April?22,?2014

For?Immediate?Release

The?Confucius?Institute?(CI)?at?Cleveland?State?University?(CSU)?is?proud?to?announce?the?founding?of?its?first?Confucius?Classroom?at?Roxboro?Middle?School?in?the?Cleveland?Heights-University?Heights?School?District?(CH-UH).??On?Monday,?May?5,?2014,?at?8:30?a.m.,?the?official?Confucius?Classroom?agreement?will?be?signed?by?CH-UH?Superintendent?Nylajean?McDaniel?and?CI?Director?Haigang?Zhou.??A?Confucius?Classroom?plaque?will?also?be?presented?to?Roxboro?Middle?School,?the?host?of?CH-UH’s?Confucius?Classroom.

The?CI?at?CSU?and?CHUH?Schools?have?enjoyed?a?long?partnership?of?over?4?years?and?have?worked?together?to?build?and?strengthen?the?Chinese?language?and?culture?education?within?the?CH-UH?District.??In?2013,?CH-UH?applied?to?become?a?Confucius?Classroom?under?the?Confucius?Institute,?which?will?take?their?partnership?to?new?and?greater?heights.

Becoming?a?Confucius?Classroom?allows?a?school?district?to?apply?for?grants?to?fund?their?Chinese?programs,?buy?textbooks,?increase?Chinese?class?offerings,?and?host?Chinese?cultural?programming?within?their?schools.??It?also?allows?them?to?apply?for?teachers?to?teach?Chinese?classes?on?a?short-term?basis.

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Confucius?Classroom?students?also?receive?priority?in?applying?for?Confucius?Institute?programming,?including?study?abroad,?Chinese?proficiency?testing,?scholarships,?and?more.??Confucius?Classroom?students?benefit?greatly?from?the?well-supported?Chinese?programming?in?their?districts.

About?the?Confucius?Institute?at?Cleveland?State?University?

The?Confucius?Institute?at?Cleveland?State?University?was?established?in?August,?2008?and?is?a?partnership?between?Cleveland?State?University,?the?Office?of?Chinese?Language?Council?International?(the?“Hanban”),?and?Beijing’s?Capital?University?of?Economics?and?Business.?The?mission?of?the?CI?at?CSU?is?to?enhance?understanding?of?Chinese?language,?culture,?and?business?and?to?promote?Chinese?language?learning?for?business?and?commerce?to?the?local?community.?The?Confucius?Institute?at?CSU?also?serves?as?a?bridge?connecting?Cleveland?State?University?and?the?local?business?community?to?Chinese?institutions?and?organizations?for?academic?and?business?purposes.?

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For?more?information?about?the?Confucius?Institute?at?Cleveland?State?University,?visit?their?website:?www.csuohio.edu/confucius.

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