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| Top Administrators Presented with ‘Distinguished Friends of China Award’ for Promoting Sino-U.S. Relations HOUSTON, Sept. 24, 2004 – More than 60 local Chinese organizations are honoring University of Houston System Board of Regent Thad “Bo” Smith and UHS Chancellor Jay Gogue at the upcoming 2004 China National Day celebration. The Chinese Civic Center and local Chinese-American communities will present Smith and Gogue with the Distinguished Friends of China Award. The distinction is given to Houstonians who help increase mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American people, and build constructive relations between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China through business, trade, cultural and educational exchanges. Previous recipients include the Houston Rockets, Mayor Lee Brown and Charles Foster, former chair of Asia Society Texas. The award will be presented at the 55th Anniversary of China’s National Day Gala 6:30 p.m., Sept. 25, at the Westin Galleria Hotel, 5060 W. Alabama. About 600 community leaders, artists, educators, public officials and diplomats are expected to attend. UHS maintains exchange and study-abroad programs with many universities in China, among them the Beijing Second Foreign Language University, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology; Guangxi Teachers Universities with UHD; the National Sun Yat-Sen University with UHCL; the Golden Leaf Information Technology College; Beijing Normal University; and Dalian Institute of International Business. UHS and the Central University of Nationalities in Beijing are currently working to further understanding between the U.S. and China, and between Houston and Beijing, through the exchange of faculty and scholars, academic information and materials and periodical academic publications. Regent Smith and Chancellor Gogue met with a Central University delegation in Houston recently to discuss strategies for the development of additional collaborations with Chinese institutions. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM The University of Houston System is the state’s only metropolitan higher education system, encompassing four universities and two multi-institution teaching centers. The universities are the University of Houston, a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university; the University of Houston-Downtown, a four-year undergraduate university beginning limited expansion into graduate programs; and the University of Houston-Clear Lake and the University of Houston-Victoria, both upper division and master’s-level institutions. The centers are the UH System at Sugar Land in Fort Bend and the UH System at Cinco Ranch. In addition, the UH System includes KUHF-FM, Houston’s National Public Radio and classical radio station, and KUHT-TV, the nation’s first educational television station. For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom. |
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