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Students 'okay' in Zhejiang
Contact:
Vivian Chu, 778.782.7112; cschina@sfu.ca
Carolyn Hanna, co-director (acting) SFU International, 778.782.4328; carolyn_hanna@sfu.ca
John Clague, jclague@sfu.ca
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Vivian Chu, 778.782.7112; cschina@sfu.ca
Carolyn Hanna, co-director (acting) SFU International, 778.782.4328; carolyn_hanna@sfu.ca
John Clague, jclague@sfu.ca
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
May 13, 2008
Eighteen Simon Fraser University computing science students currently in China as part of a computing science dual degree program are continuing with their study program at Zhejiang University – two provinces away from where the devastating earthquake struck China.
Vivian Chu, SFU program coordinator, says a dozen students from the program’s first two cohorts were recently joined by six students from a third cohort. Chu has received messages confirming they are okay.
“There were reports that some people felt the shake in Shanghai, which is about an hour and a half by train from where the students are,” says Chu, who has also just heard from an uncle who works in Sichuan Province, where the quake occurred, that he too is fine. “But the students say they are okay and none felt the quake in any way.”
Students from the first cohort will return to SFU in July while the second group is scheduled to return for the fall semester in 2009. The five-year program, which began in 2005, involves an initial year of study at SFU, followed by two years at Zhejiang University and a final two years back at SFU.
Meanwhile the first Chinese contingent to study at SFU recently arrived on campus. They’re part of a four-year program and will eventually finish the program after completing two years of upper division studies at SFU. In both cases, students will graduate with degrees in computing science from SFU and Zhejiang University.
SFU International is offering to provide assistance to international students with ties to the earthquake struck regions of China, and is also working with the Faculty of Education on additional ways to help.
Much of the focus surrounding the earthquake in China has been on the recovery/relief effort. SFU earth sciences professor John Clague is currently travelling but can be available May 14 (reachable via email) to provide comment on why and how such high magnitude earthquakes occur.
Vivian Chu, SFU program coordinator, says a dozen students from the program’s first two cohorts were recently joined by six students from a third cohort. Chu has received messages confirming they are okay.
“There were reports that some people felt the shake in Shanghai, which is about an hour and a half by train from where the students are,” says Chu, who has also just heard from an uncle who works in Sichuan Province, where the quake occurred, that he too is fine. “But the students say they are okay and none felt the quake in any way.”
Students from the first cohort will return to SFU in July while the second group is scheduled to return for the fall semester in 2009. The five-year program, which began in 2005, involves an initial year of study at SFU, followed by two years at Zhejiang University and a final two years back at SFU.
Meanwhile the first Chinese contingent to study at SFU recently arrived on campus. They’re part of a four-year program and will eventually finish the program after completing two years of upper division studies at SFU. In both cases, students will graduate with degrees in computing science from SFU and Zhejiang University.
SFU International is offering to provide assistance to international students with ties to the earthquake struck regions of China, and is also working with the Faculty of Education on additional ways to help.
Much of the focus surrounding the earthquake in China has been on the recovery/relief effort. SFU earth sciences professor John Clague is currently travelling but can be available May 14 (reachable via email) to provide comment on why and how such high magnitude earthquakes occur.