中国南山集团在美国普渡大学设立“南山基金”

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　中国南山集团２６日在美国普渡大学设立南山基金，计划在今后５年内每年资助普渡大学２００万美元，用于奖学金、技术研发及人员培训项目。
　　南山集团董事长宋建波表示，普渡大学在旅游、航空航天、材料等领域颇有建树，南山集团为与普渡大学这样一所具有浓厚学习氛围和严谨治学风气的世界名校建立合作关系感到骄傲与自豪。
　　普渡大学校长科尔多瓦说，普渡大学和南山集团的合作是大学与企业精诚合作、共同繁荣的典范。此次合作将促进南山集团与中国烟台南山学院员工的发展，同时为普渡大学的师生及员工提供与中国成功企业交流与合作的机会。
　　南山美国公司总裁杜立军表示，设立南山基金旨在通过与普渡大学材料工程学院、管理学院以及旅游与酒店管理学院的合作，全面提升烟台南山学院的教学能力和办学水平，提高南山集团的企业管理效率和新产品开发能力并选拔优秀的中国学生到普渡大学深造。
　　杜立军表示，南山集团于２０１１年在美国印第安纳州斥资１．６亿美元建立高端铝型材加工企业，计划于２０１２年正式投产。
　　南山集团始创于１９８１年，经营领域涉及铝业、纺织服饰、金融、房地产、旅游、教育等等，已在澳大利亚、美国、加拿大、意大利等多个国家和地区设立分公司，位列中国企业５００强前列。

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Purdue receives $10 million from Nanshan Group
　　
　　
　　WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A leading aluminum company based in China is giving $10 million to Purdue University's international programs and for research, training and scholarships.
　　
　　Nanshan Group Co. Ltd., which is the parent company of the Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. firm that will be opening in Lafayette next year, will give Purdue $2 million each year for the next five years. The funds will support three areas:
　　
　　* a variety of programming and activities through Purdue's Office of International Programs and its China Center;
　　
　　* research, training and consulting opportunities for faculty in the School of Materials Engineering, the Krannert School of Management, and the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management;
　　
　　* and scholarships for students who have graduated from Chinese high schools or are enrolled in Chinese institutions of higher learning.
　　
　　The faculty research, consulting and training opportunities will be available through Nanshan Group and its Yantai Nanshan University.
　　
　　"We are appreciative of Nanshan's support and excited about the possibilities for our faculty to participate in research and consulting opportunities with a leading global corporation and the quickly growing Yantai Nanshan University," Purdue President France A. Córdova said. "Yantai Nanshan and Purdue universities are rooted in land-grant missions - sharing educational opportunities with their communities. This is a great example of how research universities can engage with international businesses and educators to pursue research, learning and engagement."
　　
　　Nanshan Group is a large national, private-shareholding company ranked in China's top 500 enterprises. It is China's second largest aluminum company and also is a leader in textiles. Nanshan also is known for its industries in energy, construction materials, tourism, education, real estate and commerce. In February, Lijun Du, president of Nanshan America Co and a Purdue alumnus, announced plans to build a $100 million, 435,000-square-foot aluminum extrusion facility and office in Lafayette. Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies will be located just a few miles from campus and is scheduled to open in early 2012 and employ 150 people in two years.
　　
　　"We are pleased with this partnership because of the brand-name recognition that Purdue has in China and around the world," said Song Jianbo, chairman of Nanshan. "These collaborations and interactions also will engage our company in the local and campus communities, which we are looking forward to."
　　
　　Purdue faculty and researchers from materials engineering, management and tourism will work with the Nanshan Group and the university on topics related to their individual research interests.
　　
　　"The consulting opportunities will be a real benefit for Purdue faculty and also could help them as they adapt their research for commercialization," said Michael Brzezinski, dean of international programs. "urdue also will contribute to strengthening the Yantai Nanshan University, which was one of the first non-governmental universities in China."
　　
　　Yantai Nanshan University is located in Longkou, Yantai, in the Shandong Province, and it has a second campus in Donghai. The university, which was established in 1991, offers vocational and undergraduate degrees to nearly 20,000 students. Its academic focus includes engineering, management and tourism and it has mechanical engineering and electronic engineering training centers and training hotels.
　　
　　"This university is encouraging more students to pursue science and education as we continue to build a first-class university," said Fred Wu, director in the division for higher education at Nanshan Group. "We've accomplished so much in 20 years, and we look forward to Purdue's involvement to help us grow even more. This is just the beginning of an incredible relationship that we see evolving and leading to more opportunities."
　　
　　Specific details and project proposals are still being confirmed, but Kevin Trumble, Purdue professor of materials engineering and director of the Purdue Center for Metal Casting Research, said faculty in his area will focus on materials education and research projects.
　　
　　"They are China's second largest aluminum producer, and aluminum processing - how the materials are made - is one area that our department specializes in through our Center for Metal Casting Research," Trumble said. "The knowledge we gain through consulting or research could really improve the industry, and the exposure that students in our department glean from these projects will help position them to do well in their careers."
　　
　　Purdue also will have access to international research data, material for business issues case studies and educational development that will serve as a living laboratory for scholars, said Chuck Johnson, director of master's and executive programs at the Krannert School of Management.
　　
　　"This is a company with great vision, and Krannert looks forward to engaging our management and manufacturing expertise," Johnson said. "Faculty will have access to issues facing a global corporation as they expand their outreach - this is a global example right in our back yard. Purdue students will benefit by learning about Nanshan's strategy and business challenges, and there also will be potential student teams and projects with faculty members who are consulting."
　　Purdue faculty from management, materials engineering and tourism also will be leading training programs for Nanshan employees and officials, as well as curriculum development for materials engineering and a new international business school at Yantai Nanshan University.
　　
　　"Our faculty and students will benefit from interacting with both Nanshan University and the group's portfolio of tourism enterprises," said Liping Cai, professor and tourism center director in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and associate dean in the College of Health and Human Sciences. "urdue's capability in tourism research and training will serve well in the partnership."
　　
　　Some of the funds from Nanshan also will be designated for scholarships for students from China to study materials engineering or management at Purdue.
　　
　　"International students do not receive institutional financial aid like American students do, and it's not often that these students have an opportunity for such financial support," Brzezinski said. "This reinforces Purdue's goal to keep our campus diverse so we can offer a global experience for our domestic students."
　　
　　Another part of the annual support from Nanshan will be directed toward Purdue's Office of International Programs and its China Center.
　　
　　"urdue's China Center supports the university's China initiatives through developing and nurturing long-term relationships," said Cai, the center's director. "Educators and business leaders with whom we have been working with at Nanshan are appreciative that Purdue has a center that focuses on China. As a service organization within International Programs, the center shares knowledge with the Purdue campus and community on the dynamics of fast-changing China."
　　
　　International Programs also is home to International Students and Scholars, Study Abroad and Purdue's new Global Business Engagement, which is an initiative launched earlier this year to promote the university as a resource for the state to develop partnerships in China and other countries to bring business to Indiana. So far, the initiative has partnered with Greater Lafayette Commerce and Logansport-Cass County Economic Development Foundation to develop strategic plans to expand trade and investment with China to stimulate local economic development. It also has sponsored seminars for Indiana manufacturing leaders and international students' parents who represent overseas businesses. The initiative is focusing on China, but there are plans to expand to other countries.

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