Exhibit Opening Celebration: East Meets Midwest: The Dawn of the China-Illinois Educational Exchange

• Event Date: Friday, January 23, 2015
• Time: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

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Join us for refreshments and gallery exploration in celebration of this special Central Core exhibit documenting the university’s early connections with China. University President Robert Easter will speak. This will be followed by a performance of His Excellency, Dr. Wu Tingfang: On America 1914, a dramatic reading by Department of Theatre grad student Xing Jianjun of selections from Dr. Wu’s writings on the United States, including his Commencement Address at the University of Illinois on June 10, 1908 and his extraordinary book, America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat (1914).