Lu Yin, Senior Teaching Faculty in the Chinese Program at UWM, has received the 2026 Cheng & Tsui Professional Development Grant for Teachers of Chinese from the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CLTA-USA).
Yin received the grant in support of her presentation at the 2026 CLTA Annual Conference, held at the University of Rhode Island from May 1-3, 2026. Her presentation is titled “Cooking Up Enrollment: How an English-Taught Chinese Cuisine Course Attracts and Retains Students.”
The grant supports professional development for pre-collegiate and collegiate teachers of Chinese through conferences, workshops, seminars, and mentorship opportunities. This recognition reflects Yin’s ongoing commitment to curriculum innovation, experiential learning, and strengthening student engagement in Chinese language and culture education.
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