On March 10, 2016, Dean of Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Dr. David W. Blackwell, Executive Director of International Affairs Ms. Nancy Brown Johnson and Senior lecturer Dr. Wendy Liu from Quantitative Finance Department visited SILC. Dean of SILC Prof. Gong Siyi, Associate Dean of SILC Prof. Mao Yanbing, Director of International Office Dr. Xu Xiaohong and Manager of International Cooperation Ms. Meng Ruiqiong received the guests.
Prof. Gong firstly extended warm welcome to the delegation from the University of Kentucky. After that, Prof. Mao gave a brief introduction of the development history, staff, internationalization and academic researches of SILC. Dr. David gave an introduction of the development of Gatton College of Business and Economics, and emphasized on their incoming new Master program, out of which, the Master of Accounting program is closely connected to the CPA examination in the U.S. and students can finish their CPAs during their study. The two parties had in-depth discussion on 2+2 program, 4+1 program, staff exchange and short-term and long-term study-abroad programs. The two parties had agreed on close cooperation and to carry out these programs.
University of Kentucky, located in Lexington, Kentucky, was established in 1865, and is a well-known public university in the U.S.. University of Kentucky has an area of 4,170 mu, with 35,000 students and 12,000 staff. According to the rankings listed by
U.S. news, it ranked 129 in the public universities and 61 in the public universities.
