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The Ministry of Education of China recently granted Wenzhou-Kean University approval to launch 11 graduate-level programs. The eight master’s and three doctoral programs are in computer science, education, business and accounting, science, psychology and counseling, and architecture. “We will offer qualitatively superior programs, hire the best-qualified faculty, and continue to cooperate in the best interests of our students,” said Kean University President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D. “This is an ama…

WKU campus selection for the 23rd “FLTRP Cup” National English Debating Competition, organized by the English Language Center and English Debating Society, was held at the General Education Hall on November 9th-10th, 2019. Twenty eight teams registered for the campus contest and four teams entered into the final round after three round-robin preliminary debates. Here are the results: Two Best Debaters of the final round will represent WKU to attend the East China Regional Tournament held in Ma…

On October 21-31, 2019, a delegation of 19 school principals from Zhejiang Province, China, conducted the 11-day Zhejiang-New Jersey STEM education training in Union County, New Jersey, USA. 21 members of Kean University’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association and exchange students from Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) actively participated in the volunteer service during the training.   On the 21st, Kean University held a welcome ceremony for the opening of the training course. President Dr.…

The new book conference of 《与温州同行》 (Progressing with Wenzhou) was held on October 25, 2019 at the City Hall of Wenzhou. The Wenzhou-Kean University Library was invited to attend this event and received a donation of six copies from the editorial team for the library’s collection. “Progressing with Wenzhou” is an edited book covering historic stories from 72 committee members of Wenzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), describing how the prefe…

On October 14, Ms. LIU Jin, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of Ministry of Education (MOE) and her Delegation visited Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU). Mr. Yao Gaoyuan, Mayor of Wenzhou, Ms. Hu Jianjin, Director of Wenzhou Publicity Department, Mr. Wang Beijiao, Chairman of WKU Board of Directors and Chancellor of WKU, Dr. Wang Li, greeted Ms. LIU and the delegation. Following their campus tour to the student dormitory and the building of College of Bu…

Today, the first TOEFL test center in South Zhejiang Province was unveiled in Wenzhou-Kean University. Previously, in Zhejiang Province, only Hangzhou and Ningbo had test centers. This means that Wenzhou is the third city in the province to have a TOEFL test center, allowing candidates from South Zhejiang Province and North Fujian Province to take the test directly in Wenzhou. Wang Beijiao, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Xu Shuli, Vice President of…

Today is the 35th Teacher’s Day. To celebrate this honorable day, in the morning, WKU held a Teacher’s Day Tea Reception, at which winners of the President’s Excellence Award and the Advanced Education Award of the 2018-2019 school year were commended. The reception was hosted by Dr. Yang Yixin, Acting Academic Vice President of WKU. As a Chinese-foreign joint university, WKU’s faculties come from 31 countries and regions around the world. There are now 115 teachers and 233 Chinese employees. T…

All you want to know about AI and social networking ——The 2019 Joint Conference on Social Networks, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence The 2019 Joint Conference on Social Networks, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence took place at Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) today. This conference aimed to promote the communication of theoretical and practical applications of social networks, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, and to drive the development of regional digi…

On the afternoon of July 24th, Mr. Che Jun, the Secretary of the Zhejiang CPC Provincial Committee led a delegation to visit Wenzhou-Kean University. Mr. Chen Jinbiao, Member of the Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General, Mr. Chen Weijun, Member of the Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee and Party Secretary of Wenzhou, Mr. Chen Genfang, Party Secretary and Director of Zhejiang Education Department, and Mr. Yao Gaoyuan, Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor…

The inaugural meeting of the WKU Parent Committee in Jiaxing was held on 23 June 2019. Twenty-six parents from different areas of Jiaxing and Mr. Ying Yonghong, member of CPC committee and director of WKU Chinese Curricula Center, attended this meeting. On behalf of the university leadership, Mr. Ying welcomed all the parents in attendance and conveyed congratulations on the establishment of the First WKU Parent Committee in Jiaxing. He also addressed that the parent committee and WKU share the…