March 23, 2010

BCU Professor to Present Reflections on Chinese Fulbright Experience

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University assistant professor of history Eric Juhnke, Ph.D., will present “Learning Chinese: Personal Reflections on Chinese Education – A Fulbright Experience,” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, in the Saint Francis Center in the Stark Student Center on campus. This free event is open to the public.

Dr. Juhnke will discuss his personal experiences as a Fulbright professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, China, last spring. He also will share feedback from Chinese students on their perspectives of higher education.

“As a Fulbright professor, I was truly able to immerse myself in Chinese culture and experience education from a global perspective,” said Dr. Juhnke. “Chinese higher education has an incredible potential impact on China and beyond.”

Dr. Juhnke, who came to Briar Cliff in 2001, holds a bachelor’s degree from Graceland University at Lamoni, Iowa, a master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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