Louis Yin participates in Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program

2013 Dec 18

Louis Yin, the child of Mr. Chunbo Yin and Ms. Dongfang Ma of Changchun , China, and a 2011 graduate of Northeastern Normal High School, participated in the fall 2013 Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program.

Yin, who is majoring in economics and politics at Bates, studied in , through the School for International Training - Honors Program.

About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.