On January 30, the Joint Education Institute of Zhejiang Normal University and University of Kansas held the first meeting of the joint Management Committee, which approved the team members of the Joint Education Institute and the member list of the academic committee and discussed the opening ceremony of the Joint Education Institute and other related matters .Qiu Limin,Vice President (presiding over the administrative work) of Zhejiang Normal University and John Curran,the vice President of the University of Kansas attended the meeting.The meeting was co-chaired by Mao Xilong,the Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office of Zhejiang Normal University and Charles Bankart,the Vice Provost for International Affairs of the University of Kansas.

Qiu Limin, Vice President (presiding over the administrative work) and director of the Joint Management Committee of Zhejiang Normal University, on behalf of Zhejiang Normal University, extended a warm welcome and heartfelt greetings to colleagues from the University of Kansas. Qiu Limin pointed out that the establishment of the Joint Education Institute of the Zhejiang Normal University and University of Kansas, approved by the Ministry of Education of China in April 2023, is an important achievement of long-term sincere and friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two universities. The first meeting of the Joint Management Committee was a major milestone in the development of the College. Qiu Limin stressed that the Joint Management Committee will adhere to the three principles of building well, using well and managing well, provide decision-making and guidance for the construction and development of the Joint Education Institute, provide more opportunities for the development of teachers and students, promote complementary advantages, and achieve win-win cooperation. Looking forward to 2024, Qiu Limin put forward expectations in three aspects: promoting the construction progress of the college, improving the quality of talent training, and strengthening the exchange of teachers and students between the two schools. Qiu Limin quoted the poem Orchid bamboo fragrance is not leisurely, and the same roots are good together, comparing the cooperation between the two schools to the poem orchid and bamboo, the same roots, strong and strong together, will be able to write a new chapter of development and win-win.

Speech by Qiu Limin, Vice President (presiding over the administrative work) and director of the Joint Management Committee of Zhejiang Normal University

Rick Ginsberg, Dean of the School of Education and Humanities and Deputy Director of the Joint Management Committee at the University of Kansas, fully recognizes the work and achievements of the Joint School of Education since its establishment, and believes that the high-level combination of the two schools will provide better education for students and cultivate better educators. Rick Ginsberg Said that they are looking forward to visiting the beautiful campus of Zhejiang Normal University, looking forward to face to face communication with students, collision sparks of high-level cooperation in school.

Address by Rick Ginsberg, Dean of the School of Education and Humanities of the University of Kansas

Huang Xiao, president of the Joint Education Institute, made a work report, focusing on reporting the work progress, development vision, work plan for 2024, and the approved majors and training scale of the Institute. Huang Xiao pointed out that all the work of the college was started smoothly, and the training work of 2023 undergraduates was carried out in an orderly manner. In the New Year, the college will focus on the opening activities of the college, teacher recruitment, undergraduate enrollment and training, master programs, international exchanges between teachers and students and other work.

Members of the Joint Management Committee of the Joint Education Institute, teachers related to the International Department of Zhejiang Normal University, and teachers related to the Joint Education Institute and the International Department of the University of Kansas and the School of Education and Humanities attended the meeting.