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Volume 11, Issue 11
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
November 4,1997
Student meets Chinese President Jiang Zemin
Shelby Greenberg '99
recently shook hands with
history.
Greenberg was among a
select group chosen to meet
Chinese President Jiang
Zemin in Philadelphia
during his state visit to the
U.S.
An international relations and Asian studies
major, Greenberg was one
of 20 people selected for a
receiving line for Zemin's in
front of Philadelphia's
Independence Hall.
"I said 'Hi, it is a pleasure to meet you,' " said
Greenberg, who greeted
Zemin in his native language. "He was so different
than I ever expected - all
smiles and laughter. You
would never think he was
the leader of the world's
largest Populist state."
A high school class in
Chinese culture originally
spurred Greenberg's
interest in the subject. She
continued her studies at
Lehigh by taking a year of
Chinese language courses
with David Pankenier,
associate professor of
modern foreign languages.
Shelby Greenberg '99 shakes hands with China President Jiang Zemin
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
George Feder
"I believe the best way to
learn a language is total
immersion," she said. So the
Livingston, N.J., native
decided to got to the source.
Greenberg spent the summer at Peking University in
Beijing, taking four hours of
Chinese courses a day with
students from other Ameri
can universities.
"It was a wonderful
experience," she said. "It's
such a different place. It's
almost like another world."
Ironically, though
Greenberg was there to
learn a new dialect, many
of the Beijing citizens were
much more interested in
speaking English. "They
were really curious about
American culture," she
said. "They all wanted to
speak the language."
Greenberg's involvement at Lehigh goes
beyond her participation in
the study abroad program.
A sister in Alpha Chi
Omega, she is also a
college scholar and an
lacocca scholar. She is
active with the office of
admissions, working as an
intern and student ambassador as well as coordinator of overnight visits for
prospective freshmen. She
hopes to use these experiences as well as the ones
abroad in her future
career.
"I'm interested in
pursuing business in the
international spectrum,
possibly in China," she
said. "I love to travel, and
I'd like to utilize my
language skills that way.
— Christy Sadowski '95
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Halloween fun
David Kapferer '00
entertains Huanqi
Deng and other
young children at
the Saucon Village
Halloween party.
Kapferer
performed magic
tricks for the
captivated
audience. The
party was held for
the enjoyment of
the children of
international
graduate students
who live in
Saucon Village.
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