Jiaotong University

Today the purpose of our class preparation, was a presentation at Jiaotong University. At 8:15 AM we headed to meet the students who were spending their holiday with us in school. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival in China. We started our day mingling with the students and then listened to the first lecture of the day. The first presentation we heard was from Guijin Zhaung about the origins of brand names. We had a short break and then watched 4 videos our groups compiled about Morgantown. Dr. Riley showed a University video and the Jiaotong professors showed one about their own university.

Intently listening to the speaker.

An introduction and welcoming from one of the Jiaotong professors.

Lunch with the Students

We then broke for lunch and walked across campus to the student union to have meals together. We ate in separate rooms with some Chinese students, allowing us some time to get to know each other.

The red team discusses advertising with some of the Chinese students

After lunch we split up into our small groups and presented our PowerPoint presentations in a discussion forum. Having these small groups gave us the opportunity to discuss the similarities and differences between China and America much more easily.

Kristen discusses Public Relations in the U.S.

After a few hours the groups came back together and each group announced what they had learned from the presentations.

Logan and another Jiaotong students explain what their group discussed.

Laura, Alice, Kristen and Bridget.

This entire experience helped to bridge some of the gaps between the cultures. Being able to ask the questions we had of students our age helped us see the similarities that exist. Before dinner the students gave us a tour of their campus.

Tina, Alice, Laura, Kristen and Porchia just before dinner.

Then we headed over to a hotel that is owned by Jiaotong University and had dinner with the students. We ended our day seeing the city at night with our new Chinese friends as we all look forward to a day off tomorrow.

Next post will be from Beijing after another flight on the 10th.