Faculty and Staff Faculty: Tianwei (Tim) Xie, Jinghui (Jack) Liu, and Xiaowen Wu Staff: Jeff Winters, Terie Bostic, and Dee Dee Rypka Graduate Assistants: Chia-P Chao, Yuan-chen Hsiao, Yu-hsin Ko, Fang-yu Lee, Yan Wang, and Fanyi Yang Students Goals Communication: Strengthen key language skills while providing students with an immersive environment in which to practice these skills. Culture: Integrate Chinese culture as a core component of the program. Community: Foster relations between faculty and student, student and student, student and local Chinese community. Friendship: Develop long-lasting bonds between participants to carry the learning process beyond the time limitations of the program. LA18TV