Reunion with our first graduates

Last night we had a very nice dinner with six alumni from the first UD-SHNU cohort. These students graduated in 2007, and all have good jobs. We had a nice conversation about the culture differences between China and the US, especially when it comes to food. We also talked about traveling around in each other's countries -- they were surprised that we only spent two days seeing the sights in Beijing, until we reminded them that they were in Washington, DC for only one day. We talked about how UD prepared them for their job -- several have already received nice promotions in the year since graduation. We also asked them what they missed about the US. Most indicated that they missed the friends they made and their teachers. They also missed the pizza, and the deserts -- especially the brownies.