Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

HNC's Career Counselor Robbie Shields reports back from the Asia Career Trek earlier this month: "What a week!   From January 13-18, ten HNC students and ten SAIS students joined SAIS Director of Career Services Ron Lambert and I on the 6 th annual Asia Trek.   On the trek, students visited various employers in Shanghai and Hong Kong, meeting with everyone from recent graduates to CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.   While all the representatives offered unique experiences and backgrounds, one thing they all had in common was a commitment to helping students in their career development.   The trek began in Shanghai with a visit to Wells Fargo to meet SAIS alumnus Han Lin.   Han is a Senior Vice President and the Deputy General Manager of Wells Fargo’s Shanghai Office and has been in Shanghai for nearly a decade.   His career experience is remarkably diverse, having served both the United States Marine Corps and the Peace Corps prior to joining Wells Farg...

We’ve mentioned before that the Hopkins-Nanjing Center is a residential community.   As you complete your application , you may be wondering what it would actually be like to live and study at the HNC. The Center’s first-rate facilities include:  Open stacks library  Classrooms Conference center Auditorium Student residence hall Cafeteria Computer room Fitness room  Rooftop terrace Lounge Laundry facilities including washers and dryers Recreational rooms Wireless internet access 24-hour hot water Heating/air-conditioning throughout the Center HNC Cafeteria HNC library Dorm Room Classroom  Auditorium  Student Lounge

Don't forget that our FINAL Online Admissions Chat that will be taking place this Thursday, January 24th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EST) .  Chatting with us will be admissions representatives Katie Brooks (Certificate ’09) and Lauren Szymanski (Certificate ’12) as well as current HNC MAIS student Spike Nowak.  Join us to hear current students and admissions staff share firsthand experience and valuable advice, and be sure to bring any questions you may have about the application process, academics, or student life. To participate, click on this link as early as ten minutes prior to the beginning of the chat and login as a guest. Remember our application deadline is February 1, so be sure to take advantage of this great opportunity to learn about the Center from those who know it best.   We hope to be chatting with you soon!

It's finals week at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center so we stopped by the student lounge to ask what students are doing with their five week break over the Chinese New Year holiday: Drue Banta, MAIS student - traveling to Harbin and India Micah Hostetter, Certificate student - going home to Richmond, VA, and then traveling to Beijing to spend Chinese New Year with my host family from 6 years ago Will Heidlage, Five-Semester student - participating in the Asia Career Trek with SAIS and HNC students in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Then traveling to Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Cambodia.  Sophia Tsirbas, MAIS student - Tokyo and then home Tyler Ehler, MAIS student - Colombo, Sri Lanka for an internship with Environmental Resources Investment PLC Cadence Hardenbergh, Certificate student - New Zealand for travel, Singapore to visit family, and then a three week yoga retreat in Sri Lanka Byron Meinerth, MAIS student - participating in the Asia Career Trek and then traveling to DC...

Connie Paik HNC Certificate ’12, SAIS ’13                                    Hometown Washington, D.C. Previous Education Boston University B.A. International Relations, 2009 Previous Work Experience ·          Resident Director for CET Academic Programs ·          Intern at the United Nations Development Programme ·          Intern at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. ·          Editorial intern at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai ·          Intern at the Korea Economic Institute Chinese Language Study Prior to Attending the Center I took a few C...

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is unique among the SAIS campuses in that it is a joint venture between Johns Hopkins University SAIS and Nanjing University.  As such, our student body is composed of Chinese and international students who are bilingual in both English and Chinese.  While the admissions offices are separate (citizens of the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao should apply through Nanjing University rather than through our DC-based office), the two universities work closely together regarding all other aspects of the program.  In light of this, members of the DC office of the HNC are in Nanjing this week for the 2013 meeting of the Joint Academic Committee (JAC).  Faculty and administrators from Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Nanjing University, and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center itself form the JAC and meet each year to discuss curriculum changes, hiring faculty, and other issues that affect students at the Center.  It’s also an opportunity to hear feedb...

Best wishes for 2013 from the International Admissions team!   As a reminder, the deadline for Five-Semester Option applications is this Monday, January 7 th .   You can log on to our online application system here .   Feel free to contact our DC offices with any last-minute questions you may have ( nanjing@jhu.edu , or 202-663-5806).   For those of you applying to the certificate or MAIS programs, applications are due February 1 st , and completed CAL Chinese Proficiency Exams for all three programs must be submitted by January 21.   We’re looking forward to reading your applications! Kaelyn Lowmaster, a current Five-Semester Option student entering her second semester at SAIS in DC, emphasizes how integral her year at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center has been to her academic experience:   The Hopkins-Nanjing Center Library “Earning my HNC certificate has really focused the rest of my graduate study.   I’m currently dual concentrating in China ...

This is a quick reminder about the Online Admissions Chat that will be taking place this Thursday, January 3rd from 7:30-9:30 PM (EST) .  Chatting with us will be admissions representatives Katie Brooks (Certificate ’09) and Lauren Szymanski (Certificate ’12) as well as current HNC/SAIS Five-Semester Option student Kate Lebling.  Join us to hear current students and admissions staff share firsthand experience and valuable advice, and be sure to bring any questions you may have about the application process, academics, or student life. To participate, click on this link as early as ten minutes prior to the beginning of the chat and login as a guest. Remember our application deadlines are January 7 (Five-Semester Option) and February 1 (Certificate and MAIS), so be sure to take advantage of this great opportunity to learn about the Center from those who know it best.   Can't make this chat?  We will be holding one more chat before February 1...