Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

Thank you to the admitted students who joined our online chat this morning!  It was a great chat and we enjoyed getting to know you.  For those who missed the chat, we will be sending out a transcript of the conversation by early next week so check your emails!  A second online chat for admitted students will be held in mid-April.  Below we have also answered some frequently asked questions from admitted students: Question: Should I have received information about my financial aid award by now? Answer: YES.  Admitted students who applied for aid should have received an email from the Office of Financial Aid at Johns Hopkins SAIS on March 5th.  A number of students have reported not receiving this email because it turned up in their SPAM folder.  Please check your spam folder and also your secondary email account if you indicated two email addresses on your application for admission.  If you still have n...

We are pleased to announce that the American speaker for the 2013 graduation ceremony at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center will be U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Gary Locke .   Our HNC/DC Five-Semester Option students completing their degrees in Washington will have the opportunity to hear CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour , speak at the SAIS graduation ceremony this May .   Best of luck to our students at both campuses as they complete their degrees!

Hopkins-Nanjing Center Certificate and Master of Arts students have the opportunity to compete in the creation of innovative, sustainable projects that address a social need in the Nanjing community. Learn more about the competition and this year's winning team from Hugh Sullivan, HNC Assistant Director of Development: The Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) is pleased to announce this year’s winning team in The Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Fund Competition, Volunteer Nanjing . The team will build a bilingual website to connect organizations, non-profits, and charities with volunteers in Nanjing, a service that they demonstrated is in high demand. Nanjing Connect presents their web platform at the HNC 25th Anniversary The Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Fund Competition is an annual competition to identify a project valued for its social impact and innovation, potential to make a lasting contribution to social outcomes, and promise for nurturing a sense of community between...

MAIS student Natalie Sammarco had a busy day yesterday!  Read about her experiences in and out of the classroom on March 12, 2013: " I’m an early riser, myself. I got into that habit working as a schoolteacher, so that’s how I start my day. I wake up between 7-8am and go downstairs to get coffee from the HNC coffee shop (not exactly Starbucks, but they have fresh coffee from 7:30am-1pm, M-F). This comes in  real  handy when you’re in a pinch before class. Plus, it’s in the same building as our dorms! After coffee, I work on finding sources for my thesis and do some reading for my 1pm class. At 10:45am, I meet 8 friends for a lunch at the local Indian restaurant. Yes, 11am  is  early for lunch but we have invited a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) from the US Consulate in Shanghai to join us. Since he would be speaking at the Center from 12-1pm, it was better to have an earlier lunch. We talked to the FSO about his job, about his life, about his history...

Congratulations again to those admitted to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center!  As you consider whether to accept your offer of admission, you may be wondering what it would be like to live and study at the Center.  Check out the CCTV video below featuring the HNC.  In 15 minutes you will have the opportunity to learn more about the history of the Center, see the facilities and surrounding area, and hear from Chinese and international students, faculty, and co-directors.  If you are unable to see the video above, you can find it at the following site: http://news.nju.edu.cn/show.php?id=24920/ . 

Due to the coming snowstorm, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center International Admissions Office and the SAIS DC campus will be closed today.  If you have questions regarding your admissions decision from yesterday, the best way to reach us today is by emailing an individual admissions representative .  We will return any calls when the office reopens.

Admissions decisions were sent by email to all applicants today.  Congratulations to those who were admitted!  We look forward to welcoming the newest class to the HNC.  Admitted student events will be held in Nanjing and Washington DC in the coming weeks and we will host online chats for those in other parts of the world to help you make your decision by the April 21st reply deadline.  More information on these activities as well as an electronic admit packet will be emailed to admitted students soon.  As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns regarding your admissions decision.

HNC MAIS student Natalie Sammarco reports back after the first week of spring classes: "The time is upon us! 100+ of my closest friends in academic pursuit and I have just chosen classes for the Spring term! The break for Chinese New Year was wonderful, but I found myself very glad to be back at HNC this past week. After a good rest and recharge, everyone is energetic and looking forward to the new term. Coming back to the Center after already having one term behind me is surreal. Since many of us here are submersed in books and work -- the daily life of a graduate student -- it’s not often one gets the time nor space to reflect on what exactly has been done here. Since I had already completed the Certificate program before enrolling in the MAIS, I have had the unique experience of watching my fellow classmates evolve from what seemed like tentative, recent undergraduates to firm and unwavering graduate students. At the beginning of this year, so many people were uneasy abo...