Welcome. བཀྲ་ཞིས་བདེ་ལེགས།
This blog describes an ongoing partnership between faculty in East Asian studies at the University of Kansas (KU) and a newly opened school for Tibetans in Qinghai China founded by a Tibetan charity. Faculty from KU will assist the school in developing curriculum in the arts such as thangka painting as vocational training in order to help diversify the local economy. Five students from the school will also be studying at KU in 2010. This site will document the visits of KU faculty to the school in 2009 and 2010 as well as the learning experience of the Tibetan students at KU.
KU faculty visited the school from July 15 to August 12, 2009 and they plan to go again in 2010.
Please note the upcoming event Monday November 23.
Upcoming Event at the University of Kansas
Sale of original t-shirts and photographs to benefit the Mayul School as well as a lecture “Building a School for Tibetans at 13,000 Feet.”
The event is free and open to the public.
*** Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, head of the Tibetan Charity, the Mayul Gesar Foundation, will visit KU again in April 2010. Keep checking for further details. ***
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copyright 2008-2009 All text and photos by Eric C. Rath unless otherwise noted.
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