Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks recognizes CSC students led by CSC President Chris Stellato and Donald Newman at the Franklin County Government Building, downtown Columbus, Ohio on July 15, 2014.

July 15, 2014 — Columbus School of Chinese students and instructors were honored to be recognized by Franklin County Commissioner Ms. Paula Brooks as part of the Commissioner’s welcoming for a group of students from Columbus’ Sister City, Hefei, China. CSC President Chris Stellato was pleased to introduce some outstanding CSC students, who got a chance to interact in both Chinese and English with some of their peers from Hefei.

The strong ties that Columbus has developed with our Sister City, Hefei provide great benefit to both cities culturally, educationally, and economically. We are excited to see this wonderful relationship continue to strengthen and provide even more great opportunities for our students, citizens, and local businesses.

As our world continues to grow smaller and our opportunities to meet new friends from across the globe increase, it is all the more important that our young people have the tools necessary to engage in successful interactions with people from across the globe. This is why we at the Columbus School of Chinese are so honored to contribute to the ongoing effort to prepare our students to grow together with our Sister City Hefei, and all our friends throughout China.

Thank you again to Commissioner Brooks and our friends from Hefei for this tremendous honor!