Recently, Alexander Olah, a foreign expat of UPC, is award as the national “Favorite Foreign Teacher” by SAFEA (State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs). The national “Favorite Foreign Teacher “is a contest organized by China Society for Research on International Professional Personnel Exchange and Development and geared to strengthen the communication between college students and foreign teachers, which will be good to the internationalization of higher education in china. The contest has drawn the attention around the country and attracted 217 foreign teachers to attend. Finally, 50 foreign teachers are among the list and awarded as the national “Favorite Foreign Teacher”. 

        Alexander Olah is a retired office and previously worked for the Australian Trade Committee for thirty years. Since 2009, he began to work in UPC in both Dongying campus and Qingdao campus. Those years, he mainly gives classes on oral English and British and American Culture. In spare time, he takes part in English Corners and helps students with English study. He also provides financial aid for a student.

        After working as an English instructor for four years at China University of Petroleum, he wrote a book “It’s all about the students”, which is based on his interactions during his first two years teaching students in UPC. It is Olah’s first book, and its publication coincides with UPC’s 60th birthday last September.

          An interview about his experience in UPC by Shandong Education TV:

          http://news.upc.edu.cn/Common/ShowDownloadUrl.aspx?urlid=0&id=30218  

 Alex Olah with International Trade Class 1201, December 2013

Alex Olah with Distance Education students, 8 December 2013.

 Alex Olah discussing the book with Shan Hong Hong, President of UPC, 26 September 2013.

 Alex Olah and Zhu Shan(the translator of the book) at book signing in UPC Library, 30 September 2013.

Alex Olah and Zhu Shan(the translator of the book) interviewed on campus radio about the book, 7 November 2013

The book-It's All About The Students(Chinese: 洋眼看石大) is avaliable on Amazon.cn.