Did you know these fun facts about the Director of the Confucius Institute?

• I worked as a curator in China’s Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing (a National Anthropological Museum) before moving to the US. I had conducted extensive anthropological fieldwork in the Guizhou province, then the least economically developed province in China, and co-authored books with the research findings. 
• I’m an alumnus of Miami and graduated from the SAN department.
• I was on a team that created the software that allows people using a telephone line to download movies from satellites before people could use the internet to do so. I created the international supply chain component and the product was for Disney.  
• I raced along the fastest Bobsleigh track in the world in Canada in 2019.
• I’m very interested in diverse cultures and their stories. My next dream is to visit Machu Picchu to witness the ancient Incan culture.
  

Gary Van Cott

Study in the Heart of Europe this Spring Semester!

Program Highlights

• Tuition and fees are comparable to a semester in Oxford, making MUDEC a cost-effective study abroad program.
• Students from all majors may participate.
  
• MUDEC students take Miami courses and earn Miami credit
• Facility operated by Miami with on-site staff readily accessible.
• All courses are taught in English except for language courses.
• Homestay experience promotes immersion and cultural exchange and students have the opportunity to room with friends on request.