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Wellesley College-Peking University Partnership Academic Program Begins in Beijing
The Wellesley College-Peking University Partnership for Women's Leadership in a Global Era academic program begins today in Beijing, China.
In January, Wellesley College announced a major global initiative with a critical mission: to educate the next generation of women leaders around the world. The Wellesley College-Peking University Partnership for Women’s Leadership in a Global Era begins today, Wednesday, June 5, at Peking University in Beijing, China.
Twenty Wellesley students have traveled to Beijing to participate in this intensive 10-day academic program alongside 20 female students from Peking University. Supported by faculty from both institutions, outstanding practitioners from the field, and thought leaders from around the world, these 40 young women will work together to examine a number of issues connected to worldwide urbanization, including issues such as economic inequality, wildlife preservation, and food scarcity. The initiative represents the College’s most wide-reaching effort to date to educate women for leadership and invest in women’s leadership on a global scale.
This Saturday, former U.S. Secretary of State and Wellesley Alumna Madeleine Albright will officially launch Women World Partners at Peking University with a keynote address. She will also teach a master class for the 40 students and lead a faculty forum on the importance of the liberal arts disciplines in a global world. Secretary Albright will mark the start of Wellesley’s new global initiative with a reception at the United States Embassy attended by women leaders from both the United States and China.
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The academic program will culminate in a one-day summit, Women’s Leadership: Making a Difference in the World on Friday, June 15. After the Institute concludes, the Wellesley College/Peking University Partnership will continue with faculty and student exchanges, joint research, virtual collaborations, and more. And in 2014, Peking University students will travel to Wellesley for another joint academic program supported by faculty from both institutions and based on the unique interdisciplinary pedagogy developed for Wellesley’s Albright Institute for Global Affairs. Wellesley will announce the next international partnership in 2014.
Learn more about the initiative at: http://www.wellesley.edu/wwp
