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Friday, April 5, 2019

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Say My Name:

Pronouncing our Chinese and Chinese Heritage Students’ Names

Monday, April 8, 12:15 (lunch); 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. (workshop)

Library Building, Room 763

Space is limited. RSVP online

From:  Denis Dyshko, Special Program Manager, International Student Service Center 

As we prepare to welcome the second cohort of SWUFE 3+1 students from China, we feel it is essential to learn the proper pronunciation of their names. Research shows that while many Chinese students take on westernized nicknames, many would prefer to use their given names – if only non-native Chinese speakers could pronounce them correctly. We at Baruch can show our Chinese and Chinese Heritage students they are valued on campus by learning to say their names correctly. Baruch’s International Student Service Center has therefore teamed up with the Confucius Institute to organize the Say My Name: Pronouncing our Chinese and Chinese Heritage Students’ Names Workshop. The staff of Baruch’s Confucius Institute—Xinwei Sun, Ph.D., Jing Shao, Ph.D., and Li Wang Ph.D.—will share their knowledge. Workshop participants will be able to practice with the actual names of our incoming Chinese students from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

A light lunch will be provided.

Denis Dyshko, M.S, M.S. Ed. 

Special Program Manager 

International Student Service Center

Baruch College

City University of New York

151 East 25th St, room 730

New York, NY 10010

Tel: 646-312-2049