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What's New in China: Dragon Boat Festival
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 The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Wu Jie, is not new to China. It has been a traditional festival for more than 2,000 years. The festival occurs every year close to the summer solstice to commemorate Qu Yuan, a famous minister and poet who embodies the Confucian values fealty and filial piety. Qu served in high offices in the Chu royal house, but the king decided to ally with the powerful state of Qin during the Warring States period. Qu was banished for opposing the alliance and accused of treason. When Qin captured Chu, Qu sunk his own body in the Miluo River along with the sinking of his own nation. The Chu people were saddened by the loss of their beloved minister and poet, they raced into the river to deliver rice balls (Zongzi) they made to distract the fish. As the tradition goes, they would still race the dragon boats and deliver the Zongzi all around the river every year.
Today, dragon boat racing is a tradition all over China. The Chinese and Asian communities have enlarged its influence by organizing the dragon boat race as a way to remember the festival and commemorate fealty and filial piety. Each year in Columbus, Ohio, the Asian Festival organizes a festival Dragon Boat Race in the Scioto River.
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Pre-Departure Orientation Embraces Incoming Chinese Students
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The sixth Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO), supported by the Offices of International Affairs, Student Life and Enrollment Services, took place from June 15 - 24.
The four-day PDO sessions in Beijing and Shanghai helped incoming international students and their families properly transition to the university and better understand the academic expectations at Ohio State.
Ohio State expects more than 700 new Chinese students to begin their studies on main campus autumn semester, and more than 500 students and 500 parents attended PDO.
The China Gateway team has been instrumental in the planning efforts, providing logistical support for all the local venues and responding to a wide variety of questions about Ohio State.
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Education Abroad Programs Visit China Gateway
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 In May, the Fisher College of Business Global Operations Lab and China Global May education abroad programs visited the China Gateway. While in Shanghai, the Global Operations students visited companies like GM, Totole, Didi and Continental. After a month of cultural studies in the Sichuan Province, the China Global May students, led by Mark Bender, visited Shanghai's cultural sites including the Yu Garden and Zhujiajiao.
Both of the programs visits to Shanghai were coordinated by the China Gateway.
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Global Gateways Operations Manager Visited China Gateway and Roche
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 On May 18, Ashley Behrendt, Global Gateways operations manager, visited Roche Diabetes Care through the connection of Khai Meng Ang, Ohio State MBA alumnus, 1985, head of Roche Diabetes Care of Greater China. Behrendt and Ang spoke with six Buckeye MBA students who are completing their four-week Global Internship Program. The feedback was quite positive from the students because they learned more about diabetes care and the medical system in China firsthand. This is the first year Roche Diabetes Care has offered internship opportunities to Ohio State students.
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| Global Leadership Academy Partners with Wuhan University |
Nine Ohio State students studying Chinese participated in the Global Leadership Academy at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, from May 2 - 26. The trip was coordinated by the Global Gateways and made possible through a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State.
The goal of the program was to give Ohio State students an education abroad experience through a culture and language practicum and to develop leadership skills, while also providing students in Wuhan the opportunity to learn from and participate in language and cultural exchange. The Global Leadership Academy provides opportunities for students to take the language they are learning in the classroom and apply it in real life situations like ordering food, getting transportation, conversing with fellow Chinese students and even watching a movie in the theatre.
During their time in China, Ohio State students visited universities to understand higher education development and structure and collaborated with Wuhan University communication students to practice language skills. The students also participated in a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and a cultural exchange through dance, music, poetry, sports, calligraphy, Tai Chi and dumpling making.
Students visited the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City in Beijing, the Yellow Crane Tower and Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan and the Pearl Tower and Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai. While in Shanghai, the group also visited the China Gateway to learn more about the structure and services provided to Ohio State.
For more information about the Global Leadership Academy, visit
oia.osu.edu.
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| Global Internship Program Welcomes 2018 Summer Interns |
The Global Internship Program continues to provide professional opportunities to Ohio State students in China. This year, the China Gateway worked with 18 companies and promoted multiple opening internship positions throughout various channels on campus. So far, nine students have already accepted offers from Continental AG, Merieux Nutrisciences, J. Walter Thompson and the Ohio State China Gateway.
The Global Internship Program has a great reputation among students and hosting employers. The China Gateway has also significantly grown the number of corporate partners in the past years. Joined by companies such as Deloitte, Didi and Unilever, and continuing with long-term partners such as IBM, PwC and Fiat Chrysler, the corporate network looks promising for the current and future student applicants.
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Hong Kong Alumni Welcome Students
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On May 16, the Hong Kong Ohio State Alumni Chapter hosted a welcome dinner for Buckeye undergraduate students majoring in finance and marketing interning in Hong Kong. After dinner, the students took the Star Ferry back to the island side, then a walk on the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade. They also toured the Space Museum, cultural centre, the Clock Tower and the historical Peninsula Hotel.
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Global Perspective: Anthony Lee
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Anthony Lee graduated from the Ohio State Fisher College of Business MBA program in 2004. Before he became a Buckeye, he worked for State Farm Mutual Insurance from 1998-2003. Through the connections he made during the MBA program, he was able to advance his career path at Nationwide. In 2007, he returned to Asia to pursue new opportunities and held an executive role with AIA in Hong Kong. Lee is currently working as a financial services partner at Big Four Accounting Firm KPMG in China.
His most memorable time at Ohio State was the MBA program orientation session when the dean introduced a number of students in his class who had achieved significant success in their careers. At that moment, he knew he had made the right choice to attend Ohio State. The group projects also provided opportunities to work with people from a multitude of backgrounds and working styles.
"I considered the MBA program an investment," Lee said. "With the MBA degree from Ohio State, professional training in the U.S. and being fluent in English and Mandarin, it is not hard to find a decent job in Asia. My advice for students, especially MBA students, is to be flexible: the world is diverse and full of great opportunities. Don't just limit yourself to the U.S. market. Build up your own unique personal brand and network instead of just learning from the textbook. Learn from your fellow students."
Lee was active in the Ohio State Alumni Club while in Beijing and helped found the Ohio State Hong Kong Alumni Club. "I'm proud to be a Buckeye!" Lee said.
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Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Awarded $500,000
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Yinqian Zhang, assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering, recently received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for his research, "Taming the Side-Channel Hazards in the Shielded Execution Paradigm." In conjunction with the award, Yinqian received $500,000 to support his research - an investment that according to the NSF will help young scholars build a foundation for "a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research."
Zhang earned his doctoral degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and both his master's and bachelor's degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China's leading engineering university. Learn more about Zhang and his research at cse.osu.edu.
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