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GAP YEAR IN CHINA with the WORLD ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE OF WOMEN At Sias International University through collaboration with Global Interactions “Discovering your passion and purpose enables you to find your voice, take action and create a life you never dreamed possible.” Jerrie Ueberle “探索激情和目标，能让你发现自己的心声，行动起来，创造一个梦想不到的人生。” ——杰瑞·尤伯利 www.wafw.org 2 WHAT IS A WAFW GAP YEAR? A Gap Year is an opportunity for high school graduates and/or university students to experience another culture and to widen their perspective while advancing their aca- demic careers. The World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) partnered with SIAS International University to make this experience even richer for Gap Year students. WAFW enables student members to find their passion, purpose and path to success. Members practice leadership in action and learn what it takes to become a global citizen and leader. Students will gain a broader perspective for what is possible in choosing their major and potential careers to envision their future and the path to get there. Why CHINA? One in four people on the planet are Chinese. SIAS International University is an ‘East meets West’ campus where students speak English and are eager to learn more about the west. The exchange with American and western students is ro- bust with real time learning and relationship building in the fastest growing economy in the world. Immersion in Mandarin accelerates and deepens learning and the ability to connect authentically with this ancient and dynamic culture. LEARN MORE: World Academy for the Future of Women: www.gi-wafw.org Sias International University: www.en.sias.edu.cn 3 Why a WAFW GAP YEAR? BEING a Global Citizen with a Gap Year in China EMBRACING the opportunity you have as a Millennial to set a new course for global relationships and leadership RECOGNIZING that leadership is the single most important ingredient to creating sustainable change in the world ACHIEVING proficiency in Mandarin through coursework and daily interactions with Chinese teachers and students ACCELERATING action and leading impactful projects on social issues as a member of an international team AQUIRING unique and value added experiences that will provide a competitive advantage to your college and job applications. MAXIMIZNG career opportunities with bi-lingual and bi- cultural experiences. 4 WORLD ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE OF WOMEN The World Academy is a bold and daring leadership program focused on developing young women and men for leadership roles that will address and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of the World Academy is to advance and accelerate women’s leadership worldwide addressing gender equality, social justice and human dignity. The World Academy classes are taught in English with Chinese translation. THE WORLD ACADEMY ACTION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The World Academy action leadership curriculum involves seminars, interactive labs, coaching, open forums and projects designed by students to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. World Academy projects include strategies for assisting children to stay in school, for parents to support their children in reading and learning, for promoting education and knowing about HIV-AIDS in the most impacted areas of China and the World, connecting with and advocating for Left Behind Children, supporting women to find their voices and make choices in their lives, providing factory workers with opportunities to see a bigger brighter future, and to develop strategies and ideas for solving problems of poverty, education and health! Travel will include trips into urban communities to implement projects and to the countryside to engage with village women and children. Additional travel to cultural and historical sites in Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian will be available throughout the 10-month program. 5 STUDYSTUDY ININ CHINACHINA ANDAND BECOMEBECOME AA GLOBALGLOBAL CITIZENCITIZEN SIAS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Xinzheng, Henan Province, CHINA Sias International University www.sias.edu.cnwww.en.sias.edu.cn is an is an East meetsMeets West campus in rural China. Sias has more than 27,000 Chinese students and 200-300 interna- tional students. Sias has the largest number of foreign faculty200-300 of anyinternational university students.in China. Sias has the largest number of foreign faculty of any university in China. SIAS UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CURRICULUM SIAS INTERNATIONALThe World UNIVERSITY Academy Gap YearLAN- includes GUAGELANGUAGE AND AND CULTURALthe CULTURAL opportunity CURRICULUM forCURRICULUM students to enroll in Sias courses for Chinese language, The World Academyculture, Gap Year history, includes geography the opportunityand