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Dr. Ashish Vaidya, President of Northern Kentucky University paid a courtesy call on President Hisataka Moriwaki

Dr. Ashish K. Vaidya, President of Northern Kentucky University (NKU) and Dr. François Le Roy, Executive Director, the Center for Global Engagement, NKU, paid a courtesy call on President Hisataka Moriwaki on November 1, 2019. Dr. Vaidya assumed the post of presidency at NKU in July 2018, and his visit to Gifu University was the first since his taking office.

The meeting with President Moriwaki was joined by the following Gifu University staff:

- Dr. Fumiaki Suzuki, Vice President and Executive Director for International Affairs and Public Relations

- Professor Mutsuhiro Shima, Division Head of the Study Abroad Promotion Division, Gifu University Organization for Promotion of Glocalization (GU-GLOCAL)

- Professor Tohru Tatsumi from the Faculty of Education,

- Associate Professor Muneaki Kamiya from the Faculty of Regional Studies, and

- Ms. Haruko Nonomura, Director for International Affairs and Planning, GU-GLOCAL

Student exchanges between NKU and GU have been very active since the conclusion of the agreement on student and faculty exchange in 1990. In addition to annual inbound and outbound student exchange, GU students studying at the Faculty of Education attend short-term study abroad program at NKU every summer.

In the meeting, they talked about the current status of each university, and shared their thoughts on the outlook for future exchange and stronger partnership.

President Moriwaki expressed his gratitude to President Vaidya for his continued efforts of fostering a friendship with GU, and also expressed his hopes for further development of student and faculty exchange programs between the two institutions in the future.

At the end of the meeting, both presidents confirmed their commitment to further accelerate the partnership for many years to come.

森脇学長(左)とVaidya学長との記念品交換
Gift exchange
President Moriwaki (left) and President Vaidya
集合写真
(from left at second row) Professor Tatsumi,
Associate Professor Kamiya and Ms. Nonomura
(from left at first row) Dr. Suzuki, President Moriwaki,
President Vaidya, Dr. Le Roy and Professor Shima

2019.12.10

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