Autumn 2012

A PUBLICATION OF ACT

Volume 50/Number 3

International News


ACT Officials Travel To China


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ACT CEO Jon Whitmore and David Chadima, ACT assistant vice president, international group activities, recently visited China, where they met with ACT Education Solutions Limited (AES) staff at the Shanghai office. They also explored opportunities for future collaboration with officials at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and China National Education Examination Authority in Beijing. From left are Chadima; Andrew Todd, director, AES, China; Whitmore; Gaye Pullyn, AES general manager; and Pier He, AES business development manager.



University of Iowa President Sally Mason Visits AES Office in Shanghai


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University of Iowa President Sally Mason recently visited the ACT Education Solutions Limited (AES) office in Shanghai, China. In addition to meeting with AES officials, Mason participated in a press conference, met with alumni living in Shanghai, and attended a lunch reception at East China Normal University. Here, Andrew Todd, AES director for China, (left) presents Mason with a memento of her visit. AES is a wholly-owned ACT subsidiary that provides a university preparation program that prepares international students for successful study at English-speaking universities around the world.