When the spring sea breeze once again swept through the mangroves and along the coastline, we knew it was time for another season of U-FIRST: Nature and Human Spirit.

Edited by Dr. Adriana Szabo

Edited by Dr. Adriana Szabo

Every year the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions' Hainan University-Arizona State University International College announces the Teaching Innovation Grant program to all ASU faculty within HAIC. Teaching Innovation Grant funds are used to enhance teaching, with a visibl

“A Countdown to Summer: Hainan to Hawaii” was the final celebration in our “East Meets West” mini-grant series.  

I didn’t mean to become a research assistant.

In May, the coastal town of Hele in Hainan, China, came alive with English melodies.

Haikou, China · April 2025

HAIC Wellness Volunteers put their hands to work in a new iteration of “East meets West”, the guiding philosophy behind the activities funded by an ASU grant, under the guidance of Dr. Kimberly Peterkin and Dr. Adriana Szabo.

IDEAted by Dr. Kimberly Peterkin and Dr. Adriana Szabo, Tea with a Teacher is an opportunity for the first-year students at our HNU-ASU International College (HAIC) in Hainan, China to meet their ASU professors in an informal setting.