travel to for students to enroll inhistoric Sias andcourses cultural for sightsChinese to language,gain a culture, history, geographydeeper understanding and totravel travel to andtohistoric historic experience and and cultur- of alcultural sights sights to gain to again deeperthe a deepercountry understanding understandingand culture. and experienceandGap Year of theexperience country ofand the culture. countrystudents Gap and’ Chinese Year culture. students language Gap’ language abilityYear willstudents ability be ’ inlanguage Chinese ability will be in determinedChineseevaluated will to determineto be select determined thethe best best toplacement placement select the in the program and will be assigned to frombest placementbeginning to from advancedclasses beginning based levels. onto They theiradvanced willknowledge be levels. assigned and They to classeswill be basedassigned on theirto performanceclasses knowledge based level. and on performancetheir knowledge level. and performance level. 6 Longmen Grottoes Yellow River Scenic Sight Zhengzhou Sias University Shaolin Monastery HENAN PROVINCE SIAS International University is located in Henan Province, the most populous province in China with 100 million people. SIAS is located in Xinzheng, near the capital city of Zhengzhou, the home of The Yellow Emperor (Huang Di 黄帝), China’s first ruler whose reign began in 2599 BC. The main economic drivers are agriculture, manufacturing and coal. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Henan include the Longmen Grottoes, the Shaolin Monastery and School of Martial Arts, “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” Monument in Dengfeng, the Grand Canal, and Yinxu, the site of one of the major historical capitals of China. The climate at Xinzheng is similar to the Midwest USA with warm summers and moderately cool winters and some snowfall each year. 7 LIVING ACCOMODATIONS Gap Year students will reside in the international student dorms with other international students and will have opportunities for home stays in villages, rural and urban communities with families. Students may choose either two or four person dorm rooms. Meals are inexpensive and may be purchased in cafeterias of choice in many campus locations. 8 THE WAFW CHINA GAP YEAR PROGRAM Gap Year students will reside and dine in the international student dorms with other international students and will have opportunities for home stays in villages, rural and urban communities with families.Literacy Students maySunshine choose Angelseither two Give Voice to Women or four person dorm rooms. A. LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP The World Academy Gap Year Program is designed to deliver content to the Gap Year students and to provide multiple opportunities for the students to move the content into action through activities that allow them to learn, follow, and lead. Paired with C. ChineseB. and other international students, they will design a personal plan and embark on a year of fulfilling the possibilities they see for themselves and others. WAFW projects focuses on developing leaders to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, bringing gender equality, social justice, and human dignity to women worldwide. World Academy facilitators, mentors, and other World Academy team members will support them in reaching and exceeding their goals. D. A. Campus walkway; B. Dorm foodcourt; C. Chinese Garden; D. International Student Dorm 9 GAP YEAR CURRICULUM: Global Leadership Chinese Language and Culture The World Academy Global Leadership content includes: Discovering Your Purpose and Passion Widening Your View of the World and What is Possible Creating a Personal Plan that Inspires and Engages You and Others Organizing and Balancing Your Life to Achieve Your Goals Designing a Plan that is Bigger than Yourself Producing and Engaging Others in a Team with a Specific Outcome Developing Presentation Skills to Express Your Purpose Measuring and Evaluating Your Success and Celebrating Your Achievements The Chinese Language and Culture content includes: Comprehensive Chinese – Pinyin, vocabulary and grammar Oral Chinese – Speaking Chinese Listening – Understanding Chinese Characters – Writing Chinese History Chinese Philosophy Chinese Geography/Travel Chinese Culture—Including marital arts, music and art 10 GAP YEAR CALENDAR OF EVENTS Students can count on a full 10-month program of extraordinary, challenging and amazing activities. The year is designed to provide new opportunities, introduce Gap Year students to experiences and possibilities that will allow them to know more, grow more, and discover new things about themselves and the world they live in! The calendar below is just a sample of the events planned for the Gap Year! August 23-24 Orientation in Phoenix, Arizona, prior to departure August 25 International departure to
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