Oklahoma News Report

Northeastern State University’s Broken Arrow Campus is just the second in the Southern United States to offer Confucius Institute classes. The Institute is offered through the Chinese Education Ministry. NSU’s Dean of Liberal Arts compares it to Voice of America. Paul Westbrook says its a way for the Chinese government to share it’s rich history and culture with the world in a non-political way.

Sunday is Chinese New Year. To celebrate it and the classes offered by the Confucius Institute student artists, dancers and musicians from Beijing Normal University will be at NSU-BA to perform traditional and modern songs and dances.

Students interested in college credit can take the entire series of classes. Those who are just interested in learning about various aspects of Chinese culture can attend specific sections without accumulating credit.