Alumni Highlights
Jeff Hayes, Chinese, BA Journalism, 2000
Jeff Hayes
2000 Graduate
Language: Chinese
Major: Journalism
Jeff was a student of Chinese during the developmental stages of the GVSU program. Although Jeff graduated with a degree in Journalism, he was very passionate about the Chinese language while attending GVSU. After graduation, he attended the University of Hawaii on a Foreign Language Areas Studies fellowship to further his love for Chinese culture and language and in 2005, he received his MA in Asian Studies. In 2006, he returned to West Michigan and started a high school Chinese language and culture program at Rockford High School in Rockford, Michigan and has been teaching there ever since.
Updated March 2019
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