Utah State university delegation visits BIT to discuss further cooperation
On the afternoon of June 13th, 2017, provost Laurens H. Smith of Utah State University visited Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) with a panel of six experts. BIT Vice president Wang Xiaofeng warmly welcomed the delegation and thanked them for visiting the university. He said that the bachelor's degree project in international economics which is jointly hosted by the two universities has been carried out successfully over the past 14 years. More than 900 students have graduated from the program and it has gained a high social recognition. Besides this, Mr Wang hoped that BIT and Utah State University will continue to discuss possibilities for academic exchanges and scientific research cooperation on the basis of ensuring a high teaching quality for the program.
Provost Laurens H. Smith expressed his sincere thanks for the warm reception to BIT. He commented that BIT is a university with a beautiful campus and very solid scientific research strengths. What’s more, the program hosted by the two universities has achieved great success and they were proud of all the achievements that graduates of the program have obtained. He hoped that Utah State University will have further cooperation with BIT in the future.
Provost Laurens was accompanied by the academic director of International projects from the Huntsman School of Business, Dwight Israelsen, vice director Jason Smith, senior consultant of the Global Affairs Office, Maribeth Evensen-Hengge, leader of the Global Learning Project, Liz Allred and the leader of the Intensive English program, Jim Rogers. BIT faculty members that attended the meeting included the president of School of International Education Mei Wenbo, vice president Jiang Zhixiang , vice-officer of the BIT Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Xing Qingqing and program executive Wu Di.
Source: http://english.bit.edu.cn/NewsEvents/BITNews/index.htm
