Despite barriers of cost, curriculum, and culture, 13 Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) students spent 10 days in Shanghai, China, in summer 2013. WSSU students are of varied ages, and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and many didn’t have a passport before this trip. Craig Richardson, a WSSU professor of economics, worked with CIEE’s Faculty and Custom Programs department and Steve Chao, center director for the CIEE Study Center in Shanghai, to design a program for his MBA students. We'll explore how WSSU was able to overcome barriers and give these students a life-changing experience, and how other institutions may be able to replicate its model to increase access to study abroad for traditionally underrepresented students.

1. Winston-Salem State University
CIEE Shanghai Center
2013 Summer
Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
Academic Focus:
Global Economic Development in China

2. Your Presenters Today
• Erin Santana, Senior Coordinator of Faculty-led and
Custom Programs at CIEE
• Dr. Steve Chao, Center Director of CIEE Shanghai
• Dr. Craig Richardson, MBA Program Coordinator and
Associate Professor of Economics
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3. CIEE Faculty-Led and Custom Programs
• Began officially in 2012
• Have run over 100 programs all over the world
• Can run a program in any city where we have a CIEE
study center
• Programs are completely customizable to meet your
institution’s needs regarding COST, CURRICULUM, and
CULTURE

4. Customized Summer Study Abroad
for
Winston-Salem State University
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A historically black public research university
located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
A non-profit, non-governmental
organization, the world leader in
international education and exchange.

5. June 8-17, 2013
•2 excursions in Yangtze River delta economic zone
•2 company visits in Shanghai
•4 guest lectures and discussions
•10 Chinese cultural immersion activities
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6. Program Orientation
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7. Welcome Dinner with Center Director
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8. Communicative Chinese Language Class
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To equip the students with survival Chinese
language skill in living & traveling in China.

9. Guest Lecture and Discussion I
China's Model Of Communism Today by Dr. Greg Mahoney
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10. Guest Lecture and Discussion II
Demographic Shifts by Professor Charles Mo
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11. Guest Lecture and Discussion III
Americans in China by Professor Ken Nearly
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12. Guest Lecture and Discussion IV
China's Economic Growth by Dr. Minqi Xu
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13. Company Visit I
AGY Shanghai Technology Ltd.
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AGY is a leading global producer of glass fiber yarns and high-strength
glass fiber reinforcements used in a variety of composites applications.

14. Company Visit II
Shanghai Volkswagen Company
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15. Community Engagement Activity
Visit Migrant Worker Village in Suzhou
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16. Culture Field Trip
Visit Shanghai Urban Planning Museum
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17. Culture Field Trip
Visit Chinese Traditional Gardens
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Humble Administrator's Garden,
Suzhou
Old City God Temple,
Shanghai

18. Cultural Immersion Activity
Suzhou Silk Mill
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19. Cultural Immersion Activity
Visit Digitization Park in Shanghai
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20. Cultural Immersion Activity
Home Visit to Host Family
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21. Cultural Immersion Activity
Huangpu River Cruise & Farewell Dinner
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22. On the Way to Continue Cooperation
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CIEE change lives; Our alumni change the world.

23. IFDS Seminar: The Inspiration for Student Travel
• First time to China- so much to digest!
• Exposure to experts in field, meetings
with government officials
• China was more open than I imagined.
• Professors shared ideas of important
themes of China.

24. How to make it happen?
• Marketing class 6 months in advance
• Finding “pots” of money
BB and T grant; Koch Foundation grant dropped
total cost to students from $3500 to $2000 (all expenses)
• Working with CIEE in November of
2012.
• Shared vision.

25. Meeting with CIEE: What do we want for our
students on an overseas experience?
World of
ideas:
World of
experience:
Reflection time:

26. Achieving Balance
Achieving Balance = Ideas + Experience + Reflection
Is there an ideal for a travel abroad program?

27. How will I
apply this to
my
business?
I would love
to take
Mandarin
Chinese!
Our students’ brains are different- so
there is no “perfect balance” for each
student: a happy medium must be
Balance is more like a moving target…

28. Create a rhythm for the day:
Morning walk (reflection) +
morning class (ideas) +
afternoon site visit
(experience)
Seeking Balance

30. Ideas

31. Experiences

32. Marriage market: Shanghai

33. Preparing students of color for interactions with Chinese
• People of African descent are an unusual sight in China,
and students must be prepared for some Chinese who
greet them like visitors from another planet.

34. Our students handled it with grace, good humor and
aplomb.

35. Next stop: Shanghai, Summer 2015!