2019年3月18日，博伊西州立大学在校园网首页报道了我院的访问交流活动：
今年（2019年）3月3日至7日，博伊西州立大学接待了前来访问的高规格的中国太原工业学院（山西，太原）代表团。
去年，在两所大学的共同努力下，博伊西州立大学与太原工业学院首次建立了合作关系。
在访问商学院和工学院并与其代表会面的过程中，两所大学对以下合作方向进行了深入探讨：
1. 工程和（或）商科本科生的学分衔接(2+2)课程。A(2+2)项目允许转移学分，学生可以在一所大学修满两年的学分，并在该合作大学获得他们的学位。
2. 鼓励太原工业学院学生到博伊西州立大学攻读硕士和博士学位。
3. 为能参与博伊西州立大学加速硕士项目的太原工业学院学生制定方案，使其能在大四时开始他们的硕士课程。
4. 为深入开展科研项目，两所大学加强合作并推动教师往来。
太原工业学院书记吴刚说:“此次访问，实现了两所大学进一步互相了解进而长期合作的目标。”
除吴刚外，代表团成员还包括国际交流与合作处处长张晓宾、化学与化学工程系主任牛宇岚、材料工程系主任李振中和经济与管理系主任李建平。
访问博伊西州立大学期间，代表团分别会见了马克·班尼斯特教授、乔安娜·莱蒂教授和商学院、工学院的系主任们，以及全球教育中心主任、副校长助理贡萨洛·布鲁斯先生。
代表团也访问了教务长兼副校长托尼·罗克。
此外，代表团还参观了校园，会见了目前在博伊西州立大学注册的中国学生和中国籍教师，听取了关于强化英语课程、计算机科学课程、图书馆的创客实验室以及商学院和工学院的教学、研究的介绍。
第一排从左至右：张晓宾，李振中，吴刚，乔安娜和布鲁斯
第二排从左至右：布莱恩，阿米特，唐，牛宇岚，李建平
附：2019年3月18日博伊西州立大学在校园网新闻
https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2019/03/18/boise-state-receives-delegation-from-taiyuan-institute-of-technology/
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP
Boise State Receives Delegation from Taiyuan Institute of Technology
by Brianne Phillips
March 18, 2019
Chinese Delegation visits Boise State
Let to right- First row: Zhang Xiaobin, Li Zhenzhong, Wu Gang, JoAnn Lighty, and Gonzalo Bruce.
Second row: Brian Stelbotsky, Amit Jain, Don Plumlee, Niu Yulan, and Li Jianping
Boise State University received a high-profile Chinese delegation visiting campus from the Taiyuan Institute of Technology (Taiyuan, Shanxi) March 3-7, following an inaugural partnership brokered by the two universities last year. Through visits and meetings with College of Business and Economics and College of Engineering representatives, the two universities are exploring the following lines of collaboration:
Credit articulation (2+2) programs in the areas of engineering and/or business for undergraduate students. A (2+2) program allows for the transferring of credits, enabling a student to complete two years of credits at one university and then finish their degree at the partnering university.
Attracting Taiyuan Institute of Technology students to Boise State’s master and doctoral degrees.
Formulating a framework by which Taiyuan Institute of Technology students may join Boise State’s accelerated master’s programs, which offer students the ability to start working on their master courses while enrolled in their senior year of undergraduate study.
Research collaboration and faculty mobility to and from China for research projects.
“The visit accomplished the goal of getting to know each better and launch a long lasting cooperation for the benefit of both universities,” said Wu Gang, the chairman of Taiyuan Institute of Technology.
In addition to Gang, the delegation included Zhang Xiaobin, head of Foreign Affairs Office; Niu Yulan, dean of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Li Zhenzhong, dean of Material Engineering; and Li Jianping, dean of Economics and Management.
While visiting Boise State, the delegation met with Mark Bannister and JoAnn Lighty, respective deans of the College of Business and Economics, and College of Engineering, as well as Gonzalo Bruce, assistant provost of the Center for Global Education.
The delegation also visited with tony Roark, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. In addition, the delegation members toured the campus and met with Chinese students currently enrolled at Boise State and Chinese-born faculty members. The delegation received an introduction to the intensive English program, the computer science program, the library’s MakerLab and research facilities both at COBE and COEN.
