First-year hum scholar Rachel Szpara was awarded a Huayu Enrichment Scholarship to Taiwan for Summer 2017. After completing CHIN 101 and 102 with Dr. Tong (MLLI department), she is attending the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, participating in the Mandarin Training Center’s summer session program. The intensive language courses will be supplemented by culture courses on calligraphy, ink painting, and traditional Chinese musical instruments. Rachel is a double major in Asian Studies, with a minor in Korean, and a member of the Humanities Scholars program.