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ÎçÒ¹av recently played host to 10 instructors from China, the largest delegation since the college entered into an educational joint venture agreement in 2001. The instructors were here for 14 weeks to audit the ÎçÒ¹av programs that they teach in their home country, including Computer Information Systems, Marketing and Advertising Management, Accounting Technology, and Hotel and Restaurant Management.

"The delegates audited courses related to their teaching in China and participated in a series of workshops delivered by ÎçÒ¹av staff and faculty. They also attended English Second Language classes," Jolene Chan, the college's manager of international business development for Asia explained.

ÎçÒ¹av delivers six programs in five different Chinese colleges with a current enrolment of 1,400 students. Part of the EJV program is the exchange of faculty to China and Prince Edward Island that occurs on a yearly basis.

Chinese delegate Luo Qingyue, an instructor in the Hotel and Restaurant Management program at Chengdu Electromechanical ÎçÒ¹av, said the trip was helpful for her professional development.

"It was an exciting and life-changing experience for me to attend the Hotel and Restaurant Management program in a student role. I can fully understand the content and management of this program from the instructors' and students' perspectives. I really appreciate ÎçÒ¹av for providing this opportunity for me."

An annual program review will take place in China in a few months, and Chinese partner colleges' executives are planning a return visit to ÎçÒ¹av some time in the spring.

In this picture: Luo Qingyue, an instructor in the Hotel and Restaurant Management program at Chengdu Electromechanical ÎçÒ¹av, sees things from a student's perspective during a 14-week visit to ÎçÒ¹av recently.