10月14日，代市长徐立毅访问美国肯恩大学，并与肯恩大学校领导进行会谈，双方表示，将尽全力支持办好温州肯恩大学，使之成为世界级教育水平的大学，成为中美教育合作的成功典范。同时，温州市教育局与美国肯恩大学签订温州中美基础教育国际战略合作的框架协议。

On October 28, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai celebrated its 100th anniversary in Shanghai. More than 500 members and government officials from China and US attended the reception banquet. A delegation from Wenzhou-Kean University led by Mr. Philip Connelly, Executive Vice President of Kean University, Mr. Qian Qiang, Vice Chancellor of Wenzhou-Kean Univesity, and Dr. Michael Cooper, Dean of College of Business at Kean University, attended the event.

10月28日晚，上海美国商会会员和美中两国的政府官员，共500多人，在上海参加了上海美国商会百年庆祝晚宴。美国肯恩大学常务副校长菲利普•康纳利率商学院院长迈克尔•库珀 博士、温州肯恩大学副校长钱强，代表肯恩大学应邀参加了此次活动。

On October 14, Vice-Secretary of the Wenzhou Party Committee and acting Mayor Mr. XU Liyi led a delegation to visit the Kean University campus in Union, New Jersey. Both Chinese and Kean University representatives expressed they would try their utmost to support Wenzhou-Kean University and build it into a world-class educational institution and a successful example of China-US education partnership. Meanwhile, the Education Bureau of Wenzhou Municipality signed a Framework Agreement on China-US…

9月28日，在纪念异地温州商会成立20周年大会上，时任省委常委、温州市委书记陈一新为温州肯恩大学温商学院授牌。

On September 28, President Xi Jinping attended the 3rd China-US Governors’ Forum and delivered a speech. In the speech, President Xi referred to Wenzhou-Kean University and said, “The university is running and making good progress.”

On September 28, during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Wenzhou Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Chen Yixin, member of Zhejiang Provincial Standing Committee and Secretary of Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee, unveiled the nameplate of the Wenzhou Institute for Commerce and Entrepreneurship (WICE), Wenzhou-Kean University.

9月22日国家主席习近平在西雅图出席第三届中美省州长论坛并发表讲话，表示温州肯恩大学目前运作良好。

8月24日下午，由美国新泽西州前州长、温州肯恩大学理事詹姆斯•麦格瑞维率领的温州肯恩大学代表团一行专程到访浙江省科技厅，就加强浙江-新泽西州之间省州合作、温州肯恩大学合作平台建设等情况与省科技厅座谈交流。麦格瑞维表示，温州肯恩大学筹备成立得到了浙江各方的大力支持，今后一方面将加强与省科技厅的交流沟通，更好地了解掌握浙江省科技信息和创新需求，另一方面要通过温州肯恩大学将更多的美国技术引进浙江，服务浙江经济社会发展，为加强浙美科技教育合作和产业对接交流搭建平台和桥梁。

9月温州肯恩大学新公寓楼投入使用，继承温州肯恩大学“中式布局，西派建筑”的一贯风格，分别命名“梅园”、“兰亭”、“竹轩”、“菊苑”。