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Professor and Director of China Studies, David
Lampton, is joined by Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO of The Asia Group; Johnny
Taylor Jr, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Evan
Medeiros, Special assistant to President Barack Obama; and Carola McGiffert, President
of the 100,000 Strong Foundation at the release the Foundation’s report at SAIS
on Oct 1, 2014. (Photo: China Daily)
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Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS) and the 100,000 Strong Foundation have officially become
partners in the effort to enhance U.S.-China ties through education. The
100,000 Strong Foundation annually designates a handful of organizations as
Signature Partners. These organizations share the goal of increasing the number
and diversifying the pool of Americans learning Mandarin and studying abroad in
China.
The new Strategic Partnership between SAIS and the 100,000
Strong Foundation will enhance an already close working relationship. In
2014, for example, Johns Hopkins SAIS co-sponsored the release of the Foundation’s report, Strengthening US-China Relations
One Student at a Time, and held an event to launch the report. The
CEO and President of 100,000 Strong Foundation, Carola McGiffert, received an
MA in China Studies from SAIS, and the COO and Vice President, Travis Tanner,
is an alumnus of SAIS and the Hopkins Nanjing Center.
During President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, President
Obama announced a new nationwide initiative, led by 100,000 Strong, to see 1
million American students studying Mandarin by 2020.
We look forward to collaborating with our partners to grow
the 100,000 Strong Foundation’s nationwide 1 Million Strong Initiative to
promote deeper US-China ties through study abroad and Mandarin language
learning.
