Kansas City Chinese American Association
Chinese New Year 2012 Celebration
January 22, 2012
at JCCC
Spectacular and Diverse Collection of Performance Arts … Fuses Eastern and Western,
Ancient and Contemporary by over 200 performers at Yardley Hall
Featuring stunning Chinese dance/song/ music instruments, world class martial arts, Beijing Opera byover 70 performers from performing arts troupes from China…
Admission: $10/ticket (KCCAA Members, all ages) and $17/ticket (non-member, all ages) with advanced
purchase by Jan. 20. $20/ticket (all ages) after Jan. 20th. (Ticket available online at www.kccaa.org)
Pre-show Activities - FREE to the public:
9:00-12:00pm JCCC Recital Hall – 1st KC Chinese Speech Competition
2:00-4:00pm
4:00-6:00pm JCCC Polsky Theater / Carlsen Center - Dance/Music Performances, Martial
Arts, Food, Children Activities, Culture Presentation (including Dumplings / Noodles Making),
Chinese Paper Cut, Calligraphy, Culture booths, and Much More...
JCCC Polsky Theater – 2nd KC Chinese Dance Competition
Visit the KCCAA website for tickets now!
William Jewell College
William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,100 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and Dr. William Jewell, a physician, legislator, and Baptist layman. It was associated with the Missouri Baptist Convention for over 150 years until its separation in 2003 and is now an independent institution. Well respected in its field, Jewell was chosen by Time Magazine as its 2001 Liberal Arts College of the Year
Mission
- William Jewell College promises students an outstanding liberal arts education that cultivates leadership, service, and spiritual growth within a community inspired by Christian ideals and committed to open, rigorous intellectual pursuits.
Values
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We value our students’ experiences (academic and co-curricular) and the necessity for students to participate, contribute and involve themselves in the educational process.
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We value faculty members who are models of intellectual and spiritual growth and who lead students in their educational journey.
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We value our employees and are committed to providing an outstanding work experience.
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We value the promise of community to shape us, enriched by our similarities and differences.
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We value engaging the world.
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We value a comprehensive living/learning experience for students.
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We value our educational, cultural and economic connections to Kansas City.
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We value using our resources (human, physical, environmental and fiscal) responsibly.
Vision
William Jewell College will be a nationally recognized liberal arts college that encourages intellectual and spiritual growth, leadership and service. We will empower and challenge individuals and communities to enrich their lives and society by
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Raising and engaging significant questions in pursuit of knowledge and wisdom;
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Providing educational experiences that support career development in the context of a liberal arts environment;
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Creating academic experiences that cultivate talent development and inspire creativity;
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Excelling at the use of effective and diverse methodologies and technologies for teaching and learning;
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Serving others to create a more compassionate and just world;
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Grappling with the meaning and implications of both Christian faith and other perspectives through disciplined and intimate conversations;
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Celebrating the fact that the human community is diverse while respecting and accepting differences;
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Fostering models of responsible community living for our students.
Campus Life
Some of the most important lessons you’ll learn at William Jewell are actually about yourself. Your experiences outside the classroom help to shape the person you’re becoming, and there are plenty of activities that provide a balance to academic life.
Thirty-eight nationally affiliated and 33 campus-wide organizations offer a range of experiences, from service organizations to the campus newspaper. Our three fraternities and four sororities provide alternative living-and-learning options. Students receive free tickets to the college’s Harriman-Jewell Series events, which features performances by such artists as STOMP, Wynton Marsalis with The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Broadway plays and musicals.
To find out more about what campus life has to offer at Jewell you may want to check out The Hilltop Monitor.
Global Business Highlight
KC SmartPort is the authority on logistics opportunities in the 18-county, bi-state Kansas City region. A non-profit economic development organization, KC SmartPort promotes and enhances the Kansas City region's status as a leading North American logistics hub.
KC SmartPort has two main focuses in its mission: 1. To grow the Kansas City area’s transportation industry by attracting businesses with significant transportation and logistics elements; 2. To make the industry and the region more competitive in the movement of goods into, out of and through the Kansas City area.
Origins of KC SmartPort
The Kansas City area has a historic link to the development and evolution of the transportation and distribution sectors, resulting from its early days as a trading post and site of the first permanent rail crossing over the Missouri River.
Today, international trade is emerging as an important inter-jurisdictional issue in the Midwest region. The 1998 Mid-Continent TradeWay Study reinforced this reality. This study found that a significant amount of international cargo is already processed in or passes through the Kansas City region. In addition, NAFTA trade in Kansas and Missouri is growing, and opportunities exist to provide value-added services for NAFTA goods process more freight in the Greater Kansas City Area. The study also showed that the area needed a single organization with a sole focus of growing the transportation industry; enter Kansas City SmartPort.
The Kansas City Advantage
Kansas City has several key components that make it an excellent hub for all transportation and logistics operations
The largest rail center in the United States by tonnage
More Foreign Trade Zone space than any other U.S. city (over 10,000 acres)
Located at the intersection of three of the nation’s major interstate highways (I-35, I-70, I-29) and soon to be 4th - I-49
The Kansas City International Airport, which moves more air cargo each year than any air center in a six-state region
Located on the largest navigable inland waterway (MO/MS River system)
The heart of a rail corridor spanning coast to coast across the U.S. and extending from Canada to Mexico (NAFTA Railway)
KC SmartPort Initiatives
In working to carry out the objectives stated in the mission, KC SmartPort plays an active role in three crucial areas:
Economic Development. KC SmartPort is focusing on attracting investments from companies with significant transportation and logistics elements such as distribution centers, warehouses, third-party logistic providers, and manufacturers.
Trade Data Exchange (TDE). With the help of public and private funds, KC SmartPort is working to improve the supply chain visibility in the Kansas City area as well as on a global level. The TDE will provide real time visibility and cargo security as it increases efficiency in the supply chain.
Business Services. KC SmartPort is working to bring additional services, such as foreign customs offices, to the Kansas City area to aide business of all size in moving their goods both domestically and internationally.
"Clash of Civilizations" with Dr Gary Armstrong
Monday, January 23
7:00 p.m.
Kauffman Foundation
Join us for a discussion of what Dr. Gary Armstrong calls “the most significant book on foreign policy in the past 20 years, Clash of Civilizations.” Dr. Armstrong will provide a précis of Samuel Huntington’s seminal work, published in 1996, and together we will examine where his thesis was right and where it was wrong. Clash of Civilizations remains relevant, controversial and full of rich ideas for discussion. These include conflict between Western and Islamic civilizations, war, human rights, and the supremacy of the West, among others. Dr. Armstrong is a Professor of Political Science at William Jewell College where he serves as Department Chair of the Political Science Department and Director of the International Relations Major. He is also a former president of IRC. This will be a lively discussion about important and timely international issues.
Don't forget to check out IRC's new blog, "Kansas City World Citizen" you can find the link on our "News Flash" page under the "Resources" tab, or click here.
