In the morning of June 5^th,Prof.Elizabeth Bye, head of the department of Design, Housing and Apparel from University of Minnesota visited XPU. As the guest of 2017culture week of “Silk Road▪fashion▪technology” she attended aseries of activities.

In the evening of June 5^th,the opening ceremony as well as the design contest was held at Xi'an Jinjiang InternationalHotel.As one the judges,Prof.Elizabeth spoke highly of works made by the graduates.

In the morning of June 6^th, New Horizons Academic Forum,as one of activities of Culture Week was held in the library at Lin Tong Campus.Prof.Elizabeth gave a report titled with“Sustaining Our Apparel Communities”.

In the morning of June 7^th, accompanied by staff of International Office, Prof.Elizabeth visited Cooperative Innovational Center for Technical Textiles of XPU.They expressed appreciation for achievements on the cultivation of the art talents.

The visiting of Prof.Elizabeth Bye deepened the bilateral interaction between XPU and the School of Design of University of Minnesota,which lays good foundation forfurther cooperation.