09/11/2015．President of Wenzao led a Delegation to Spain for the Promotion of Academic Exchange with Sister Schools

　
　

　

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 Wenzao delegation participated in the Interuniversity Congress “St. Teresa of Avila, Maestra de Vida” held by Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila. President Maria del Rosario Sáez Yuguero stood in the middle (right 3)










Aug. 15, 2015







【News release: Public Relations Office】
 
     In order to strengthen the academic collaboration and exchanges between Wenzao and her sister schools in Spain, President Chou led a delegation to participate in the Interuniversity Congress "St. Teresa of Avila, Maestra de Vida" held by Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila, sign partnership agreements with Unversidad de Rovira i Virgili and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Cuenca, and renew partnerships with other sister schools. Local alumni and Wenzao students who study or have internships all welcomed their arrival; it is hoped that more academic opportunities can be seized. After their return, a sharing session with administrators and teachers was held.
 
     The delegation members include President Chou, Dr. Kit Lam, Dean of the Office of International and Cross-strait Cooperation, Associate Prof. Yao-Tang Lin, Ursuline Education Centre and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and Prof. Pi-Chiao Liu, Chairperson of Dept. of Spanish.
 
     Their first stop was the Unversidad de Rovira i Virgili for signing the academic agreement of collaboration and exchange; they were heartily welcomed by the President Josep Anton Ferré Vidal. On the next day, they visited Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Cuenca for signing the agreement of exchange. Five Wenzao students attended the language courses for the first time in this school. The university particularly arranged internships in the Tourist Bureau of Cuenca, City Government, advertising company and hotels, respectively. The delegation not only visited the school environment, but also the sites of the internship. More internship programs for Wenzao students are anticipated. While visiting the City, the delegation received a personal welcome from the Mayor Ángel Mariscal.  
 
     A study group from the Dept. of Spanish was at one of the sister schools this summer: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. President Chou showed her concern for their learning status. There have been frequent interactions between the two schools, and she sincerely invited their students to come to Wenzao for a short-term study program in business next summer.
 
     Renewal of partnership was carried out with Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad de Salamanca. The libraries for academic research of both schools archive great collections and numerous ancient books which are extremely valuable for historical studies. Wenzao teachers absolutely could find priceless information on Catholicism in these two libraries. Furthermore, the exchange students between Wenzao and Universidad de Salamanca used to pay tuition at their own expense; now, after the renewal of partnership, if the numbers of exchange students are equal, students will be exempted from paying tuition, which constitutes a breakthrough in the academic exchange.
　　       Wenzao delegation also visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain and was hosted by Javier Ching-Shan Hou, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Spain. He stated that Wenzao had an influential contribution. There are six employees in the office and three of them are the alumni of Wenzao; he is impressed by their outstanding performance. They are Yi-Li Yang (X24S), Shu-Li Sun (X24S), and Chiou-Jen Ting (X32S). 
 
     One of the most important events was to attend the Interuniversity Congress "St. Teresa of Avila, Maestra de Vida" held by Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila for celebrating the 500th anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila. More than 400 scholars worldwide were the participants. Beyond interacting with other Catholic schools, the delegation also learned about the holy spirit of St. Teresa of Avila and her perspective would be integrated into the educational mission.  
 




Photo / Office of International and Cross-strait Cooperation












President Chou (left) and President Josep Anton Ferré of
Unversidad de Rovira i Virgili (right) after signing the agreement

Staff of two schools







Sheng-Ching Kuo (in red blouse), alumna of Wenzao (X3S)
accompanied the delegation in Barcelona 


President Chou (in yellow blouse) and President Miguel Romero of Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Cuenca were signing the contract of academic exchange.











Five Wenzao students from the Dept. of Spanish had language courses at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Cuenca. They are: Nou-Lan Yang (left 2), Tsai-Ju Fang, Chih-Ling Li, Chien-Chen Li, and Chih-Ting Liu (1-4 from right) 

The delegation visited Chih-Ling LI (left 2), intern of Playthenet, an advertisement company in Cuenca.









President Chou (middle) and Prof. Liu (left) visited Chien-Chen Lin (right), intern of the Tourist Bureau, Cuenca. 
Ángel Mariscal (left), Mayor of Cuenca, personally welcomed the delegation. He enthusiastically showed the collection to President Chou (right).






Fátima Guadamillas Gómez (right), vice rector of international relation, and María-Ángeles Zurilla-Cariñana (left), vice rector of culture from UCLM welcomed President Chou.  
President Chou (middle of the front row) visited the study group from the Dept. of Spanish in UCLM.






 




President Chou (right 2), President Daniel Miguel San José (left 2)
and Vice President José Ramón González of Universidad de Valladolid
after signing the agreement. 


 President Daniel Miguel San José (right 3) and Vice President José Ramón González (right 2) of Universidad de Valladolid introduced the library
 for academic research.








President Chou (right) and President Daniel Hernández Ruipérez (left) of Universidad de Salamanca after signing the agreement.  

Li-Feng Cheng, alumna of Wenzao (right 2, X1S), who is teaching at Universidad de Salamanca, introduced the library for academic research. 







Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila presented an Honorary Doctorate Award to St. Teresa of Avila and invited all university presidents onto the stage to witness this honorable moment. President Chou was
the first from left.  

Varela Wenzao delegation with Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco







The delegation visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain and was welcomed by Javier Ching-Shan Hou (right 4), the Representative of Taiwan. The employees of Office are Wenzao alumni: X24S Yi-Li Yang (left 1), X32S Chiou-Jen Ting (left 3), and X24S Shu-Li Sun (right 1).   

President Chou (right) had dinner with the Superior General O.C.D, Father Saverio Cannistrà (middle). 







(From left to right) Dean Lam, President Chou, Associate Dean Ling, and Prof. Liu shared their experience in Spain.  

Associate Dean Lin shared the holy spirit of St. Teresa of Avila







Dean Lam shared her experience. 

Prof. Liu shared her experience.






Film about St. Teresa of Avila 

President Chou (middle) shared the grace and amazement
she experienced in Spain.