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Chinese Culture Club’s events for Fall 2020

September 3, 2020 Sports

Kenton Arrington Staff Writer The diversity of culture among students is a large part of what makes Troy University unique, and one organization dedicated to sharing their culture is the Chinese Culture Club (CCC). Austin Wayne Deal, an administrative support specialist for the Confucius Institute and a representative for the CCC, gave some insight on upcoming events planned for the semester. “We offer non-credit Mandarin Chinese courses for adults and children,” Deal said. “(The classes are offered) both online and in-person.” The Mandarin courses will be offered in 10 90-minute…

CULTURALLY SPEAKING: Workshop explores realistic, abstract

November 20, 2019July 21, 2020 Trojan Living

(PHOTO/ Zenith Shrestha) The Chinese Culture Club hosted a workshop presentation on modern Chinese art on Nov. 15. The workshop was led by artist Tao Zhou, who said on a flyer for the event that when he’s looking at a canvas, he “contemplate(s) on the relationship between landscape and humankind. It is such a relationship that exists beyond the distinction between the realistic and the abstract.” The workshop was held in Bibb Graves Hall and was open to the public.

Institute offers free tai chi class

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Trojan Living

Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer Every Wednesday, the Confucius Institute’s Chinese culture course takes place in the basement of Bibb Graves. The culture course is offered in two parts. In the first part, an hourlong tai chi class is offered. The second part is Chinese Corner, where different topics relating to Chinese culture are discussed. “Our ultimate goal is to make people see that Chinese culture is not something strange and exotic,” said Lin Cao, a visiting scholar at the Confucius Institute at Troy University and an associate professor at Dalian…