On Dec. 4, Andrew Kersten， Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Science，University of Idaho paid a visit to SOA. Vice president Mi heping met the guests.

Kersten served as Associate Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2012 to 2014. Prior to his role as Associate VP and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Kersten served as department chair and faculty member in the department of History at Wisconsin-Green Bay. As a faculty member, he taught courses in U. S. History—the U. S. History Survey, U. S. Immigration History, U. S. Labor History—and courses in the interdisciplinary program, Democracy and Justice Studies.