January 22, 2019
Tickets available now for Chinese New Year dinner on Feb. 5
LINK for picture of Dr. Ying Shang, click HERE
VINCENNES, Ind. - The public is invited to a Chinese New Year
celebration dinner hosted by the Vincennes University Office of
International Affairs on Feb. 5, 6 p.m. (EST), at Green Activities Center.
Tickets cost $5 and are available at VU’s Old Post Bookstore in
the Beckes Student Union. VU students and employees may obtain one
free ticket by going to the Student Center in the Student Union.
Information is available by calling 812-888-5886.
The menu will feature traditional Chinese dishes and VU Chinese
students will present a Chinese poem in Mandarin.
The keynote address will be presented by Dr. Ying Shang, dean
of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University
of Evansville. Her research areas include discrete-event systems,
max-plus linear systems, and hybrid systems with applications in
queueing networks, manufacturing systems, and transportation networks.
She previously served as the chair of electrical and computer
engineering at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
Dr. Shang earned her doctoral and master’s degrees in
electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and her
baccalaureate degree in control engineering from Shandong University.
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Life Reporter & Sports Information Director
812-888-4164
office, 314-599-1519 cell, VUNews@vinu.edu, mmartinez@vinu.edu
VINCENNES UNIVERSITY, Department of University Relations, www.vinu.edu/newsroom
