major or minor in these programs and at the same time benefit from coursework in traditional liberal arts areas such as classics, creative writing, art history and dance. In total, Sweet Briar offers more than 40 programs. During summer sessions, Chinese students will study political leadership in Washington, D.C. Chinese students will also benefit from Sweet Briar’s internationally renowned riding program. After he viewed Sweet Briar’s indoor riding arena — one of the largest in the country — its 20 equestrian fields, and some of the 18 miles of riding trails, Wang said, “Even if a […]

In the midst of a year of rebuilding, Sweet Briar College has entered a new partnership to recruit Chinese women to the school. It’s teaming up with the National Center for Sustainable Development, a nonprofit based in Washington D.C. and in Beijing. The agreement launching the new program came this month after Sweet Briar President Phillip Stone and other leaders from the college visited Beijing in late February. “I was not just looking for an opportunity to go run to China for a week, but this was developing very quickly and in an interesting way,” Stone said. The National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) will recruit high school students for a women’s leadership program, with hopes of attracting at least some students for the next school year. Sweet Briar will help compensate NCSD for its efforts and the college vet the students through its own application process and conduct Skype interviews to get to know the women and check their English proficiency. Students in the program would attend Sweet Briar College for four years to obtain a bachelor’s degree in whichever major they chose, just like other Sweet Briar students. During the summers, though, NCSD is working to arrange special classes, programming and internships in Washington D.C. aimed at familiarizing Chinese students with how U.S. government works. Notably, this is NCSD’s first foray into recruiting Chinese students for a U.S. school. The organization is focused on building bilateral relations between American and Chinese people via demonstration projects related to the environment, energy and education. NCSD president Mitchell F. Stanley, who founded the organization in 2001, has an interesting and varied background. Among many other government positions, he said he worked as a staffer in the Reagan White House for a couple years, and then led and organized the first presidential […]

Sweet Briar College, in partnership with the Beijing- and Washington, D.C.-based National Center for Sustainable Development, is adding a new international program for Chinese women students. Driven in part by the Chinese government’s goal of preparing Chinese women for leadership roles in government, business, industry and education, the College’s new Women’s Leadership Program will bring highly qualified young Chinese women to Sweet Briar to study liberal arts as well as STEM. Sweet Briar President Phillip C. Stone announced the program after a recent trip to China, where Sweet Briar and NCSD prepared to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Ministry of Education’s Dongfang International Center for Education Exchange. “While in China, I was thrilled to learn of the enormous interest in women’s college education, even though higher education dedicated solely to women is rare,” Stone said. “And there is recognition that while engineering, technology and science education is important, immersion in the humanities prepares young women for deeper, broader leadership. This will be especially important as tomorrow’s leaders navigate China’s relationship with the United States.” Through the program, Chinese students will live and study at Sweet Briar’s historic 3,250-acre campus in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Home to one of only two programs at a women’s college granting an ABET-accredited engineering degree, Sweet Briar offers STEM studies as well as pre-professional programs in pre-law, pre-medicine and pre-veterinary medicine. Like all Sweet Briar students, Chinese women can major or minor in these programs and at the same time benefit from coursework in traditional liberal arts areas such as classics, creative writing, art history and dance. In total, Sweet Briar offers more than 40 programs for academic credit. In June 2015, at the seventh U.S.-China Women’s Leadership Exchange and Dialogue, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong called on China […]

The delegation of Sweet Briar College (SBC) and the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) met with Jing Dunquan, Vice Chairman of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (CSCLF) on February 25th, 2016. Jing Dunquan extended his welcome and introduced CSCLF’s all kinds of works to the delegation. Jing Sunquan hoped, through mutual deeply understanding, both sides would set up a closely cooperative relations in the fields of civil exchange and education for woman, in order to promote the relations of both countries. Mr. Stone, president of SBC and Mr. Stanley, Chairman of NCSD also shared their opinions, saying that through visiting Soong Ching-Ling’s lifetime exhibition, they have a comprehensive idea about the great lady, and her success is a model to the education of woman. They hoped both China and US should learn from each other on woman’s education and female leadership. They also hoped to have more opportunities to communicate face to face with Chinese students through the cooperation with CSCLF, and discover potential students to study in SBC, in order to develop SBC to an internationalized college. Both sides had a deep discussion on the Sino-US exchanges and female leadership and promised to further develop their cooperation and exchanges in future. Background: Sweet Briar College (SBC) is a traditional female college, which dedicates to help girls to explore their potential. Education is one of the outstanding subjects in SBC, and arts and social science are also welcomed by the students. The National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) is an NGO in US. It dedicates to promote Sino-US exchanges and developments to deepen mutual understanding and better active and harmonious ties of both countries. Original:  http://sclf.cri.cn/261/2016/03/03/2s8981.htm?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

