Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

Student blogger Sam Olson talks about what members of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center community did over Winter Break. The Hopkins-Nanjing Center academic calendar includes a number of breaks to celebrate both Chinese and American holidays. Our longest break, in the winter falls from early January to mid-February to coincide with Chinese New Year and gives students the opportunity to intern, travel abroad, or go back home to spend time with family and friends. Below is a snapshot of how some students spent their winter break. “I spent almost the whole break interning at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Beijing office. Despite working for most of the break, it was totally worth it. I liaised with the secretaries of TNC China board members to confirm the board members’ participation in TNC activities. In addition, I helped work in conjunction with the TNC Africa Office to design three visits to Kenya, Namibia, and Botswana. Now I have a better understanding of how international NGOs work in Chi...

Student blogger Hope Parker, MAIS ’20, describes the different opportunities to get involved with moot court, a law competition where students participate in international law court or arbitration simulations, at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. At the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, many students join one of the moot court teams as an extracurricular activity. Moot court is an international law competition where students participate in preparing and arguing case simulations in front of judges. Each moot court competition has at least two major events during the year: the memorials deadline and the oral competition. Memorials are written arguments that must be submitted to the judges prior to the oral round. The memorials lay out legal arguments that become the basis for the oral round, which gives moot court members serving as oralists a chance to focus on their public speaking and oral arguments. During the oral rounds, teams compete against each other by making their arguments to judges who ask ...

Hopkins-Nanjing Center Certificate + Johns Hopkins SAIS MA students reflect on their student life experiences in Nanjing and DC. “In my experience, life in DC tends to be more fast-paced than in Nanjing. In DC, there are multiple events going on every day at Johns Hopkins SAIS, nearby think tanks, and other places; you sometimes have to pass up opportunities because there’s so much going on. Life at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center offered a bit more time to do things like take an evening walk around the city with friends. Getting to experience both cities is one of the best parts of being a student at both the HNC and Johns Hopkins SAIS.”  - Brian Hart, HNC Certificate ’18, Johns Hopkins SAIS MA ’19  “We were just talking the other day about how much we actually miss Uncle Pizza (a pizza restaurant in Nanjing).... It was great seeing a whole cohort of familiar Hopkins-Nanjing Center faces when I arrived in DC for the first week of classes — it has been great getting to know th...