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UW-RF Home > Public Affairs Home > This Month's News Releases Public AffairsFor more information contact mark.a.kinders@uwrf.edu or brenda.k.bredahl@uwrf.edu. UW-River Falls Delegation Visits Pacific Rim Countries[photos] JUNE 16, 2006--University of Wisconsin-River Falls Chancellor Don Betz led a UW-River Falls delegation in late May on a multi-country visit to foster new exchange programs and reaffirm existing ones with Pacific Rim educational institutions. The delegation met with educators, school administrators, business leaders, government officials and others in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. "UW-River Falls has a strong presence in Asia," said Betz. The UW-RF delegation included Betz, Barb Nemecek, dean of the UW-RF College of Business and Economics; Bob Baker, associate dean of the UW-RF College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; Brent Greene, director of UW-RF's international education programs; and Terry Brown, dean of the UW-RF College of Arts and Sciences. The delegation visited Anne Kao and her husband Charles, who is a former UW-RF economics professor and now a national news magazine publisher in Taiwan. The group also visited alumnus Wong How Man, recipient of the 2002 UW-RF Distinguished Alumni Award and the president and founder of the Chinese Exploration Research Society. "Our objectives were fully realized and even surpassed," said Betz. "The delegation set out to strengthen the relationships that UW-RF has with numerous Asian education institutions and to develop greater student and faculty exchange and research opportunities between these intuitions and UW-RF. We returned with specific collaboration agreements as well as a wealth of opportunities to be developed in the immediate future." Academic institutions that the group visited included the University of Hong Kong and Nagasaki University in Japan as well as Shih Hsin University and Shih Chien University in Taiwan, and Zhejiang Education Institute in Hangzhou, China, with which the UW-RF has existing exchange agreements among others. UW-RF also has partnerships with Siebold University, Fukouka Jo Gakuin University and the Guy Healy Agency, all in Japan. The group was able to visit the 1872 home of Hu Xueyan, a Hangzhou businessman who made his fortune in herbal medicine among other endeavors, which opened as a house museum last year. Above, right, L to R: Brent Greene, director of UW-RF's international education programs; Terry Brown, dean of the UW-RF College of Arts and Sciences; Anne Kao, wife of former UW-RF economics professor Charles Kao, who is now a news magazine publisher in Taiwan; Xu Songlie, vice president of the Zhejiang Education Institute in Hangzhou, China; UW-RF Chancellor Don Betz, Barb Nemecek, dean of the UW-RF College of Business and Economics, and Bob Baker, associate dean of the UW-RF College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. The group is pictured in front of the 1872 home of Hu Xueyan, a Hangzhou businessman who made his fortune in herbal medicine among other endeavors, which opened as a house museum last year. Above, left: Chancellor Don Betz (right) and Pin-Shou Ting, Campus Director of Shih Chien University - Kaohsiung Campus, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, look at the UW-River Falls Web site in the campus library during a multi-country Asian visit in May by UW-RF delegates.
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"This visit served to strengthen that presence and will serve to position the intuition more robustly as we move ahead in globalizing the campus and creating rich international opportunities for our students, faculty and staff." 
"The residence is a stunning display of Chinese architecture and landscaping that clearly demonstrates the former entrepreneurial and economic strength of China," said Betz. "The economic growth and vitality, so readily apparent, is stunning. The Hu Xueyan residence and the whole of China, will serve as a powerful international laboratory for UW-River Falls students and faculty as opportunities are develop to send students to Hangzhou, throughout China and across Southeast Asia."