Schedule of China Year Events:
The Culture of the Dragon

Des Moines Area Community College, Iowa
(September 2000 -- May 2001)

GOALS: The China Year celebration aims at educating DMACC students, faculty, and staff about the differences between the Chinese culture and the American culture. The celebration helps our students understand the diversity of cultures in the world by exposing them to the Chinese culture in the academic year 2000-2001. The celebration will extend our global education to the local communities.

RATIONALE: The China Year Committee has selected various aspects of the Chinese culture for our celebrations, stressing the importance of making the program both educational and interesting to the audience.

THEMES: Chinese Art, Music and Chinese Literature, Chinese History and Civilization, Modern Chinese Society, and Tai-Chi.

*** 1. Time and dates of presentations are subject to change.
2. For more details of China Year events, please visit "www.dmacc.org/instructors/wwzhang."

China-Year Events: Fall 2000
(August 2000 -- December 2000)

Time/Place	Theme/Activity	Speaker/ Performer	Coordinator
Sept. 12, 2000, (T) 11:00-1:00pm (Ankeny Campus In front of Bldg. 5)	China Year Kick-off Activities 1. Dragon-Awakening Ceremony 2. Chinese Food (Mid-Autumn Festival) 3. Chinese Buffet (Sept. 14, R)	Chinese Cultural Center of America Local Restaurants DMACC Bistro	M. Mosman Y. Swift, C. Hoover
Sept. 13, 2000, (W) 10:10-11:05am (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Modern Chinese Society	Adrian Bennett, ISU (Retired)	B Shriver
Sept. 28, 2000 (R) 9:40-11:05am (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Chinese History and Civilization	Thomas Ganschow, Professor of History, U. of Georgia	Q. Moss
Sept 30, 2000 (S) 5:00-8:00pm	Film Show	"Pushing Hands" (Taiwan)	A. Hutchison (Home)
Sept.-Dec. 2001	Book Club ("The Bound Feet and Western Dress" and "Waiting")	Faculty, Staff & Students	J. LaVille S. Slinkard R. Hoffman A. Schute

Oct. 5, 2000, (R)    11:15-12:40pm (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Trips to Tibet, China	Carol Brown, DM Public Schools Penny Sullivan, DMACC	T. Beck
Oct. 11, 2000, (W) 11:15-12:10pm (Bldg. 6-Aud)	China Revisited: What a Difference 20 Years Make (Slide Show & Discussion)	Alice-Jane Walter, ISU Roslea Johnson, DMACC	J. LaVille M. Delaney
October 21, 2000 (5:30-7:00pm)	Film Show	Faculty/Staff	Dale Norris & Rick Christman (Home)
Oct. 30, 2000, (M) Ankeny: 10:10-11:05am (6-Aud)	China Today	Yang, Song, Cultural Consul, Consulate General of PRC in Chicago	B. Shriver
Oct. 31, 2000 (T) 11:15-12:40pm (6-Aud)	Film Show	Consulate General of PRC, in Chicago	A. Huchison
Oct. 30-31, 2000, (M-T) 10:00-3:00pm (Bldg. 3, 5, 6, & 7)	The Exhibition of Chinese Artifacts, Paintings & Handicrafts	Consulate General of PRC in Chicago Personal Collections (DMACC Faculty/Staff)	D. Johnson

China-Year Events: Spring 2001
(January 2001 -- May 2001)

Time/Place	Theme/Activity	Speaker/ Performer	Coordinator
Jan. 25, 2001 (R) 11:00-1:00pm (Inside Bldg. 5)	Chinese New Year Celebrations 1. Lion Dancing 2. Chinese Martial Arts 3. Taste of China	Chinese Martial Arts Academy, Des Moines Local Restaurants	M. Mosman Y. Swift
Feb. 22, 2001 (R) 9:40-10:40am (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Chinese Music	Lin, Chiu-Ling, Professor of Piano, Drake U.	Y. Swift J. Loos J. Stick
Feb. 23 2001 (F) 11:15-12:10pm (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Chinese Songs and Music	DMACC Music Students & Staff	J. Loos
Jan.-May 2001	Book Club ("Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir" ”Coming Home Crazy”)	Faculty, Staff & Students	J. LaVille S. Slinkard R. Hoffman Ann Schulte

Mar. 7, 2000 (W) 10:10-11:05am (Bldg.6-Aud)	Modern Chinese Language	Bai, Di, Professor of Chinese, ISU	B. Shriver
Mar. 5-6, 12-13, 26-27, 2001 (M: 10:10-11:05 am; T: 11:15-12:40pm) (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Chinese Film Festival (3/5 "The King of Masks," 3/6 "Pushing Hands," 3/12 "No One Less," 3/13 "The Story of Qiu Ju,"3/26 “Yellow Earth," & 3/27 "Red Sorghum")	DMACC Faculty	A. Hutchison

