美国堪萨斯大学(The University of Kansas,简称KU)与yl23411永利集团官网为校级合作单位。 KU为全美著名公立研究型大学,位于美国中西部堪萨斯州劳伦斯市, 建校距今已超过150年,校园占地约1100英亩,校内博物馆、研究中心林立,是美国最美丽的校园之一。堪萨斯大学是美国大学协会(AAU)的成员校之一,该协会由美国及加拿大受到广泛认可的62所名校组成。学校设有16个学院(Academic Schools)、200多项专业课程,约有30,000位学生在此学习, 堪萨斯大学被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为美国前50的公立大学,学校又有26门课程位列各公立大学课程的前25名,福特汽车,微软,三星电子,可口可乐等知名企业纷纷选择与KU师生联手开发最先进的技术。学校的城市规划专业和特殊教育长期以来排名全美第1,公共管理、临床心理学、艺术学等专业均位列全美前10。
KU今年在全美辩论赛上击败哈佛大学和乔治敦大学辩论队勇夺全美辩论赛总冠军。从堪萨斯大学走出的知名校友遍布社会各界和世界各地,包括福特汽车公司的总裁艾伦·穆拉利,篮球运动的发明者詹姆斯·奈史密斯,著名NBA巨星张伯伦和哥伦比亚现任总统胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯·卡尔德龙等等。

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该项目在yl23411永利集团官网研究生院和yl23411永利集团官网联合推动下于2015年正式启动,至今在英美国家已成功举办过3次。该项目最早成型于“研究生二外英语学术读写班”。其主要目的是帮助学生提高自身的英语学术素养和各种应用技能, 开拓国际视野, 提高思辨能力, 增加跨文化学习经历, 完成相关研究项目,为国家培养复合型国际化人才战略服务。
内容安排:
参加有关美国文化、经济、新闻、法律、国际关系的课堂学习和相关讲座、图书馆免费查找资料、观摩高水英语辩论赛,与KU师生分享学习生活专题活动、结业典礼 以及颁发结业证书、为了解KU历史文化以及人文通识教育所组织的其他活动等。请点击/archives/1243获得更多详细新闻报道。
招生对象:目前在北外注册的本科生和硕士研究生
招生名额:  20名
收取费用:  16,000元(含食宿、学费、使用图书馆设备等一切在美费用, 不包含往返机票费和签证费)
截止日期: 2018年5月15日
联系电话:88818623
联系人: 谭老师
 
                                                                         KU-BFSU English Institute 
                                                                                  University of Kansas 
                                                                                      July 15-28, 2018 
 
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Airport shuttle will pick up BFSU students and staff and transport them to Lawrence and the KU campus
Shuttle Company:  BATS KCI (913) 634-5484
Lodging:  Self Hall 1620 Engel Rd, Lawrence, KS 66045
Boxed sandwich dinners to be delivered to Self Hall front desk
Monday, July 16, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
Morning Session  Self Hall Meeting Room
9:15AM-10:15AM      Institute Orientation with Sarah Arbuthnot Lendt, Institute Coordinator
10:30AM-11:30PM     Lecture: “Research Projects and Presentations,” Professor Graham, Institute
Director
11:45AM-12:45PM     Lunch at Mrs. E’s
1:00PM                Bus to Kansas Union
Afternoon Session      Kansas Union
1:30PM-2:00PM  BFSU Scholars get KUIDs – KU Card Center in Kansas Union – take passports!
