New York University to set up partnership with Special Olympics
8/10/2007 16:12
New York University will get involved in the Special Olympics more
deeply as it is to set up partnership with Special Olympics on the occasion of
the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai.
The activity, to be held
on Oct. 10 in Shanghai's Mayfair Hotel, will also serve as a celebration of the
Oct. 2-11 Summer Games in Shanghai.
All the Team USA athletes, their families
and the volunteers coming from New York University will feature in the
interactive event.
World renown director and visiting professor Richard
Schechner from the School of Arts, New York University, will also make his
appearance, guiding the athletes and volunteers to watch the rehearsal of the
first-ever theatrical presentation of "Hamlet" to be performed in China. He will
then engage the athletes in a discussion and question & answer
session.
Founded in 1831, the renowned university is the largest private
university in the United States. It has cooperated in many areas with Special
Olympics New York for a long time.
The relationship with the Special Olympics
is timely because New York has been chosen as the pilot city for a new Urban
Strategy developed by Special Olympics.
The university will help double the
number of athletes in New York from 20,000 to 40,000 by the end of 2010.
Xinhua
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