Some interesting news has come out of the Chinese program recently:

• More than 600 NC students entered the 2017 NC Chinese Speech Contest sponsored by the Confucius Institute NCSU. Seven CA students have made it to the Advanced-level Chinese Speech Contest final that will be held on April 29 at the NC State University Hunt Library Auditorium. Only 10 students total are in the final! This is the first time CA students participated in this contest. The seven CA students are: Alexandra Ellison, Ellie Johnson, Luke Johnson, Sasha Kostenko, Andrew Lee, Tyler Marshall and Robert Schellenberger.
• Sullivan Morgus (’18) has won the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) 2017-18 China full scholarship.
• Julian Sodano (’18) is applying for a four-week Chinese-intensive training program in Beijing.
• Morgus (’18), Cara Messer (’19), Luke Johnson (’19), and Krishan Guzzo (’19) are the first group of CA Chinese students who are working with a recognized Chinese teacher for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Each will do “a live, 20-30 minute telephone conversation” with a certified ACTFL tester.