2:00PM-3:30PM  Official University Welcome:  University Distinguished Professor Maryemma
Graham; Professor Clarence Dean, Interim Director, Hall Center for the Humanities;  Michael Roberts, Graduate Studies; Associate Vice Provost Charles Bankart, Office of International Programs; Dean Carl Lejuez, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor Kathryn Conrad, Chair, Department of English
4:00PM  -5:00PM 1stFloor Ambassador Office, Kansas Union
Campus Walking Tour
5:00PM-7:00PM  Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
 7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM        Bus to Watson Library
Morning Session  Watson Library
8:30AM-10:00AM      Lecture: “Academic Writing and Academic Research Conduct,” Vickie Doll,
Librarian
10:00AM-11:30AM    Library research
12:00PM-1:00PM       Lunch delivered to Hall Center for the Humanities (HCH)
Afternoon Session      Hall Center for the Humanities
1:00PM-2:30PM  Lecture: American Immigration Policy and Racial Exclusion –“Stories of the
Undocumented: Cultural Trauma and American DREAMers,” Professor Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English
2:45PM-4:15PM  Lecture: “Understanding the Violent Side of American History: The Roots and
Branches of the #BlackLivesMatter World” with Professor Shawn Alexander, African/African-American Studies
Evening Event            Adams Alumni Center
5:45PM                Cars depart Self Hall for Adams Alumni Center
6:00PM-8:00PM  Welcome Reception and Dinner with KU Faculty, Graduate Students and
Administrators
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM        Bus to Spencer Museum of Art
Morning Session  Spencer Museum of Art
9:30AM-11:30AM      Tour Spencer Museum of Art with Celka Straughn, Director of Academic
Programs, Spencer Museum of Art
Lecture: Aesthetic Preferences for Eastern and Western Traditional Visual Art
11:45AM-12:45PM     Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session      Hall Center for the Humanities
1:15PM-2:45PM  Lecture: “Globalization and its Backlash: Implication for Sino-US Relations” with Professor Tailan Chi, Business
3:00PM-4:30PM  Lecture: “Intercultural Communication” with Professor from Communication Studies
5:00PM-7:00PM  Dinner at Mrs. E’s (KU meal card)
Evening Event
7:15PM                Cars depart for South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.
8:00PM  -9:00PM Lawrence City Band Concert
Thursday, July 19, 2018
 7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM        Bus to Spencer Research Library
Morning Session  Spencer Research Library
9:30AM-11:00AM      Spencer Research Library Tour with Caitlin Donnelly, Head of Public Services,
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
11:30AM-12:30PM     Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session      Watson Library
1:00PM-3:00PM  Lecture: “Library Resources,” Vickie Doll, Librarian
3:00PM-5:00PM  Attend undergraduate/graduate student seminar
5:00PM-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Friday, July 20, 2018
 7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
Morning Session  Self Hall Meeting Room
9:00AM-10:00AM       Lecture: “Langston Hughes: Born on a Troubled Road,” Professor Emeritus, Carmaletta Williams, English, Johnson County Community College
10:15AM-11:15AM    Bus Departs Self Hall for Field Trip –
Lawrence/Langston Hughes City Tour, Historian Katie Armitage and Professor Williams
11:15AM-12:15PM     Tour Watkins Museum of History
Lecture: Geography and Environment in American History
12:00PM-1:00PM       Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session      KU Campus
1:00PM-2:30PM          “Debate Theory” with Debate/Communication Faculty
2:30PM-5:00PM          Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:30PM                Cars depart for La Parrilla restaurant
6:00PM-8:00PM  Dinner at La Parrilla with KU Faculty, Graduate Students and Administrators
Saturday, July 21, 2018
8:00AM        Cars depart for Downtown Lawrence
8:15AM-11:00AM      Tour Lawrence Farmer’s Market and Downtown Lawrence
Lecture: “American Agriculture and the Local Food Movement”
11:30AM-12:30PM      Lunch at Mrs. E’s
Afternoon Session       Self Hall Meeting Room
12:30PM-2:00PM       “Native American Race Relations and Healing” Lecture with Professor Stephanie
Fitzgerald, Indigenous Studies
