This weekend, Huajing Maske, executive director of the Office of China Initiatives and director of the Confucius Institute at UK, will receive the Amici Linguarum Award given by the Kentucky World Language Association.

Huajing Maske, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky, has received a 2013 Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award.

As the conduit to UK’s China initiatives, the UK Confucius Institute works to establish college-wide and campus-wide collaborations with Chinese universities.

As the University of Kentucky prepares its students to compete in a globalized world, it's crucial to provide students with what associate provost for international programs Susan Carvalho calls "China literacy."

Hanban, the Confucius Institute headquarters in Beijing, has designated the University of Kentucky Confucius Institute as the official Chinese proficiency test center for the state of Kentucky.

Performances to include traditional dances, tai-chi and kung-fu demonstrations

Huajing Maske, director of The Confucius Institute, reflects on its first year at UK.