Today was “Open Campus Day,” for Shanghai Maritime University. The campus was opened to the public, mainly for prospective students and their parents. Along the “lake” in the center of campus, booths were lined up giving away food from other international students or with activities and prizes. We participated in a filming for an organization for people with disabilities, and learned to say “We Love Your Strength” in sign-language.
The business students were asked to do a performance of Walt Whitman’s “Going Back to Cambridge” alongside our Chinese roommates. The US students read in Chinese and the Chinese students read in English. From L-R in the picture are John Coogan, Bob, Adam Vieira, John, Brendan Dickinson, Leo, Jack Gomes and Leo. Their performance got rave reviews!
The deck students were asked to set up a booth of “typical US food,” so they made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and grilled cheese sandwiches; both were a big hit!
We will be doing something similar on May 18, which is “International Day.” We’ve been given a stipend to buy food and décor for our stand and we were thinking of performing “YMCA.” More on that in a month…
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