Prof. Xuezhi Zhang, Peking University, China

                                        Poet Tsai Yi-Chun, Taiwan

      Chinese values and tradition will be the focus of Creighton’s first Non-Western Culture Week, to be held in the Student Center and various classrooms from April 18 to 23.  Featured speakers and performers will include award-winning Taiwanese poet-playwright Tsai Yi-Chun, philosophy professor Xuezhi Zhang of Peking University, and several Creighton faculty members and students.  The general topic of the week is “How to Achieve Harmony in the World from an Eastern Perspective.”  The event, supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business Administration, is intended to enhance Creighton students’ global education.  Also featured will be Chinese calligraphy lessons and contests, Chinese films, the premiere of an original Chinese play by a Creighton faculty member who has won the prestigious Unitas literature award, poetry readings, Chinese food, and demonstrations of Chinese violin and vocal works from Beijing Opera. There will be discussions of Chinese history and philosophy, Creighton classes taught by visiting non-Western scholars, and a traditional Chinese dress show by students from the Creighton Chinese Student Association.  Non-Western Culture Week is planned to be an annual event at Creighton, with different cultures to be featured each year.  This year’s complete schedule can be found in the Blue News (Creighton Today).

Our thanks to the Center for Business Ethics and Society, the Chinese Student Association, Phi Sigma Tau (philosophy honor society), Dr. Shih-Chuan Cheng, Dr. Qinglong Hu, Mr. Maorong Jiang, and others who helped with these events.