My name is Mike Lohre, and I am the Manager of the WTOSP. My WeChat ID is MikeLohre23 and my G-mail address is mikelohre@gmail.com. Wuhan and its people and students are very dear to me. I taught two summers in Wuhan, and have managed this program since 2009. I'm lucky to work with great people and soon you'll meet many talented teachers and leaders who work to make the program special. I have a Master's Degree in English and a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language. I came to Ohio State in 1995 and earned my Master of Fine Arts in both Poetry and Fiction writing. In younger life, I was raised on a family farm in Minnesota and we cared for pigs, sheep, cattle, corn, beans, oats, alfalfa and chickens. I was the first in my family to graduate from college and I studied Journalism. I later was a Journalist but I also worked as a Warehouse manager, salesman, pipeline leak fixer, road construction worker, grain bin builder and many other odd jobs. I started teaching in earnest after I got my Masters Degree at age 30, and this autumn will be the beginning of my 20th year of teaching English at The Ohio State University. I love to write and I have published fiction and poetry. I also writes lots of music and just enjoy playing for fun. Hopefully we can learn some new songs together while you are here!
You will meet my lovely and friendly wife Irene very soon, and she loves to get to know you and be involved with the program when she is not busy working. Irene is originally from The Philippines and she works at a nursing home for the elderly here in Columbus. She is a great cook and loves to garden.
Okay, that is plenty for now. This blog allows us to write, post pictures, create links to research and ideas, and even share videos or video reflections and interviews. There are lots of possibilities with technology, and this blog lets us do many different things.
We'll learn how to use this blog once everyone arrives and there will be entries on the blog to help you. For now, look for informational posts and introductions here.
Welcome to the Wuhan To Ohio Summer Program 2015! We are so happy that you have traveled so far to be here in Ohio with us.
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| Irene Lohre at our home, getting ready to go to her job. |
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| Mike Lohre, WTOSP Manager |
I like that chicken picture hanging on the wall yellow wall :-).
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is a little bit later today,but these days I am really really happy and study well.Thanks Mike!Hope that we will make it together in the following days.PS.I like the picture too.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fantastic adventure of visiting your home.It seems that every bottle,every decoration,every thing there has an interesting story.That is so cool!
ReplyDeleteHello, Mike. It's nice to meet you here. You said that you grew up in a family farm. It sounds great. I love animals and one of my dream about my future is to own a farm in the country, raising some chickens, sheep, pigs and cows. If it's possible, I'd like to visit an American farm and learn how to manage a farm effectively in the future.In my opinion, raising some animals is way to being connected to the nature, and sometimes they can give you some new views about the world through their behaviors. I'm surprised to see that many of the American family are raising animals at home while the Chinese may only have a pet or even nothing. Maybe that's because there are less space for animals in China. But it's true that small animals, like squirrels, won't run away when you approaching them in the US and it's the opposite in China. I believe that being friendly to animals and nature, they will feedback in their way. Wish everyone will learn this simple knowledge and treat animals well in the future.
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