The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is pleased to
welcome Zach Valenta as the American Program Coordinator. Zach is not new to the Center community, however,
having graduated from the HNC certificate program this past June. Before attending HNC, Zach graduated from
Penn State in 2010 with a degree in English, but it was an interest in
comparative literature and a scholarship from the Confucius Institute that brought
him to China. In 2010 he moved to
Dalian, where he studied Chinese until attending the Center for the 2012-2013
academic year.
As American Program Coordinator, Zach
provides administrative, clerical and program support to the American
Co-Director and to the joint staff of the HNC.
This includes but is not limited to preparing student orientation
activities, assigning rooms, managing Federal Work Study assignments, and
coordinating arrangements for the use of HNC facilities.
