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May 22, 2016

Buddhism and the Bund

By kegreen4 The morning began with reflections about what we had learned on the trip as we all sat down with Leon for individual video sessions. Words representing our thoughts… 

May 18, 2016

A Tale of Two Schools: Suzhou North America High School and Shanghai American School

By mphimes Our third trip to Suzhou is coming to a close. With every hour spent with the leadership, students, and faculty at Suzhou North America High School (SNA), our… 

May 17, 2016

From Kindergarten to KTV

By Jill Grifenhagen   The China Tour delegation had an eye-opening, enlightening, and fun day exploring Suzhou! We started by visiting Suzhou Zenhua Middle School. This school is more than… 

May 16, 2016

A New School

This morning, the team visited the site of the new Suzhou North America High School. The campus is massive, with a four story high school building, two dormitories, and a… 

Apr 28, 2016

Going Places: PBI Global Experience Helps Student Win Travel Scholarship

  By Audrey White When Mackenzie Lamb is touring Europe this summer, she probably won’t be thinking about China. But her connection to a Friday Institute for Educational Innovation program… 

Jan 6, 2016

The Friday Institute Announces Spring 2016 MOOCs to Support Personalized Professional Learning for Educators

Registration is now open for four new courses to begin February 1st RALEIGH, NC — The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education has announced four… 

Nov 10, 2015

Cozy Comfort Food Lightens Up the Winter of 2015 by Mei An

Although the final projects are coming like zombies, we still need to try to keep ourselves healthy and happy. Eating is very important, as food not only provides essential nutrition… 

Nov 2, 2015

A Tour of North Carolina State University by Ying Dai

Welcome to the place where we can THINK and DO! North Carolina State University is a public university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. NCSU was estabished… 

Oct 28, 2015

Raleigh’s State Fair & Beijing’s Ditan Fair by Jiarui Lee

Last week, both our teachers and classmates asked us if we had been to the NC State Fair. It sounded intriguing. On Saturday, we decided to go to the State Fair!… 

Oct 23, 2015

Nature-Humans-Peace by Shasha Zhu

  Finally, after two weeks of rain in a row, we have our sunshine back. Raleigh officially has entered fall, and we officially begin our fall break, so I am…