Dr. Guo was Program Director for this year's new Summer Study in China study abroad program, sponsored by the Regents' Global Center of the University System. During the four-week program, students earned six hours of academic credit while touring such landmark cities such as Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Luoyang, and Dengfeng.

"We visited the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and many other cultural sites," says Dr. Guo, a native Zhengzhou in the Henan Province who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Zhengzhou University. He moved to the United States in 1986 to enroll in doctoral studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and has taught Political Science at Dalton State since 2000.

The general studies program was housed at Zhengshou University next to many historical and cultural sites and courses were taught by faculty from USG institutions.

In addition to academic "for-credit" courses offered this summer, students were able choose to participate in additional extracurricular activities such as martial arts, Tai-Chi, Chinese dances, culinary arts and other programs, all taught by local Chinese teachers.

"All of the instruction was in English, but most of the five faculty members who accompanied the students are fluent in Chinese," Dr. Guo said.