Lecturer: Don Phillips

College introduction: Weigu State University is an American public university founded in 1960. It is a regional comprehensive university in the United States (ranking No. 44 in the Midwest). The school is located in the west of Michigan, and its main campus is located in Grand Rapids, the second largest city in Michigan. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate and graduate majors. At present, there are more than 21000 students, including more than 170 international students from more than 26 countries in the world. The university focuses on high-quality small class teaching, providing students with extensive research opportunities and first-class teaching and research equipment. The ratio of teachers and students is 1:18.

Course introduction: From 2008 to 2010, the Hernstein Presidential Research Center of Weigu State University organized a series of commemorative activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Gleaves Whitney, director of the center, and Brian Flanagan, deputy director, are members of the bicentennial committee of Abraham Lincoln, Michigan. The committee helps people to have a deeper understanding of how Lincoln's life was linked to countless Michigan people today.