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Final thoughts and reflections from Hong Kong
Surveying the stunningly massive skyline of Hong Kong – the world’s most vertical city and the IU delegation’s final stop on this historic two-week presidential trip to Asia – it was difficult not to reflect on all of the amazing people we met while in Asia, places we visited and the many new international partnerships […] Read more »
Building bridges in Vietnam
Besides the incredible culture and history here in Hanoi, what impressed members of the IU delegation most about their time in Vietnam was the enormous enthusiasm of the institutions we visited. Indeed, it was difficult not to be inspired by the intense interest that IU’s Vietnamese partners have in the university’s vast academic and research […] Read more »
A productive and historic day in Hanoi
Here in Hanoi, about the first thing you notice is the honking. Incessant honking from the mass of motorbikes that swerve around cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians like in some kind of video game. Not angry downtown Manhattan-style honking, mind you. The Vietnamese don’t drive as much by sight as they do by sound, we […] Read more »
An artistic connection in Singapore
It’s about 9,500 miles from Bloomington to Singapore – the IU delegation’s third stop on its two-week presidential trip to Asia – but as last night’s record-setting alumni gathering here indicated, the connections between IU and Singapore are especially strong. Last night was a chance for around 100 of IU’s Singaporean alumni to reconnect with […] Read more »
The spirit of Singapore
There are times when you can’t help but feel anything but overwhelmingly proud to be part of a great international institution like IU. Today in Singapore was such a day. It was special, to say the least, to see so many IU Singaporean alumni (around 100) come together in their home country to celebrate and […] Read more »
IU’s big day in Beijing
As IU President Michael A. McRobbie managed to point out on several occasions during this whirlwind, two-day trip to Beijing, the university has deep ties with China, dating as far back as the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) when an IU graduate, William Alexander Parsons Martin, worked in Beijing as an interpreter for the American Minister to […] Read more »
Sayonara, Tokyo! Ni Hao, Beijing!
With several days of productive meetings in Japan behind them and buoyed by the spirit on display at last night’s largest-ever Japan alumni chapter gathering, members of the IU delegation boarded a plane early this morning for Beijing, the next stop on their two-week presidential trip to Asia. A quick word about these international trips: […] Read more »
Reflecting on growth and rejuvenation in Japan
The steady morning drizzle that fell on members of the IU delegation during the last day of this four-day trip to Japan seemed especially fitting, considering how the themes of growth and rejuvenation were reflected in nearly all of the discussions and activities that took place here. Indeed, as the delegation prepares to embark on […] Read more »
Trains, exchange and harmony in Osaka
“Live locally, grow globally.” One might expect to see that on a bumper sticker back home in Bloomington, not emblazoned across the promotional materials for one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Yet somehow seeing those words halfway across the globe actually wasn’t all that surprising, given the overall harmonious nature of the IU […] Read more »
A match made in Tokyo
Little would be lost in translation during the IU delegation’s first official order of business on this two-week presidential trip to Asia – a meeting with senior administrators at Waseda University in Tokyo. Indeed, a Monday morning conversation, led by IU President Michael A. McRobbie and Waseda President Kaoru Kamata, confirmed what both parties knew […] Read more »
