{"id":2589,"date":"2012-09-12T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2012-09-12T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:33:10","slug":"visitors-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=2589","title":{"rendered":"Visitors from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have the distinct opportunity to be one of the host institutions for AACC&#8217;s (American Association of Community Colleges) Fall 2012 Vocational Education Leadership Training (VELT). The entire program will host 20-25 presidents and vice presidents of Chinese vocational and technical institutions. The VELT program will be financed by the Chinese government with the support of the Chinese Ministry of Education and jointly run under the supervision of the AACC and the China Education Association for International Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>We will be hosting 5-6 presidents or vice-presidents from October 28 &#8211; November 10. The focus of the VELT program is to:<br \/>\n1. Strengthen the leadership abilities and capabilities of Chinese college administrators<br \/>\n2. Provide strategies to develop and improve market-oriented curriculum design<br \/>\n3. Enhance teaching methods for Chinese vocational institutions<br \/>\n4. Develop strong relationships with local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coming to NMC, the VELT participants will be in a week-long orientation in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>In the next week, we will be creating the agenda and asking many of you to participate in our host responsibilities such as giving tours, making presentations related to programs and service areas, participating in cultural events, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for your enthusiastic welcome to our guests and your willingness to share your higher education expertise as we continue to expand NMC&#8217;s global opportunities!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the distinct opportunity to be one of the host institutions for AACC&#8217;s (American Association of Community Colleges) Fall 2012 Vocational Education Leadership Training (VELT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,4],"tags":[910,911],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-presidents-update","tag-chinese-visitors","tag-velt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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