Fruits of an international agreement
Fruits of an
International
Agreement
In May 2018, Brenau University and Anhui Normal University saw the culmination of a years long investment with the graduation of a particular cohort of students. The agreement, known as a 2+2 arrangement between the two institutions, was first signed in 2014 and allowed Chinese students majoring in early childhood education to complete the first two years of their undergraduate studies on their home campus and their last two years at Brenau. A second early childhood education cohort started as Brenau juniors in August 2017 along with another cohort of 17 ANU students who are majoring in English. Brenau also has an agreement with ANU for a program in environmental design, which commences this fall.
Today, Brenau University and Anhui Normal University can observe the fruits of their partnership through the budding careers of their first 2+2 cohort. See what these graduates, who chose American names for their time at Brenau, are up to now:
- Huiyuan “Doris” Yu started her Master of Education at the University of Georgia.
- Zirui “Emily” Hong started her Master of Arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages at Penn State University.
- Yi “Crystal” Wang started her Master of Arts in special education at Johns Hopkins University.
- Jie “Lily” Li started her Master of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Jingjing “Jocelyn” Heng started her Master of Chinese Language Acquisition at Hong Kong Chinese University.
- Ling “Becky” Xu started her Master of Instruction Education at Hong Kong University.
- Xinyi “Lisa” Wang started her Master of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at Hong Kong Technology University.
- Xiaorui “Iris” Shi works for well-known daycare Gymboree Play & Music in Shanghai, China.
- Shengzhi “Harry” Deng started a business with his friend in Hefei, China.
- Tingting “Amy” Yang started her Master of Early Childhood Education at Shanghai Normal University.
- Yanan “Skye” Qi also started her Master of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at Hong Kong Technology University.
- Rui “Lavender” Qin is a Chinese language teacher at a public elementary school in Singapore.
- Zhengyun “Lynn” Lu works for My Gym Daycare Center in Wuhu, Anhui, China.
- Xiangqian “Cathy” Wu is an English teacher for a private kindergarten school in Huaibei, China.
- Xinning “Rachel” Pei works for a local daycare center in Anhui, China.
- Yu “Belle” Ni works for a local daycare center in Anhui, China.
- Ying “Alice” Han works for a local daycare center and is preparing for a teaching certification in China.
- Xinyan “Daisy” Qiu was a teacher in the RISE Program in Gainesville, Georgia, and is now working for Bright Horizons in Atlanta.
