{"322471":{"#nid":"322471","#data":{"type":"event","title":"U.S.\/China Culture Seminar for Administrators","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe OIE has invited Dr. George Renwick, a U.S.\/China communications expert to campus to offer seminars for Chinese students as well as GT faculty and administrators on\u0026nbsp;Friday,\u0026nbsp;September 12. Dr. Renwick has consulted for major corporations like Kodak, AT\u0026amp;T, Exxon Chemical, Motorola and Ford (to list a few) in addition to leading workshops for the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communications and institutions of higher education. Registration for the seminar is required due to space limitations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdministrator seminar: 2:00-4:00pm in Clough 262;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.oie.gatech.edu\/content\/uschina-culture-seminar-administrators\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERegister here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Renwick has been working in China on assignments with men and women from the United States for 25 years. He has been working in the U.S. with Chinese employees, teachers and students for 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work in Chinese education began when he was on the faculty at the\u0026nbsp;Chinese University of Hong Kong and served as Director of the Summer School, New Asia College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring eight years full-time in his master\u0027s and doctoral programs, he studied Anthropology, Social Psychology, Communication, Comparative Religions, Organizational Development, and Chinese Studies. Since then, his research has continued to be interdisciplinary. He draws from each of these disciplines the insights and practical guidelines essential to Westerners and Chinese when they are working and learning together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorge travels frequently to China and has conducted seminars and coaching sessions on effective intercultural communication in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Hong Kong, Taipei and Taichung.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor six years he has conducted a workshop (China: Encountering the Culture of a Rising Power) at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon. Participants have included university administrators, teachers and trainers, diplomats and managers. He recently conducted the same workshop at the first Winter Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. Most of the participants in that workshop have responsibilities for Chinese\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003Eand other international students on their campuses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorge originally became interested in China through his mother. She, her three sisters and their mother traveled in China before the Communist Revolution.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The OIE has invited Dr. George Renwick, a U.S.\/China communications expert to campus to offer seminars for Chinese students as well as GT faculty and administrators on Friday, September 12."}],"uid":"27787","created_gmt":"2014-09-08 09:05:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:09:08","author":"Emily Dolezal","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-09-12T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-09-12T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-09-12T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-09-12 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-09-12 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-09-12 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"},{"id":"170351","name":"International Student and Scholar Services"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102151","name":"academic advisors"},{"id":"3786","name":"chinese"},{"id":"102161","name":"Chinese students"},{"id":"102141","name":"graduate coordinator"},{"id":"1797","name":"GTAAN"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"4374","name":"international students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarisa Atencio\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector, International Student and Scholar Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marisa.atencio@oie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emarisa.atencio@oie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}