On August 27th, during rain, a new cohort of students arrived at UWC Changshu China and joined the big family of UWC.

Passion Project is a core component of the Foundation Program (FP) of UWC Changshu China, which aims to cultivate students to conduct in-depth research on areas of interest and turn them into practical projects in order to enhance the ability to put knowledge into practice. In this issue, Betty Lu, a FP student, shared her Passion Project. Betty spent a year exploring and studying the plant species on campus and compiled an ebook of plants introducing more than 30 species of plants with beautiful illustrations.

Congratulations to Lin Ye, an alumna of UWC Changshu China, current student at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

Recently, UWC Changshu China received the outcome of the NEASC-CIE accreditation visit which took place last October. New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Commission on International Education (CIE) has awarded UWC Changshu China Accreditation.

UWC Day is the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, which takes place during the week of 21 September every year, to coincide with the UN International Day of Peace.

Today is the World Reading Day. UWC Changshu China would like to highlight its book recommendation campaign “Books to Inspire” and share with you 10 books recommended by the community members.

April 17th, 2021 marked the annual One World Concert in UWC Changshu China, an event that has, for many years, been the highlight across multiple UWC campuses. The theme of this year’s concert was “Building Bridges”, a theme that reflects on how these hard times of being apart has shown us the need to build even more and stronger bridges. With so many members of our community still not with us, One World Concert became an opportunity for us to support and listen to each other, either physically or virtually, and celebrate music, poetry, dance, but mostly, our differences and connections.

Do you have incredible ideas, but you don’t know how to turn them into tangible outcomes？ You are good at solving problems and managing projects, but have you been practicing on real projects in an iterative manner？

Hackability, which started in Turin, Italy in 2015, aims at using technology to help people with disabilities and/or special needs. In the past few years, Hackability’s activities have been extended from Italy to other European countries such as France, and recently to China. In 2019, the event was successfully held at New York University Shanghai. This year, with the support and help from Changshu Disabled People Federation and UWC Changshu China, a 4-session hackability has been launched at the Yushan Academy Centre for Design and Innovation of UWC Changshu China.

On November 14, 2020, leaders of China centers of Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of Chicago and Cornell, visited UWC Changshu China. They held a panel discussion to share their views and outlook in the field of higher education with students and teachers of UWC and CWA.