On December 30th, Mr. Chen Yixin, Member of Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPC and Secretary of Wenzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC, met with Mr. James McGreevey, former Governor of New Jersey and member of Wenzhou-Kean University Board of Directors. Both parties proposed a plan that utilizing Wenzhou-Kean University as a platform to enhance the cooperation between New Jersey and Zhejiang Province.

On November 16th, WKU held China-US Forum on Higher Education and Regional Development. Mr. Cen Jianjun, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of Ministry of Education, Mr. Chen Yixin, Secretary of Wenzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC, former New Jersey Governor and other officials and influential people from both China and U.S. attended the forum. During the forum, Dr. Farahi was conferred of Wenzhou Honorary Citizenship.

11月16日，温州肯恩大学举行正式建校系列活动暨2014中美“高等教育与经济发展”主题论坛（温州）。教育部国际合作与交流司司长岑建君，市委书记陈一新等市四套班子领导及美国新泽西州前州长等多名中美政商高层人士参加活动。论坛上，市政府授予美国肯恩大学校长法拉希博士“温州荣誉市民”称号。

On September 12th, WKU had its first Opening Ceremony after the official establishment. 430 freshmen, who are the first-tier candidates of Collage Entrance Examination from 6 provinces of China, attended the ceremony. Secretary of Wenzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC Mr. Chen Yixin delivered a speech at the ceremony.

9月12日，温州肯恩大学举行正式建校后首届新生开学典礼，该校面向全国6省招收的本科第一批次招录的430多名新生参加典礼，市委书记陈一新在典礼上致辞。

7月 26-28日，副省长郑继伟、市委书记陈一新、市长陈金彪等省市领导在温会见来访的美国肯恩大学校长法拉希一行，双方就进一步深化双方合作，如何把温州肯恩大学办成世界级教育水平的大学进行了磋商，并在校园建设、治理机制、管理体系、师资队伍建设等方面达成系列共识。

On July 28th, Mr. Zheng Jiwei, Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Chen Yixin, Secretary of Wenzhou Municipal CPC Committee, Mr. Chen Jinbiao, Mayor of Wenzhou City and other provincial and municipal officials met with Dr. Farahi, President of Kean University. The two parties exchanged views on further strengthening the bilateral cooperation and how to establish Wenzhou-Kean University as a world-class higher education institution. They also reached consensus on the issues such as campus co…

On July 11th, the establishment of Wenzhou-Kean University was listed as one of the 104 Achievements of the fifth round of China-U.S. People-to-People and cultural exchanges, which is Zhejiang’s only educational project on the list.

7月 11日，第五轮中美人文交流104项成果清单公布，温州肯恩大学办学作为我省唯一教育项目入选其中。

6 月6日，市委书记陈一新主持研究温州肯恩大学建设与发展工作，明确要深化中美合作办学双方的沟通交流，吸纳和尊重美方建设性意见，做好校园规划设计和校园建设。