Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

This evening the Hopkins-Nanjing Center community is celebrating the Moon Festival with an outdoor terrace party complete with mooncakes and student performances.  The admissions team hopes all of our blog readers have clear skies this weekend to properly celebrate as well! HNC students celebrate the Moon Festival in 2008

Tryouts are being held this week in Nanjing for this year’s HNC mock-trial team.  This will be the third year that the Hopkins-Nanjing Center has been host to a moot court team. Shirlene Yee, MAIS '12 The Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition, drawing participants from more than 500 law schools across 80 countries. The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is among the small minority of participants that are not law schools.  The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. Teams prepare oral and written pleadings, arguing both the applicant and respondent positions of the case.   2012 Jessup Team in Washington, D.C . In its first year competing, HNC placed sixth in the China National Rounds.  The following year, the HNC moot court team placed third overall out of 39 teams in the China Natio...

Admissions representative Margaux Fimbres will be recruiting in the Midwest over the next two weeks!  Please contact margaux.fimbres[AT]jhu.edu if you are interested in setting up an individual meeting at any of the following locations: Mon, Sept 24th - University of Kansas Tues, Sept 25th - Wash U - St. Louis Wed, Sept 26th - University of Kentucky Thurs, Sept 27th - Indiana University Fri, Sept 28th - Notre Dame Mon, Oct 1st - University of Chicago Wed, Oct 3rd - UW Madison Thurs, Oct 4th - University of Minnesota, Macalester College & Carleton College Fri, Oct 5th - St. Olaf College

Many applicants come to us for advice about how to select the Hopkins-Nanjing Center program that best suits their interests.   In order to help you compare the basic features of the Certificate, MAIS, and Five-semester HNC/SAIS programs, we’ve compiled some helpful information below.   You’ll find a snapshot of the duration, requirements, and degree associated with each program.   If you have any additional questions about programs and curricula offered by the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, please don’t hesitate to contact our Admissions Office .     *As a Five-Semester applicant, students must choose a concentration for the SAIS MA portion of the program.  More information on SAIS MA concentrations can be found here .  ** For specific questions about the SAIS MA, go to www.sais-jhu.edu or call the SAIS Admissions Office at 202.663.5700

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center Library It's the first week of classes at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center but here in the admissions office we are already preparing for next year's class.  The first step in the application process is Chinese proficiency testing .  All applicants to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center are required to take the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) Chinese proficiency exam. The CAL is the most convenient way to ensure that you will be prepared to study at the Center. To help you do your best on the CAL, we’ve answered a few commonly asked questions about the exam below: The CAL is entirely multiple choice, and focuses mainly on listening and reading comprehension. There is no oral component. There are no formal study guides for the exam, but when you request the CAL from our office, we’ll send you an Examinee Handbook that explains the structure of the exam and provides some sample questions. You can take the CAL independently with a proctor or at schedule...

2011 Fire Safety Demonstration This week the Hopkins-Nanjing Center welcomed its 27th class to Nanjing.  Students are busy this week applying for residence permits, learning about career services, deciding on class schedules, hearing about volunteer opportunities, and putting out fires during the annual fire safety demonstration. On Wednesday, students also had the opportunity to attend a guest lecture by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute.  MAIS student Natalie Sammarco reports:   Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security "Back at the Center, we are in full swing with orientation. It's been very fun getting to know my new international and Chinese classmates. I think each of the students is beginning to realize just how special HNC is to those involved with it and to the international community. This was made so clear by the visit to the Center by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Jane Holl Lute, who came to speak with us a...

Margaret    Certificate Program 2011 Previous Education The George Washington University MA in International Development Studies  University of Virginia BA in Foreign Affairs Chinese Language Study Prior to the Center Two semesters undergrad, CET Hangzhou Summer '05, Defense Language Institute coursework What was your favorite course at the Center? Chinese Constitution Why did you choose the Hopkins-Nanjing Center? I chose HNC because I was very impressed by the Center graduates whom I'd met while working as a China analyst for the US government. They all had a strong command of Chinese, and were also often leaders in their respective organizations. I see Center graduates' professional success as a testament to the quality of the HNC educational experience.  What are you doing now? I am currently the Director of the China and Latin America program at the Inter-American Dialogue, a DC-based Latin American studies think tank. Much of what I ...

The HNC application for the 2013-2014 academic year is now available online.  You can start your application here ! In other news, admissions coordinator Lauren Szymanski will be recruiting in upstate New York and western Massachusetts over the next two weeks.  Please contact lauren.szymanski[AT]jhu.edu if you are interested in setting up an individual meeting at any of the following locations: Monday, Sept 10th- Colgate University Tuesday, Sept 11 th – Union College & Hamilton College Wednesday, Sept 12 th – Vassar College Thursday, Sept 13 th – Bard College Monday, Sept 17 th – Smith College Tuesday, Sept 18th- Mt. Holyoke College Wednesday, Sept 19 th – Amherst College Thursday, Sept 20 th – University of Massachusetts Friday, September 21st – College of the Holy Cross