Wordless Wednesday: The Start of the Spring Semester

Student blogger, Alexandra Hansen shares her photos taken during the first two weeks of spring semester. This week’s wordless Wednesday features photos of the spring semester banwei (student committee) elections, a day-trip to Suzhou, Nanjing’s plum blossom hill (梅花山), a massive bookstore located in a parking garage down the street from campus, and the HNC basketball semi-finals game.







Photos by Alexandra Hansen, Certificate '18

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