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Congratulations on your retirement, Mark! Simply put, Carleton will not be the same without you. You are a wonderful colleague, and I will be forever grateful for all the knowledge,…

Of course Mark has been a huge influence on my life as a teacher. He pushed me to focus on tones in a way that no one had explained to…

Traveling around China in 1993 with Mark was one of the highlights of my Carleton experience. At Nankai University, he taught a great class on Chinese linguistics that still inspires…

Mai laoshi co-taught my first CHIN101 class at Carleton. I was apprehensive about starting a new language (since my high school French class had been a struggle) but Mark’s teaching…

I don’t have any specific stories but I just wanted to thank Mark for his time at Carleton. He was a big leader in the Chinese department and I enjoyed…

麦老师，congratulations on your retirement! Every single class that I took with you was memorable, fun, and most importantly, inspiring. Each class I was challenged to keep working harder to improve…

Mark is the master of SLOW and EASY in Master’s Swim Club metrics. We shared a lane in the pool for some years; whenever the routine called for EASY Mark…

I am embarrassed to say I do not remember a lot of Hanyu that Mai Laoshi taught me (dui bu qi), but it was a pleasure studying a year of…

We all thought you were an amazing teacher and so incredibly cool. In my freshman year, I interviewed you for a newspaper article that basically listed all the cool things…

Congratulations, Mark 老師! ご退職、おめでとうございます！Thank you for your mentorship over the years. It’s hard to imagine Carleton Asian Studies without you… I hope that we get to celebrate your retirement in…