Current Students

Andre Bunnitt is an Arizona State University student who is pursuing a Flagship B.A. in Mandarin Chinese, and a certificate in Arabic.  He has completed a degree in Political Science, and plans on attending law school once he graduates from ASU's Chinese Flagship Program.  Following law school, he plans to focus on Patent and International Sales Law.

He has completed two and one half years of Chinese language courses at Arizona State University, Beijing's Ren Min University, and Qing Dao University. He is currently an Arizona State University research assistant who collects and analyzes physiological data concerning discrete emotion differentiation and its role in emotion regulation.  He also participates in the Arizona Asian American Bar Association.

His goals for learning Mandarin involve facilitating more concise communications between international governmental and financial entities, towards the aim of working with foreign policy in the realm of international politics and trade.

Miles Campos is a student at Arizona State University pursuing dual degrees in Communications and Mandarin. He has completed a degree in Communications and is currently finishing his second major in Mandarin through Arizona State University's Chinese Flagship Program.

He has completed three years of Mandarin study, during the course of which he has studied at Arizona State University, Renmin University and Qingdao University. He is active in various clubs at Arizona State University such as the Taiwanese Student Association, Chinese Student and Scholar Association and the Chinese Learners Club.

His goals with respect to this program pertain to achieving a level of professional Mandarin that will enable him to pursue a career that will allow me to work to strengthen American-Taiwanese relations. His eventual dream is to have a bakery in Taiwan.

Upon graduation from high school in 2005, Mr. Fanello left to serve a two-year mission for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Taipei, Taiwan. Upon retuning to the U.S. in Nov. 2007, He enrolled at ASU. As an incoming freshman, he has declared Chinese as his major, with the goal of obtaining a dual-major. In my freshman year he completed nine credits of upper level Chinese courses at ASU and Qingdao University in China. “My goals with respect to this program include working in a professional field where I can use my language skills in the career of my choice. This program is the perfect opportunity to help me in my continual pursuit of education and will open new doors, in the international business world of the future. In the end, my goal is to be proficient in Mandarin and English so that, no matter what course I pursue in the future, I can use it to my best advantage.”

Mark Riley is an Arizona State University student who is pursuing dual degrees in International Business and Mandarin Chinese. Upon completing the Flagship BA in Chinese at Arizona State University, he plans to study broad at Nanjing University with the Flagship Program this fall to pursue an International Business degree.

Although Mandarin Chinese is his native language and he attended elementary school along with one year of middle school in China, he’d like to improve his written and professional skills through this program. He has completed two years of Mandarin Chinese study at Arizona State University.

His goals with respect to this program include building a foundation that allows him to pursue a career in both Chinese and American societies. Since his major is International Business, he needs to understand multiple cultures and this program offers a great opportunity. His long term goal is to become either a professor or an international businessman.

Brian Reynolds initially moved to China with the intent of developing an international distribution company. After living in China for 3 months, he realized that a more in-depth and thorough knowledge of Chinese culture and language would be needed to achieve his goal. This led to his decision to enroll in formal language courses. The experience of living in a Chinese environment, learning Mandarin, and Chinese culture inspired an interest in learning more about China-American foreign policy. Upon returning to America to complete his formal education, Brian utilized his previous experiences in China to increase multi-cultural awareness on campus. In his sophomore year at Georgia Perimeter College, Brian became the Founder and President of the Chinese Language Club, President of the International Students Club, as well as a reporter for his school newspaper covering international and cultural awareness events on campus. These experiences have given him a multi-cultural appreciation.

Brian currently is in the process of completing dual degrees in Chinese Language and Culture and Political Science as an Arizona State University Chinese Flagship student. After graduation, Brian enthusiastically seeks to continue his education by applying to a graduate program focusing on Chinese-American economic policy with the goal of implementing his experience and education as a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department.

Kamla Tung is currently pursuing a B.A. in Communication, East Asian Studies Certificate and Certificate in Arabic Studies and will be graduating in 2011. Learning Chinese at a professional level will allow her to reconnect with her own culture and give her the chance to further develop better foreign relation work skills. “I hope to eventually work with the United Nations with a focus in building relations between the Middle East, China and the USA or work with a non-profit organization to alleviate poverty in Asian countries.”

I am a freshman at Arizona State University and currently plan on majoring in Finance and Mandarin. Through the Chinese Flagship Program, I will hopefully achieve my goals of being a successful businesswoman working in the international business arena.
I plan on being involved in many on campus Chinese clubs and organizations such as Chinese Undergraduate Student Association and Asian Business Leaders Association. Learning Chinese will not only open up more opportunities for me and assist me in my career goals, but will also help me stay connected with my culture and my family.

My name is Doreen Zhao and I am pursuing degrees in architecture, business management, and Chinese. I am also a part of the Barrett Honors College and attended an honors study abroad program in China in the summer of 2007.

Mandarin is my native language and I attended Chinese school for most of my life, but my goal for this program is to improve my written and professional Chinese skills. I hope to open my own architecture firm some day and to work with clients from China. I also hope to learn Cantonese in the future.