Part of “East Meets West Talks” series, The Beijing Center presents “Service-Learning: Engage, Learn, and Act.” Our discussion will focus on the implementation of service-learning and ways to actively support local communities, with a conscious effort towards cultural understanding.
Topics:
-How to successfully build virtual immersion learning programs
-Institutionalization of the service-learning experience
-Service-learning experience through work with migrant children in Beijing
Date and Time:
-Wed. 16th June, 8:30-9:30 EST (New York)
-Wed. 16th June, 14:30-15:30 CEST (Madrid)
-Wed. 16th June, 20:30-21:30 CST (Beijing)
Register now: go.thebeijingcenter.org/east-meets-west
Over this past weekend, some of our students enrolled at Minzu University of China took their annual Spring Outing – this year, to Gubei Water Town. Situated about a 2-hour drive northeast of Beijing, the April weather made it absolutely perfect to explore for a spring outing. It surrounds various canals and offshoots of Yuanyang lake.
If you ever want to get a taste of Old Beijing, by far one of the best ways is to visit the hutongs. They’ve conceptually been around all the way since the 1200s, and in their most modern forms exist as protected alleyways and streets surrounded by old traditional houses and neighborhoods in the heart of Beijing and are recognized in China to be an important part of cultural heritage in the city.