Oregon South Coast/Oregon South Coast/Asia ConnectionsAsia ConnectionsSouthwestern Oregon Community Southwestern Oregon Community

College Sister Colleges in South Korea College Sister Colleges in South Korea and Chinaand China

Judith M. L. HansenJudith M. L. Hansen

2006 2006

SISTER COLLEGE SISTER COLLEGE BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

CHANGZHOU Institute of TechnologyCHANGZHOU Institute of Technology• 2 1/2 hours west of Shanghai in Changzhou2 1/2 hours west of Shanghai in Changzhou• 1990’s Illinois connection 1990’s Illinois connection • Consortium ScholarshipConsortium Scholarship• 15,000 full time, 8,000 part-time students15,000 full time, 8,000 part-time students• Four year Institute of TechnologyFour year Institute of Technology• Four campusesFour campuses

HYEJEON CollegeHYEJEON College• 11/2 hours south of Seoul in Hongseong11/2 hours south of Seoul in Hongseong• 2000 Oregon Coast Culinary Institute connection2000 Oregon Coast Culinary Institute connection• Faculty and Student exchangeFaculty and Student exchange• 3,000 full time students3,000 full time students• Two year technical collegeTwo year technical college• One campusOne campus

GETTING THEREGETTING THERE

Portland to TokyoPortland to Tokyo Tokyo to SeoulTokyo to Seoul Seoul to HyejeonSeoul to Hyejeon Seoul to ShanghaiSeoul to Shanghai Shanghai to Shanghai to

ChangzhouChangzhou Shanghai to Tokyo Shanghai to Tokyo

homehome

Hyejeon CollegeHyejeon College

HYEJEON COLLEGEHYEJEON COLLEGE

HONGSEONGHONGSEONG

SEOULSEOUL

CHANGZHOUCHANGZHOU

EXPANDED AGREEMENTSEXPANDED AGREEMENTS

HyejeonHyejeon• Continued faculty and student exchangesContinued faculty and student exchanges• Chef exchangesChef exchanges• Service learning opportunitiesService learning opportunities• English Language InstituteEnglish Language Institute

ChangzhouChangzhou• Continued scholarshipContinued scholarship• Chef exchangesChef exchanges• English Language InstituteEnglish Language Institute• Faculty exchangeFaculty exchange

OUR FLAT WORLD*OUR FLAT WORLD*(Breakthrough Innovation Since 11/9/89)(Breakthrough Innovation Since 11/9/89)

New playersNew players• Africa conference in BeijingAfrica conference in Beijing• Samsung Engineer in OregonSamsung Engineer in Oregon

New playing fieldNew playing field• Olympics Chef needsOlympics Chef needs• Dinosaur videosDinosaur videos

New processesNew processes• Horizontal educational collaborationHorizontal educational collaboration• Global access to wireless learning technologiesGlobal access to wireless learning technologies

* Friedman, Thomas L.; * Friedman, Thomas L.; The World is Flat; The World is Flat; 20062006..