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Josai Visits Shenyang Normal University, Agrees to Start 2+2 Program

On September 16, 2013, a Josai University Educational Corporation delegation led by Chancellor Noriko Mizuta paid a visit to Shenyang Normal University to meet with university President Lin Qun.

Aside from President Lin, Vice President Zhang Hui, museum Director Sun Ge, and Director of International Exchange Zhang Wei, were present at the meeting that took place at the Museum of Natural History located on the university campus.
  Chancellor Mizuta began the meeting by thanking the people at the Museum of Natural History for their assistance in constructing the eight meter-long full-scale model skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur that is now on display at the Josai fossils gallery in the new 3rd building of the Tokyo Kioicho Campus that opened in April 2013. Chancellor Mizuta provided a report on the gallery’s recent activities, remarking on its success in attracting a great number of visitors. She also provided an overview of the activities and research at Josai International University’s Faculty of Media Studies and Faculty of Tourism and stressed the importance of cultivating global human resources in the fields of nursing and social welfare, given the ongoing reality of decreasing birthrates and an aging population.
  President Lin commented, “Through the study of one another’s culture and language, my hope is to produce exceptional human resources who can contribute to the development of both of our nations.”
  With the formation of an academic exchange agreement in October 2011, Josai and Shenyang Normal University have been actively discussing a program for faculty and student exchange.
  And with this most recent visit, the two schools have agreed upon the implementation of a Japan-China joint education program. Based on this agreement, and through continuing consultation between the two schools, one can expect the creation of a 2+2 joint program in the fields of business administration, IT, media studies, tourism, welfare, humanities, and environmental science.

Following the meeting, the delegation was led on a tour of campus where they attended an exhibition of the diverse range of artwork created by the Fine Arts faculty, were shown a number of rare documents at the university library archive, and enjoyed a cup of tea with students from the Tourism department.
  Shenyang Normal University is also known as the premiere school for study of Manchurian history and culture and the Manchu language, which, at present, is in danger of disappearing. With Shenyang Normal University’s plan to create a Manchurian studies graduate program in the near future, Josai expressed their willingness to serve as a consultant on the Japan side in helping to develop this area of research.

The meeting held at the Museum of Natural History

The meeting held at the Museum of Natural History

Chancellor Mizuta and President Lin at the meeting

Chancellor Mizuta and President Lin at the meeting

Commemorative photo with representatives from both schools

Commemorative photo with representatives from
both schools

Viewing the works on display at the Fine Arts department

Viewing the works on display at
the Fine Arts department

The university library interior

The university library interior

Exhibition of rare documents from the university archive

Exhibition of rare documents from the university archive

Enjoying a cup of tea at the department of Tourism

Enjoying a cup of tea at the department of Tourism


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