2016年2月25日，美国斯威特布莱尔女子学院（Sweet Briar College）和美国国家可持续发展中心代表团一行10人来到宋庆龄故居参观。虽然故居正处于闭馆修整时期，但还是为这批特殊的客人专门打开了展厅。代表团成员仔细地参观了宋庆龄生平展和原状陈列展，时不时提出自己的看法和见解与故居工作人员进行交流。大家很喜欢这座典雅、庄重的大花园，对宋庆龄一生所做的贡献表示非常敬佩。参观结束后，中国宋庆龄基金会党组成员、副主席井顿泉亲切会见了代表团一行。 美国斯威特布莱尔女子学院（Sweet Briar College）和美国国家可持续发展中心代表团参观故居 领导与代表团集体合影留念 Original:  http://www.sql.org.cn/NewsDetail.aspx?id=5939db8d-1129-4d26-a3bc-fbc1f8873801

Muuzii is a Sponsor and Official Mobile Language Translation Service Provider for event celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of WWII and celebrating the cultural diversity of Houston. HOUSTON – Oct. 28, 2015 – PRLog — Washington, DC (October 26, 2015) – Muuzii®, Inc., the world’s most universal and flexible mobile language translation and language learning service, announced today that it is the Official Mobile Language Translation Service Provider and Sponsor for the “WWII 70th Anniversary and Celebration of Diversity & World Peace” event in Minute Maid Park on November 7, 2015.  The event, hosted by Southern News Group and the International Trade Center, is being held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and to celebrate the many diverse international cultures that have become an integral part of Houston. Muuzii® Founder and CEO, Eric Fang stated, “We are very excited and honored to be part of this tremendous event that honors the end of the most widespread and devastating and deadliest war in history.”  He added, “Muuzii®’s mission is to promote global sharing by empowering people to communicate with each other.  Muuzii®’s platform allows anyone to translate between English and 40 of the world’s leading languages just using their mobile phones to promote mutual friendship and understanding.” Mr. Wea Lee, Chairman of the Sothern New Group and Founder of the International Trade Center stated, “Celebrating Diversity will reflect the international cultures that have come to be an engrained part of the very essence of Houston. We are not only the energy capital, but are a major international melting pot of what makes Houston what it is today.  This event in Minute Maid Park will attract thousands of ethnic groups from multiple backgrounds including Jewish, Asian, Latino and African and they will represent the […]

WASHINGTON – Sept. 14, 2015 – PRLog — Washington, DC (September 13, 2015) – Muuzii®, Inc., the world’s most universal and flexible mobile language translation and language learning service, announced today it will host “China Night at DuPont Circle” on Friday evening, September 18, 2015 and share with attendees the beauty of Chinese music and teach attendees how to write Chinese calligraphy.  The event is being co-hosted with the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD), a national 501(C)(3) not-for-profit whose mission is to harness the resources and efforts of Chinese and U.S. government-based agencies, business, industry, academia and not-for-profit communities of both countries and channel them into public-private initiatives promoting capacity building, sustainable economic development and investment projects, and practical applications in low carbon, climate resilience and clean-energy technologies and environmental remediation and redevelopment technologies. “We are truly excited to host this event at the nation’s capitol,” said Eric Fang, Founder and Chairman of Muuzii®.  Our company originally launched service in China with the goal of providing an easy-to-use educational tool for teachers and students to easily translate between Chinese and English and we quickly grew to more than 6 million subscribers.  We are proud of our Chinese heritage and wanted to use this event to highlight Muuzii®’s English-Chinese language translation capabilities and allow attendees to use Muuzii® to write Chinese Calligraphy on canvases we are providing. Mr. Fang further added, “We have been amazed at the warm acceptance of Washington, DC’s business community to sponsor this event with us.  We have created a tremendous event with the help of our sponsors that includes the DuPont Festival, the Embassy Row Hotel, the Washington Dunhuang Guzheng Academy, ArtJamz, The Free Canvas and the China-US Chamber of Commerce.  We invite all of Washington, DC to join us on that evening, between 6:00 […]

