February 21, 2018
FORT WAYNE — Two staff members from Trine University’s Office of International Services and three exchange students from Japan attended the Japan-Northeast Indiana Summit held Feb. 16 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne.
David Colbert, executive director of international services, and Mari McHenry, director of international community services, traveled to the event with students Yukina Suemura, Rika Kobayashi and Azusa Sakuma.
The event was hosted by the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership; the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago; the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and JTL America.
The Regional Partnership says more than 280 Japanese-owned businesses currently operate in Indiana, and the state has the highest Japanese investment per capita in the United States. Japanese companies have 24 locations in 10 counties throughout northeast Indiana, employing 32,000.
Top photo: From left, Rika Kobayashi; Theresa Kulczak, executive director of Japan-America Society of Indiana, Inc.; Ralph Inforzato, executive director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO); Yukina Suemura; Yoshi Ogawa, Japanese service coordinator of Japan-America Society of Indiana, Inc.; Azusa Sakuma and Mari McHenry.
Trine University students Isaac Braun, a senior chemical engineering major from Portland, Indiana, and Ryan Sederstrom, a junior electrical engineering major from Cedar Lake, Indiana, placed 15th in the collegiate pairs tournament at the North American Bridge Championships.
Two Trine University faculty members recently participated in the biennial Actuarial Teaching Conference (ATC), held July 19-21 in Columbus, Ohio.
Trine University has been selected to be part of a national program to help campuses respond to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses, curricula and higher education in general.