On the afternoon of May 24th, 2005， at the invitation of the Institute of Intercultural Communication, the Institute of Discourse; and Cultural Studies,and the Institute of Applied Linguistics,School of international Studies , Zhejiang University, teachers and students from the University of Houston Downtown visited Zijingang Campus of Zhejiang University . They had a meeting with teachers and students from the SIS . People from both sides had a heated discussion on the two schools , on the curricula, and on the cultural exchange possibilities.
By the end of the meeting, Dr. Ruthstrom, the associate dean of the economics department of UHD , exchanged gifts with teachers from the SIS. The meeting is a good start for the communications between the two sides.
