The Confucius Institute

Director:  Dr. Bailian Li

Deputy Director:  Dr. Xiaoying Wang

Deputy Director: Ms. Anna Lamm

Program Manager:  Ms. Guanglin Dai

Chinese Faculty: Ms. Lijuan Wang

      

Confucius Institute at North Carolina State University is a cooperativeproject of North Carolina State University , National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Han Ban) and Nanjing Normal University in China .

The goal of the Confucius Institute is to enhance intercultural understanding in the U.S. by sponsoring programs in Chinese language and culture. NC State’s institute will promote the mission through a range of educational and outreach activities to students, teachers, businesses, and community members. The institute will contribute to the expansion of Chinese language instruction at NC State and in North Carolina schools, enrich cultural opportunities and help North Carolina businesses understand and compete in the Chinese market.

Organization

The CI Council:

Council Chair: Wang Jian（Vice President of NNU）

Vice Chair : Bailian Li （Vice Provost of NCSU）

Members： Wang Jian,  Bailian Li, Xiaoying Wang,  Wu Yidong,  Anna Lamm

Academic Advisory Committee:

Tom Rufty, Department of Crop Science
Jim Moyer, Department of Plant Pathology
Jonathan Ocko, Department of History
Neil Schmid, Department of Religion
Yu-Fai Leung, Parks Recreation and Tourism Management
Art Rice, Associate Dean
Rob Handfield, College of Management
Xiangwu Zhang, Textile Engineering Chemistry and Science
 Raymond Ting, Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education
Candy Beal, Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education
Zhilin Li, Mathematics