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Mrs. Xinxian Xie is an English teacher at Talent International College Guangxi (hereafter referred as Talent), China. She is the group leader of the students from Talent visiting SRSU.Mr. Xianxu Feng and Miss. Ying Huang are students at Talent. Mr. Feng is majoring in Business English and Miss Huang is majoring in Accounting. Interviewer: Why did you want to participate in this program? Mrs. Xie: As an educator, I would like to learn more about education in America. One of the better ways to learn is from direct experience in-person. Mr. Feng and Miss. Huang: There are several reasons. First of all, we want to improve our English, especially oral communication. Second, we want to see the differences between schools in China and in the US. Third, we want to…

Ms. Carol Fairlie is a professor at Sul Ross State University, where she teaches watercolor, oil painting, drawing, figure drawing, and printmaking. She studied painting for four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and later received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas Women’s University and her Master of Fine Arts at the University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts. She will be the lead faculty member on the France and Italy trip this coming summer. Interviewer: What are you feeling going into this trip? Mrs. Fairlie: This is going to be my first time on a tour by myself so I’m excited about it. We will leave campus about six in the morning and drive to El Paso, where we will board a plane in Atlanta,…

Dr. Christopher Ritzi, who is the Department Chair and Professor of Biology at Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas has taught here at Sul Ross State University for 15 years. He received his masters degree from Sul Ross in biology studying bats and ectoparasites. He later went on to pursue his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University in biology and went to Indiana state university for five years to pursue his PhD, where he continued his study of bats and ectoparasites. Here at Sul Ross he teaches multiple classes, including anatomy and physiology classes, mammalogy, animal behavior, and the general biology classes. Dr. Ritzi will be the leader for the upcoming China trip in June through the Office of International Studies. Interviewer: What part of China will you and the…

Dr. Esther Rumsey is the Director of the Office of International Studies. She was previously the Chair the Department of Fine Arts & Communication and a professor of Communication. She is a real world traveler. She traveled a lot in the United States growing up, because her family moved often. Her visit to Hawaii two years ago completed stops in all 50 states. Since coming to Sul Ross in 2001, Dr. Rumsey has added international travel to Australia, South Africa, Europe, and China. Just recently, she visited India with Fulbright group. Interviewer: Why did you go on the trip to India? Dr. Rumsey: This trip was through the State Department's Fulbright Program for the International Education Administrators seminar. Interviewer: What is the Fulbright Program? Dr. Rumsey: The Fulbright program is…