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Five Pitzer recipients of the 2001-02 Avery China Adventure award recently were announced. They are:
Nigel Boyle, associate professor of political studies. Boyle plans to join Chinese in their homes, dorms, bars and public squares in order to watch all 64 soccer games of the 2002 World Cup. He will go to Beijing, Dalian and Shenyang, cities that play host to the three most successful and popular professional soccer clubs in China.
Jessie Franzetti '01, using volleyball as a vehicle, will meet Chinese women who have experienced the benefits of female athletics. She plans on playing with Chinese teams, as well as meeting the Women's National Team and its star, Lang Ping, China's "Iron Hammer."
Cassandra Meagher, assistant director of foundation and corporate relations, plans to visit Chinese parks and gardens to learn about landscaping techniques and plant materials. She will meet the people who use the parks, the gardeners and botanists who tend them, and the landscape architects who are designing new garden spaces in China and in California.
Paul Stewart, PACE instructor in English language, will pursue his interest in the guqin, the ancient seven-string Chinese musical instrument, by meeting performers, teachers, students, enthusiasts, craftspeople and non-specialist Chinese people.
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Nick Stanlea '01 will meet Chinese surfers and bodyboard the Chinese coast, starting off in Bohe in Guangdong Province, then interact with Chinese coast communities on Hainan Island and in Shitang.
A total of 40 grants were awarded. The China Adventure Program, which is offered every two years, is sponsored by the R. Stanton Avery Foundation and is open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni who have graduated within the past seven years. There are nine eligible institutions: Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, Scripps College, CGU, California Institute of Technology, Occidental College and California Institute of the Arts.
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