On February 19 Baruch College students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined an estimated 1.5 billion people in celebrating the Lunar New Year. The gathering was hosted by the New York Confucius Institute for Global Finance at Baruch College (NYCIGF@Baruch) and ushered in the Year of the Pig with Chinese music, dance, and language performances.
The program featured lively Chinese folk music from Melody of Dragon. Renowned flute player and music educator Chen Tao took time between performances to explain the intricacies of the various Chinese instruments. Tang Ling wowed the crowd with her colorful and demonstrative rendition of traditional Mongolian dance. Confucius Institute language student Owen Daniel Sanchez (’19) demonstrated his grasp of Mandarin while recounting his recent trip to Shanghai, and Baruch Continuing and Professional Studies Instructor Julie Condon also showed off her Mandarin skills.
NYCIGF@Baruch is an extra-curricular, non-degree educational collaboration between Baruch College, Shanghai International Studies University, and Hanban, an entity affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education. It serves to further U.S. students’ and business executives’ understanding of China and the integral role it plays in the worldwide financial system, and to provide Chinese students and business executives with a better understanding of the U.S. and global financial markets. To learn more about NYCIGF@Baruch’s Chinese language classes, global finance seminars, and cultural programs join their mailing list.