June 26, 2015 – WASHINGTON — Washington, DC (June 26, 2015) – Muuzii, Inc., the world’s most universal and flexible mobile language translation and language learning service, announced today it is the Official Mobile Language Translation Service Provider for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games, an event that brings 12,000 professional, public safety athletes from 70 countries competing in 60+ sports to qualify for over 1,600 medal events. The Games begin tonight with the Opening Ceremony at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. , and continue until July 5, 2015. The games will take place in Fairfax County, Virginia and other locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. “We are truly excited by the opportunity of being the official mobile translation servicer provider for these Games and helping to bridge the communication challenges for the athletes, the sport officials, the staff, the volunteers and the attendees to these Games,” said Eric Fang, Founder and Chairman of Muuzii. “These Games are not only a truly magnificent global sporting event, but these Games also remind us of the tremendous strength and determination and courage and sacrifices these men and women make everyday in the performance of their jobs.” Eric Fang, Muuzii Founder/Chairman Showing Muuzii to the Chinese WPFG Delegation About The World Police & Fire Games The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout the world. The WPFG Federation is an arm of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF), an American non-profit organization.   Original:http://www.prlog.org/12469656-muuzii-named-official-mobile-translation-service-provider-for-the-2015-world-police-fire-games.html

Some business travelers head off on the road for familiar places. But others travel the world. And while visiting new far-flung places can be interesting and exciting, it can also be challenging if you don’t speak the local language. In the past, when I’ve traveled overseas to countries where I didn’t speak the language, I always made sure I had a translation guide handy, or access to some translation applications on my iPhone. But I recently came across a new translation option that might be interesting to business travelers who have to cope with real-world translation issues. This Business Travel QuikTip features an overview of Muuzii real-time translation services, via an interview with Eric Fang, the CEO of Muuzii. (This article is part of a series of Business Travel QuikTips, in which I explore or introduce readers to a business travel-oriented solution, product, service, or person.) Tell me a little bit about your translation service Muuzii offers the only real-time, free-form translation service delivered via SMS and MMS and available 24/7 on any device and operating system. Because it is not an app, subscribers do not need to have a Wi-Fi or Internet connection. This is important when traveling to places with limited or no Internet connection. It works on any mobile device with texting capability. The subscription service runs on 2G and higher telecom wireless networks. Who needs translation services? Doesn’t everyone in the business world speak English? While many people around the world make it a priority to speak English to better their employment prospects, not everyone you encounter on a trip overseas speaks English. Below is a testimonial from one of our business customers that is fluent in English and Spanish, but needed help with Chinese: “My real  story about Muuzii. I was in a mall in […]

Washington, DC (July 2, 2015) – Muuzii®, Inc., the world’s most universal and flexible mobile language translation and language learning service, receives rave reviews for its mobile translation service during the 2015 World Police and Fire Games (WPFG).  The event, taking place in Fairfax County, Virginia and other locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, lasting through July 5, 2015, has brought 10,000+ professional, public safety athletes from 68 countries to compete in 60+ sports to qualify for over 1,600 medal events.Jerome I. Williams, Director of Medical and Protocol for the WPFG, and Battalion Chief for the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department, stated, “We have been extremely happy with Muuzii®’s mobile language translation solution and it has worked perfectly for our communication needs to provide important information to the athletes, staff and volunteers attending the Games from all over the world.”  He added, “The simplicity of using Muuzii® for translation on any mobile phone by just texting is amazing; the support in communications for our international athletes and visitors has been outstanding with Muuzii.” Muuzii’s universal usage for all ages Angie Carrera, Partnership Developer and Volunteer Resource Coordinator for the Office of Public Private Partnerships – Fairfax County Government, further added, “Working with Muuzii®, both the mobile translation solution and the team supporting the Games has been tremendous.  Since Muuzii®’s translation service is not an ‘app’ and simply works by texting, our staff and volunteers have become experts in translation using Muuzii in a few minutes and have been very effective in supporting the success of the Games.”  She added, “Yesterday, I had one volunteer who needed to communicate with someone in Hungarian.  I told her to follow the wonderful instruction card Muuzii® designed for our volunteers and after a short pause, she said, ‘that was certainly very easy.’ […]