EH 399 will be offered for the May 2012 term, contingent upon stipend funding. The course is an exciting and innovative international amalgam of American and Chinese culture and academics. JSU students will study the same Western works of literature being taught by Chinese professors to their own students at Taizhou University. JSU students will then travel to Taizhou University for ten days where both classes will be combined into one English-speaking class. While in China, JSU students will provide a cultural and academic bridge for their counterparts at Taizhou University, students who are considering JSU for degree work.

JSU students participating in this program will live in China and will study there in the midst of incomparable academic resources: art works and architecture, museums and libraries, as well as institutions of government, commerce, and learning. There will be two weeks of initial study on the JSU campus, a 12-day trip (including travel days) to China. The remaining days of the May term will be spent in evaluation/study of the experiential aspects of the course.

Ms. Gena E. Christopher, Instructor of English. B.S.Ed., Jacksonville State University; M.A.E., University of Alabama at Birmingham. Already a veteran of Chinese travel, especially to Taizhou University, Ms. Christopher, is a popular and respected member of JSU's English Department and currently serves as Director of the English Department's Writing Clinic.

Dr. Steven J. Whitton, Professor of English. B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of South Carolina. A member of JSU's English Department, Dr. Whitton is the recipient of the Cleo and Carla Thomas Award for Outstanding Community Education and Community Service and the Anna C. Grace Professorship of English. He is co-recipient for the Faculty Scholar Lecturer Award and currently serves as Director of JSU's Honors Program.

• STIPENDS--10 academic stipends will be available, contingent upon stipend funding. To qualify, a student must

• have completed an Honors class at JSU with a final grade of B or better
• be a member of the JSU Honors Program. Applications for the Honors Program are available here
• have a minimum 3.0 GPA

• STUDENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION--Students are responsible for passport and visa costs (approximately $350 for both). Spending money of approximately $40 per day while traveling is also recommended (approximately $500). Passports and visa costs must be available to the Director of the Honors Program by December 1, 2011.

Taizhou University is located in Taizhou area, Zhejiang province. Taizhou is one of the sixteen cities in the Yangtze River Delta and is the largest city in Zhejing province.

Currently, there are more than 7,000 students. There are more than 700 faculty and 12 departments at the University, including the schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, Economy and Trade Management, Foreign Languages, Information and Electronics Engineering, Bioscience and Medical Chemistry, Physical Education,

Taizhou University embraces international exchange and cooperation and has maintained friendly relationships with many foreign universities, such as Lincoln University of New Zealand, Chodang University of the Republic of Korea, and Magdeburg-Stendal Applied Science & Technology University of Germany.