Chinese Faculty & Staff Association
Mission Statement
The Association of Chinese Faculty and Staff at
Texas Tech University is an organization that advocates the well-being of
its members, cultivates a sense of community among its members both on and
off campus, as well as promotes intellectual and cultural exchanges between
its members and the university at the levels of administration, faculty and
staff, and students.
Objectives
- Facilitate communication among its members
at the university and develop a sense of community for its members and
families in Lubbock.
- Promote cultural understanding between the
organization and other faculty and staff and student organizations at
the university.
- Encourage exchanges between the organization
and the university administration.
- Foster exchanges between Texas Tech
University and institutions of higher education in China.
- Enhance the visibility of Chinese and
Chinese Americans and increase understanding of China, Chinese history
and culture, and China’s emergence in the twenty-first century.
Strategies
- Sponsor lectures that will introduce Chinese
American history and culture and China’s economic achievements in recent
decades.
- Hold workshops on grant proposal writing and
tenure dossier preparation.
- Team up with our student association and
organize cultural events on campus that will attract faculty, staff, and
students from different disciplines.
- Create opportunities for its members to meet
with university administrators and explain our interests related to the
university recruitment of Chinese American faculty and students,
retaining of Chinese American faculty and scholars, and involvement of
Chinese American faculty and staff in university policy making and
decisions.
- Help the university to locate specific
programs and institutions in China that would be interested in
establishing exchanges.