2:15PM                Cars depart for Haskell Cultural Center
2:30PM-4:00PM  Tour Haskell Cultural Center
5:00-7:00PM                Dinner at Mrs. E’s
7:00PM                Walk to Murphy Hall
7:30PM  -9:30PM “Next to Normal” musical theatre performance by Kansas Repertory Theatre
Sunday, July 22, 2018
 8:00AM-9:00AM         Breakfast delivered to Self Hall
Morning Session          Self Hall Meeting Room
9:30AM-10:30AM       Lecture: “African American Church Culture” with Professor Graham
10:30AM                       Cars depart Self Hall for Field Trip
11:00AM-1:00PM        Field Trip – Service at St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church
1:30PM-2:30PM          Brunch at Merchants Restaurant in Downtown Lawrence
2:30PM-5:00PM          Research and work time
5:15PM                Cars depart for Dr. Graham’s home
5:30PM-7:30PM  Dinner at Dr. Graham’s home with faculty and graduate students
Monday, July 23, 2018
 7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM                       Walk to HCH
Morning Session          Hall Center for the Humanities
8:30AM-10:00AM       Lecture: “The People’s Republic of China, the United States, and Global Security Issues,” Professor Adrian Lewis, History
10:15AM-11:45AM     “Historiography in China, Greece and Israel,” with Professor from the Confucius Institute
12:00PM-1:00PM       Lunch delivered to HCH
1:15PM-2:15PM  Tour KU Athletics with Paul Buskirk, Associate Athletics Director (meet in Hall
of Athletics in Allen Fieldhouse)
Short Lecture: Jayhawk Basketball Glory
2:15PM-5:00PM  Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM                Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
 7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM        Bus departs Self Hall for Field Trip to Kansas City
10:00AM-2:00PM       Tour Costco and Oak Park Mall
Lecture: “American Consumerism”
Purchase lunch at Oak Park Mall
2:00PM                Bus departs for WWI Museum
2:30PM-5:00PM  Tour WWI Museum and Liberty Memorial
6:00PM-7:00PM  Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
 7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM                       Walk to HCH
Morning Session          Hall Center for the Humanities
8:30AM-10:00AM       International Trade Law and International Investment Law, with Professor from KU School of Law
10:15AM-11:45AM     “The Importance of Understanding Consumer Psychology for Marketing,” Professor Noelle Nelson, Business
11:45AM-12:45PM     Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session      KU Campus
12:45PM-2:30PM       Graduate Student Panel
2:30PM-5:00PM      Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM                Dinner at Mrs. E’s
 Thursday, July 26, 2018
 7:00AM-8:30AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:30AM        Walk to HCH
Morning Session  Hall Center for the Humanities
9:00AM-10:30AM      “Black Women and Feminism in Africa and the Caribbean,” with Professor
Cécile Accilien, African/African-American Studies
10:45AM-12:15PM      “The Arab Revolution and the New Political Landscape in the Middle East,” with Professor from the Middle East Studies Program
12:15PM-1:15PM       Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session      KU Campus
1:15PM-5:00PM  Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM                Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Friday, July 27, 2018
 7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM        Walk to HCH
Morning Session  Hall Center for the Humanities
9:30AM-10:45AM      “Path to Genocide: A Holocaust Overview,” Dr. Shelly Cline, Historian,
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
11:00AM-12:00PM     Closing Panel, Professor Maryemma Graham
12:00PM-1:00PM       Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session      Hall Center for the Humanities
1:00PM-4:00PM  Student Presentations
4:00PM-5:00PM  Certificate Ceremony and Group Photo
5:45PM                Cars depart for The Oread
Evening Event            The Oread
6:00-7:00             Social Hour
7:00-8:00             Closing Dinner with KU Faculty, Grad Students and Administrators
 
Saturday, July 28, 2018
 6:00AM-7:00AM Breakfast delivered to Self Hall
7:00AM        Airport shuttle departs for MCI
Airport shuttle will transport BFSU students and staff to MCI Airport
Shuttle Company:  BATS KCI (913) 634-5484