On September 6, 2017, Ms.Susan M. Roberts, associate provost of the University of Kentucky and Ms. Huajing Maske, director of Chinese Project, visited CUMT. President Ge Shirong and vice-president Zhou Guoqing met with the delegation.

President Ge reviewed his successful visit to UK in May and expressed that CUMT and UK have a long-term and stable cooperation foundation. Ms. Roberts’ visit will further promote the cooperation between the two universities. Ms. Susan M. Roberts said it is her first visit to CUMT and she is impressed by the beautiful campus. She appreciated CUMT’s efforts on the bilateral cooperation and expected both sides will implement deeper cooperation in broader areas. On the meeting, the two sides had an in-depth discussion on Dual-language Teaching Training Program for CUMT Youth Teachers, Undergraduate Short-term Visiting Program, and Inter-collegiate Exchange Project on Intelligent Mining.

On the meeting, on behalf of CUMT and UK respectively, President Ge and Associate Provost Roberts signed a MoU between two universities.