On May 26, a visiting Josai delegation led by Chancellor Noriko Mizuta participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Josai Dalian-Northeastern University Alumni Association at a hotel in downtown Dalian, China.
   Nearly 120 participants attended this year’s meeting including graduates of the Japan-China Joint Doctoral Program who studied at Josai or Josai International University, graduates from the JMBA scholarship or joint education program, past recipients of the “Takashi Mukaibo Memorial” Takashi Murai scholarship and “Mikio Mizuta Memorial” Noriko Mizuta scholarships, as well as graduates by privately funded studying, and visiting professors from Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian Maritime University, and Northeastern University. It’s with great pleasure that we’ve seen the alumni association grow in both attendance and content each year.

Chancellor Mizuta kicked off the meeting by expressing her pleasure at being able to meet alumni again, saying, “This marks the 3rd meeting of the alumni association, and today we are pleased to be joined by former graduates from as far away as Shanghai, Shenyang, and Tianjin. It gives me great pleasure to see all the alumni gathered today, many of who have gone on to start businesses, work in the mass media, or serve as industry leaders. I’m also pleased at the strides that the Japan-China Doctoral Program has made, which will graduate its first class of PhD recipients this spring.” Chancellor Mizuta later added, “Your home institution, Josai University, will soon pass its 50th anniversary, and we would like to request your continued support in the future.” The alumni association then presented Chancellor Mizuta with a generous donation to commemorate Josai’s 50th anniversary. Afterward, Dalian University of Technology professor and President of the Dalian China-Japan Alumni Association Du Fenggang, Professor Chen Yan of the Dalian University of Foreign Languages, and others provided a few words.
   In addition, Professor Zhang Wei of Dalian University of Technology led a ceremony to name faculty for JIU’s Global Institute for Green Materials.

This year’s meeting assembled alumni working as leaders in a wide variety of fields, such as university faculty at European, American or Chinese institutions and business executives in China’s global industry. Their spirit and dedication to human resource development has spread to the current generation of Josai students who have expressed a similar will to excellence. With the combined efforts and contributions of members of the alumni association, we can expect continued growth of Japan-China relations and development in the economic and cultural realms.