Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

On June 15, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center held its thirty-second commencement ceremony to celebrate the hard work of the certificate and master's students. Congratulations to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center class of 2018! The ceremony started off with opening remarks by Chinese Co-Director Chen Yunsong. He thanked the students for a great year and wished them luck for the future. Co-Director Chen Yunsong Sean Stein, Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, gave a commencement address congratulating students on graduating from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. He stressed that the world needs more people like Hopkins-Nanjing Center graduates. Having more people who understand both the cultures of the United States and of China is the key to good international relations between our two countries. He ended his speech encouraging international students to stay up-to-date on their China knowledge after graduation, as it is a rapidly changing country. Consul General Sean Stein d...

On June 9, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center held its thirty-first commencement to celebrate the hard work of the certificate and MAIS students. Congratulations to the HNC class of 2017! This year the HNC was proud to host three alumni from the graduating class of 1995: Qi Kezhan, Josh Perlman, and Helen Yang. Graduates, professors, staff and assembled friends and family clearly enjoyed the sincere and meaningful stories that the speakers shared of their life at the HNC and how connections made at the HNC transformed their lives and careers. Chinese Co-Director He Chengzhou  The ceremony kicked off with opening remarks by Chinese Co-Director, He Chengzhou. He thanked the students for a great year and wished them luck for the future. Chinese Co-Director He and American Co-Director Davies then recognized the Class Committees from the fall and spring semesters for their hard work. Josh Perlman delivering commencement address Josh Perlman (HNC ’95), Managing Director at Brande...

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center's 30th Anniversary Celebration kicked off on June 17 with commencement at the HNC. Congratulations to to the class of 2016! The commencement ceremony featured keynote remarks by Lisa Heller, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and Zhou Wei, Deputy Director-General at the Jiangsu Province Foreign Affairs Office. President of Nanjing University, Chen Jun and President of Johns Hopkins University, Ronald J. Daniels also made remarks to the class of 2016. 2016 MAIS graduates Emily Shea, International Student Representative International student and MAIS graduate, Emily Shea, and Chinese student, Caixiao Chen were selected as student representatives. In the spirit of the HNC's bilingual community, student representatives delivered their addresses in their target languages.  Below is the full transcript of Emily's speech. 尊敬的各位来宾、老师，亲爱的同学们， 大家好 ! 我叫沈琳，我是今年二年级硕士...