2013年2月11日,美国阿肯色州教育委员会授予来自中国的20名汉语教师“阿肯色州文化大使”的荣誉称号,以表彰他们对阿肯色州汉语教学所做出的杰出贡献。这20名汉语教师均来自中阿肯色大学孔子学院,现任教于中阿肯色大学以及阿肯色州15个学区的17所中小学及一个远程教育中心。中阿肯色大学孔子学院成立5年来,得到各方支持,汉语教师人数由最初的5名发展到今天的20名。 On February 11, 2013, the Arkansas State Board of Education awarded 20 Chinese teachers from China “The Arkansas Cultural Ambassador” for their outstanding contributions to Chinese teaching in Arkansas. These 20 Chinese teachers, all from the Confucius Institute at the University of Central Arkansas, now teach 17 Central and Northern primary schools and a distance education center to the Central Arkansas University and 15 school districts in Arkansas. Since its establishment five years ago, the Confucius Institute at CUHK has received the support of all parties and the number of Chinese teachers has grown from the initial five to 20 today.