http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-chinese-concentrators-teach-in-local-elementary-schools http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-chinese-concentrators-teach-in-local-elementary-schools Recently, as part of the curriculum for the Chinese 495 Practicum of Chinese Language and Culture five Chinese concentrators ventured down to the bottom of the Hill to teach class at Clinton Elementary School.  The program, which collaborates with the Oneida-Herkimer-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), is funded through a U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant with Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-the-recipient-of-walton-award http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-the-recipient-of-walton-award Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature and director of the Associated Colleges in China program, was the recipient of the 2013 Walton Award given by the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/wilson-awarded-research-grant-for-foreign-scholars-in-chinese-studies http://www.hamilton.edu/news/wilson-awarded-research-grant-for-foreign-scholars-in-chinese-studies Professor of History Thomas Wilson received a Research Grant for Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies from the Center for Chinese Studies at the National Central Library, Taiwan. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-an-invited-speaker-at-cfl-workshop http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-an-invited-speaker-at-cfl-workshop William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Hong Gang Jin was an invited key speaker on March 16 at the 2nd Annual Chinese Pedagogical Workshop. The event was sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies of Penn State University. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:24:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-actfl-clta-meetings http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-actfl-clta-meetings William R. Kenan Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin was a presenter at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Chinese Language Teachers Association (ACTFL/CLTA). Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:41:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/xu-appointed-chair-of http://www.hamilton.edu/news/xu-appointed-chair-of De Bao Xu, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, was appointed as the chair of the nomination committee of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:59:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-awarded-fulbright-hayes-project-abroad-grant http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-awarded-fulbright-hayes-project-abroad-grant Hamilton College received the largest award among 23 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad international education grants announced by the U.S. Department of Education. Hamilton was awarded $671,975 in federal funds to support the project “The ACC Intensive Language Training Program for Students and Language Professionals.” It will be managed by Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of Chinese, and Associated Colleges in China (ACC) general director. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/de-bao-xu-published-book-edited http://www.hamilton.edu/news/de-bao-xu-published-book-edited Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu edited and published a book, Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, with China Social Sciences Press, (May 2012). The book is a collection of 23 articles selected from the papers at the 6th and the 7th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:02:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-s-highly-competitive-startalk-program-is-one-of-a-kind http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-s-highly-competitive-startalk-program-is-one-of-a-kind The Associated Colleges in China (ACC) Startalk teachers program is the only one of its kind to offer instruction solely for non-native-speaking Chinese teachers. The Startalk program was started at Hamilton three years ago by William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages & Literature Hong Gang Jin with the help of a U.S. Department of State Startalk grant. Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:43:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/xu-organizes-hamilton-sponsored-international-conference http://www.hamilton.edu/news/xu-organizes-hamilton-sponsored-international-conference Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu organized the Seventh International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT7) held May 25-27 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). Co-sponsored by Hamilton College and UHM, the main themes of the conference were cloud computing and mobile technology and their application to technology-based language instruction. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:01:00 EST