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In May 2013, the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University sent 7 of our top students to represent us at the countrywide “Chinese Bridge” Competition. The competitions, which entail speech, talent show and Question and Answer, are held yearly at Nairobi University for all students studying Chinese in Kenya. The overall winner of the competition receives an opportunity to represent Kenya in China at the international “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students. Our student, Miss Anne Nyambura Ndung’u (pictured below), emerged the winner in Kenya and will proceed to China on Sunday 30th June, 2013 for the international competitions.
(Anne Nyambura Ndung’u)
The "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students is a large-scale international contest sponsored by Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters), and is well-known in the cultural and educational exchanges worldwide. The competition is held yearly, organized and carried out by the Organizing Committee. The “Chinese Bridge” Competition aims to arouse the enthusiasm of students in various countries in learning Chinese and strengthen the world's understanding of Chinese language and culture. At present, the competition has become an important platform for college students of various countries to learn Chinese language and learn about China. It builds a communication bridge between young people of China and other countries.
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The 2018 Table tennis winners and participants display their certificates at the end of the tournament at the Chinese Cultural Experience Centre.
The Confucius Institute organized the second annual table tennis tournament on the 29th – 30th October 2018. This event is part of the Confucius Institute’s cultural activities that include popular games within the Chinese club activities. Such tournaments are designed to keep our students engaged in interactive activities that enhance their Chinese language as well as creating opportunities for creativity through sports. The CI believes that a suitable strategy towards foreign language acquisition is to create an enabling environment where students can both interact and compete towards a specific outcome.
The two-day tournament was held at the Confucius Institute Cultural Experience Centre at the Alumni Building. The competition featured a total of eight teams that included both the amateur and professional categories. The Chinese Director, Prof. Li Jing encouraged the students to participate in events of this nature organized by the Institute in order not only to enhance their Chinese language but to pursue sporting activities in their youthful years to keep their minds fresh and remain physically active and competitive. The tournament was won by the team comprising who each received a certificate of merit and a token prize.
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The Chief Guest during the Culture Week festival, Mr.Hassan Noor Hassan, flanked by the Vice-Chancellor of Kenyatta University,Prof.Paul K.Wainaina sample Chinese tea at the Confucius Institute exhibition stand demonstrated by Chinese volunteer teacher,Ding Wanru.
The CI students and Chinese staff participated with great enthusiasm in the Kenyatta University Culture Week, 2018. The culture week is an annual cultural festival that has been held at the University since 1992 and has become an important event in the University Calendar. This year the CI participated in the exhibition where students from all over the University were shown aspects of Chinese culture such as paper cutting, Calligraphy, the art of the Chinese tea ceremony, use of chopsticks and many others. The exhibition was organized by the Chinese volunteers and lecturers with the supervision of the Chinese director. The CI also participated in the opening ceremony at the Bishop’s square by staging a thrilling martial arts presentation by CI martial arts students led by their Chinese instructor, Mr Wang Sen. The Confucius Institute also participated in the cultural extravaganza with a Chinese dance and later a display of Chinese traditional costumes during the fashion show presentation. The CI also contributed two banners for the Culture week publicity sub-committee.
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KU VC Paul Wainaina on 22nd July 2019 played host in his office to a high level delegation from Shandong Normal University led by university Chancellor Shang Xiao. The Chancellor and his team of directors visited KU to not only pay a courtesy call to the VC but to renew an MoU that was signed well over ten years ago between the two universities. SDNU has been receiving many students on scholarship from KU while KU has been hosting many Chinese Volunteers and Lecturers as part of the MoU for the last ten years. Top on the agenda was also talks around how to further the already ongoing smooth relations between the two universities.
Kenyatta University VC Prof. Paul Wainaina expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Shandong Normal University Chancellor for having found time out of his very busy schedule to visit Kenyatta University. He talked about the ongoing plans to launch a degree program in Chinese Language and Culture and asked the partner University to support by supplying qualified teachers to teach. He also talked about Research which is the back bone of any institution of higher learning and stated that KU was open to explore more areas of collaboration on the same. The Chancellor Shandong Normal University on the other hand, thanked the KU VC for the warm welcome and good working relations they have had with SDNU. He reiterated that SDNU was keen on having more collaborations with KU in other fields as well. The team from SDNU later met Deans of schools and continued talks with them on how each school could collaborate to enrich learning in both institutions. Kenyatta University Confucius Institute played a critical role in organizing the trip and link communication between different parties. CI will continue to encourage this. KU CI Director Dr. Kamau Wango asked all Deans of School to be more proactive in keeping contacts and negotiating further with the partner university to see fruition of talks around collaborations in exchange of students, information and members of staff.
Report by Ruth Sarah
Admin CI
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