Today University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Chancellor, Michael Lovell, signed an MOU with CERNET Education Development Co., in Beijing. This MOU will serve to increase enrolment of Chinese students at UWM while also heightening the University’s international profile. "UWM is striving to become more internationally and globally engaged, and is committed to recruiting students from all areas of the world, particularly from vital international partners such as China," –Lovell. This fits with UWM’s current goal of increasing international enrolment to 3,000 within the next 5 years. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was present in China for the signing
Under the MOU, CERNET will establish a Wisconsin International Academy in Milwaukee to provide support services and housing for the Chinese students studying English through UWM's Intensive English Program and once they qualify for degree programs within the University. According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “UWM's Intensive English Program now serves students from more than 30 countries speaking 20 different languages.” There are currently international students, from 94 countries enrolled at UWM.
CERNET Education Development Co., was founded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to develop a nationwide marketing network and service support system to actively integrate cooperative high-quality academic or vocational educational service businesses with well-known universities and educational leaders throughout the world. Cernet currently has operations with The University of Massachusetts.
The event received an enormous amount of press both in the US and China, including an article on Sohu.com, China’s largest web portal. Featured were Bob Kraft, former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, and Marc Marotta.
Read more at Sohu.com
Read More at JS Online 
Today University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Chancellor, Michael Lovell, signed an MOU with CERNET Education Development Co., in Beijing. This MOU will serve to increase enrolment of Chinese students at UWM while also heightening the University’s international profile. "UWM is striving to become more internationally and globally engaged, and is committed to recruiting students from all areas of the world, particularly from vital international partners such as China," –Lovell. This fits with UWM’s current goal of increasing international enrolment to 3,000 within the next 5 years. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was present in China for the signing
Under the MOU, CERNET will establish a Wisconsin International Academy in Milwaukee to provide support services and housing for the Chinese students studying English through UWM's Intensive English Program and once they qualify for degree programs within the University. According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “UWM's Intensive English Program now serves students from more than 30 countries speaking 20 different languages.” There are currently international students, from 94 countries enrolled at UWM.
CERNET Education Development Co., was founded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to develop a nationwide marketing network and service support system to actively integrate cooperative high-quality academic or vocational educational service businesses with well-known universities and educational leaders throughout the world. Cernet currently has operations with The University of Massachusetts.
The event received an enormous amount of press both in the US and China, including an article on Sohu.com, China’s largest web portal. Featured were Bob Kraft, former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, and Marc Marotta.
Read more at Sohu.com
Read More at JS Online