At the Duke Kunshan Open House on May 21, Bond Education announced its donation of 1 million USD for setting up a scholarship fund, Bond Scholarship, to support Duke Kunshan’s undergraduate program, helping more outstanding Chinese and international students to fulfill their dream at Duke Kunshan.
Duke President Richard Brodhead, Associate Vice President Wendy Kuran, as well as faculty, students, parents were present at the donation ceremony. On behalf of Duke Kunshan, Executive Vice Chancellor Denis Simon and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Gao Haiyan accepted the gift and expressed gratitude to Mr. Bond Huang, Chairman of Bond Education, and Mr. Donald Holder, Chief Education Officer of Bond Education.
Bond Huang (Founder and Chairman, Bond Education) and Donald Holder (Chief Education Officer, Bond Education) with Duke President Brodhead and Associate Vice President Wendy Kuran
In his speech following the donation ceremony, Mr. Holder shared with the audience the enormous impact scholarships made on his life during his school years. He hoped that Bond Scholarship, created on the shared values and aspirations between Bond Education and Duke and Duke Kunshan, can help more students to grow, develop and realize their full potentials.
Mr. Huang told the story of how he was connected to Duke and Duke Kunshan. He was introduced to Ms. Wendy Kuran, Associate Vice President at Duke when he on a philanthropy tour to Duke University in 2015, and was deeply impressed with Duke’s global strategy and pioneering spirits. ‘I was touched by Wendy’s passion for philanthropy and education. I am also amazed to see how a top university like Duke would constantly seek to enhance its global presence by keeping an agile mind and building bigger platform for its students. Comparing to a veteran like Duke, Bond Education is still new in the field of education. Yet we hope to learn from the giants and create more opportunities for Chinese students to thrive and lead in the world.’
Bond Scholarship Donation ceremony
Duke Kunshan who will welcome its inaugural undergraduate class of around 200 students from China and the world in fall 2018.
‘The goal of our undergraduate program is to cultivate global citizens with their own cultural roots, who know and respect foreign cultures, abide by international laws, and possess international vision and competence in face of major challenges of the 21st century.’ said Chancellor Liu Jingnan, ‘At this critical moment, we are grateful to Bond Education for setting up a 1 million USD scholarship fund, which will help bring more high-caliber students to join Duke Kunshan. We will select scholarship recipients based on a comprehensive evaluation of their qualifications and needs. We look forward to collaborate with Bond Education in the future to jointly promote the development of the Chinese education.’
