Building on more than a decade of partnerships with the People's Republic of China, Kennesaw State University has been selected as one of the newest sites in the United States designed as a Confucius Institute. Kennesaw State becomes the second university in Georgia to establish a Confucius Institute and one of the latest in a growing international network of affiliated institutes, with 42 located in the U.S.
KSU's institute will operate under an agreement between the university and Yangzhou University in China's Jiangsu Province. It will offer a range of academic and professional development programs for students, employees and executives of local and regional businesses, schools and community residents. The offerings will include credit and non-credit courses, workshops and seminars covering Chinese language, healing and martial arts, painting, calligraphy, cooking, economy, social development and business.
The institute will be located on the KSU campus.
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