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Guo Tingting Scholarship Empowers Young Leaders from Africa “As a woman and a post-80s new-generation entrepreneur, I believe that a world-class university rooted in China is essential to the education of global talents and China’s development. It is vital for inspiring and teaching our next generation to live a meaningful life,” says Ms. Guo Tingting, […]
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Zhou Qian: Life of Blooming Speech by Zhou Qian at Campus Opening Ceremony in 2014 at Duke Kunshan University. It is a great honor to be invited to speak at the Duke Kunshan University (DKU) campus opening ceremony. As you know, I am more accustomed to speaking through my paintings. First of all, I’d like […]
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Why I Made My Gift to Duke Kunshan Speech by Frances Chang, donor of JF Progressive Scholarship at the Thanks-Giving Dinner and scholarship celebration on Nov.8, 2018, at Duke Kunshan University. Ladies and gentleman, students and faculty, thank you for your warm invitation. I’m very honored to be here today as a donor of Kunshan […]
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Why I came to teach at Duke Kunshan Speech by Scott MacEachern at Thank you dinner and scholarship celebration on Nov.8, 2018, at Duke Kunshan University. Thank you for the invitation to this celebration, and for the chance to meet the wonderful donors who do so much to make DKU possible. I’ve come to DKU […]
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An Insider’s View of Duke Kunshan Noah Pickus, an associate provost at Duke and DKU’s dean of undergraduate curricular affairs and faculty development, shares a glimpse of life on campus. WHAT DOES AMERICA MEAN TO YOU?” I ask the twenty students in my American studies seminar. It’s the first day of class at Duke Kunshan […]
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From Data Analysis to Dao De Jing – My First Seven Weeks at Duke Kunshan University Class of 2022 Wang Yechen Winner of the Ying Hui Scholarship Speech by Wang Yechen at the 2018 Duke Kunshan University Thanks-Giving Dinner & Scholarship Celebration on Nov. 8, 2018 My name is Wang Yechen and I come from […]
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Nothing Could Really Compare to DKU When Peter Ballentine told classmates at Cary’s Panther Creek High School he would be attending college in China, a common reaction was: “Oh, great” … pause … “Wait, what?” “At first they thought I was insane,” said Ballentine, who leaves for Duke Kunshan University August 5. “Or they thought […]
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The Salvadoran Student Who Chose Duke Kunshan Over His “Dream School” By Lei Qi and Keith Lawrence Like many of his classmates at Duke Kunshan University, first-year student Alberto Najarro struggles learning the Chinese language. After spending an average of two hours each day on his studies, he can now write short essays in Chinese. […]
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Letters from Student| DKU, A Truly Global Community Speech by Ludovica Girelli at Thank you dinner and scholarship celebration on Nov.8, 2018, at Duke Kunshan University. My name is Ludovica Girelli, I am from Rome, Italy and I am an undergraduate student here at DKU. I started studying Chinese my first year of high school. […]
Donor Stories
Impact Stories Donor Stories Why I Made My Gift to Duke Kunshan If you believe that education can change lives Zhou Qian: Life of Blooming I incorporated the artistic conception of Chinese ink painting into the western canvas, symbolizing the educational and cultural integration between China and the U.S. Guo Tingting Scholarship Empowers Young Leaders […]
