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Professor Jianyun Meng, a native of China from the city
of Nanjing,
received his undergraduate degree in English from
Nanjing Teacher’s
University in 1985 and his M.A.L.S. degree with a
concentration in
education from Valparaiso University in 1993. Professor
Meng has
extensive experience in teaching both Chinese and
English as foreign
languages at universities in America and China. He has been
teaching Chinese language and courses about Chinese
culture and arts
for VU since 1995.
Professor Meng is also an accomplished musician
and offers lessons on Chinese instruments. He is one of the chief
organizers of the summer English program in Hangzhou,
which has so
far brought more than 20 VU students to teach English in
China over
the past two years. Professor Meng also has successfully organized
the American International Youth Orchestra's three-city
tour of
China in 2001, and the 2002 concert tour of the
prestigious Jiangnan
Silk & Bamboo Music Ensemble of China to Valparaiso
University and
four other universities in the Midwest.
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