Apr. 4, 2001 (W) 10:10-11:05am (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Chinese Immigrants in the U.S.	Shirley Fong-Torres, San Francisco	B. Shriver
Apr. 5, 2001 (R) 9:00-11:00am (Bldg. 7-03B)	Cooking Lesson (Open to DMACC Faculty & Culinary Students)	Shirley Fong-Torres, San Francisco	Chef Anderson (Signing-up requested)
Apr. 5, 2001 (R) 6:30-10:00pm (Bldg. 7-Cafeteria)	Chinese Gourmet Dinner	DMACC Faculty & Staff	C. Hoover
Apr. 7, 2001 (S) 9:00-11:00am (Bldg. 7-Cafeteria)	Tai-Chi (World Tai-Chi Day)	Faculty, Staff & Students	M. Mosman
April 18, 2001, (W) (Earth Day) 9:05-10:00am; 11:15-12:10pm (Repeated) (Bldg. 6-Aud)	Modern China (The Three Gorges Dam in China and Its Human and Environmental Impacts)	H. H. Cheng, Professor & Chairperson of Soil, Water & Climate Dept., U of Minnesota	G. Nelson Q. Moss
May 7-20, 2001	Trip to China (Two weeks) (To be decided)	Faculty/Staff/Students	W. Zhang

China-Year Events: Des Moines Campus
(August 2000 -- May 2001)

Time/Place	Theme/Activity	Speaker/ Performer	Coordinator
September 2000	Chinese Meal	Student Action Board and China One International Buffet	K. Crall D. Hilgers
October	Growing Up in China	Students attending Des Moines Campus	K. Crall D. Hilgers
November	Video Show on Chinese Traditional Dance Ballet Demonstration	Yun Liu, Student at Des Moines Campus and former Student of Dance Univ. in Beijing, China	K. Crall D. Hilgers
February	Chinese New Year Celebration	Chinese students at Des Moines Campus & community people	K. Crall D. Hilgers
March	Doing Business in/with China	A business person in Des Moines	K. Crall D. Hilgers
April	Demonstration of Tai Chi		K. Crall D. Hilgers

China-Year Events: Newton Campus
(August 2000 -- December 2000)

Time/Place	Theme/Activity	Speaker/ Performer	Coordinator
Sept. 28 2000, 3 pm (Room 135)	Chinese History and Civilizations	Thomas Ganschow, Professor of History, U. of Georgia	D. Wilson
Oct. 12, 2000, 3 pm (Room 135)	China: Past, Present, and Future	Carol Brown, Des Moines Public Schools	D. Wilson
Nov. 1 & 2, 2000 (Hallway and Foyer)	Exhibits of Chinese Pictures, Handicrafts, and Artifacts	Consulate General of China in Chicago/Personal Collections	D. Wilson
Nov. 8, 2000, 10 am (Room 119)	Life in China	Qian Moss, DMACC Biology Instructor	D. Wilson

China-Year Recommended Activities for Classes
(September 2000-May 2001)

Classes	Topic/Activity	Resources	Date/Time
English Sociology Political Science Philosophy History Education Speech Business	China Today A Trip to China Change of China over 20 Years	Guest Speakers, Des Moines Speakers Bureau	September -- October 2000
Literature English/Comp Poetry	Modern Chinese Literature	DMACC Library Book List Recommendations Available	Fall 2000 Spring 2001
Film English/Comp	An Award-winning Chinese Film ("King of Masks," "Yellow Earth, " "Iron and Silk," "Pushing Hands, " "Red Lantern Rising," "Red Sorghum, " "Farewell, My Concubine")	Video Warehouse Blockbuster	October 2000 March 2001
Education Speech English/Comp	College Education in China	Chinese students at DMACC	October 2000
Intro to human Resources	Human Resources in China	Roslea Johnson, DMACC	October 2000 (9:05-10:10) (W)
Art Elementary Ed	Brush Painting, Calligraphy, Paper Cutting, Kite Making		October -- November 2000
Music Creative Writing	Chinese Music and current music styles	Jim Loos	February 2001
Science Environmental Conservation Comp Two	The Three Gorges Dam, China	Guest speakers Web Sites	April 2001
Honors Seminar	Chinese culture/history/language	Jim Stick	Spring 2000

China Year Committee
(From Ankeny Campus unless indicated)

Kathleen Crall (Urban/DM) Pat Halverson Jim Stick
Jan LaVille (Boone) Don Honnold Yoshiko Swift
Ann Schulte (Carroll) Jim Loos Qian Moss (Co-Chair)
Delores Wilson (Newton) Michelle Mosman Will Zhang (Co-Chair)
Dory Briles Gary Nelson
Rick Chapman Maura Nelson
Lynn Crenshaw Burgess Shriver
Dolores Johnson Jayne Smith

Campus/Community Coordinators

CAMPUS/COMMUNITY		COORDINATOR
Ankeny Campus/Ankeny		Will Zhang & Qian Moss
	Boone Campus/Boone		Jan LaVille
Carroll Campus/Carroll		Anne Schulte
Newton Campus/Newton		Delores Wilson
Urban Campus/Des Moines		Kathleen Crall
CYC Ambassador (IPTV/Radio/Newspaper)		Don Honnold
Poster/T-Shirts		Rick Chapman