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Central Carolina Community College President Bud Marchant (center) and Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive (left) admire a brocade woven tapestry presented to Marchant by departing Confucius Classroom instructor Shuya Che (right) during a farewell reception for her July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che, an associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China, is returning home after two years at CCCC helping to establish the Confucius Classroom. The gift depicts a stylized dragon in vivid colors. A second tapestry, depicting a brilliant bouquet of peonies, was given to Olive.  For information about the college’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Sanford Mayor Cornelia Olive (left) admires a brocade woven tapestry presented to her by Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom instructor Shuya Che (right) during a farewell reception for Che July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che, an associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China, is returning home after two years at CCCC helping to establish the Confucius Classroom. The work depicts a bouquet of peonies in vivid colors. Che presented a second tapestry, depicting a dragon, to CCCC President Bud Marchant. For information about the college’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom instructor Shuya Che speaks during a farewell reception for her July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che thanked the college and community for their support over the past two years as she served as the Classroom’s first instructor. She is returning to her position as associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China. For information about the college’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Dr. Shuya Che (left), Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom instructor for the past two years, bids the college and community goodbye as she prepares to return to her position as associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China. Her husband, Professor Xiangyang Cui (right), and their daughter, Yixiao Cui, flew from China recently for the family to do some sightseeing before they return home. The family is pictured at the Central Carolina Community College farewell reception held for her July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che thanked the college and community for their support over the past two years as she served as the Classroom’s first instructor. For information about the college’s Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Guanglin Dai (left), NCSU Confucius Institute program manager, and Anna Lamm (right), Institute deputy director, present a gift of a whiteboard to Shuya Che, Central Carolina Community College’s Confucius Classroom instructor, during a farewell reception hosted for Che by the college July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che, an associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China, is returning home after two years at CCCC. The college’s Confucius Institute was established in 2009 through a partnership with NCSU’s Confucius Institute.

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Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom instructor Shuya Che (left) receives a hug and letter of commendation from Sanford City Mayor Cornelia Olive during a farewell reception hosted for Che by the college July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Olive read the letter at the reception, commending Che for helping to establish the college’s Confucius Classroom and educating area residents about China, its culture and language. Che, an associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China, is returning home after two years at CCCC.

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Steve Lympany, chairman of Central Carolina Community College’s Engineering Technology Department and a musician, discusses dulcimer music with Guanglin Dai, North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute program director, during the college’s farewell reception for its Confucius Classroom instructor Shuya Che July 18 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Che, an associate professor of Chinese linguistics and literature at Nanjing University, China, is returning home after two years at CCCC helping to establish the Confucius Classroom.