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.
A team of Trine University master of physician assistant studies (MPAS) defeated other physician programs around the state to win the Student Challenge Bowl at the Indiana Association of Physician Assistants (IAPA) conference.
Staff from Education One, Trine University’s charter school authorizer, attended the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, from Oct. 27-29.
Members of the public are invited to join Trine University faculty, staff and students in exploring, discussing and playing board and video games during the annual Art of Games event on Nov. 18.